The First Commandment Deuteronomy 31:9-13 Then Moses wrote this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and to all the elders of Israel. And Moses commanded them, “At the end of every seven years, at the set ...

The First Commandment Deuteronomy 6:4-9 “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You ...

The First Commandment Deuteronomy 11:1, 2 “You shall therefore love the LORD your God and keep his charge, his statutes, his rules, and his commandments always. And consider today (since I am not speaking to your children who have not known or seen it), consider the discipline of the LORD your ...

The First Commandment 1.1 Be holy to the Lord The precepts and statutes in this section are designed to teach and reinforce devotion to the Lord. God’s people are called to discipline their hearts to love and fear Him, their consciences to prefer and choose Him, and all their practices to serve ...

The First Commandment No other gods The Commandment God, by virtue of His exclusivity and uniqueness, and the grace He has exercised toward those He redeems, demands their exclusive devotion and service. Exodus 20:2, 3 “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house ...

Free to from the Fear of Being Irrelevant The Law of Liberty (35) “For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished.” Matthew 5:18 Everybody wants to think that his or her life matters. Only ...

Free from the Fear of Not Knowing How to Love The Law of Liberty (34) By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. 1 John 5:2, 3 The hallmark of ...

Free from the Fear of Not Pleasing God The Law of Liberty (33) For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. Whoever thus serves Christ is acceptable to God… Romans 14:17, 18 Over the years I ...

Free from Insignificance The Law of Liberty (32) “Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew ...

Free from the Fear of Failure The Law of Liberty (31) Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all we ask or think, according to the power at work within us… Ephesians 3:20 Yeah, and that’s precisely the problem: we are so limited in our experience ...