• Attitudes: at the core of compliance
    • Examples
    • Our attitudes are important to God
    • Should be important to us
  • Under the law of Moses, did God want compliance or hearts?
    • Compliance - Leviticus 26
    • Hearts - Jeremiah 9:23-26
  • Hearts and the Law
    • Proverbs 21:3
    • Isaiah 1:13-18
    • Joel 2:11-13
    • Deuteronomy 13:1-4
    • Deuteronomy 30:6-14
    • They go hand in hand.
      • Throughout Psalm 119
      • Jeremiah 3:7-10
    • Exampl of circumcision
      • Not just a New Testament concept
      • While Jews placed confidence in it, God placed much emphasis on the heart.
        • Deuteronomy 10:14-22
        • Romans 2:25-29
  • The disposition of the heart towards God is basic, foundational
    • Leviticus 19:18
    • Mark 12:28-33
  • How do the law and the prophets depend on these two commandments in Mark 12?
    • Structure of the law of Moses
      • Commandments
      • Ordinances which “enact” the 10 commandments
      • Basis of each commandment
        • Love for God - Exodus 20:1-11
        • Love for our neighbor - Exodus 20:11-17
      • How do the ordinances reflect this?
      • Judicial precedents
        • Deuteronomy 16:18
        • Deuteronomy 17:8
      • Rabbinic teachings - Matthew 5:43
        • Schools of law according to various sects - Acts 22:3