Jon Collins
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Working through the ten words, the ten commands.
We've talked about how all the commands of God are an invitation into life.
It's not about a checklist, duty and obligation.
It's about how do you find life, true life.
Well, and when they're presented that way, thou shalt, thou shalt not, it feels like just a strict set of things to adhere to.
And it seems like what we're doing is we're inviting ourselves into looking at these as God's wisdom for us and to mine them deeply.
It isn't about just crossing these off a list.
It's about reframing the way that we think
Think and interact.
The ancient context is that Israel has just left Egypt.
They were slaves there.
They're now in the wilderness.
God wants to prepare them to be his people who are going to bring blessing to the world as a result.
This phrase, kingdom of priests, these kind of like intermediators of God's life to the rest of the world.
And there's all sorts of laws and statutes and regulations that God's going to give to Israel throughout the course of their time in the wilderness.
These are the first 10.