WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.440 Covenant with the people of Israel by speaking to them of their deliverance from Egypt. 00:00:06.440 --> 00:00:14.720 ! He reminds them what he had done for them before he requires anything of them. 00:00:14.720 --> 00:00:18.859 ! Notice the initial phrase in verse 4. 00:00:20.000 --> 00:00:25.260 ! You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians. 00:00:25.260 --> 00:00:31.520 This phrase recalls God's judgment upon Egypt. 00:00:31.520 --> 00:00:39.520 It speaks to God's incomparable working of justice and of his wrath toward his enemies 00:00:39.520 --> 00:00:46.219 that Israel would fear God and hear his good commandments to them. 00:00:46.560 --> 00:00:52.160 It reminded them of the wrath of God that they had escaped. 00:00:52.159 --> 00:00:59.439 Secondly, the phrase, and how I bore you on eagles' wings, 00:01:00.719 --> 00:01:06.239 shows Israel's role in their deliverance as entirely passive. 00:01:07.599 --> 00:01:11.620 God's interpretation of his deliverance of Israel from the hands of the Egyptians 00:01:11.620 --> 00:01:18.039 does not run contrary to Israel's understanding of the same. 00:01:18.040 --> 00:01:21.160 They understood it was God who delivered us. 00:01:21.600 --> 00:01:23.440 We took no part in this. 00:01:23.860 --> 00:01:26.700 God has brought us out of Egypt. 00:01:27.800 --> 00:01:35.160 In Exodus chapter 15, Miriam sings to Israel of Israel's deliverance after crossing the Red Sea. 00:01:36.040 --> 00:01:38.780 And there is recorded for us, she sings, 00:01:38.780 --> 00:01:43.400 sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously. 00:01:43.939 --> 00:01:47.659 The horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea. 00:01:48.299 --> 00:01:50.099 So they understood, right? 00:01:50.299 --> 00:01:52.439 It is God who judged Egypt. 00:01:52.960 --> 00:01:57.439 It is God who has delivered us from their hand. 00:01:57.439 --> 00:02:03.980 Thirdly, the phrase, and brought you to myself, 00:02:04.859 --> 00:02:09.759 teaches us that God did not save Israel for her own sake, 00:02:10.180 --> 00:02:13.840 but for a particular relationship with him. 00:02:14.780 --> 00:02:19.000 A relationship that he expounds upon in the following verses. 00:02:19.879 --> 00:02:22.759 Now, if we rightly understand the Exodus story, 00:02:22.759 --> 00:02:28.359 we find in it a foreshadowing of the deliverance to come. 00:02:29.219 --> 00:02:32.479 So we ought to, as those found in Christ, 00:02:32.599 --> 00:02:37.439 delivered from the death of sin to life in Christ, 00:02:38.120 --> 00:02:43.639 can connect here at this point with what God is saying to his people. 00:02:44.699 --> 00:02:47.659 Verse 5 begins with the phrase, 00:02:48.500 --> 00:02:50.259 Now, therefore. 00:02:50.259 --> 00:02:55.379 So, in response to my deliverance, 00:02:56.439 --> 00:02:59.639 because of who I am to you, 00:03:00.399 --> 00:03:04.519 here is who you are to be to me. 00:03:05.739 --> 00:03:09.680 God goes on to define Israel's calling. 00:03:10.019 --> 00:03:14.319 What it will mean for them to be God's people. 00:03:15.180 --> 00:03:18.239 So God begins with this reminder of his deliverance. 00:03:18.240 --> 00:03:19.460 I delivered you. 00:03:19.659 --> 00:03:23.560 I bore you on wings and I brought you to myself. 00:03:24.659 --> 00:03:28.980 And then he goes on to expect something of them. 00:03:29.080 --> 00:03:31.640 So grateful obedience. 00:03:32.920 --> 00:03:34.420 And he gives them this calling. 00:03:34.560 --> 00:03:35.740 And he first says, 00:03:35.740 --> 00:03:54.439 The Hebrew term translated in our text as treasured possession is used elsewhere in the Bible to refer to a king's personal wealth. 00:03:54.439 --> 00:03:57.719 Israel was to be a special people. 00:03:57.719 --> 00:04:02.439 A highly valued people among all peoples. 00:04:02.439 --> 00:04:04.620 God is saying, 00:04:04.620 --> 00:04:18.540 God is saying, 00:04:18.540 --> 00:04:20.740 I possess all peoples. 00:04:21.180 --> 00:04:26.159 And you are to be a special people for the sake of all peoples. 00:04:26.160 --> 00:04:32.500 And this idea is further developed in the next phrase at the beginning of verse 6. 00:04:33.340 --> 00:04:34.900 God says of Israel, 00:04:35.560 --> 00:04:39.680 And you shall be to me a kingdom of priests. 00:04:39.680 --> 00:04:48.199 The people of Israel as a whole were meant to fulfill priestly duties. 00:04:49.139 --> 00:04:51.319 It's a rather interesting Hebrew phrase. 00:04:51.319 --> 00:04:57.000 Both here this idea of kingdom of priests as well as later on in the verse, holy nation. 00:04:57.759 --> 00:05:03.280 These phrases are only found in this place in the Old Testament, 00:05:03.460 --> 00:05:06.680 which makes it difficult to translate and understand. 00:05:06.680 --> 00:05:09.379 We can also understand, 00:05:09.500 --> 00:05:10.879 and I think more rightly, 00:05:11.160 --> 00:05:15.019 rather than ESV rendering this kingdom of priests, 00:05:15.540 --> 00:05:17.319 a priestly kingdom. 00:05:17.480 --> 00:05:22.960 That they were as a whole meant to fulfill these priestly duties. 00:05:24.360 --> 00:05:29.620 The priests were to be representatives of the Lord to Israel. 00:05:30.620 --> 00:05:36.040 And the priests were meant to be representatives of Israel to the Lord. 00:05:36.680 --> 00:05:44.240 The presence and service of the priests made possible a relationship between God and Israel. 00:05:45.379 --> 00:05:51.259 And this is the way that Israel is meant to function for the peoples of the earth. 00:05:51.500 --> 00:05:54.460 And while not expressly stated here, 00:05:55.019 --> 00:06:00.899 from a broader understanding of the narrative of God's dealings and purposes for His people, 00:06:00.899 --> 00:06:09.719 we can know that Israel was meant to serve this way for all peoples to the ends of the earth. 