Weekly Sermons

Loving God

 

 

Introduction to the Ten Commandments                          V. 1-2

 

1.         The 10 Commandments s were given to a people who had already been _____________________

 

2.         Keeping the 10 Commandments do not save us- faith does!

 

Galatians 3:23-24

 

3.         Everything in the 10 commands ___________ to Christians

 

 

Three components of Old Testament Law:

 

 

Moral Law-applicable for all time

 

Easy way to know- _____________________ in New Testament

 

 

Priestly Law- All ____________________d in Christ

 

“Do not think I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill.”       -Jesus in Matthew 5:17

 

 

Civil Law- Obsolete now that Christ has come

 

Galatians 3:25             Acts 10:13-15             Colossians 2:16-17

 

 

4.         The 10 Commands are the ____________ of the Moral Law

 

 

 

 

The First Commandment: God comes _____________!   V. 3

 

Proverbs 3:5-6            Matthew 6:33

 

The first commandment is about the sanctity of ultimate _____________________

 

The focus is on the inward worship of God, who demands our _____________________ allegiance

 

There are two kinds of people; those who say to God, “Thy will be done,” and those to whom God says, “all right then, have it your way.”  -C.S. Lewis

 

So what does obeying the first commandment look like?

 

For the rest of your life, God gets ______ votes and you get 1

 

 

Second Command:   God is to be worshipped- not stuff      V. 4-5a

 

We are not to mix our faith and other faiths-But we also find here a warning for us not to make our own _________________ of idols 

 

This second commandment is about the sanctity of God’s _______-

The focus is on the external worship of God

 

The key is that we are worshipping the Creator, not the creation!

 

 

What kind of _______________ are you leaving?             V. 5-6

 

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.”                                                                                              -2 Cor. 5:17

Max Jukes and Jonathan Edwards