COVENANT - RULES?!

Exodus 20:1-17

INTRODUCTION:

New Identity - New Rules

RECAP:
God hears our groaning!
God sees our plight!
God cares about our pain!
God saves from slavery and oppression!
Our God is Greater - God executes Judgment on the gods of Egypt! (Exodus 12:12)
So the Egyptians would know (Exodus 7:5; 14:4)
So the Israelites would be certain (e.g. Exodus 10:23)
So the next generation would remember (Exodus 10:1-2)
So the nations would hear (Joshua 2:9-11)

PASSOVER:
The 10th Plague threatened
Exodus 11
The Passover
Exodus 12:1-14
The Death of the Firstborn
Exodus 12:29-32

EXODUS:
Plundering the Egyptians
Exodus 12:35-36
Pillars of Cloud and Fire
Exodus 13:17-22
Through the Sea
Exodus 14:1-31
The Song of the Redeemed
Exodus 15
Mannah from Heaven
Exodus 16
Water from the Rock
Exodus 17
Sinai
Exodus 19

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS:
I. I am the LORD your God. You shall have no other gods before me.
II. You shall not make a carved image.
III. You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain.
IV. Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
V. Honor your father and your mother.
VI. You shall not murder.
VII. You shall not commit adultery.
VIII. You shall not steal.
IX. You shall not bear false witness.
X. You shall not covet.

Matthew 22:34-40

Love God - Commandments I.-IV.
Love People - Commandments V.-X.

Romans 13:8-10

APPLICATION:
Deliverance comes before Law
Obedience follows God’s love
God’s rules lead to flourishing
For Israel Obedience meant Blessing and Disobedience meant Curses but for us Christ has born the curse to give us the blessing of God.
God has not only given us His rules he has given us His Spirit to indwell and empower us.

Jeremiah 31:31-34