00:06:10.539 --> 00:06:17.599 Recall, as a simple example, the story of God sending Jonah to the Ninevites to go and preach what? 00:06:18.359 --> 00:06:18.879 Repentance. 00:06:19.199 --> 00:06:23.319 Turn from your sins and turn to the one true God. 00:06:23.319 --> 00:06:28.360 Finally, God says that Israel is to be a holy nation. 00:06:29.360 --> 00:06:33.560 They were to be a people set apart in holy living as a nation amongst nations. 00:06:34.279 --> 00:06:37.259 If this were not coming from the mouth of the Lord Himself, 00:06:37.480 --> 00:06:40.759 it would seem so very blasphemous. 00:06:41.600 --> 00:06:44.959 But God is placing this calling on His people. 00:06:44.959 --> 00:06:48.379 He will give to them good commands. 00:06:49.379 --> 00:06:54.379 Commands that are not burdensome and aimed at their flourishing. 00:06:55.379 --> 00:07:01.899 Jesus repeats such an expectation of the citizens of the kingdom of heaven in Matthew 5 and verse 48, 00:07:02.039 --> 00:07:02.560 where He says, 00:07:02.699 --> 00:07:07.740 You therefore must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect. 00:07:07.740 --> 00:07:07.860 perfect. 00:07:08.860 --> 00:07:12.960 So, God has a purpose for Israel, 00:07:13.280 --> 00:07:16.160 and it is a missionary purpose, 00:07:16.480 --> 00:07:20.740 to display His glory to the world in holy living. 00:07:21.740 --> 00:07:26.139 This is still God's purpose for His people. 00:07:26.480 --> 00:07:28.579 His purpose for us. 00:07:29.579 --> 00:07:31.980 And we can know this so clearly, 00:07:32.079 --> 00:07:36.460 because the Apostle Peter borrows language from the beginning of Exodus 19 00:07:36.459 --> 00:07:40.199 to make the expanded point to the church. 00:07:40.279 --> 00:07:42.339 In 1 Peter 2 and verse 9, 00:07:42.439 --> 00:07:42.899 He wrote, 00:07:42.979 --> 00:07:46.319 and I hope your brains are just already pinging to the cross reference, 00:07:47.739 --> 00:07:50.519 But you are a chosen race, 00:07:51.019 --> 00:07:52.459 a royal priesthood, 00:07:52.979 --> 00:07:54.019 a holy nation, 00:07:54.699 --> 00:07:56.560 a people for His own possession, 00:07:57.139 --> 00:08:00.139 that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him 00:08:00.139 --> 00:08:01.679 who called you out of darkness 00:08:01.679 --> 00:08:04.879 into His marvelous light. 00:08:04.879 --> 00:08:09.480 So, as those who have been made righteous in Christ, 00:08:10.480 --> 00:08:13.480 we are to be keepers of the law. 00:08:13.980 --> 00:08:16.379 Not obedient so that we will be accepted by God, 00:08:16.699 --> 00:08:18.060 but accepted by God, 00:08:18.159 --> 00:08:20.620 and therefore gratefully obedient. 00:08:20.920 --> 00:08:24.000 And we are to give all of ourselves to grateful obedience 00:08:24.000 --> 00:08:29.060 for the sake of God's glory amongst all peoples. 00:08:29.060 --> 00:08:36.120 This is why a study of Exodus 20 matters for the church. 00:08:37.259 --> 00:08:41.620 God expects of us whole person righteousness. 00:08:42.080 --> 00:08:44.820 A righteousness that we find ultimately in Christ. 00:08:45.100 --> 00:08:46.700 The one who was without sin, 00:08:46.860 --> 00:08:48.940 who kept the law perfectly, 00:08:49.659 --> 00:08:50.639 but yet, 00:08:51.000 --> 00:08:52.639 having been clothed in His righteousness, 00:08:52.960 --> 00:08:54.879 and left here on this earth, 00:08:54.879 --> 00:08:59.879 we are meant to pursue obedience for the sake of His name. 00:09:00.879 --> 00:09:04.600 Every bit, every bit of our being. 00:09:05.899 --> 00:09:08.200 This morning's Spurgeon quote on your bulletin, 00:09:08.559 --> 00:09:09.539 Spurgeon once said, 00:09:09.639 --> 00:09:12.700 Obedience rendered without delight in rendering it 00:09:12.700 --> 00:09:15.360 is only half obedience. 00:09:15.360 --> 00:09:19.580 God wants all of us given in worship to Him 00:09:19.580 --> 00:09:23.200 for the praise of His name amongst all peoples. 00:09:23.539 --> 00:09:25.720 So, with all of that in mind, 00:09:26.180 --> 00:09:29.000 let's look together at the first three commandments. 00:09:29.779 --> 00:09:31.159 We're going to do that 00:09:31.159 --> 00:09:33.419 by using a historical document. 00:09:35.399 --> 00:09:36.860 I mentioned it to you previously, 00:09:36.980 --> 00:09:38.620 and again, my sincerest apology 00:09:38.620 --> 00:09:40.320 if you don't have a bulletin in your hand 00:09:40.320 --> 00:09:42.480 with something stapled to the back of it. 00:09:42.480 --> 00:09:47.320 We're going to look at a number of the questions and answers 00:09:47.320 --> 00:09:49.480 from the Westminster Larger Catechism. 00:09:50.120 --> 00:09:52.320 I gave you some history of that in previous weeks. 00:09:52.779 --> 00:09:55.480 1648 is when it was adopted. 00:09:57.680 --> 00:09:59.420 Now, I want to be clear. 00:10:01.139 --> 00:10:02.120 So, hear this please. 00:10:03.279 --> 00:10:07.060 Historic creeds, confessions, and catechisms 00:10:07.060 --> 00:10:09.220 are helpful to us, 00:10:09.220 --> 00:10:12.759 but only insofar as they are consistent 00:10:12.759 --> 00:10:13.540 with the Scriptures. 00:10:14.500 --> 00:10:16.779 I believe that the Westminster Larger Catechism 00:10:16.779 --> 00:10:18.279 on this matter is, 00:10:18.379 --> 00:10:19.019 and therefore, 00:10:19.540 --> 00:10:21.220 can give us a helpful framework 00:10:21.220 --> 00:10:23.040 for which to think through the law 00:10:23.040 --> 00:10:26.040 and our obedience to it. 00:10:27.000 --> 00:10:29.300 As we look at the following catechism questions, 00:10:29.680 --> 00:10:31.740 I will intersperse a bit of text 00:10:31.740 --> 00:10:34.120 that the Westminster divines 00:10:34.120 --> 00:10:36.240 employed in writing their answers, 00:10:36.240 --> 00:10:38.399 but we do not have time 00:10:38.399 --> 00:10:41.340 to proof out everything that they said. 00:10:42.039 --> 00:10:43.080 So, I want you to be encouraged 00:10:43.080 --> 00:10:45.860 to spend some more time with this document. 