Ten Commandments, Pt. 1
Exodus 20:1-11
Part of Seeking the Promise—Book of Exodus
November 12, 2022

EXODUS 20:1-11

Intro

  1. The Ten Commandments give us a glimpse of the

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    of God.

  2. The Ten Commandments can be summarized as: Love

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    and love your
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    .

Additional references:
Romans 6:14, Romans 7:4-6, Romans 6:15-18, Matthew 22:37-40

GOD ALONE (vs. 1-3)

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 bondage.
3 “You shall have no other gods before Me.
Exodus 20:1-3

  1. Originally, God

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    the word, then He
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    the word.

  2. The

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    word of God reigns supreme.

Additional reference: Exodus 19:11, 17-19

GOD’S IMAGE (vs. 4-6)

“You shall not make for yourself a carved image—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 nor serve them. For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, 6 but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.
Exodus 20:4-6

  1. The second commandment is about worshiping an

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    instead of God.

  2. God wants our worship of him to be

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    (personal) not object or image-based.

Additional reference: Romans 1:20-23

GOD’S NAME (vs. 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.
Exodus 20:7

Three ways we take God’s name in vain

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    : Using the name of God in blasphemy and cursing

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    : Using the name of God in a superficial, stupid way

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    : Claiming the name of God but acting in a way that disgraces Him

*Addtional reference: Matthew 6:9

GOD’S DAY (vs. 8-11)

“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 the Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger 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 the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.
Exodus 20:8-11

  1. Many Jewish Christians probably observed the Sabbath out of tradition, but there is no such

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    shown in the New Testament for Christians.

  2. Jesus Himself, in the gospels, continually challenged the

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    understanding of how the Sabbath was to be observed.

  3. The Sabbath was made for

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    .

  4. Our true rest is not found in a day off, but through

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    .

Additional references:
Acts 15:19-20, Colossians 2:16-17, Mark 2:27-28. Matthew 11:28-29, Galatians 2:16