An Attainable Worldview We can keep God’s Law with God’s help. “Oh that they had such a mind as this always, to fear me and to keep all my commandments, that it might go well with them and with their descendants forever!” Deuteronomy 6:29 Believers who are skeptical about the continuing validity of ...
A Religious Worldview The Law teaches us how to be “bound back” to God. “And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart ...
A Comprehensive Worldview The Law of God covers all the bases of life. “You shall follow my rules and keep my statutes and walk in them. I am the LORD your God. You shall therefore keep my statutes and my rules; if a person does them he shall live by them: ...
A Redemptive Worldview The Law and worldview of God are for redemption and restoration. And God spoke all these words, saying, “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.” Exodus 20:1 The Biblical worldview contained in the Law of God ...
A Covenantal Worldview God’s Law is rooted in His Covenant of promise. And God heard their groaning, and God remembered His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. And God saw the people of Israel—and God knew. Exodus 2:24, 25 The people of Israel were slaves in Egypt when God called Moses ...
A Spiritual Worldview All worldviews are constructed on “unseen” things. And the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush was burning, yet it was not consumed. And Moses said, “I will turn aside to ...
Worldview We all have one. And when Moses had finished speaking all these words to all Israel, he said to them, “Take to heart all the words by which I am warning you today, that you may command them to your children, that they may be careful to do all the words ...
The Root of All Coveting Beware the desire for autonomy. Exodus 20:17 “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.” Deuteronomy 5:21 “‘And you shall not covet your neighbor’s ...
Overcoming Covetousness Asaph teaches us how to overcome covetousness. In Psalm 73 Asaph gives us a concise formula for dealing with covetousness and all temptation. First, we must recognize that it is at work within us. We must realize that covetousness is seeking to divert our focus, destroy our peace, and lead us ...
Gateway to All Sin Coveting, unchecked, will lead to other sins. Exodus 20:17 “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.” Deuteronomy 5:21 “‘And you shall not covet your ...