SATISFACTION GUARANTEED (10 OF 10)
Scripture: EXODUS 20:17, ROMANS 7:7-8, I KINGS 21:1-16, PHILIPPIANS 4:4-19
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Satisfaction Guaranteed (10 of 10)
Ten Commandments Series
Dennis Marquardt
Exodus 20:17; Romans 7:7-8; I Kings 21:1-16; Philippias 4:4-19
INTRO: The last commandment is the lynch pin of the 10, the previous 9 commandments all have a strong overt element to them, they are actions observed, but, this final commandment strikes at the heart and mind!
In a sense this last commandment is the basis of all the other 9! Even if all your overt actions showed faithfulness to the commandments this last one would condemn you for it reaches down inside the person's heart and desires and motives.
In fact, it was Paul in Romans 7:7-8 that stated that this was the one commandment of the 10 that made him realize his sinfulness and brought him to realize his need of Christ. (Read passage: "What shall we say, then? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed I would not have known what sin was except through the law. For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, "Do not covet." But sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, produced in me every kind of covetous desire. For apart from law, sin is dead. Once I was alive apart from law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.") Until he hit the 10th commandment he could judge himself "good" by overt actions, but with the 10th his mind and motives were revealed to him and it opened to him the understanding of how much he was a sinner!
ILLUS: In Hank Ketcham's comic strip "Dennis the Menace," Dennis is looking through a catalog saying, "This catalog's got a lot of toys I didn't even know I wanted." -- Robert C. Shannon, 1000 Windows, (Cincinnati, Ohio: Standard Publishing Company, 1997).
It is therefore this commandment that destroys the idea that good works can save a man or woman, for it condemns the heart which is so wicked and reveals the extent of our motives in any action we take.
ILLUS: In Parker and Hart's "The Wizard of Id" comic strip, on ...
Ten Commandments Series
Dennis Marquardt
Exodus 20:17; Romans 7:7-8; I Kings 21:1-16; Philippias 4:4-19
INTRO: The last commandment is the lynch pin of the 10, the previous 9 commandments all have a strong overt element to them, they are actions observed, but, this final commandment strikes at the heart and mind!
In a sense this last commandment is the basis of all the other 9! Even if all your overt actions showed faithfulness to the commandments this last one would condemn you for it reaches down inside the person's heart and desires and motives.
In fact, it was Paul in Romans 7:7-8 that stated that this was the one commandment of the 10 that made him realize his sinfulness and brought him to realize his need of Christ. (Read passage: "What shall we say, then? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed I would not have known what sin was except through the law. For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, "Do not covet." But sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, produced in me every kind of covetous desire. For apart from law, sin is dead. Once I was alive apart from law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.") Until he hit the 10th commandment he could judge himself "good" by overt actions, but with the 10th his mind and motives were revealed to him and it opened to him the understanding of how much he was a sinner!
ILLUS: In Hank Ketcham's comic strip "Dennis the Menace," Dennis is looking through a catalog saying, "This catalog's got a lot of toys I didn't even know I wanted." -- Robert C. Shannon, 1000 Windows, (Cincinnati, Ohio: Standard Publishing Company, 1997).
It is therefore this commandment that destroys the idea that good works can save a man or woman, for it condemns the heart which is so wicked and reveals the extent of our motives in any action we take.
ILLUS: In Parker and Hart's "The Wizard of Id" comic strip, on ...
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