The Life of Moses
Background Chapter 19:5… ’if you obey me and fully keep my commands’… Chapter 20:1… ’the God who brought you out of slavery’… Background
Introduction
Right God – Right Living
Right God – Right Living “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. (Exodus 20:2) You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. Ex 20:5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, Ex 20:6 but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments…(Exodus 20:4-6) Right God – Right Living
Not Idol
True Image
“You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God, for the LORD will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name… (Exodus 20:7) His Name
Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Ex 20:9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, Ex 20:10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your animals, nor the alien within your gates. Ex 20:11 For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy…(Exodus 20:8-11) But – Be Like Him
His Rest Walter Brueggemann…Sabbath may… entail the terminations of our routines…the disengagement from social conventions…or even the lowering of one’s standard of living…is a witness to the reality of exodus and to the governance of the creator who has broken the restless penchant for productive activity… His Rest
Exodus 20:12-21 Next Week