C. Matthew McMahon
Christian Preacher
The Ten Commandments in the Life of the Christian by C. Matthew McMahon (357 pages)
In the contemporary church biblical teaching revolving around the Ten Commandments is inconsistent at best. Paul’s statement, misunderstood, is often what Christians will run to, “for ye are not under the law, but under grace,” (Rom. 6:14). Christians often want to divorce themselves from God’s holiness. They frequently do not understand how holiness in life is attached to both God’s character, and God’s commandments.
Today’s church is very happy to take Christ as Savior, in some instances, as prophet, but not so much as King. Christ says, “If a man love me, he will keep my words.” The man who loves Jesus as he ought, what will the outcome be for him in this act of loving? “…and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him,” (John 14:23). Union and communion with Christ are set on keeping his words. The King commands his people and he expects them to obey. This is not legalism, as if one would work for their justification, but rather, it is obedience, that one would be made more like the King in holiness. Christ says, “If ye love me, keep my commandments,” (John 14:15).
This work takes Christ’s Ten Commandments, the commands of King Jesus, and not only expounds their basic teachings, but also how those commands apply to the life of the Christian. First considered is the relationship between the Law and the Gospel. Then each command will be considered, in both their positive and negative aspects (i.e. do not lie, also means, tell the truth). Then three concluding chapters will cover, 1) those people who count the Law of God as a “strange thing;” 2) those people who turn away from the Law and reject it; and 3) how Christ is the “end” of the Law for all believers, and what that actually means in light of his covenant work and merit. This is a practical study of how the “law of Christ” applies to every Christian both in obedience and submission to Christ the King, and for the good of their growth in holiness.
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Table of Contents:
Introduction
Part 1: Law and Gospel
Part 2: The First Commandment
Part 3: The Second Commandment
Part 4: The Third Commandment
Part 5: The Fourth Commandment
Part 6: The Fifth Commandment
Part 7: The Sixth Commandment
Part 8: The Seventh Commandment
Part 9: The Eighth Commandment
Part 10: The Ninth Commandment
Part 11: The Tenth Commandment
Part 12: Counting the Law as a Strange Thing
Part 13: Turning Away from the Law
Part 14: Christ the End of the Law for Righteousness