THE 10 COMMANDMENTS

THE 10 COMMANDMENTS I. THESE COMMANDMENTS, FOR 1000’S OF YEARS HAVE PROVIDED GUIDANCE AND A STANDARD FOR LIVING FOR COUNTLESS GENERATIONS. A. THE 10 COMMANDMENTS SERVE AS A PATTERN FOR NAVIGATING HOW TO LOVE GOD AND LOVE OUR NEIGHBOR. B. WHICH COMMANDMENT DO YOU THINK WE OFTEN BREAK? II. EXODUS 20:4-17 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. III. WHICH OF THE 10 COMMANDMENTS IS THE GREATEST? A. JESUS CONDENSES OR SUMMARIZES THE 10 INTO 2 COMMANDMENTS. B. MATTHEW 22:37-40 C. THE COMMANDMENT WE OFTEN BREAK DEPENDS ON OUR AGE. IV. IF WE SIN BY BREAKING ONE OF THESE COMMANDMENTS, WHAT DOES OUR DISOBEDIENCE SAY ABOUT OUR LOVE FOR GOD, OR LOVE FOR OUR NEIGHBOR? A. JAMES 2:10 KJV B. IF WE OFFEND IN ONE POINT WE ARE GUILTY OF ALL. C. THE REASON: GOD IS THE AUTHOR OF ALL THE COMMANDMENTS. V. WE MUST PRAISE GOD FOR HIS GRACE AND MERCY. A. THE QUESTION ISN’T: DOES GOD LOVE ME? HE LOVES YOU, HE PROVED HIS LOVE FOR US. B. ROMANS 5:8 C. THE REAL QUESTION IS “DO YOU LOVE GOD?” TO THE PLACE OF OBEYING THE COMMANDMENTS? D. LUKE 18:18-26 E. LOVE FOR GOD SHOULD MOTIVATE US TO HONOR AND OBEY THE COMMANDMENTS.