God Gives The Ten Commandments (part 2)



God Gives The Ten Commandments (part 2)

Exodus 20; Deuteronomy 5

(Commandments #5-10)

Main Point: God gave us rules to show us our complete need for Him.

The 10 Commandments showed the people their need to separate from sin and turn to Him. God gave these rules to show love and protection to His people. These rules helped the people understand who God is and helped them keep away from the dangers of sin.

By the finger of God, God wrote the 10 Commandments on two stone tablets. (Exodus 31:18; 32:15-16; 34:1, 28; Dt. 10:4).

Show and read aloud the 10 Commandments:

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Say This: We’re going to finish talking through the meaning of each of these commandments. The first four commandments address our relationship to God. The last six commandments address our relationship to other people.

Briefly review Commandments #1-4 from the previous lesson.

Say This: Commandments #5-10 focus on our relationships with other people.

Rule #5 Honor your father and mother.

God wants our homes and family life to be peaceful and filled with love. Children should be respectful and obey their parents.

Ask: What are some ways that you can show respect to your parents?

(Obeying the first time; don’t talk back; have a happy attitude; speak nicely)

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Ephesians 6:1-3

 Children, obey your parents as believers in the Lord. Obey them because it's the right thing to do. Scripture says, "Honor your father and mother." That is the first commandment that has a promise. "Then things will go well with you. You will live a long time on the earth."(Deuteronomy 5:16)

Say This: Did you hear that promise………. "Then things will go well with you. You will live a long time on the earth."(Deuteronomy 5:16)

God said that this was the first commandment with a promise.

Do you want things to go well with you? (Yes)

Do you want to live a long time on the earth? (Yes)

The Bible says that you need to obey and respect your parents.

Rule #6 Do not murder.

God created man in His own image, and God gives life to all. It is wrong to take away life from another person. But even more than that, God tells us that if we WISH that someone were dead, that is the same thing as murder!

Rule #7 Do not commit adultery.

When a person is married, God tells them that they are to show love only to their husband/wife. The Bible also tells us all to have pure thoughts toward other people.

Rule #8 Do not steal.

Stealing is taking something that does not belong to you. This includes stealing answers from another person’s test.

Ask: Have you ever had something stolen from you? It feels terrible, doesn’t it! God is the one who gives us the opportunity to own things, and we should not take away things from other people.

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Rule #9 Do not lie.

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Say This: God can do anything – except for this: God cannot lie! (Hebrews 6:18 It is impossible for God to lie). In the New Testament, Jesus declares that He is the Way, the TRUTH, and the Life. (John 14:6)

Conversely, Satan is the father of lies. The Bible says that lying is his native language. (John 8:44)  "From the beginning, the devil was a murderer. He has never obeyed the truth. There is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his natural language. He does this because he is a liar. He is the father of lies.

Most of us in this room speak English. The Bible says that Satan speaks LIES.

The 9th commandment warns us not to be like Satan, but rather to be like God and speak the TRUTH!

Rule #10 Do not covet.

This means that we should not want what other people have. The Bible tells us to be content with what we have.

Hebrews 13:5 Don't be controlled by love for money. Be happy with what you have. God has said, "I will never leave you. I will never desert you." (Deuteronomy 31:6)

Say This: God gave these 10 rules to show the people their incredible need for Him. As the people heard these rules, they soon realized that it was impossible to keep them all. And it’s impossible for us too!

The Bible says that if we’ve broken even one of God’s laws, it’s the same as breaking them all!

James 2:10 Suppose you keep the whole law but trip over just one part of it. Then you are guilty of breaking all of it.

Even if we disobey just one command, we are guilty of breaking ALL of God’s commands.

God is perfect and holy. His holiness cannot tolerate even a hint of sin.

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[pic][pic]Illustration: Suppose you are about to drink a nice, cold Coke. Just as you’re about to take a big sip, your friend tells you that another kid put a drop of his SPIT in your coke. Would you want to drink the coke? (No). Why not? (Because even though I love Coke, I would not ever want to drink another person’s spit).

Say This: Just as one drop of spit ruined the entire can of coke, so one sin breaks the perfect relationship that God had with people.

God gave the 10 Commandments to show us that we are NOT good enough to be accepted in God’s sight. We are sinners, and we need a Savior.

Prop: Show a thermometer.

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Say This: Just as a thermometer shows your parents how sick you are, so the 10 Commandments show us how needy we are for God. The thermometer does not make you better. It simply indicates how sick you are. Keeping the 10 commandments does not make us right with God; they show us our desperate need for Him.

Prop: Show a mirror

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Say This: Every day before I leave my house, I look in the mirror to be sure that my face is clean. Suppose I look in the mirror and see a big glob of jelly doughnut on my face. Would I take the mirror and clean my fact with it? (No). The mirror SHOWS me my need to clean my face.

The 10 Commandments are like a mirror. They show me that I have sin all over. They show me that I need a Savior to make me clean and whole again.

Our Need

Most people agree that they have sinned by doing or thinking wrong things. But few people admit that they are HELPLESS sinners. Many people think that THEY can “do something” to take care of their sin. They think that they can outweigh their bad by the good things they do.

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The Bible teaches there is NOTHING we can do to make ourselves acceptable to God. In fact, even the good things that we do are viewed as filthy rags.

Isaiah 64:6 All of us have become like someone who is "unclean."

       All of the good things we do are like polluted rags to you.

    All of us are like leaves that have dried up.

       Our sins sweep us away like the wind.

God wants to save everyone from their sin, but only those who acknowledge their helplessness can be saved. It’s like the person who is drowning. As long as he is fighting the lifeguard, he can’t be rescued. It is only when he gives up and RECEIVES the help that he can be pulled from the water.

When Jesus died to take away our sin, He offered us the FREE GIFT of eternal life with Him in heaven. A gift becomes yours ----------- when you TAKE it.

Salvation must be RECEIVED – not worked for!

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Ephesians 2:8-9 God's grace has saved you because of your faith in Christ. Your salvation doesn't come from anything you do. It is God's gift. It is not based on anything you have done. No one can brag about earning it.

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Main Point: God gave us rules to show us our complete need for Him.

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