Ten Words To Live By
Moses is giving Israel the law, by which they need to live in the land. The ten commandments, or ten words, form the fundamental summary of this law. And they stand for us as Christians today! Israel's whole way of life was to follow these basic commands - as should ours today. Fundamentally, the ten commandments require that God's people would live well under him, and live well together. But their obedience must only ever be seen as a grateful response to God's grace. Obedience is required, but to obey is a blessing - and it never earns God's favour. So obedience to God's word as a whole, and the ten commandments specifically, is a Christian's way of showing their gratitude to God for what he has done. Do we live under God? Do we live well together? This is the appropriate response to God's grace to us.
