INTRODUCTION
In this day of disturbing moral and spiritual decline in our beloved nation, there is a desperate
need for all of us to have a fresh awareness of the Ten Commandments and what God is saying
to us through them. Thus, during the next several services I plan to preach on the Ten
Commandments. I want to begin with this message on “Introducing the Ten Commandments.”
I’ll deal with the first part of that Introduction in this sermon, and with the second part in another
sermon. First, let’s consider
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THE JOURNEY
Old Testament
Our lovely and priesthood journey began at Genesis through exodus on the way we saw Leviticus
recording the numbers of people at Deuteronomy, while Joshua was waiting at the beautiful gate for
Judges to see ruth calling Samuel, Samuel at stage the first and second Kings of Chronicles were coming
to visit Ezra, Nehemiah and Esther for the misfortune of their brother Job. Then they noticed that Mr.
Psalms was very busy teaching his grandchildren more about proverbs concerning Ecclesiastics and Song
of Songs (Solomon) that talks more about love by that time Isaiah and Jeremiah were very much engaged
in Lamentations for Ezekiel and Daniel who was their friend. At the moment Hosea and Joel were not
around, in one minute, Amos, Obadiah and Jonah travelled in the same ship with Micah and Nahum to
Jerusalem so Habakkuk visited Zephaniah who introduced him to Haggai as a friend of Zachariah whose
cousin is Malachi being the last born.
New Testament
Immediately after the old tradition life the life style of human being changed Jesus Christ was
born. Mathew, Mark, Luke and john got involved in Acts with romans who was behaving like
the 2 Corinthians who were always logger head with the Galatians at that time Ephesians and
Philippians were very much closer to the Colossians who suggested to the two Thessalonians that
they should of all see 1st and 2nd Timothy who had gone to the house of Titus to teach Philemon
their brother how to read and write. Hebrews and James acted like a company point to know
what is going on to the two brothers 1st Peter and 2nd Peter. After getting the information Jude
revealed everything to the three brothers who were like the holy spirit and it finished everything
that was prophesied by the REG Isaiah. Revelation remained like the will’’ it will never be
changed at all. Jesus is coming for the second time to take his people so let us be ready all the
time.
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Chapter one
GOD’S LOVE FOR US
God’s love gives us a new understanding of what it means to love ourselves and others. God is
love, so let’s explore how He tells us to love.
What is Love?
When you think of love, what is the first thing that pops into your head? Is it a sweet romance,
family relationships, or the way you and your best friend always have each other’s backs? Do
you think of things you love — like pizza, movies, or music? Does God’s love for us come to
mind?
There are four different types of love described in the Bible:
o Eros: Romantic love between two people.
o Philia: Brotherly love (like you would find between best friends).
o Storge: Family love and affection (For example, your parents’ love toward you).
o Agape: Unconditional love. Agape describes God’s love for us.
Ways God Shows His Love For Us
Do you realize that God is a loving God? How do you see His love in your life? Take a few
minutes and list at least three ways He shows you love. God has shown His love toward
humanity since creation. Even after sin entered the world, God promised His love to every
generation. He promised never to leave us and that He would help us. The ultimate act of God’s
love for us was when He sent Jesus, to die on the cross for our sins and resurrected Him three
days later.
God meets our deepest needs and the longings of our hearts. There is nothing that we could
ever do to earn His love or stop Him from loving us.
Use your Bible to look up verses about God’s love for us. Write down your favorites. Memorize
them with your friends. Knowing His Word will help you remember His love and will sustain
you when you feel lonely or unloved.
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Here are a few verses to get you started:
o John 3:16: “For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, that whoever
believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.”
Romans 5:8: “But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for
us.”
Psalm 36:7: “How precious is your steadfast love, O God! The children of mankind take refuge
in the shadow of your wings.”
Jeremiah 31:3: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my
faithfulness to you.”
