QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION AT HOME OR IN GOSPEL COMMUNITY GROUPS

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• What is the unchanging, moral law of the fourth commandment?
• What part of the fourth commandment is to be considered “positive law”?
• Why does Sabbath-keeping remain today? Why has the day changed? 
• What benefits come to God’s people from the observance of the Sabbath day?
• When will there be no more Sabbath-keeping? Why?

QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION 

AT HOME OR IN GOSPEL COMMUNITY GROUPS

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• The law is good. Discuss.
• What does the third commandment forbid? What does it require?
• What does it mean to handle something in a vain way?
• Give examples of violations of the third commandment. 
• How can we grow in our keeping of the third commandment?

QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION AT HOME OR IN GOSPEL COMMUNITY GROUPS

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• What does the first commandment forbid? What does it require?
• What are sins of omission? What are sins of commission? And how do we violate the first commandment in both of these ways?
• Violations of the first commandment are rather easy to see when they take the form of idolatry. But it is possible, and even common, to break the first commandment in the heart. How so?
• How is God’s law useful to the Christian?
• What needs to change in your life as it pertains to the first commandment?

QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION AT HOME OR IN GOSPEL COMMUNITY GROUPS

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• What difference does it make if people view the scriptures in general, and God’s law in particular, as having their origin in man rather than God? 
• Why are the Ten Commandments given to Israel first? Why did God speak these laws to Israel directly? Why did he write this with his own hand?
• The Old Covenant was a covenant of works substantially, but God’s grace was certainly present. How so? Discuss. 
• What was God doing with Israel when he gave them the Ten Commandments (and all of the other laws)? 
• Why was Israel especially obligated to keep God’s law?
• How does this passage apply to us under the New Covenant?

QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION AT HOME OR IN GOSPEL COMMUNITY GROUPS

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• How are the covenants that God has made with man similar to the covenants that we humans make with each other? How are they different? 
• What were the terms of the covenant that God entered into with Israel? 
• Was the Mosaic Covenant a covenant of works or a covenant grace? 
• Does this mean that the saving grace of God was not available to men in those days? Discuss. 
• Why did God enter into this covenant with Israel? What was the purpose?

QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION AT HOME OR IN GOSPEL COMMUNITY GROUPS

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• Chapter 19 of our confession divides the law of Moses up into three categories: moral, civil, and ceremonial. Can you define these terms (see 2LCF 19 for help)? How are these categories helpful in understanding the law of Moses and its application to the New Covenant people of God? 
• What errors could result from failing to see the civil (judicial) and ceremonial laws of Moses as being unique to Israel? 
• You may be innocent as it pertains to the civil laws of this land, but no man is innocent as it pertains to God’s moral law. Discuss. 
• On the last day all men will stand, not before Moses, but Christ. He will judge according to the moral law. We will either have him as Savior or Judge. We had better have him as Savior. Discuss.

QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION AT HOME OR IN GOSPEL COMMUNITY GROUPS

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• How will contemplation of and appreciation for the marvelous victory that Christ has accomplished for us in his life, death, burial, and resurrection help us to witness to others regarding the good news?
• How will contemplation of the judgment that awaits all who are not in Christ motivate us to witness?
• Discuss the significance of Jethro’s response? Consider that he was a gentile. Consider what he confessed to knowing. Consider his worship, and also the meal that he ate before God and with Israel. What is the significance of these things?
• Why have I said that the goal of witnessing is worship?