Importance: 10%
The Big Idea
The idea of law and commandments in scripture is far deeper than how we use it in Law and Gospel law and gospel or Three Uses of the Law. Those are good starting frameworks but do not contain the fullness of scripture and Gods will expressing as law
Commandments seem as blueprints for the world
Commandments as the good will of God for creation
Asking “who does this protect?” As an entry point for studying a particular law
Looking for the main principle or perspective for looking at the world expressed by a law. That is the kind of spirit of the law we can apply as Christians. The actual letter of each law not so much
Commandments as expandable and contractable all the way down to two main commandments according to Jesus all the way out to specific laws on lending or farming in Israel