Written in Stone: One God, no other gods
Series: God’s Ten Commandments and why they are as relevant today as everDanny Sims <dannysimsSPAMFILTER@altamesa.org>
Saturday October 04 2008
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ser100508.mp3 (Size: 7.05 MB)Exodus 20:3 You shall have no other gods before me.
Joshua 24:14-15 14 "Now fear the LORD and serve him with all faithfulness. Throw away the gods your forefathers worshiped beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the LORD. 15 But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your forefathers served beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD."
To “choose God” we have to decide that love is more than we think it is
Deuteronomy 6:4-9 4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. 5 Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. 6 These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. 7 Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. 8 Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. 9 Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.
- Our love for God does have an emotional side
- But love is more than sentiment
- Love is God’s command
- Love is a choice
Four points in summary:
- God is both center and circumference
- Two big tests: Trust & Love
- Get rid of all my “foreign gods”
- Come back to God
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