00:10:46.639 --> 00:10:49.480 I want you to see it in front of you read, 00:10:49.600 --> 00:10:50.840 and again, I'll try to read carefully 00:10:50.840 --> 00:10:52.639 if you don't have a copy of it in front of you, 00:10:53.620 --> 00:10:55.200 but spend some more time 00:10:55.200 --> 00:10:57.240 looking at this historic text 00:10:57.799 --> 00:11:00.100 and at God's inspired Word 00:11:00.100 --> 00:11:02.080 where they're pulling together 00:11:02.080 --> 00:11:04.860 this idea systematically for us. 00:11:04.860 --> 00:11:07.919 You can easily access copies 00:11:07.919 --> 00:11:09.779 of the Westminster Larger Catechism 00:11:09.779 --> 00:11:12.259 with all of the Scripture proofs online. 00:11:12.440 --> 00:11:12.980 Very simply. 00:11:13.320 --> 00:11:14.779 I would have loved to have included 00:11:14.779 --> 00:11:16.480 all the Scripture proofs for you on this, 00:11:16.639 --> 00:11:17.659 and I tried, 00:11:17.940 --> 00:11:19.159 but it was going to make eight pages 00:11:19.159 --> 00:11:19.840 instead of two. 00:11:20.000 --> 00:11:22.440 So, I retracted down 00:11:22.440 --> 00:11:24.419 to just the text 00:11:24.419 --> 00:11:27.159 that the Westminster divines wrote. 00:11:28.159 --> 00:11:30.019 I also want to remind you 00:11:30.019 --> 00:11:31.539 of a question and answer 00:11:31.539 --> 00:11:32.440 from the catechism 00:11:32.440 --> 00:11:33.800 that we discussed last week. 00:11:33.799 --> 00:11:35.019 Okay, so before we get into 00:11:35.019 --> 00:11:37.159 these present questions and answers, 00:11:37.699 --> 00:11:38.519 from last week, 00:11:38.539 --> 00:11:40.039 we looked at question 99, 00:11:40.959 --> 00:11:42.519 which just asked this, 00:11:42.639 --> 00:11:44.139 what rules are to be observed 00:11:44.139 --> 00:11:45.519 for the right understanding 00:11:45.519 --> 00:11:48.359 of the Ten Commandments? 00:11:48.839 --> 00:11:50.859 And the answer, in part, 00:11:51.419 --> 00:11:52.399 they say for the right understanding 00:11:52.399 --> 00:11:53.039 of the Ten Commandments, 00:11:53.179 --> 00:11:54.799 these rules are to be observed, 00:11:54.859 --> 00:11:56.199 and we talked about six of them. 00:11:56.200 --> 00:11:57.720 The third one is the one 00:11:57.720 --> 00:11:58.420 I want to remind you of, 00:11:58.480 --> 00:12:00.980 that one and the same thing 00:12:00.980 --> 00:12:02.480 in diverse respects 00:12:02.480 --> 00:12:03.759 is required or forbidden 00:12:03.759 --> 00:12:05.759 in several commandments. 00:12:06.259 --> 00:12:07.360 So, you're going to hear, 00:12:07.460 --> 00:12:08.379 as we look at these, 00:12:08.840 --> 00:12:11.900 some divergent commands, 00:12:12.100 --> 00:12:13.920 both for or against 00:12:13.920 --> 00:12:14.940 particular activity, 00:12:15.759 --> 00:12:17.460 and that's okay. 00:12:18.020 --> 00:12:19.920 It works out like a Venn diagram. 00:12:20.100 --> 00:12:21.180 There's some overlaps 00:12:21.180 --> 00:12:22.440 in some places, 00:12:22.440 --> 00:12:23.400 and you'll note that 00:12:23.400 --> 00:12:26.920 as we look at these matters together. 00:12:27.900 --> 00:12:28.700 Once again, 00:12:29.040 --> 00:12:30.300 we really could take 00:12:30.300 --> 00:12:32.360 on each of these commandments a week. 00:12:32.460 --> 00:12:33.000 We're going to tackle 00:12:33.000 --> 00:12:34.900 the first three today, 00:12:35.680 --> 00:12:36.240 Lord willing, 00:12:36.380 --> 00:12:38.320 the fourth commandment next Sunday, 00:12:38.560 --> 00:12:40.160 and then we'll try, 00:12:40.340 --> 00:12:42.240 we'll see the final six, 00:12:42.660 --> 00:12:45.220 the Lord's Day after that, 00:12:45.420 --> 00:12:46.400 and then we'll get back 00:12:46.400 --> 00:12:49.640 into the Sermon on the Mount following. 00:12:49.639 --> 00:12:52.419 So, the first question 00:12:52.419 --> 00:12:54.220 is question 103. 00:12:54.840 --> 00:12:56.080 Skip 102 for now. 00:12:56.439 --> 00:12:57.879 Question 103, 00:12:58.220 --> 00:12:58.720 which is simply, 00:12:58.879 --> 00:13:01.580 what is the first commandment? 00:13:01.600 --> 00:13:03.240 And we find this in verse 3. 00:13:03.340 --> 00:13:04.539 The first commandment is, 00:13:05.199 --> 00:13:08.620 you shall have no other gods before me. 00:13:09.319 --> 00:13:10.960 So, what does this mean? 00:13:11.419 --> 00:13:13.559 Question 104 begins to answer, 00:13:13.740 --> 00:13:16.639 what does the first commandment require? 00:13:17.399 --> 00:13:18.919 We're going to see both requirements 00:13:18.919 --> 00:13:21.759 and things being forbidden. 00:13:21.919 --> 00:13:24.299 The first commandment requires us 00:13:24.299 --> 00:13:27.179 to know and recognize God 00:13:27.179 --> 00:13:29.819 as the only true God 00:13:29.819 --> 00:13:32.939 and our God. 00:13:33.939 --> 00:13:36.500 1 Chronicles 28, 00:13:36.740 --> 00:13:37.519 in verse 9, 00:13:37.719 --> 00:13:38.259 David says, 00:13:38.379 --> 00:13:40.079 And you, Solomon my son, 00:13:40.259 --> 00:13:41.740 know the God of your father 00:13:41.740 --> 00:13:42.659 and serve Him 00:13:42.659 --> 00:13:44.219 with a whole heart 00:13:44.219 --> 00:13:45.839 and with a willing mind. 00:13:45.840 --> 00:13:48.019 For the Lord searches all hearts 00:13:48.019 --> 00:13:49.980 and understands every plan and thought. 00:13:50.820 --> 00:13:51.759 If you seek Him, 00:13:52.280 --> 00:13:53.960 He will be found by you. 00:13:54.300 --> 00:13:55.460 But if you forsake Him, 00:13:56.000 --> 00:13:58.340 He will cast you off forever. 