"Rightly Using the Law" (1 Tim 1:8-11)
Sunday, May 29th 2022
1 Timothy: The Blueprints for Life Together as God's Family
Week #3 "Rightly Using the Law"
What do you make of the Old Testament? There are a lot of laws about sacrifices. How is a Christian to understand and apply these things? There are a lot of rules about diets and clothing, are we suppose to dress and eat in those ways? How should we understand the Old Testament Law? What role does the Old Testament law play in our Christian Life? Can out this message from 1 Timothy 1:8-11 to learn how to understanding, delight and rightly use the law of God.
Discussion Questions
Rachel Held Evans wrote a book called Biblical Womanhood in which she jokes about the commands to women in the Bible by literally applying Old Testament law and not distinguishing between timeless Biblical principles and timely cultural methods of application. What is the difference between principles and methods and why does it matter?
Megachurch pastor Andy Stanley wrote a book called irresistable making the arugement that the evanglical church should "unhitch" itself from the Old Testament. What cultural pressures might push a pastor to want to unhitch from the Old Testament? What do we lose if we get rid of the Old Testament?
Why is it helpful to understand Old Testament Law as moral, civil, and ceremonial? What are some examples of each of these categories?
Are you more tempted to live in legalism (obeying God's law to earn/keep his favor) or in licence (disobeying God's law, because it's not necessary to obey to be saved)? In what ways?
How does Paul's teaching about the law here help you to try to obey it out of gospel power, motivation and acceptance? What is the difference between trying to keep the law in our own power vs. keeping the law in the power of the Holy Spirit?
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