Jesus and the Ten Commandments

I am currently reading John Frame’s The Doctrine of the Christian Life in preparation for a sermon I am giving at fixchurch (27 Sep) and Christ Church Gladesville (18 Sep) titled ‘The Desires of the Heart’. He says,

Jesus is not only a perfect law keeper, according to his humanity, but also the one we honor and worship, according to his deity, when we keep the law.[1]

That is, Jesus not only keeps each of the 10 Commandments but perfectly embodies them at every point. So,

1. Jesus is the only God we are to worship (1 Tim 2:5)
2. Jesus is the one perfect image of God (Col 1:15)
3. Jesus is the name of the God (Phil 2:10-11)
4. Jesus is our Sabbath rest (Matt 12:8)
5. Jesus is our elder brother who restores us to the Father (Jn 5:19-24; Lk 15)
6. Jesus is our life – he gave his life that we might live (Col 3:4, Mk 10:45)
7. Jesus is our bridegroom (Eph 5:22-33)
8. Jesus is the source of our inheritance (Eph 1:11)
9. Jesus is God’s truth (John 14:6)
10. Jesus is what we need – he satisfied the desires of our hearts (2 Cor 3:5)

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[1] John M. Frame, The Doctrine of the Christian Life (Phillipsburg, N.J.: P&R Pub., 2008), 400.