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 ...
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 ...
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.” ...