2. The Ten Commandments – Series #1
God Comes First: The Challenge of the First Commandment
Ex. 20:1-3
1 And God spoke all these words, saying:
2 I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
3 You shall have no other gods before Me.

3. WHO’S ON FIRST
This issue must be settled! If anyone, or anything, occupies first place in our lives ahead of God, than our lives are out of control and out of balance.

4. You shall have no other gods before Me
GOD’S REQUIREMENT v.3
You shall have no other gods before Me
1. The God Of Pleasure –
Phil. 3: For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: whose end is destruction, whose god is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame—who set their mind on earthly things.

5. You shall have no other gods before Me
GOD’S REQUIREMENT v.3
You shall have no other gods before Me
2. The God of Possessions
Matt. 6:24. No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.

6. You shall have no other gods before Me 3. The God Of Personal Worth
GOD’S REQUIREMENT v.3
You shall have no other gods before Me
3. The God Of Personal Worth
Romans 1:25 who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator...

7. GOD’S REQUIREMENT v.3 You shall have no other gods before Me
4. The God Of Plans And Projects –
Anything that occupies the mind and life ahead of God is an idol!

8. Notice the price He paid: 1. He came down from Heaven – John 1:1
GOD’S REASON v. 2
Notice the price He paid:
1. He came down from Heaven – John 1:1
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

9. GOD’S REASON v. 2 Notice the price He paid:
Notice the price He paid:
2. He endured poverty and hardship – Matt. 8:20
And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.”

10. GOD’S REASON v. 2 Notice the price He paid:
Notice the price He paid:
3. He was rejected by the very people
He came to save – John 1:11
He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.

11. Notice the price He paid:
GOD’S REASON v. 2
Notice the price He paid:
4. He was scourged – Matt. 27:26
Then he released Barabbas to them; and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered Him to be crucified.

12. Notice the price He paid:
GOD’S REASON v. 2
Notice the price He paid:
5. He was beaten – Luke 22:63-64
Now the men who held Jesus mocked Him and beat Him. And having blindfolded Him, they struck Him on the face...

13. GOD’S REASON v. 2 Notice the price He paid:
Notice the price He paid:
6. He was spit upon – Matt. 27:30
Then they spat on Him, and took the reed and struck Him on the head.

14. Notice the price He paid:
GOD’S REASON v. 2
Notice the price He paid:
7. He was mocked – Matt. 27:29
When they had twisted a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and a reed in His right hand. And they bowed the knee before Him and mocked Him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”

15. GOD’S REASON v. 2 Notice the price He paid:
Notice the price He paid:
8. He was humiliated – Luke 23:38
And an inscription also was written over Him in letters of Greek, Latin, and Hebrew:
THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

16. Notice the price He paid: 9. He was crucified – Matt. 27:35
GOD’S REASON v. 2
Notice the price He paid:
9. He was crucified – Matt. 27:35
Then they crucified Him, and divided His garments, casting lots, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet: “They divided My garments among them, And for My clothing they cast lots.”

17. GOD’S REASON v. 2 Notice the price He paid:
Notice the price He paid:
10. His beard was plucked out – Isa. 50:6
I gave My back to those who struck Me, And My cheeks to those who plucked out the beard;
I did not hide My face from shame and spitting.

18. Notice the price He paid:
GOD’S REASON v. 2
Notice the price He paid:
11. He died – John 19:30
So when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished!” And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit

19. Notice the price He paid:
GOD’S REASON v. 2
Notice the price He paid:
12. He loved us – John 3:16
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

20. Notice the price He paid:
GOD’S REASON v. 2
Notice the price He paid:
13. He called us – John 6:44
No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up at
the last day.

21. Notice the price He paid:
GOD’S REASON v. 2
Notice the price He paid:
14. He received us – John 6:37
All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will by no means
cast out.

22. Notice the price He paid:
GOD’S REASON v. 2
Notice the price He paid:
15. He saved us – Eph. 2:8-9
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.

23. GOD’S REASON v. 2 Notice the price He paid:
Notice the price He paid:
16. He cleansed us and forgave us every sin – Col. 2:13-14
And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses, having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.

24. Notice the price He paid:
GOD’S REASON v. 2
Notice the price He paid:
17. He adopted us – Eph. 1:5
having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will

25. Notice the price He paid:
GOD’S REASON v. 2
Notice the price He paid:
18. He keeps us – 1 Pet. 1:5
who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

26. There are only 2 possible ways in which man can respond.
MAN’S RESPONSE
There are only 2 possible ways in which man can respond.