Does The Bible Allow The Ten Commandments

Let’s open our Bibles together to Exodus 20. We are continuing our sermon series “Resolutions That Really Matter: Spiritual Challenges from the Ten Commandments.” Various biblical passages and church history remind us that spiritual renewal often begins with spiritual resolutions. In this series of messages, our goal is to allow the Ten Commandments to challenge us to make specific resolutions that can lead us to spiritual renewal. Tonight we are focusing on the Second Commandment.

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God said to the people of Israel: “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.3 “You shall have no other gods before me.” The Israelites were getting ready to enter the land in which many gods were worshiped. So God wanted to make sure that the Israelites understand that He alone is worthy of worship. In the First Commandment, God gives four reasons why He is truly worthy of our worship. In the First Commandment God provides four descriptions of Himself. First, God states that He is the Lord. (“I am the Lord your God”). The title “Lord” declares that God desires to reveal Himself in such a way that we can come to know Him. He is a God who reveals himself clearly in order that we might enter into relationship with Him. Second, God states that He is God. That name is a declaration that He is the one who creates and sustains. That means that your life has purpose and design. Thirdly, God states that He is King, the one who rules humanity and history. We see this in the phrase “your God”. This phrase points to the bond that already existed between God and the people of Israel. He is their God and they are His people. Fourthly, God states that He is the Redeemer, the one who provides deliverance from slavery. Verse 2b:…who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.” Israel’s deliverance from Egypt symbolizes God’s deliverance of us from this evil world and slavery to

5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, 6 but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.” What is the difference between the first and second commandment? The First Commandments is about whom we are to worship. We must worship only the true God. The Second Commandment tells us how we are to worship the true God. The first commandment forbids worshipping a false God. The second commandment forbids worshipping the true God in a wrong manner. God warns us in the Second Commandment about idolatry. What is an idol? Let me give you clear and simple biblical