00:13:59.019 --> 00:14:00.220 So, the very beginning, 00:14:00.379 --> 00:14:02.000 we are to recognize God 00:14:02.000 --> 00:14:03.620 as God 00:14:03.620 --> 00:14:05.460 and to seek Him 00:14:05.460 --> 00:14:06.540 as our God. 00:14:06.639 --> 00:14:07.800 And the answer goes on, 00:14:07.799 --> 00:14:09.019 and to worship 00:14:09.019 --> 00:14:10.959 and to glorify Him 00:14:10.959 --> 00:14:12.959 as such. 00:14:13.759 --> 00:14:15.379 Psalmist of Psalm 95, 00:14:15.559 --> 00:14:16.599 verses 6 and 7, 00:14:16.679 --> 00:14:17.359 O come, 00:14:17.699 --> 00:14:18.579 let us worship 00:14:18.579 --> 00:14:19.559 and bow down. 00:14:19.939 --> 00:14:21.439 Let us kneel before the Lord, 00:14:21.519 --> 00:14:22.479 our Maker. 00:14:23.179 --> 00:14:24.539 For He is our God, 00:14:24.639 --> 00:14:25.779 and we are the people 00:14:25.779 --> 00:14:26.740 of His pasture 00:14:26.740 --> 00:14:27.719 and the sheep 00:14:27.719 --> 00:14:29.359 of His hand. 00:14:29.779 --> 00:14:30.979 So, we're meant to worship Him 00:14:30.980 --> 00:14:32.659 as our God 00:14:32.659 --> 00:14:34.680 by valuing, 00:14:35.519 --> 00:14:36.539 meditating on, 00:14:37.080 --> 00:14:37.740 remembering, 00:14:38.600 --> 00:14:39.700 highly regarding, 00:14:40.560 --> 00:14:40.980 honoring, 00:14:41.379 --> 00:14:42.139 adoring, 00:14:42.879 --> 00:14:43.840 preferring, 00:14:44.580 --> 00:14:44.960 loving, 00:14:45.700 --> 00:14:46.379 desiring, 00:14:47.220 --> 00:14:47.820 fearing, 00:14:48.620 --> 00:14:49.220 believing, 00:14:50.060 --> 00:14:50.600 trusting, 00:14:51.539 --> 00:14:52.060 hoping, 00:14:52.820 --> 00:14:53.700 delighting, 00:14:53.960 --> 00:14:54.980 and rejoicing 00:14:54.980 --> 00:14:56.120 in Him. 00:14:56.539 --> 00:14:57.379 How wonderfully 00:14:57.379 --> 00:14:58.820 exhaustive, right? 00:14:59.060 --> 00:15:00.500 All of us, 00:15:00.500 --> 00:15:00.980 right? 00:15:01.200 --> 00:15:02.399 All of our intentions, 00:15:02.639 --> 00:15:03.639 all of our emotions, 00:15:04.120 --> 00:15:04.980 given to the worship 00:15:04.980 --> 00:15:06.980 of this God. 00:15:07.679 --> 00:15:08.840 Deuteronomy 6, 5, 00:15:08.899 --> 00:15:09.980 You shall love the Lord your God 00:15:09.980 --> 00:15:10.820 with all your heart 00:15:10.820 --> 00:15:12.460 and with all your soul 00:15:12.460 --> 00:15:14.960 and with all your might. 00:15:15.460 --> 00:15:16.440 This is a verse 00:15:16.440 --> 00:15:17.580 that Jesus cites 00:15:17.580 --> 00:15:18.580 in Matthew 22, 00:15:18.980 --> 00:15:20.480 in verse 37. 00:15:21.500 --> 00:15:23.419 Psalm 73, 25, 00:15:24.580 --> 00:15:25.940 Whom have I in heaven 00:15:25.940 --> 00:15:27.139 but you? 00:15:27.659 --> 00:15:28.799 And there is nothing 00:15:28.799 --> 00:15:30.139 on earth I desire. 00:15:30.500 --> 00:15:31.799 besides you. 00:15:32.539 --> 00:15:33.139 And Paul writes 00:15:33.139 --> 00:15:34.159 in Philippians 1, 00:15:34.379 --> 00:15:35.480 verse 21, 00:15:36.000 --> 00:15:36.700 For to me, 00:15:37.100 --> 00:15:38.100 to live 00:15:38.100 --> 00:15:39.460 is Christ. 00:15:39.779 --> 00:15:41.500 My very being 00:15:41.500 --> 00:15:43.200 is Christ. 00:15:43.580 --> 00:15:44.460 And to die 00:15:44.460 --> 00:15:45.519 is gain 00:15:45.519 --> 00:15:46.899 because I am with 00:15:46.899 --> 00:15:48.340 Christ. 00:15:49.200 --> 00:15:50.220 The answer goes on, 00:15:50.279 --> 00:15:51.340 We must also be 00:15:51.340 --> 00:15:52.700 zealous for 00:15:52.700 --> 00:15:54.100 and call on Him, 00:15:54.779 --> 00:15:56.019 giving Him all praise 00:15:56.019 --> 00:15:56.779 and thanks, 00:15:57.379 --> 00:15:58.659 completely obeying 00:15:58.659 --> 00:16:00.079 and submitting to Him 00:16:00.079 --> 00:16:02.120 and our whole person. 00:16:03.159 --> 00:16:04.139 Jeremiah 7, 00:16:04.259 --> 00:16:05.019 in verse 23, 00:16:05.199 --> 00:16:06.559 But this command 00:16:06.559 --> 00:16:07.419 I gave them, 00:16:08.079 --> 00:16:09.019 Obey my voice 00:16:09.019 --> 00:16:10.059 and I will be your God 00:16:10.059 --> 00:16:11.159 and you shall be my people 00:16:11.159 --> 00:16:13.600 and walk in all the way 00:16:13.600 --> 00:16:14.939 that I command you 00:16:14.939 --> 00:16:16.279 that it may be well 00:16:16.279 --> 00:16:17.299 with you. 00:16:17.299 --> 00:16:19.039 In James 4, 00:16:19.319 --> 00:16:20.759 verse 7, 00:16:21.339 --> 00:16:21.959 James writes, 00:16:22.120 --> 00:16:23.259 Submit yourselves, 00:16:23.599 --> 00:16:23.919 therefore, 00:16:24.519 --> 00:16:25.659 to God. 00:16:26.859 --> 00:16:27.379 Finally, 00:16:27.500 --> 00:16:28.259 the answer goes on, 00:16:28.299 --> 00:16:29.099 We must walk 00:16:29.099 --> 00:16:30.219 humbly with Him, 00:16:30.319 --> 00:16:30.919 being careful 00:16:30.919 --> 00:16:31.639 to please Him 00:16:31.639 --> 00:16:32.939 in everything we say 00:16:32.939 --> 00:16:33.979 and do 00:16:33.979 --> 00:16:35.359 and being genuinely 00:16:35.359 --> 00:16:35.959 sorry 00:16:35.959 --> 00:16:38.219 when we offend Him. 00:16:39.019 --> 00:16:40.179 1 John 3, 00:16:40.279 --> 00:16:40.819 verse 22, 00:16:40.959 --> 00:16:41.879 And whatever we ask, 00:16:41.919 --> 00:16:42.879 we receive from Him 00:16:42.879 --> 00:16:43.980 because we keep 00:16:43.980 --> 00:16:44.559 His commandments 00:16:44.559 --> 00:16:45.399 and do 00:16:45.399 --> 00:16:47.240 what pleases Him. 00:16:48.000 --> 00:16:49.740 And Psalm 119, 00:16:50.220 --> 00:16:52.559 verse 136, 00:16:53.220 --> 00:16:54.860 My eyes shed 00:16:54.860 --> 00:16:56.480 streams of tears 00:16:56.480 --> 00:16:57.759 because people 00:16:57.759 --> 00:16:59.139 do not keep 00:16:59.139 --> 00:17:00.200 your law. 00:17:00.980 --> 00:17:02.139 So in summary, 00:17:02.279 --> 00:17:02.919 what does it require 00:17:02.919 --> 00:17:03.460 of us? 00:17:04.240 --> 00:17:04.779 Everything. 