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Exodus 20

Explore the starting point of the Ten Commandments and learn how they are divided into loving God (commandments 1-4) and loving others (commandments 5-10). These principles, though stated negatively, are intended to show people how they are supposed to live. Discover the importance of honoring your parents and the significance of the commandments in guiding our lives.

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Exodus 20

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  1. Exodus 20 Living The Good Life:Loving Others (Part 1)

  2. The Ten Commandments Starting point = “I am Yahweh, who rescued you and loves you!” Commandments 1-4 = Love God Commandments 5-10 = Love others

  3. The Ten Commandments Starting point = “I am Yahweh, who rescued you and loves you!” Commandments 1-4 = Love God Commandments 5-10 = Love others Most are principles stated negatively Intended to show people how they are supposed to live

  4. The Ten Commandments Vince Havner: Nobody ever broke the law of God. You break yourself against the law of God. You might as well attack Gibraltar with a popgun as to go up against the law of God in your own little weak self. Starting point = I am Yahweh, who rescued you and loves you! Commandments 1-4 = Love God Commandments 5-10 = Love others Most are principles stated negatively Intended to show people how they are supposed to live

  5. The Ten Commandments Vince Havner: You can’t do it. You can’t jump over a skyscraper. You don’t break the law of gravity. You can break your neck—but break the law of gravity?”—When God Breaks Through: Sermons on Revival, p. 42 Starting point = I am Yahweh, who rescued you and loves you! Commandments 1-4 = Love God Commandments 5-10 = Love others Most are principles stated negatively Intended to show people how they are supposed to live

  6. The Ten Commandments Stephen Covey: Two battleships assigned to the training squadron had been at sea on maneuvers in heavy weather for several days. Starting point = I am Yahweh, who rescued you and loves you! Commandments 1-4 = Love God Commandments 5-10 = Love others Most are principles stated negatively Intended to show people how they are supposed to live

  7. The Ten Commandments Stephen Covey: I was serving on the lead battleship and was on watch on the bridge as night fell. The visibility was poor with patchy fog, so the captain remained on the bridge keeping an eye on all activities. Starting point = I am Yahweh, who rescued you and loves you! Commandments 1-4 = Love God Commandments 5-10 = Love others Most are principles stated negatively Intended to show people how they are supposed to live

  8. The Ten Commandments Stephen Covey: Shortly after dark, the lookout on the wing of the bridge reported, “Light, bearing on the starboard bow.” “Is it steady or moving astern?” the captain called out. Starting point = I am Yahweh, who rescued you and loves you! Commandments 1-4 = Love God Commandments 5-10 = Love others Most are principles stated negatively Intended to show people how they are supposed to live

  9. The Ten Commandments Stephen Covey: Lookout replied, “Steady, captain,” which meant we were on a dangerous collision course with that ship. Starting point = I am Yahweh, who rescued you and loves you! Commandments 1-4 = Love God Commandments 5-10 = Love others Most are principles stated negatively Intended to show people how they are supposed to live

  10. The Ten Commandments Stephen Covey: The captain then called to the signalman, “Signal that ship: We are on a collision course, advise you change course 20 degrees.” Starting point = I am Yahweh, who rescued you and loves you! Commandments 1-4 = Love God Commandments 5-10 = Love others Most are principles stated negatively Intended to show people how they are supposed to live

  11. The Ten Commandments Stephen Covey: Back came the reply, “Advisable for you to change course 20 degrees.” The captain said, “Send, I’m a captain, change course 20 degrees.” Starting point = I am Yahweh, who rescued you and loves you! Commandments 1-4 = Love God Commandments 5-10 = Love others Most are principles stated negatively Intended to show people how they are supposed to live

  12. The Ten Commandments Stephen Covey: “I am a seaman second class” came the reply. “You had better change course 20 degrees.” Starting point = I am Yahweh, who rescued you and loves you! Commandments 1-4 = Love God Commandments 5-10 = Love others Most are principles stated negatively Intended to show people how they are supposed to live

  13. The Ten Commandments Stephen Covey: By that time, the captain was furious. He spat out, “Send, I’m a battleship. Change course 20 degrees.” Back came the reply, Starting point = I am Yahweh, who rescued you and loves you! Commandments 1-4 = Love God Commandments 5-10 = Love others Most are principles stated negatively Intended to show people how they are supposed to live

  14. The Ten Commandments Stephen Covey: By that time, the captain was furious. He spat out, “Send, I’m a battleship. Change course 20 degrees.” Back came the reply, “I’m a lighthouse.” We changed course. –Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, p. 33 Starting point = I am Yahweh, who rescued you and loves you! Commandments 1-4 = Love God Commandments 5-10 = Love others Most are principles stated negatively Intended to show people how they are supposed to live Show us how far short we fall too

  15. Exodus 20 12 Honor your father and mother. Then you will live a long, full life in the land Yahweh your God is giving you. 13 You must not murder.

