NO OTHER GODS (1 OF 10)

NO OTHER GODS
EXODUS 20: 1-3
JUNE 11, 1995 A.M.
SERIES: THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
MESSAGE #1


INTRODUCTION

A. OPENING ILLUSTRATION: 97% OF AMERICANS SAY THEY BELIEVE THE 10
COMMANDMENTS, BUT ONLY 5% CAN NAME THREE OF THEM.

B. THE TEN COMMANDMENTS ARE THE LAWS OF LIFE.

1. THE TEACHINGS OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS SUMMARIZE ALL
THE BIBLE HAS TO SAY.

2. NINE OUT OF TEN OF THEM ARE REPEATED IN THE NEW
TESTAMENT.

3. THE TEN COMMANDMENTS CONTAIN THE BASIC LAWS OF HUMAN
CONDUCT IN SOCIETY.

ILL. "THE TEN COMMANDMENTS ARE GOD'S PENICILLIAN FOR SECULAR
HUMANISM."




C. CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT AMERICA WOULD BE LIKE IF EVERYONE
DETERMINED TODAY TO LIVE BY THE 10 COMMANDMENTS?

1. THERE WOULD BE NO: CRIME, JAILS, DIVORCE, HATE, FEAR OF
WALKING DOWN THE STREETS, NEED FOR PAGES OF CONTRACTS
WHEN PURCHASES ARE MADE, CHILD ABUSE, AUTHORITY
PROBLEMS IN THE SCHOOLS, ETC..

2. "THE COMMANDMENTS DEMAND REVERENCE FOR GOD AND
RESPECT FOR MAN."

ILL. THE FIRST THREE COMMANDMENTS DEAL WITH OUR
RELATIONSHIP TO GOD; THE SECOND THREE DEAL WITH OUR
RELATIONSHIP WITH FAMILY; THE LAST FOUR DEAL WITH THE
FOUNDATIONS OF FAITH FOR THE NATION.

D. THE TEN COMMANDMENTS COME FROM THE BOOK OF EXODUS. THAT IS
IMPORTANT IN ITSELF. EXODUS MEANS TO BE SET FREE. FREEDOM
FROM BONDAGE, LIMITATION, EVIL, AND REPRESSION. THE TEN
COMMANDMENTS DO THAT IN OUR LIVES.




E. THE FIRST MESSAGE WILL DEAL WITH THE FOUNDATIONAL
COMMANDMENT: "YOU SHALL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE ME."

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