Romans 8:37-39 “In all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to
come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate
us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
How God Calls us to Love
God’s love isn’t a one-way street. He also calls us to love one another! He commands us to love
Him, love ourselves, and love others. Do you feel that sometimes that’s easier said than done?
No one is perfect in how they love; only God is perfect. However, with His help, we can strive to
be Christ-like in the way we love.
John tells us, “We love because God first loved us” (1 John 4:19). He instructs us, “Beloved, let
us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows
God. Anyone who does not love does not know God because God is love” (1 John 4:7-8).
Let’s take a closer look at how God tells us to love.
1. Loving God
The greatest commandment in the Bible is: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and
with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength” (Mark 12:30). We know
we are supposed to love Him, but how do we do it? Jesus tells us, “If anyone loves me, he will
keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with
him” (John 14:23).
Jesus promises us that if we love Him and keep His commandments, we will have a relationship
with God. He will send the gift of His Holy Spirit to live in our hearts and be our ever-present
guide and helper (Acts 2:38).
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Do you love God and have a relationship with Him? God sent His Son Jesus to die on the
cross so that you could be saved and have that relationship. If you were the only person on the
planet, Jesus still would have died for you because He loves you that much. The Bible tells us
that if you “confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised
him from the dead, you will be saved” (Romans 10:9). Have you asked Jesus to be in your
life? If not, and you want a relationship with Him, we recommend that you start by praying that
he would come into your heart, then go and talk your parents or a spiritual leader such as your
pastor or youth group leader so that they can help you learn what it means to walk with Christ.
Key Verses to Know:
Mark 12:30: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul
and with all your mind and with all your strength.”
John 14:15: “If you love me, keep my commands.”
1 John 5:3: “For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And His
commandments are not burdensome.”
2. Loving Yourself
There’s a big difference between what the world and Bible have to say about loving yourself.
The world shouts that you should do what makes you happy and to “follow your bliss.” In 2
Timothy 3:1-5, Timothy gives a laundry list of worldly, selfish ideals that we need to stay away
from.
So what does loving yourself look like from a biblical perspective? It means taking care of your
body by following healthy habits and recognizing that God created you to be unique. You are
fearfully and wonderfully made (Psalm 139)! Above all, loving yourself means growing closer
to God. Having a relationship with Him will help you make wise choices that protect you from
sin and harm.
Verses to Know:
Ephesians 5:29: “For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as
Christ does the church.”
Proverbs 19:8: “To acquire wisdom is to love oneself; people who cherish understanding will
prosper.
3. Loving Others
One of the most repeated commands in the Bible is to love one another. Jesus tells us to “love
your neighbor as yourself” (Mark 12:31). He also says, “A new commandment I give to you,
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that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this, all
people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another” (John 13:34-35).
It’s easy to love your friends, family, people who are nice, who you like and admire. But what
about the people who hate you or have rejected you? How about the people who are just plain
mean and unlikeable? Jesus says to love them too. Sometimes the most unlovable people are the
ones who are hurting and need Jesus’ love most. And who knows? By loving them when no one
else does, you may change their eternity.
That’s the most incredible way to show your love to others: Introducing them to Jesus Christ.
Jesus instructs us in Matthew 28:19-20 to share our faith with others and make them disciples.
What better way to show someone love than introducing them to the God who is love?
Write down some ways you can show love to the people around you. Can you think of a few
people who need to be shown God’s love and encouragement today?
February focuses a lot on love, especially since Valentine’s Day is in the middle of the month.
Valentine’s Day can be a great platform to show others you love them. If you know a
person’s love language, you can pick a meaningful way to show them love. Click this link for
some creative ideas.
Verses to Know:
Matthew 5:46: “For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the
tax collectors do the same?”
1 Peter 4:8: “Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.”
Luke 6:35: “But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your
reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and
the evil.”