  16. Exodus 20 12 Honor your father and mother. Then you will live a long, full life in the land Yahweh your God is giving you. 13 You must not murder.

  17. Gen 9:6 Whoever sheds man’s blood, by man his blood shall be shed, for in the image of God He made man. Exodus 20 12 Honor your father and mother. Then you will live a long, full life in the land Yahweh your God is giving you. 13 You must not murder. Because humans are made in God’s image Different than taking someone’s life Easy to see how this is antithetical to love

  18. Exodus 20 12 Honor your father and mother. Then you will live a long, full life in the land Yahweh your God is giving you. 13 You must not murder. Our society is riddled with violence

  19. James 4 1 What is the source of quarrels and conflicts among you? Is not the source your pleasures that wage war in your members? Exodus 20 12 Honor your father and mother. Then you will live a long, full life in the land Yahweh your God is giving you. 13 You must not murder. Our society is riddled with violence

  20. James 4 2 You lust and do not have; so you commit murder. You are envious and cannot obtain; so you fight and quarrel. Exodus 20 12 Honor your father and mother. Then you will live a long, full life in the land Yahweh your God is giving you. 13 You must not murder. Our society is riddled with violence But murder starts in the heart

  21. Matthew 5:21-22 Jesus: “You have heard that the ancients were told, ‘You shall not commit murder’… Exodus 20 12 Honor your father and mother. Then you will live a long, full life in the land Yahweh your God is giving you. 13 You must not murder. Our society is riddled with violence But murder starts in the heart

  22. Matthew 5:21-22 But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother shall be guilty before the court; Exodus 20 12 Honor your father and mother. Then you will live a long, full life in the land Yahweh your God is giving you. 13 You must not murder. Our society is riddled with violence But murder starts in the heart

  23. Matthew 5:21-22 and whoever says to his brother, ‘You good-for-nothing,’ shall be guilty before the supreme court; Exodus 20 12 Honor your father and mother. Then you will live a long, full life in the land Yahweh your God is giving you. 13 You must not murder. Our society is riddled with violence But murder starts in the heart

  24. Matthew 5:21-22 and whoever says, ‘You fool,’ shall be guilty enough to go into the fiery hell.” Exodus 20 12 Honor your father and mother. Then you will live a long, full life in the land Yahweh your God is giving you. 13 You must not murder. Our society is riddled with violence But murder starts in the heart Hatred and bitterness = violence in thoughts or words Before God you are just as guilty!

  25. Matthew 5:21-22 and whoever says, ‘You fool,’ shall be guilty enough to go into the fiery hell.” Exodus 20 12 Honor your father and mother. Then you will live a long, full life in the land Yahweh your God is giving you. 13 You must not murder. Not enough to cease from injuring or harming those around us Also need to do everything in our power to aid their lives! Includes forgiveness too

  26. Exodus 20 12 Honor your father and mother. Then you will live a long, full life in the land Yahweh your God is giving you. 13 You must not murder.

  27. Exodus 20 12 Honor your father and mother. Then you will live a long, full life in the land Yahweh your God is giving you. 13 You must not murder.

  28. Exodus 20 12 Honor your father and mother. Then you will live a long, full life in the land Yahweh your God is giving you. 13 You must not murder. Repeated by Paul (Eph 6) And Jesus too

  29. Exodus 20 12 Honor your father and mother. Then you will live a long, full life in the land Yahweh your God is giving you. 13 You must not murder. Repeated by Paul (Eph 6) And Jesus too Mark 7 9 And he continued, “You have a fine way of setting aside the commands of God in order to observe your own traditions! 10 For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and mother,’…

  30. Exodus 20 12 Honor your father and mother. Then you will live a long, full life in the land Yahweh your God is giving you. 13 You must not murder. Repeated by Paul (Eph 6) And Jesus too Mark 7 11 But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is Corban (that is, devoted to God)— 12 then you no longer let them do anything for their father or mother.”

  31. Exodus 20 12 Honor your father and mother. Then you will live a long, full life in the land Yahweh your God is giving you. 13 You must not murder. What does it mean to honor my parents? What it’s not: Obeying our parents instead of God Becoming best friends and spending lots of time together Trusting them Ignoring or denying the past, or flattery

  32. Exodus 20 12 Honor your father and mother. Then you will live a long, full life in the land Yahweh your God is giving you. 13 You must not murder. What does it mean to honor my parents? Smalley and Trent: In Hebrew, the word for “honor” is kabed. This word literally means, “to be heavy, weighty, to honor.” …

  33. Exodus 20 12 Honor your father and mother. Then you will live a long, full life in the land Yahweh your God is giving you. 13 You must not murder. What does it mean to honor my parents? Smalley and Trent: However, we can learn even more about what it means to honor someone by looking at its opposite in the Scriptures. … [T]he literal meaning of the word curse, (qalal) was “to make light, of little weight, dishonor.”

