The Shema

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• The Shema
• Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord is
  one!
• And you shall love the Lord your God with all
  your heart
• and with all your soul and with all your might.
  
• And these words, which I am commanding you
  today,
• shall be in your heart
• and you shall teach them diligently to your
  sons and shall talk
• of them when you sit in your house and when you
  walk by the
• way and when you lie down and when you rise
  up.
• Deut.64-9

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• The Law Three Categories
• 1) The Testimonies
• Moral Code
• 10 Commandments (56-21)
• Expansion on the 10 (5-11)
• 2) The Statutes
• Ceremonial Code
• Sacrifices, tithes, feasts, etc. (12-1617)
• 3) The Ordinances
• Civil Code (1618-2020)
• Social Code (21-26)
• System of justice, criminal laws, laws of
  warfare, social justice,

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• The Requirement of the Lord Deut. 1012-13
• And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God
  require of you, but
• to fear the Lord your God
• to walk in all His ways
• to love Him
• to serve the Lord your God with all your heart
  and with all your soul
• to keep the Lords commandments and His statutes
• (which I am commanding you today for your
  good?)

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• Why are Gods laws for our good?
• 1) Because God will bless or curse
• 2) They are fitting to our nature
• The Origin of Gods Moral Laws
• 1) PURPOSE
• 2) DESIGN
• 3) LAW

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• The 10 Commandments
• You shall have no other gods
• You shall not make for yourself an idol
  (shall not
  worship or serve them)
• You shall not take the name of the Lord your God
  in vain
• Observe the sabbath day to keep it holy
• Honor your father and mother
• You shall not murder
• You shall not commit adultery
• You shall not steal
• You shall not bear false witness
• You shall not covet

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• And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God
  require from
• you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in
  all His ways and
• love Him, and to serve the Lord your God with
  all your heart
• and with all your soul, and to keep the Lords
  commandments
• and His statutes which I am commanding you
  today for your good?
• Deut.1012-13
• His commandments are for our good!
• 1) PURPOSE
• 2) DESIGN
• 3) LAW

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• The Shema
• 1) Hear, O Israel Listen Obey
• 2) The Lord (YHWH) is our God (elohim),
  the Lord is one (echod)!
• 3) You shall love YHWH (Adoni) your God
• 4) These words/commands shall be on your
  heart
• 5) you shall teach them diligently to your
  sons
• 6) you shall talk of them sit walk
  lie down rise up
• 7) you shall bind them
• 8) you shall write them