Worshiping God’s Way The Second Commandment Exodus, 20.4, 5; Deuteronomy 5.8, 9 “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 ...
Being Satisfied with the Unseen The Second Commandment Exodus, 20.4, 5; Deuteronomy 5.8, 9 “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 ...
The Basis for Everything Else The First Commandment Exodus, 20.2, 3; Deuteronomy 5.6, 7 “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 first commandment is the cornerstone. The first commandment is ...
He’s Watching at all Times The First Commandment Exodus, 20.2, 3; Deuteronomy 5.6, 7 “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’re never out of His sight. That phrase “before Me” ...
No Other. None. Period. The First Commandment Exodus, 20.2, 3; Deuteronomy 5.6, 7 “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.” Praise the intolerant God! What would we think of a parent ...
Liberated to Serve The First Commandment Exodus, 20.2, 3; Deuteronomy 5.6, 7 “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.” Saved from fear to hope. The writer of Hebrews says that men ...
He Knows how it all Works The First Commandment Exodus, 20.2, 3; Deuteronomy 5.6, 7 “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.” Yahweh is our God because He made us. We’re ...
Take Your Stand with the Eternal One The First Commandment Exodus, 20.2, 3; Deuteronomy 5.6, 7 “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, has always been, and always ...
Whatever Happened to Tolerance? The First Commandment Exodus, 20.2, 3; Deuteronomy 5.6, 7 “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 very postmodern. There’s just something so exclusive about ...
Ashamed of the Gospel? The Law and the Gospel Romans 1.16, 17 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from ...