We may say Jesus didn’t lower the bar but heightened it; or, could it be that Jesus is interpreting not just the letter but the spirit behind it?

2. Exodus 20:1-4
And God spoke all these words, saying, “I
am the Lord your God, who brought you
out of the land of Egypt, out of the house
of slavery. You shall have no other gods
before me. You shall not make for yourself
a carved image, or any likeness of anything
that is in heaven above, or that is in the
earth beneath, or that is in the water under
the earth.
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3. Exodus 20:5-6
You shall not bow down to them or serve
them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous
God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on
the children to the third and fourth
generation of those who hate me, but
showing steadfast love to thousands of
those who love me and keep my
commandments.
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4. Exodus 20:7-9
You shall not take the name of the Lord
your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold
him guiltless who takes his name in vain.
Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Six days you shall labor, and do all your
work
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5. Exodus 20:10
but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the
Lord your God. On it you shall not do any
work, you, or your son, or your daughter,
your male servant, or your female servant,
or your livestock, or the sojourner who is
within your gates.
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6. Exodus 20:11-12
For in six days the Lord made heaven and
earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and
rested on the seventh day. Therefore the
Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it
holy. Honor your father and your mother,
that your days may be long in the land that
the Lord your God is giving you.
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7. Exodus 20:13-17
You shall not murder. You shall not commit
adultery. You shall not steal. You shall not
bear false witness against your neighbor.
You shall not covet your neighbor’s house;
you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or
his male servant, or his female servant, or
his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is
your neighbor’s.”
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8. Exodus 20:18-19
Now when all the people saw the thunder
and the flashes of lightning and the sound
of the trumpet and the mountain smoking,
the people were afraid and trembled, and
they stood far off and said to Moses, “You
speak to us, and we will listen; but do not
let God speak to us, lest we die.”
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9. Exodus 20:20-21
Moses said to the people, “Do not fear, for
God has come to test you, that the fear of
him may be before you, that you may not
sin.” The people stood far off, while Moses
drew near to the thick darkness where God
was.
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11. God didn’t REDEEM us and
then leave us without
DIRECTION

12. God didn’t REDEEM us and
then leave us without
DIRECTION
The law was not about how to BECOME
God’s people, but how to live NOW that they
were.

13. God didn’t REDEEM us and
then leave us without
DIRECTION
The law was not about how to BECOME
God’s people, but how to live NOW that they
were.
The Ten Commandments are not a MEANS
of salvation, but a GUIDE within which to
ABIDE.

14. It is about how a people
set FREE are to live in their
newfound FREEDOM

15. It is about how a people
set FREE are to live in their
newfound FREEDOM
We are to have an UNDIVIDED loyalty to
God

16. It is about how a people
set FREE are to live in their
newfound FREEDOM
We are to have an UNDIVIDED loyalty to
God
“No other gods” is not just about PRIORITY
but EXCLUSIVITY.

17. It is about how a people
set FREE are to live in their
newfound FREEDOM
We are to have an UNDIVIDED loyalty to
God
“No other gods” is not just about PRIORITY
but EXCLUSIVITY.
In our desire to FIT in we cannot
COMPROMISE that which sets us apart.

18. Do nothing to bring
SHAME to God’s NAME

19. Do nothing to bring
SHAME to God’s NAME
Our DEVOTION to God extends to and
directs how we RELATE to others.

20. Do nothing to bring
SHAME to God’s NAME
Our DEVOTION to God extends to and
directs how we RELATE to others.
We may say Jesus didn’t LOWER the bar but
HEIGHTENED it; or, could it be that Jesus is
INTERPRETING not just the letter but the
SPIRIT behind it?

21. Do nothing to bring
SHAME to God’s NAME
Our DEVOTION to God extends to and
directs how we RELATE to others.
We may say Jesus didn’t LOWER the bar but
HEIGHTENED it; or, could it be that Jesus is
INTERPRETING not just the letter but the
SPIRIT behind it?
The law didn’t nullify the GRACE that came
before, but points us to our need for JESUS.

22. Please take a moment to fill out your
Communication Card
My Next Step Today is to:
( ) Do the home life help (in bulletin)
( ) Meditate on what it means to be devoted
to God
( ) Reflect on if I am relating to others in
Christlike ways.
( ) Read Galatians 3-5
( ) Identify any false gods in my life
( ) Other________________________