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Chapter two
TRUST
To Trust Is to Place Your Confidence Only in God
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. (Proverbs 3:5)
To trust in the Lord means more than believing in who he is and what he says; the word here for
trust can also mean “to have confidence in.” Having confidence in something means having an
assurance that leads to action. Trust in the Lord is a faith that lets us boldly serve. This
confidence should infuse our whole being.
All of our knowledge, wisdom, and will should be saturated in the action-producing assurance of
the Lord.
When we lean on our own understanding, we trust our own knowledge and discernment to
support us through life. As Jeremiah 17:9 tells us, the problem with this is that “the heart is
deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?” Our own sinful nature
can’t be counted on.
But new hearts are given by Christ through the Holy Spirit. We cultivate God-trusting hearts by
meditation on Scripture, time in prayer, and companionship with other believers. As these things
tune our hearts to the Spirit living in us, we will rely less on ourselves and more on Christ,
serving him in good times and bad, in sickness and in health, in the battle with sin and in the
peace of his rest.
To Trust Is to Acknowledge God in Everything
In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. (Proverbs 3:6)
Acknowledging God means knowing God wherever we are and whatever we are doing. This
doesn’t just mean intellectual assent, but an act of perceiving his character and will in every
moment of life.
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If dedicate ourselves to trusting and seeking God in all circumstances, are we then to believe that
life will be easy and that no trouble will beset us? We have all experienced enough of life to
know that isn’t the case. Instead, what we can expect is that our journey will ultimately lead to
him and we will not be shaken when trials come. Jeremiah 17 gives us clarity:
Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord,
whose trust is the Lord.
He is like a tree planted by water,
that sends out its roots by the stream,
and does not fear when heat comes,
for its leaves remain green,
and is not anxious in the year of drought,
for it does not cease to bear fruit. (7-8)
It’s not that life no longer has difficulties, but that those difficulties are nothing to fear and that
we can remain confident in God in the midst of them. He keeps us vibrant and useful to his will even
when we feel languished or that the times are against us.
As we trust more in Jesus and have confidence to act on his will, we may have to turn down opportunities
that seems great because Jesus has called us elsewhere, or accept callings that scare us. Acknowledging
God in everything means that we remember that no circumstances come to us outside of the Father’s will.
Knowing this will give us strength even through difficulties, pains, and fears, because we know that God
will never leave our side.
To Trust Is to Fear the Lord
Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord, and turn away from evil. (Proverbs 3:7)
Putting trust in the wisdom of man, looking to ourselves—both individually and corporately—is futile in
the extreme.
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, “He catches the wise in their own
craftiness”; and again, “The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.” Therefore let no
one boast in men. (1 Corinthians 3:19-21)
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Whatever we think we know, the Lord knows more. He is more than capable of both shaming our own
supposed wisdom and using it for his greater purpose. So how can we learn to trust God’s wisdom, and
not our own?
The solution to “being wise in [our] own eyes” is to stand in awe of the Lord, to live in a respectful fear
of him. Being scared of God is an idea uncomfortable for some; they want God to be loving and
welcoming. But understand the scope of God’s love, you must understand that he is also terrifying.
His holiness, size, power, beauty, understanding, knowledge, and person are incomprehensible. His anger
at sin is staggering. He is such that Bible gives several accounts of people falling down as though dead at
his mere appearance.
The cure for us being enamored by our own knowledge is in understanding how sublime and fearsome
our God is. The fear of the Lord not only makes his loving-kindness that much more incredible, but also
motivates us to avoid evil in all its forms. For what attraction can sin hold in the face of such a fearsome
God?
To Trust Is to Receive Life from Christ
It will be healing to your flesh and refreshment to your bones. (Proverbs 3:8)
Trust in and fearful awe of the Lord revives.
The word for flesh here is only used in two other verses in the Bible. In one it means “umbilical cord,”
and in the other “navel.” Therefore, the healing spoken of here has a connection of birth, as if trust in the
Lord is tantamount to a rebirth.
