Exodus 20:1-17 Basic Rules for Life
INTRODUCTION: There was a sign on a church, “The Light Church, only 7 commandments, one Sabbath a month and a %5 tithe, all you ever wanted in a church and a lot less.” When the people reach Mt. Sinai it is time for them worship and get to know God. Here God gives them the Ten Commandments. You find them carved on door post in every Jewish community. Court hearings about who can write them and where. You can find a form of them in every civilized people and government on earth. They are so simple and yet very profound. Further on in our reading section we find them being written in stone and placed in box called the Ark of the Covenant. They will be carried with them, even into battle, placed in the temple, then lost and forgotten.
1. SIX LAWS SEPIRATE GOOD PEOPLE FROM BAD
A. BASE OF CIVILIZED SOCIETY
B. BASIC MUTUAL RESPECT
C. EVEN GANGS AND ORGONIZED CRIME RECOGNIZE THESE
D. JESUS ASK THE RICH MAN ABOUT THEM Matthew 19:17
E. Notice He only mentions these 6
F. Romans 2:14-16 Written on their hearts
2. Four separate God’s people from Good People
A. Important for identity
B. Written on the door Deut 6:7-9
C. Where you go, what you do, what you think
D. Joshua 1:8
E. Four laws the world hates
3. One law that separates god’s people from eternity
a. John 15:13 Greater love
b. John 3:16 for God so loved
c. Romans 5:8 God demonstrates His own love
d. The eleventh commandment John 1:12
e. Acts 16:31 Believe
Conclusion: These 11 commandments are to characterize our life. They are the heart of our faith. Memorize them, write them on your heart and mind, take them with you into your world and live them. They are what makes you the children of God.