00:17:05.440 --> 00:17:06.779 All of us 00:17:06.779 --> 00:17:08.119 bent toward, 00:17:08.579 --> 00:17:09.299 fixed upon 00:17:09.299 --> 00:17:10.759 the one true 00:17:10.759 --> 00:17:12.119 God 00:17:12.119 --> 00:17:13.439 who is 00:17:13.439 --> 00:17:14.819 our God. 00:17:16.039 --> 00:17:17.199 Question 105, 00:17:18.619 --> 00:17:19.939 What particular sins 00:17:19.939 --> 00:17:21.679 does the first 00:17:21.679 --> 00:17:22.359 commandment 00:17:22.359 --> 00:17:23.159 forbid? 00:17:24.059 --> 00:17:25.079 And I love 00:17:25.079 --> 00:17:25.899 how exhaustive 00:17:25.899 --> 00:17:26.399 these are. 00:17:26.479 --> 00:17:27.439 I'm going to read it 00:17:27.439 --> 00:17:28.459 for our benefit. 00:17:30.419 --> 00:17:31.279 And I know 00:17:31.279 --> 00:17:31.839 there's a danger 00:17:31.839 --> 00:17:32.359 in doing this 00:17:32.359 --> 00:17:32.779 that you're not 00:17:32.779 --> 00:17:33.519 going to pay attention 00:17:33.519 --> 00:17:34.899 to what I'm reading. 00:17:35.959 --> 00:17:36.559 But beloved, 00:17:36.719 --> 00:17:38.439 we are all guilty 00:17:38.439 --> 00:17:39.559 probably of 00:17:39.559 --> 00:17:40.859 all of these things 00:17:40.859 --> 00:17:41.699 if not 00:17:41.700 --> 00:17:42.240 at least 00:17:42.240 --> 00:17:42.900 most 00:17:42.900 --> 00:17:44.640 of these things. 00:17:45.700 --> 00:17:46.299 And I want you 00:17:46.299 --> 00:17:46.920 to see 00:17:46.920 --> 00:17:48.380 that the Ten Commandments 00:17:48.380 --> 00:17:49.600 set up a framework 00:17:49.600 --> 00:17:50.519 for us 00:17:50.519 --> 00:17:52.100 which all of the commandments 00:17:52.100 --> 00:17:53.039 of the moral law 00:17:53.039 --> 00:17:54.700 fit underneath. 00:17:55.480 --> 00:17:56.580 So if we can rightly 00:17:56.580 --> 00:17:57.420 understand 00:17:57.420 --> 00:17:58.259 these commandments, 00:17:58.700 --> 00:17:59.640 it will help us 00:17:59.640 --> 00:18:00.920 to walk rightly 00:18:00.920 --> 00:18:02.360 before our God. 00:18:02.480 --> 00:18:04.019 To do this work 00:18:04.019 --> 00:18:05.319 of walking holy 00:18:05.319 --> 00:18:06.319 and bringing about 00:18:06.319 --> 00:18:07.660 praise of His name 00:18:07.660 --> 00:18:09.480 to all peoples. 00:18:09.480 --> 00:18:11.279 So let me read it 00:18:11.279 --> 00:18:12.019 in its entirety. 00:18:13.019 --> 00:18:13.940 Particular sins 00:18:13.940 --> 00:18:15.339 the first commandment 00:18:15.339 --> 00:18:15.839 forbids. 00:18:16.220 --> 00:18:17.360 The first commandment 00:18:17.360 --> 00:18:17.960 forbids 00:18:17.960 --> 00:18:19.099 atheism. 00:18:20.099 --> 00:18:20.779 Denying or not 00:18:20.779 --> 00:18:21.799 believing in God. 00:18:22.799 --> 00:18:23.440 Idolatry. 00:18:23.720 --> 00:18:24.259 Believing in or 00:18:24.259 --> 00:18:25.220 worshiping any other 00:18:25.220 --> 00:18:26.279 gods along with 00:18:26.279 --> 00:18:27.140 or other than 00:18:27.140 --> 00:18:28.519 the one true God. 00:18:29.259 --> 00:18:30.220 Not having and 00:18:30.220 --> 00:18:30.759 affirming Him 00:18:30.759 --> 00:18:31.519 as God 00:18:31.519 --> 00:18:32.380 and our God. 00:18:33.180 --> 00:18:33.799 Failing or 00:18:33.799 --> 00:18:34.640 neglecting to do 00:18:34.640 --> 00:18:35.539 anything this 00:18:35.539 --> 00:18:36.440 commandment requires 00:18:36.440 --> 00:18:37.960 relating to God. 00:18:38.840 --> 00:18:39.720 Ignorance of Him. 00:18:40.400 --> 00:18:41.240 Forgetting Him. 00:18:42.019 --> 00:18:43.500 Misunderstanding Him. 00:18:44.360 --> 00:18:45.519 Untrue opinions 00:18:45.519 --> 00:18:46.259 about Him 00:18:46.259 --> 00:18:47.400 and evil or 00:18:47.400 --> 00:18:48.340 unworthy thoughts 00:18:48.340 --> 00:18:48.980 about Him. 00:18:49.799 --> 00:18:51.220 Irreverent curiosity 00:18:51.220 --> 00:18:52.700 about an inquiry 00:18:52.700 --> 00:18:54.140 into His secrets. 00:18:55.100 --> 00:18:56.320 All godless 00:18:56.320 --> 00:18:57.259 desecration. 00:18:58.279 --> 00:18:59.039 Hating God. 00:18:59.720 --> 00:19:00.580 Self-love. 00:19:00.900 --> 00:19:01.779 Self-interest. 00:19:02.000 --> 00:19:02.880 And all other 00:19:02.880 --> 00:19:03.880 disorderly or 00:19:03.880 --> 00:19:05.539 excessive attention. 00:19:05.539 --> 00:19:07.139 Mental, 00:19:07.740 --> 00:19:08.240 willful, 00:19:08.399 --> 00:19:09.139 or emotional 00:19:09.139 --> 00:19:10.460 to things that 00:19:10.460 --> 00:19:11.559 divert our attention 00:19:11.559 --> 00:19:12.799 partially or 00:19:12.799 --> 00:19:13.799 completely from 00:19:13.799 --> 00:19:14.299 God. 00:19:15.000 --> 00:19:16.579 Also included are 00:19:16.579 --> 00:19:18.339 worthless beliefs, 00:19:18.859 --> 00:19:19.779 lack of faith, 00:19:20.299 --> 00:19:21.259 heretical beliefs, 00:19:21.819 --> 00:19:22.599 wrong belief, 00:19:23.139 --> 00:19:24.420 not trusting God, 00:19:25.059 --> 00:19:26.259 spiritual despair, 00:19:27.059 --> 00:19:28.279 refusing correction 00:19:28.279 --> 00:19:29.440 and resisting God's 00:19:29.440 --> 00:19:29.859 judgment, 00:19:30.819 --> 00:19:31.740 hardness of heart, 00:19:32.299 --> 00:19:32.859 pride, 00:19:33.480 --> 00:19:33.980 willfulness, 00:19:33.980 --> 00:19:35.940 worldly complacency, 00:19:36.259 --> 00:19:38.039 putting God to the test, 00:19:38.700 --> 00:19:40.319 using unlawful means 00:19:40.319 --> 00:19:41.160 to an end, 00:19:41.660 --> 00:19:42.740 trusting even in 00:19:42.740 --> 00:19:44.240 lawful means of grace 00:19:44.240 --> 00:19:45.620 rather than God, 00:19:46.480 --> 00:19:47.480 indulging in pleasures 00:19:47.480 --> 00:19:48.160 of the flesh, 00:19:48.360 --> 00:19:49.079 depraved, 00:19:49.319 --> 00:19:49.779 blind, 00:19:49.900 --> 00:19:51.160 or improperly directed 00:19:51.160 --> 00:19:51.700 zeal, 00:19:52.460 --> 00:19:53.559 being lukewarm, 00:19:54.240 --> 00:19:55.259 spiritual deadness, 00:19:55.880 --> 