To Bow and to Serve Exodus 20:4, 5 “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or 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. You shall not bow down to them or ...
No Other Gods Exodus 20:2, 3 “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. You shall have no other gods before me.” We must master obedience to this first commandment, for we will stumble at every subsequent commandment unless we ...
Redemption, then Reason Exodus 20:2, 3 “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. You shall have no other gods before me.” We maintain that this commandment is perfectly reasonable, but that is only true from within a particular ...
Guard Your Soul Exodus 20:2, 3 “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. You shall have no other gods before me.” God is not a tyrannical oppressor to demand that He alone receive our exclusive allegiance. Rather, He alone ...
Free in Him to Love Exodus 20:2, 3 “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. You shall have no other gods before me.” Through the powerful redemption of God’s sovereign grace, we are slaves no more to those things ...
Tell Us Again, Once More Exodus 20:2, 3 “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. You shall have no other gods before me.” When things other than God capture and enslave us–when we have turned our devotion from God ...
Nothing but God Exodus 20:2, 3 “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. You shall have no other gods before me.” God’s power is revealed in that neither the forces of Pharaoh nor of all hell can keep Him ...
A Perfectly Reasonable Commandment Exodus 20:2, 3 “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. You shall have no other gods before me.” The faithfulness, grace, and power of God are gloriously on display in His redemptive work, both that ...
Every Yod and Horn Matthew 5:17-19 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from ...
Service Manual Matthew 5:17-19 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the ...