  34. Exodus 20 12 Honor your father and mother. Then you will live a long, full life in the land Yahweh your God is giving you. 13 You must not murder. What does it mean to honor my parents? Smalley and Trent: If we go back to our example above, if we dishonor a person we would say, “Their words carry little weight.” The contrast is striking! —The Blessing, p. 212

  35. Exodus 20 12 Honor your father and mother. Then you will live a long, full life in the land Yahweh your God is giving you. 13 You must not murder. What does it mean to honor my parents? Dennis Rainey: Honor = choosing to place great value on your relationship with them; taking the initiative to improve your relationship; obeying them until you establish yourself as an adult;

  36. Exodus 20 12 Honor your father and mother. Then you will live a long, full life in the land Yahweh your God is giving you. 13 You must not murder. What does it mean to honor my parents? Dennis Rainey: recognizing what they’ve done right in your life; recognizing the sacrifices they have made for you; praising them for the legacy they are passing on to you;

  37. Exodus 20 12 Honor your father and mother. Then you will live a long, full life in the land Yahweh your God is giving you. 13 You must not murder. What does it mean to honor my parents? Dennis Rainey: seeing them through the eyes of Christ, with understanding and compassion; forgiving them as Christ has forgiven you. —The Tribute, p. 55

  38. Exodus 20 12 Honor your father and mother. Then you will live a long, full life in the land Yahweh your God is giving you. 13 You must not murder. What does it mean to honor my parents? Barriers to honoring: “But my parents were really terrible” “We’re just not that kind of family” “But I’m doing a lot of ministry” “They won’t talk to me” “It’s too late”

  39. Exodus 20 12 Honor your father and mother. Then you will live a long, full life in the land Yahweh your God is giving you. 13 You must not murder. Why would I want to learn how to honor my parents? Because God tells us this is the right way Because many of us are in a transition phase

  40. Exodus 20 12 Honor your father and mother. Then you will live a long, full life in the land Yahweh your God is giving you. 13 You must not murder. Why would I want to learn how to honor my parents? Because God tells us this is the right way Because many of us are in a transition phase Mark Twain: When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around.

  41. Exodus 20 12 Honor your father and mother. Then you will live a long, full life in the land Yahweh your God is giving you. 13 You must not murder. Why would I want to learn how to honor my parents? Because God tells us this is the right way Because many of us are in a transition phase Mark Twain: But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.

  42. Exodus 20 12 Honor your father and mother. Then you will live a long, full life in the land Yahweh your God is giving you. 13 You must not murder. Why would I want to learn how to honor my parents? Because God tells us this is the right way Because many of us are in a transition phase Because this may be a more central issue than you realize

  43. Exodus 20 12 Honor your father and mother. Then you will live a long, full life in the land Yahweh your God is giving you. 13 You must not murder. Practical Steps: 1. Become God’s child John 1:12 – But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God.

  44. Exodus 20 12 Honor your father and mother. Then you will live a long, full life in the land Yahweh your God is giving you. 13 You must not murder. Practical Steps: 2. Forgive your parents Rainey: Honoring your parents is an attitude accompanied by actions that say to your parents: You are worthy. You have value. You are the person God sovereignly placed in my life.

  45. Exodus 20 12 Honor your father and mother. Then you will live a long, full life in the land Yahweh your God is giving you. 13 You must not murder. Practical Steps: 2. Forgive your parents Rainey: You may have failed me, hurt me, and disappointed me at times, but I am taking off my judicial robe and releasing you from the courtroom of my mind.

  46. Exodus 20 12 Honor your father and mother. Then you will live a long, full life in the land Yahweh your God is giving you. 13 You must not murder. Practical Steps: 2. Forgive your parents Rainey: I choose to look at you with compassion – as people with needs, concerns, and scars of your own. —The Tribute, p. 55

  47. Exodus 20 12 Honor your father and mother. Then you will live a long, full life in the land Yahweh your God is giving you. 13 You must not murder. Practical Steps: 2. Forgive your parents Rainey: Perhaps the greatest honor we can do our parents is to let them down off the pedestal of our imaginations, where we are inclined either to idolize them or to flog them as gods who failed, and to accept them as people –

  48. Exodus 20 12 Honor your father and mother. Then you will live a long, full life in the land Yahweh your God is giving you. 13 You must not murder. Practical Steps: 2. Forgive your parents Rainey: people who need forgiveness as well as respect, who need honest relationships with their children perhaps more than with anyone else. —The Tribute, p. 130

  49. Exodus 20 12 Honor your father and mother. Then you will live a long, full life in the land Yahweh your God is giving you. 13 You must not murder. Practical Steps: 3. Learn to appreciate them Rainey: “When you look at your father, what do you see? A successful businessman who spent too little time with you and your siblings?

  50. Exodus 20 12 Honor your father and mother. Then you will live a long, full life in the land Yahweh your God is giving you. 13 You must not murder. Practical Steps: 3. Learn to appreciate them Rainey: Or a lonely, insecure man who had so many holes in his life created by his parents that the only way he knew to cope was by working harder and longer hours?

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