00:19:57.480 deserting and forsaking God, 00:19:58.000 --> 00:19:59.680 praying to or worshiping 00:19:59.680 --> 00:20:00.380 saints, 00:20:00.980 --> 00:20:01.360 angels, 00:20:01.359 --> 00:20:02.639 or any other created 00:20:02.639 --> 00:20:03.179 being, 00:20:03.879 --> 00:20:04.839 making an agreement 00:20:04.839 --> 00:20:05.319 with, 00:20:05.579 --> 00:20:06.740 consulting or following 00:20:06.740 --> 00:20:07.939 suggestions of the devil, 00:20:08.679 --> 00:20:09.819 making men the rulers 00:20:09.819 --> 00:20:11.159 of our faith and conscience, 00:20:12.000 --> 00:20:13.719 slighting and despising God 00:20:13.719 --> 00:20:14.379 and His commandments, 00:20:15.199 --> 00:20:16.379 resisting and grieving 00:20:16.379 --> 00:20:16.979 His spirit, 00:20:17.579 --> 00:20:19.199 and finally being dissatisfied 00:20:19.199 --> 00:20:20.639 and offended by the things 00:20:20.639 --> 00:20:22.359 God provides in our lives, 00:20:22.979 --> 00:20:24.119 ignorantly blaming Him 00:20:24.119 --> 00:20:25.859 for the evils He inflicts on us, 00:20:26.179 --> 00:20:27.179 as well as attributing 00:20:27.179 --> 00:20:28.859 the credit for any good thing 00:20:28.859 --> 00:20:29.579 we are, 00:20:29.939 --> 00:20:30.500 have, 00:20:30.699 --> 00:20:31.719 or can do 00:20:31.719 --> 00:20:32.439 to luck, 00:20:33.059 --> 00:20:33.459 idols, 00:20:33.859 --> 00:20:34.419 ourselves, 00:20:34.679 --> 00:20:37.379 or any other created being. 00:20:39.919 --> 00:20:40.979 And when, 00:20:41.159 --> 00:20:41.819 I'll say when, 00:20:41.879 --> 00:20:42.319 not if, 00:20:42.419 --> 00:20:43.779 when you look this up 00:20:43.779 --> 00:20:44.959 with all of the Scripture proofs, 00:20:44.959 --> 00:20:45.959 behind every one, 00:20:46.099 --> 00:20:47.240 just before every comma, 00:20:47.699 --> 00:20:49.279 there will be a little number 00:20:49.279 --> 00:20:51.240 which will work out for you 00:20:51.240 --> 00:20:52.179 the text 00:20:52.179 --> 00:20:54.259 that these Westminster divines 00:20:54.259 --> 00:20:54.839 got together 00:20:54.839 --> 00:20:57.119 and pulled all of this understanding 00:20:57.119 --> 00:20:57.599 together 00:20:57.599 --> 00:20:58.959 for our benefit. 00:21:00.379 --> 00:21:00.579 Oh. 00:21:03.599 --> 00:21:04.439 Praise the Lord 00:21:04.439 --> 00:21:05.939 for the Gospel of Jesus Christ. 00:21:07.419 --> 00:21:09.059 We have transgressed 00:21:09.059 --> 00:21:10.159 the law of God 00:21:10.159 --> 00:21:12.220 and we have only begun 00:21:12.220 --> 00:21:13.379 to look at it. 00:21:14.559 --> 00:21:16.619 A couple of New Testament places 00:21:16.619 --> 00:21:17.139 for you. 00:21:18.480 --> 00:21:20.099 Titus chapter 1 and verse 16, 00:21:20.220 --> 00:21:21.259 they profess to know God 00:21:21.259 --> 00:21:22.799 but deny Him by their works. 00:21:22.799 --> 00:21:24.319 They are detestable, 00:21:24.500 --> 00:21:25.240 disobedient, 00:21:25.559 --> 00:21:26.220 unfit 00:21:26.220 --> 00:21:27.740 for any good work. 00:21:28.480 --> 00:21:30.319 Romans 1 and verse 30, 00:21:30.519 --> 00:21:31.159 slanders, 00:21:31.480 --> 00:21:32.279 haters of God, 00:21:32.500 --> 00:21:33.000 insolent, 00:21:33.159 --> 00:21:33.559 haughty, 00:21:33.700 --> 00:21:34.180 boastful, 00:21:34.720 --> 00:21:35.779 inventors of evil, 00:21:36.419 --> 00:21:37.059 disobedient 00:21:37.059 --> 00:21:38.220 to parents. 00:21:39.039 --> 00:21:39.579 Hear that, children? 00:21:40.740 --> 00:21:42.000 Colossians chapter 3, 00:21:42.099 --> 00:21:44.119 verse 2 and verse 5, 00:21:44.879 --> 00:21:45.659 set your minds 00:21:45.659 --> 00:21:46.659 on things that are above, 00:21:46.799 --> 00:21:47.779 not on things 00:21:47.779 --> 00:21:48.579 that are on earth. 00:21:49.180 --> 00:21:49.819 Put to death, 00:21:49.980 --> 00:21:50.159 therefore, 00:21:50.240 --> 00:21:51.480 what is earthly in you, 00:21:51.480 --> 00:21:52.940 sexual immorality, 00:21:53.099 --> 00:21:53.620 impurity, 00:21:53.900 --> 00:21:54.360 passion, 00:21:55.039 --> 00:21:55.819 evil desire, 00:21:56.019 --> 00:21:56.960 and covetousness, 00:21:57.240 --> 00:21:59.599 which is idolatry. 00:22:00.400 --> 00:22:01.400 We are to give 00:22:01.400 --> 00:22:02.480 all of ourselves 00:22:02.480 --> 00:22:03.200 in worship 00:22:03.200 --> 00:22:04.620 to God. 00:22:06.339 --> 00:22:08.019 Question 106. 00:22:10.120 --> 00:22:11.880 What do the words 00:22:11.880 --> 00:22:14.299 before me 00:22:14.299 --> 00:22:15.740 in the first commandment 00:22:15.740 --> 00:22:17.740 specifically teach? 00:22:18.299 --> 00:22:18.779 What do they 00:22:18.779 --> 00:22:20.319 specifically teach? 00:22:20.319 --> 00:22:22.319 And the answer is, 00:22:22.399 --> 00:22:23.379 the words before me 00:22:23.379 --> 00:22:23.899 or, 00:22:24.319 --> 00:22:25.299 it could also be translated, 00:22:25.939 --> 00:22:27.559 before my face 00:22:27.559 --> 00:22:29.000 in the first commandment 00:22:29.000 --> 00:22:29.740 teach us that 00:22:29.740 --> 00:22:31.559 God who sees everything 00:22:31.559 --> 00:22:33.819 takes special note of 00:22:33.819 --> 00:22:35.039 and is very offended 00:22:35.039 --> 00:22:35.859 by the sin 00:22:35.859 --> 00:22:38.700 of having any other God. 00:22:39.480 --> 00:22:40.659 These words emphasize 00:22:40.659 --> 00:22:41.720 then how important it is 00:22:41.720 --> 00:22:42.939 to obey this commandment 00:22:42.939 --> 00:22:44.519 and how disobeying it 00:22:44.519 --> 00:22:47.220 insolently provokes God. 00:22:47.220 --> 00:22:48.860 They also urge us 00:22:48.860 --> 00:22:50.000 to be just as mindful 00:22:50.000 --> 00:22:50.920 of the fact that God 00:22:50.920 --> 00:22:52.339 sees everything we do 00:22:52.339 --> 00:22:55.200 as we are of doing things 00:22:55.200 --> 00:22:56.400 in His service. 