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The Ten Commandments

Date: Mar. 14, 2021

Passage

Exodus 20:1-21 (ESV)

And God spoke all these words, saying,

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

“You shall have no other gods before me.

“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. 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 fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.

“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.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 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 the heavens and the 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.

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.”

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.

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Key Verse: 20:1

And God spoke all these words, saying,

1. Love God with all your heart (1-11)

The LORD God, who had delivered the Israelites out of bondage, was the author of the Ten Commandments. The first four governed the people's relationship with God. The people must not have other gods nor make an idol for themselves nor misuse God's name. They must keep the Sabbath day holy. By obeying these commandments God hoped that his people would know him deeply. The LORD God is a jealous God. He punishes disobedience but blesses obedience. His name is great. He sets aside one day a week for us to honor him and know him better.

2. Love your neighbor as yourself (11-21)

In the latter six commandments, God commands his people to honor their parents, not to murder, not to commit adultery nor steal nor lie about our neighbor. God's people must also not covet. Jesus expanded the meaning of some of these in Matthew 5 to include motive. Though mostly expressed in the negative, when we obey these commandments as God intended, we can grow from selfish people into people who can treat others and what belongs to them with dignity and respect.

Prayer: Father, help me to obey the commandments and come to know and love you better and to love others as you have loved me.

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