The writer of Proverbs then contrasts images of birth with those of death. The trust and fear of the Lord is
like a drink of water to dry bones. It echoes Ezekiel chapter 37, where the word of the Lord revives a
valley of dry bones. He brings them together with his word and uses them as a prophetic metaphor of how
he will pour his Spirit into his people.
Regardless of the pain or hardships endured, Jesus understands them. He can use them for our good and
his glory in ways we can’t comprehend. He can provide healing in unexpected ways, even when hope
seems lost, because truly our hope is in him.
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The Perfect Trust of Jesus Christ
Trusting in the Lord is the only part to life, and nowhere is this seen more fully than in the life and work
of Christ. In his life, he trusted the Father totally, even to his death; through his work on the cross, his
resurrection, and his ascension he offers us new life, pouring his Spirit into our hearts.
In a culture of misplaced trusts, broken promises, and damaged lives, only Jesus is unshakable,
unchangeable, unbreakable, and worthy of all our trust. Only he trusted the Father perfectly with all his
heart, making straight the path for our salvation so we too would trust him. Through him, God offers
healing, wisdom, and love to the world, if we only we acknowledge him in all our ways.
A. Four commandments regarding our conduct before God.
B. “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.
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Chapter three
The Ten Commandments
V2 “ I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house
of bondage
The lord gives a testimony of who He is
In the ancient world (including Egypt), men worshiped many gods. Here Yahweh ( the
LORD) sets Himself apart from any of the other supposed duties/gods Egypt
Preface to the Ten Commandments.
1. V-3 The first commandment: no other gods before Me.
“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.
Other gods/idols. Idolatry:- the worship of something other than God as though it were
God.
Before Me: This does not imply that it is permissible to have other gods, as long as they
line up behind the true God.
Instead the idea is that there are to be no other gods before the sight of the true God in our
life.
This means God demands to be more than added to our lives. We don’t just add Jesus to
the life we already have. We must give Him all our life.
Those lives marked by habitual idolatry will not inherit the kingdom of God ( Ephesians
5:5,).
2. V (4-6) The second commandment: You shall not make for yourself any carved image…
you shall not bow down to them.“You shall not make for yourself a carved image—any
likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath
The second commandment prohibited not only idolatry regarding false gods (overlapping with
the first commandment), it also forbids with making an image of any created thing that we might
worship
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Some take this command to prohibit any kind of representation of God, such as with a painting
of Jesus or a picture of a dove to represent the Holy Spirit, or any other representation.
And the LORD spoke to you out of the midst of the fire. You heard the sound of the words, but
saw no form; you only heard a voice (Deuteronomy 4:12).
The second commandment doesn’t forbid making an image of something for artistic purposes;
God Himself commanded Israel make images of cherubim (Exodus 25:18, 26:31). It forbids the
making of images as an aid or help to worship.
In John 4:24 Jesus explained the rationale behind the second commandment: God is Spirit, and
those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth. The use of images and other material
things as a focus or help to worship denies who God is (Spirit) and how we must worship Him
(in spirit and truth).
V 5 For I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God Visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the
children to the third and fourth generations
God is not jealous of us : he is jealous for us
This does not mean God punishes people directly for the sins of their ancestors. The important
words are of those who hate Me. If the descendants love God, they will not have the iniquity of
the fathers visited on them.
3. (7) The third commandment: You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in
vain. for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.”
“its “taking up” God’s name in a way that represents him poorly
There are at least three ways this command is commonly disobeyed
Profanity: Using the name of God in blasphemy and cursing.
Frivolity: Using the name of God in a superficial, stupid way.
Hypocrisy: Claiming the name of God but acting in a way that disgraces Him
Rash/False swearing; invoking God’s name in an oath that you end up breaking covenant
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The strength of this command has led to strange traditions among the Jewish people. Some go to
extreme measures to avoid violating this command, refusing to even write out the word God, in
the fear that the paper might be destroyed, and the name of God be written in vain.