00:22:57.279 --> 00:22:58.500 That's to say, 00:22:58.900 --> 00:23:00.039 we all live, 00:23:00.100 --> 00:23:01.079 whether we recognize it 00:23:01.079 --> 00:23:01.759 or not, 00:23:02.559 --> 00:23:04.039 quorum Deo. 00:23:04.279 --> 00:23:04.960 It's Latin for 00:23:04.960 --> 00:23:07.180 in the presence of God. 00:23:07.920 --> 00:23:09.400 Everything that we do, 00:23:09.759 --> 00:23:12.000 every awry emotion 00:23:12.000 --> 00:23:12.620 or intention 00:23:12.620 --> 00:23:13.500 that we have 00:23:13.500 --> 00:23:15.920 is seen by God 00:23:15.920 --> 00:23:17.500 and is an offense 00:23:17.500 --> 00:23:18.220 to Him. 00:23:18.759 --> 00:23:19.599 Just as, 00:23:19.660 --> 00:23:21.079 the very end of the answer says, 00:23:21.200 --> 00:23:21.740 praise the Lord, 00:23:21.839 --> 00:23:22.660 those things we do 00:23:22.660 --> 00:23:24.339 that are pleasing to Him, 00:23:24.460 --> 00:23:26.400 He also sees 00:23:26.400 --> 00:23:27.859 and is pleased 00:23:27.859 --> 00:23:29.039 with us. 00:23:30.519 --> 00:23:31.259 Psalm 44, 00:23:31.400 --> 00:23:32.400 verse 20 and 21, 00:23:33.000 --> 00:23:33.519 the psalmist says, 00:23:33.579 --> 00:23:34.200 if we had forgotten 00:23:34.200 --> 00:23:35.059 the name of our God 00:23:35.059 --> 00:23:36.440 or spread out our hands 00:23:36.440 --> 00:23:37.480 to a foreign God, 00:23:37.480 --> 00:23:39.960 would not God discover this? 00:23:40.140 --> 00:23:41.119 Rhetorical question. 00:23:41.119 --> 00:23:43.119 For He knows 00:23:43.119 --> 00:23:44.639 the secrets 00:23:44.639 --> 00:23:46.279 of the heart. 00:23:47.979 --> 00:23:48.819 And so the first commandment 00:23:48.819 --> 00:23:50.259 is a weighty, 00:23:50.500 --> 00:23:52.459 weighty commandment. 00:23:52.719 --> 00:23:53.679 And the case could be made 00:23:53.679 --> 00:23:54.439 that the other commandments 00:23:54.439 --> 00:23:56.039 flow from it, right? 00:23:56.079 --> 00:23:57.539 If we were to 00:23:57.539 --> 00:23:58.839 accurately 00:23:58.839 --> 00:24:00.639 keep the first commandment, 00:24:00.719 --> 00:24:01.739 I think we would find ourselves 00:24:01.739 --> 00:24:03.119 keeping each and every 00:24:03.119 --> 00:24:04.839 of the other commandments. 00:24:04.939 --> 00:24:06.000 But God is gracious to us 00:24:06.000 --> 00:24:06.879 in being more 00:24:06.879 --> 00:24:08.099 specific. 00:24:09.279 --> 00:24:10.899 So question 107 00:24:10.900 --> 00:24:11.280 says, 00:24:11.519 --> 00:24:13.880 what is the second commandment? 00:24:13.920 --> 00:24:15.160 This is verses 4 00:24:15.160 --> 00:24:17.160 through 6. 00:24:17.560 --> 00:24:18.420 We're familiar, 00:24:18.680 --> 00:24:19.500 and for the sake of time, 00:24:19.560 --> 00:24:20.160 I'm not going to read 00:24:20.160 --> 00:24:21.320 the entirety of it, 00:24:21.680 --> 00:24:22.519 but this is the 00:24:22.519 --> 00:24:24.220 idolatry commandment. 00:24:24.780 --> 00:24:25.740 You shouldn't make 00:24:25.740 --> 00:24:27.440 graven images, 00:24:27.860 --> 00:24:29.400 but it has more to do 00:24:29.400 --> 00:24:30.980 with our worship 00:24:30.980 --> 00:24:31.700 itself. 00:24:32.980 --> 00:24:33.860 So question 108 00:24:33.860 --> 00:24:34.100 says, 00:24:34.180 --> 00:24:34.780 what does the second 00:24:34.780 --> 00:24:36.100 commandment require? 00:24:37.300 --> 00:24:38.320 The second commandment 00:24:38.319 --> 00:24:39.079 requires us 00:24:39.079 --> 00:24:40.159 to receive, 00:24:40.839 --> 00:24:42.179 respectfully perform, 00:24:42.819 --> 00:24:43.419 and preserve 00:24:43.419 --> 00:24:44.839 completely and purely 00:24:44.839 --> 00:24:46.299 all the regulations 00:24:46.299 --> 00:24:47.659 for religion and worship 00:24:47.659 --> 00:24:48.359 that God 00:24:48.359 --> 00:24:49.679 has established 00:24:49.679 --> 00:24:51.200 in His Word. 00:24:51.679 --> 00:24:52.779 We believe in the 00:24:52.779 --> 00:24:53.299 sufficiency 00:24:53.299 --> 00:24:54.579 of Scripture. 00:24:55.339 --> 00:24:56.039 I know we have a number 00:24:56.039 --> 00:24:56.839 of guests this morning, 00:24:56.919 --> 00:24:57.720 and our gathering 00:24:57.720 --> 00:24:58.879 might seem a bit 00:24:58.879 --> 00:24:59.759 odd to you, 00:25:00.179 --> 00:25:01.119 and I can understand 00:25:01.119 --> 00:25:01.700 that. 00:25:01.700 --> 00:25:04.440 we are laboring 00:25:04.440 --> 00:25:05.559 by grace 00:25:05.559 --> 00:25:06.940 to arrange our church 00:25:06.940 --> 00:25:07.860 in a way that is 00:25:07.860 --> 00:25:09.120 consistent with the way 00:25:09.120 --> 00:25:09.860 the Scriptures have 00:25:09.860 --> 00:25:10.740 commanded us 00:25:10.740 --> 00:25:12.700 to arrange our church, 00:25:12.799 --> 00:25:13.539 to strip away 00:25:13.539 --> 00:25:14.819 those extra things 00:25:14.819 --> 00:25:15.799 that are often added 00:25:15.799 --> 00:25:17.160 to the worship of God, 00:25:17.660 --> 00:25:18.700 and to faithfully 00:25:18.700 --> 00:25:19.580 do those things 00:25:19.580 --> 00:25:20.259 that we are 00:25:20.259 --> 00:25:22.240 commanded to do. 00:25:22.340 --> 00:25:22.759 And sometimes, 00:25:23.259 --> 00:25:23.980 in our culture, 00:25:24.600 --> 00:25:25.740 that can make us 00:25:25.740 --> 00:25:27.539 seem strange. 