After delivering His people from Egypt, Yahweh calls them to Mt. Sinai to make covenant with them an deliver his rules, called the 10 Commandments. How should we think of these laws today?
Pastor Emeritus Steve Froehlich preaches on the 10 Commandments from Exodus 20:1-17.
Quotes:
If men will not be governed by the Ten Commandments, they shall be governed by the ten thousand commandments.
-G. K. Chesterton
In the first commandment, God means: “Since I alone am God, you shall place all your confidence, trust and faith on me alone, and on no one else.”
-Martin Luther, Larger Catechism
All the divine commandments end in love, of which the apostle says, ‘Now the goal of the commandment is love, which comes from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.’ (1 Tim. 1:5)
-St. Augustine, Enchiridion
We confess and acknowledge one only God, to whom only we must cleave, whom only we must serve, whom only we must worship, and in whom only we must put our trust.
-The Scots Confession of Faith, 1562
Scripture Text: Exodus 20:1-17
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.
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 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.
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.”
“No Other Gods” a sermon preached by Rev. Steve Froehlich on Sunday, March 3, 2024 at New Life Presbyterian Church, 950 Danby Rd., Ithaca, NY. Join us for worship every Sunday at 10:00AM. Visit us at our website at www.newlifeithaca.org.
The intro and outro music is from “We Will Feast in the House of Zion” provided by Sandra McCracken and with her permission. Please visit her website at www.sandramccracken.com.
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