Covenant Theology In Outline Form (Part 4)

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That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life— the life was made manifest, and we have seen it, and testify to it and proclaim to you the eternal life,— that which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. And we are writing these things so that our joy may be complete.

Preamble/Shema : That which was from the beginning

Historical Prologue : which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life

General Stipulations - the life was made manifest, and we have seen it, and testify to it and proclaim to you the eternal life

Specific Stipulations - so that you too may have fellowship with us;

Renewal, Document Clause - and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.

Witnesses - And we are writing these things so that our joy may be complete.

1 John 1:1 - 4 

1:1 Preamble/Shema; which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life—

1:2  Historical Prologue the life was made manifest, and we have seen it, and testify to it and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was made manifest to us— 

1:3 - 4 General & Specific Stipulations; Renewal & Document Clause & Witnesses 

1:3that which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, - so that you too may have fellowship with us;  - and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.  4 And we are writing these things so that our joy may be complete.

Exodus 20 & Matthew 22:36 - 40 

Preamble / Shema & Historical Prologue (Exodus 20:1  - 2 ; Matthew 22: 36 - 37) Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” And he said to him,

1  And God spoke all these words, saying 

2 I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

General Stipulations  & Specific Stipulations  (20:3 - 17)

Table 1 - Love God exhaustively & perfectly (Matt. 22:37 - 38) 

You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment.

3 “You shall have no other gods before me.

4 “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. 5 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, 6 but showing steadfast love to thousands[b] of those who love me and keep my commandments.

7 “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.

8 “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.9 Six days you shall labor, and do all your work,10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates. 11 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

Table 2 : Love Your Neighbor before Yourself (Matt. 22:39)

And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

12 “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

13 “You shall not murder. 

14 “You shall not commit adultery.

15 “You shall not steal.

16 “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

17 “You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor's.”

Renewal, Document Clause, & Witnesses (20: 18 - 21)

Matthew 22:40 : On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.”

18 Now when all the people saw the thunder and the flashes of lightning and the sound of the trumpet and the mountain smoking, the people were afraid and trembled, and they stood far off 19 and said to Moses, “You speak to us, and we will listen; but do not let God speak to us, lest we die.” 20 Moses said to the people, “Do not fear, for God has  come to test you, that the fear of him may be before you, that you may not sin.” 21 The people stood far off, while Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.

Part 5 is here.