Interact Close Bible Notes Important: You will NOT lose your data entered when you change to a different tab. This note will be displayed at bottom of your sermon note when you save to pdf or email them Contact FormSend us your questions, comments, prayer requests or other. Guest Feedback FormLet us know your experience here. Week of July 9, 2023 Watch X Download Note: You will be taken to another browser tab to view this. If on phone/tablet, simply click the back button to go back to this notes page. You will not lose any notes. Connection CardOpens in new tab. Click back button to return. All Souls Anglican Church What Role Does the Law Play in our Life? July 9, 2023 View Archives Reveal Blanks Main Scripture Reference(s) Romans 7:7:21-8:6, Welcome to our Sermon Notes! Double-click any sentence to make your own note or to highlight it. What Role Does the Law Play in our Life? July 9, 2023 / THE REV. GREG HERSHBERGER / Romans 7:7:21-8:6 / All Souls Anglican Church Lessons from my early days The importance of dialogue in community The value of tradition Know the basics Without a center, our faith is disconnected The risen Lord is the center of our faith 1 Cor 1:23, “We preach Christ crucified” Without the resurrection there is no faith 1 Cor 15:14, “And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith. 1 Cor 15:19, “If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied.” What role does the law play in our life? The role of the law in Paul’s world: Moral Ceremonial civil What is the Mosaic Law? The role of Midrash in understanding the Law The importance of asking questions The importance of community interpretation of the Law in Judaism What was it really like to live by the Law? The Jewish holy days of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur The role of grace–the balance point of the Protestant Reformation / Romans 8 Jesus came to fulfill the law, not abolish it “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. Mt 5:17, NIV “Don’t misunderstand why I have come. I did not come to abolish the law of Moses or the writings of the prophets. No, I came to accomplish their purpose.” Mt 5:17, NLT The purpose of the Law is to lead us to God Jesus condemns sin by taking on the likeness of sinful flesh Rom 8:3 “To set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace” Rom 8:6 If we are free under the law, why do we still try to live by the law We seek power and control through the laws we make The law itself is often seen as less important than who is in charge and who gets to make the law Nancy Pelosi, 2010, “We have to pass the bill so now you can see what is in it.” The battlefield of the Law Florida Law HB21, A person cannot use a bathroom or locker room that does not align with a person’s sex at birth. Tax code total, 2650 pages total tax law in addition to tax code, 70,000 pages Mosaic Law: 613 commandments, including the 10 commandments We are called to live by the Spirit of God With the resurrected Lord as center of our faith, we must live as if we are free We must choose the life of the Spirit We live within the law, but we are free within the Spirit of God DID YOU KNOW? Double click a sentence in your note above to highlight it or add your own note below it. Send to Email Enter your email address below to receive a copy of your filled in notes Send Save PDF Locally Click to save a copy of the filled-in notes to a PDF file on your device Generate File Click to View PDF Save PDF to Google Drive Click to save a copy of the filled-in notes to a PDF file on your Google Drive account(For Apple devices, use Chrome browser or go to SETTINGS>SAFARI and uncheck BLOCK POPUPS.) Save File