4. V(8-11) The fourth commandment: Remember the Sabbath day to keep it Holy.
The term ‘sabbath’ is derived from the Hebrews verb to rest or cease from work.
This rest was for all of Israel- for the son and the servant and the strange- even including cattle
The command is to respect the seventh day (Saturday) as a day of rest
The Sabbath commanded here and observed by Israel was a shadow of things to come, but the
substance is of Christ (Colossians 2:16-17).
The most important purpose of the Sabbath was to serve as a preview picture of the rest we have
in Jesus.
Six commandments regarding our conduct before God and man.
5. V (12) the fifth commandment: Honor your father and your mother.
“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the
LORD your God is giving you.”
i. To honor one’s parents includes prizing them, to care for them, and to show
respect or reverence to them. This is the behind the command
ii. This is not a popular doctrine in our modern world, where youth is worshiped, and
old age despised.
iii. Jesus used the way Pharisees interpreted this commandment as an example of how
one might keep the law with a limited interpretation yet violate the spirit of the
commandment( Mathew 15:4-6)
6.V (13) The sixth commandment: You shall not murder.
“You shall not murder.”
There is a distinction between to kill and to murder. Murder is the taking of life without legal
justification (execution after due process) or moral justification .
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Jesus carefully explained the heart of this commandment. He showed that it also prohibits us
from hating someone else (Matthew 5:21-26), because we can wish someone dead in our hearts,
yet never have the nerve to commit the deed. Someone may not kill from a lack of courage or
initiative, yet his or her heart is filled with hatred.
7 V. (14) The seventh commandment: You shall not commit adultery.
For a man to have intercourse with another man’s wife was considered as heinous sin against
God as well as man, long before the law, in patriarchal times (Genesis 39:9
The New Testament clearly condemns adultery: Now the works of the flesh are evident, which
are: adultery, fornication uncleanness, licentiousness (Galatians 5:19
More than the act itself, Jesus carefully explained the heart of this commandment. It prohibits us
from looking at a woman to lust for her, where we commit adultery in our heart or mind, yet
may not have the courage or opportunity to do the act (Matthew 5:27-28).
8 V. (15) The eighth commandment: You shall not steal.
This command is another important foundation for human society, establishing the right to
personal property.
God has clearly entrusted certain possessions to certain individuals, and other people or states are
not permitted to take that property without due process of law.
We can also steal from God. Of course, this demands we honor God with our financial resources,
so we are not guilty of robbing Him (Malachi 3:8-10).
We can also rob God by refusing to give Him ourselves for obedience and His service, because
He bought us and owns us: knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like
silver or gold… but with the precious blood of Christ (1 Peter 1:18-19)
Ephesians 4:28 gives the solution to stealing. Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let
him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give him who has
need.
9.V (16) The ninth commandment: You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.:
The primary sense of this command has to do with the legal process.
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we can break the ninth commandment through
slander, tale bearing, creating false impressions, by silence, by questioning the motives behind
someone’s actions, or even by flattery.
ii. “Slander… is a lie invented and spread with intent to do harm. That is the worst form of injury
a person can do to another. Slander ruins a reputation which may never be regained, and causes
lifelong suffering.
Creating false impressions
Silence- Inappropriate silence may also break this command. “When someone utters a falsity
about another and a third person is present who knows that statement to be untrue but, for
reasons of fear or being disliked, remains quiet, that third person is as guilty of breaking this law
as if he had told a lie.
Flattery – excessive and insincere praise, given especially to further one’s interests
The New Testament puts it simple. Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old man
with his deeds (colossians 3:9). Lying and false representations belongs to the old man, not to the
new life we have in Jesus.
10.V (17) The tenth commandment: You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet
your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor
anything that is your neighbor’s .
Covetousness - works like this: the eyes look upon an object, the mind admires it, the will goes
over to it, and the body moves in to possess it. Just because you have not taken the final step
does not mean you are not in the process of coveting.
