COMMANDMENTS (8 OF 10)
Scripture: Exodus 19:3-25, Exodus 20:1-26
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Commandments (8 of 10)
Series: From Here to There - Exodus
Dave Gustavsen
Exodus 19-20
Good morning Chapel family. We are taking the summer of 2021 to walk through the book of Exodus. And today we come to another very well-known scene: the giving of the Ten Commandments. What's the first thing that comes into your mind when you think about the Ten Commandments? I'm going to guess that for some of you, it stirs up positive emotions-it's comforting to know that there are objective standards of right and wrong-especially in a culture that seems so lost. For some of you it's not so positive-it brings memories of a very strict, legalistic church experience you had as a child-so you associate it with feelings of guilt and shame. Some of you probably think about Charlton Heston, in the classic movie, carrying the tablets down the mountain. Maybe for some, it brings visions of political battles over whether the Ten Commandments should be posted in public courthouses and schools. It's a topic that tends to stir up strong emotions.
But what I'd like to do today is to get beyond some of that emotion, and look at the Ten Commandments in the broader context in which they were given. Remember: the people of Israel were on this epic journey between here and there-between slavery in Egypt and their new home in the Promised Land. And God was using this time to shape them and prepare them for life in this new community they were about to form. So we've been saying every week that the story of the Israelites is our story: God is taking each one of us from where we are to the better future he has for us. And part of that process is for us to understand the moral commands of God.
So let's read our Scripture, and then we'll talk about it. Exodus 19, verse 1. In invite you now to hear the Word of God...
1 On the first day of the third month after the Israelites left Egypt-on that very day-they came to the Desert of Sinai. 2 After they set out from Rephidim, they entered ...
Series: From Here to There - Exodus
Dave Gustavsen
Exodus 19-20
Good morning Chapel family. We are taking the summer of 2021 to walk through the book of Exodus. And today we come to another very well-known scene: the giving of the Ten Commandments. What's the first thing that comes into your mind when you think about the Ten Commandments? I'm going to guess that for some of you, it stirs up positive emotions-it's comforting to know that there are objective standards of right and wrong-especially in a culture that seems so lost. For some of you it's not so positive-it brings memories of a very strict, legalistic church experience you had as a child-so you associate it with feelings of guilt and shame. Some of you probably think about Charlton Heston, in the classic movie, carrying the tablets down the mountain. Maybe for some, it brings visions of political battles over whether the Ten Commandments should be posted in public courthouses and schools. It's a topic that tends to stir up strong emotions.
But what I'd like to do today is to get beyond some of that emotion, and look at the Ten Commandments in the broader context in which they were given. Remember: the people of Israel were on this epic journey between here and there-between slavery in Egypt and their new home in the Promised Land. And God was using this time to shape them and prepare them for life in this new community they were about to form. So we've been saying every week that the story of the Israelites is our story: God is taking each one of us from where we are to the better future he has for us. And part of that process is for us to understand the moral commands of God.
So let's read our Scripture, and then we'll talk about it. Exodus 19, verse 1. In invite you now to hear the Word of God...
1 On the first day of the third month after the Israelites left Egypt-on that very day-they came to the Desert of Sinai. 2 After they set out from Rephidim, they entered ...
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