Covetousness- it is the itch to have and to possess what someone else has. It speaks of a
dissatisfaction with what we have, and a jealously towards those who have something better.
Hebrews 13:5 puts it well: Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things
as you have. For He Himself has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”
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Jesus gave a special warning about covetousness, which explained the core philosophy of the
covetous heart: And He said to them, “Take heed and beware of covetousness, for one’s life does
not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses.” (Luke 12:15)
C. The nation’s great fear of the presence of God.
V. (18-19) Fear of the presence of God.
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Biblically speaking, an up-close encounter with God could just as often be troubling as it might
be comforting.
The Israelites obeyed God out of fear
This is a typical reaction of those who came into the presence of God, such as Isaiah who
felt undone before God (Isaiah 6:1-5) and John who fell as a dead man before the Lord
(Revelation 1:17).
Man’s desire for a mediator – someone to act as a go-between with us and God – is only good if
it is fulfilled in Jesus Christ, for there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the
Man Christ Jesus (1 Timothy 2:5).
V. (20) The purpose for this fear- Do not fear; for God has come to set you, and that his fear may be
before you, so that you may not sin.’’
Reasons for testing
To reveal to them what kind of God they served: a God above nature, personal, good, and
holy.
To reveal to them what God’s expectations were, that God is a moral God who expects
moral behavior from His people.
To revealed to them their own weakness and need for God’s grace, help, and rescue.
Though it is better to obey God out of fear than to disobey Him, God’s ultimate
motivation for obedience is love. This is clear from 1 John 4:18-19: There is no fear in
love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has
not been made perfect in love. We love Him because He first loved us.
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V(21) So the people stood afar off, but Moses drew near the thick darkness where God was.
Moses had a relationship with God the common man in Israel did not have. Through the
circumstances of his life and the direct revelation of God, Moses was aware of both
God’s holy power and also of God’s glorious grace.
It wasn’t that Moses was a flawless saint. Moses was a murderer who had been forgiven
and restored by God. Moses knew what it meant to connect with God on the ground
of grace, not what one deserved.
Laws concerning worship and altars.
V 22 The purity of worship- You have seen that I have talked with you from heaven:
This makes it perfectly clear that God spoke the Ten Commandments to Israel from heaven.
This happened at Mount Sinai,
b. You shall not make anything to be with Me; gods of silver or gods of gold:
Because God did not reveal Himself to Israel in any form or image, they were not to make any
other god of silver or gold to set beside (be with Me) God.
Instructions for altars and sacrifice.
V 24An altar of earth you shall make for Me,
Our word altar comes from the Latin altus, meaning high or elevated – because altars were raised to give
them prominence and dignity.
An altar of earth: “In opposition to the costly shrines and services of those dunghill deities.” (Trapp)
God did not need an ornate or elaborate altar; an altar of earth was sufficient. With God’s
ultimate altar, a few wooden beams were sufficient.
You shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings:
The mention of them at the outset of the giving of the law indicates that man cannot keep the law
and must have sacrifice to deal with this inability.
c. I will come to you, and I will bless you:
This wonderful promise was made in the context of sacrifice and atonement.
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. You shall not build it of hewn stone:
If an altar were made of stone, it was possible or even likely that attention would be drawn, and
glory would be given to the stone carver.
God, at His altar, wanted to share glory with no man – the beauty and attractiveness would be
found only in the provision of God, not in any fleshly display.
e. Nor shall you go up by steps:
God wanted no display of human flesh at His place of covering sacrifice. Steps might allow the
leg of the priest to be seen.
What God does want from us in worship is seen by Jesus’ statement in John 4:24: God is Spirit,
and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.
God wants worship that is characterized by Spirit (as opposed to flesh) and truth (as opposed to
deception or mere feeling).
ii. “Later on, when altars with steps were allowed to be built (Leviticus 9:22; Ezekiel 43:13-17),
the priests were instructed to wear linen undershorts (Exodus 28:40-42; Ezekiel 44:18).
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