00:25:28.660 --> 00:25:29.640 Deuteronomy 12, 00:25:29.759 --> 00:25:30.519 verse 32, 00:25:30.519 --> 00:25:32.359 everything that I command you 00:25:32.359 --> 00:25:33.279 you shall be careful 00:25:33.279 --> 00:25:34.259 to do. 00:25:34.819 --> 00:25:35.559 You shall not 00:25:35.559 --> 00:25:36.720 add to it 00:25:36.720 --> 00:25:39.279 or take from it. 00:25:41.000 --> 00:25:41.900 And the Westminster 00:25:41.900 --> 00:25:43.019 answer goes on. 00:25:43.099 --> 00:25:43.879 These include, 00:25:44.980 --> 00:25:45.680 and by the way, 00:25:45.799 --> 00:25:46.279 adults were meant 00:25:46.279 --> 00:25:47.139 to memorize this, 00:25:48.339 --> 00:25:49.559 prayer and thanksgiving 00:25:49.559 --> 00:25:50.500 in the name of Christ, 00:25:50.960 --> 00:25:51.660 the reading, 00:25:52.000 --> 00:25:52.299 preaching, 00:25:52.480 --> 00:25:53.400 and hearing of the Word, 00:25:54.019 --> 00:25:54.619 the administration 00:25:54.619 --> 00:25:55.839 of and receiving 00:25:55.839 --> 00:25:56.759 the sacraments, 00:25:57.379 --> 00:25:58.039 church government 00:25:58.039 --> 00:25:58.720 and discipline, 00:25:59.279 --> 00:26:00.099 the administration 00:26:00.099 --> 00:26:00.719 and upkeep 00:26:00.719 --> 00:26:01.480 of the church, 00:26:02.099 --> 00:26:03.119 religious fasting, 00:26:03.839 --> 00:26:04.619 swearing by the name 00:26:04.619 --> 00:26:05.099 of God 00:26:05.099 --> 00:26:06.000 and making vows 00:26:06.000 --> 00:26:06.519 to Him, 00:26:07.519 --> 00:26:08.299 also included 00:26:08.299 --> 00:26:09.480 our disapproving, 00:26:09.779 --> 00:26:10.279 denouncing, 00:26:10.399 --> 00:26:10.919 and opposing 00:26:10.919 --> 00:26:11.899 false worship 00:26:11.899 --> 00:26:13.099 and doing our best 00:26:13.099 --> 00:26:13.699 in accordance 00:26:13.699 --> 00:26:15.079 with our position 00:26:15.079 --> 00:26:16.159 and calling in life 00:26:16.159 --> 00:26:17.439 to eliminate it 00:26:17.439 --> 00:26:18.639 in all forms 00:26:18.639 --> 00:26:20.039 of idolatry. 00:26:20.659 --> 00:26:22.259 So we are to rightly 00:26:22.259 --> 00:26:23.799 gather together 00:26:23.799 --> 00:26:24.719 for the worship 00:26:24.719 --> 00:26:25.099 of God 00:26:25.099 --> 00:26:26.740 and do what we can 00:26:26.740 --> 00:26:28.000 to eliminate 00:26:28.000 --> 00:26:28.859 false worship 00:26:28.859 --> 00:26:29.799 of God. 00:26:30.759 --> 00:26:31.799 And then question 109 00:26:31.799 --> 00:26:32.059 asks, 00:26:32.140 --> 00:26:32.940 what particular sins 00:26:32.940 --> 00:26:33.980 does the second 00:26:33.980 --> 00:26:34.680 commandment 00:26:34.680 --> 00:26:35.700 forbid? 00:26:37.299 --> 00:26:38.339 The second commandment 00:26:38.339 --> 00:26:39.099 forbids, 00:26:39.299 --> 00:26:39.920 and I just want you 00:26:39.920 --> 00:26:40.500 to take a moment 00:26:40.500 --> 00:26:41.339 and put in your mind 00:26:41.339 --> 00:26:42.339 the American church, 00:26:43.140 --> 00:26:45.400 even our church, 00:26:45.559 --> 00:26:46.180 please be critical, 00:26:46.299 --> 00:26:46.759 it's okay. 00:26:47.599 --> 00:26:48.500 The second commandment 00:26:48.500 --> 00:26:49.180 forbids 00:26:49.180 --> 00:26:50.519 imagining, 00:26:51.160 --> 00:26:51.660 recommending, 00:26:52.120 --> 00:26:52.579 demanding, 00:26:53.359 --> 00:26:53.799 practicing, 00:26:53.799 --> 00:26:54.559 or in any way 00:26:54.559 --> 00:26:55.180 approving 00:26:55.180 --> 00:26:56.119 any religious worship 00:26:56.119 --> 00:26:57.099 not established 00:26:57.099 --> 00:26:58.240 by God Himself. 00:26:59.259 --> 00:27:00.139 Creating any likeness 00:27:00.139 --> 00:27:00.519 of God 00:27:00.519 --> 00:27:01.119 as the Trinity 00:27:01.119 --> 00:27:02.059 or as any one 00:27:02.059 --> 00:27:03.119 of His three persons, 00:27:03.740 --> 00:27:04.659 either internally 00:27:04.659 --> 00:27:05.480 in our minds 00:27:05.480 --> 00:27:06.240 or externally 00:27:06.240 --> 00:27:06.779 in the form 00:27:06.779 --> 00:27:07.559 of any kind 00:27:07.559 --> 00:27:08.159 of image 00:27:08.159 --> 00:27:08.919 or representation 00:27:08.919 --> 00:27:11.379 of a created being. 00:27:11.740 --> 00:27:12.879 There are all kinds 00:27:12.879 --> 00:27:13.659 of skip ministries 00:27:13.659 --> 00:27:14.419 that just got blown 00:27:14.419 --> 00:27:15.059 out of the water. 00:27:16.339 --> 00:27:17.399 Any worship 00:27:17.399 --> 00:27:18.680 of such created likeness 00:27:18.680 --> 00:27:19.839 as if God 00:27:19.839 --> 00:27:20.619 were in them 00:27:20.619 --> 00:27:21.299 or as if they were 00:27:21.299 --> 00:27:22.839 a means to worshiping Him, 00:27:22.839 --> 00:27:24.000 the creation 00:27:24.000 --> 00:27:25.299 of any likeness 00:27:25.299 --> 00:27:26.539 of invented gods, 00:27:26.619 --> 00:27:27.399 any worship of them 00:27:27.399 --> 00:27:28.079 or serving relating 00:27:28.079 --> 00:27:28.699 to them, 00:27:28.980 --> 00:27:30.379 and all superstitious 00:27:30.379 --> 00:27:31.319 contrivances. 00:27:32.500 --> 00:27:33.459 Also forbidden are 00:27:33.459 --> 00:27:34.699 any departure 00:27:34.699 --> 00:27:35.519 from the true worship 00:27:35.519 --> 00:27:35.839 of God 00:27:35.839 --> 00:27:36.619 by adding to 00:27:36.619 --> 00:27:37.259 or taking away 00:27:37.259 --> 00:27:37.799 from it, 00:27:38.159 --> 00:27:39.000 whether by our own 00:27:39.000 --> 00:27:39.399 invention 00:27:39.399 --> 00:27:40.339 or received 00:27:40.339 --> 00:27:41.939 from some other tradition, 00:27:42.419 --> 00:27:43.319 and whether justified 00:27:43.319 --> 00:27:44.279 by antiquity, 00:27:44.659 --> 00:27:45.059 custom, 00:27:45.599 --> 00:27:46.459 devotional practice, 00:27:46.980 --> 00:27:47.599 good intentions, 00:27:47.599 --> 00:27:49.399 or any other excuse. 00:27:50.119 --> 00:27:50.519 Simony, 00:27:50.679 --> 00:27:51.619 which is the selling 00:27:51.619 --> 00:27:52.819 of religious benefit, 00:27:53.019 --> 00:27:55.379 and anything sacrilegious, 00:27:55.759 --> 00:27:56.539 and finally, 00:27:56.699 --> 00:27:57.779 any neglect of, 00:27:58.119 --> 00:27:58.959 contempt for, 00:27:59.479 --> 00:27:59.939 hindering, 00:28:00.179 --> 00:28:00.899 or opposition 00:28:00.899 --> 00:28:01.719 to the worship 00:28:01.719 --> 00:28:02.959 and regulations 00:28:02.959 --> 00:28:04.659 established by God. 00:28:06.959 --> 00:28:09.039 What a task before us 00:28:09.039 --> 00:28:10.259 to gather as the church 00:28:10.259 --> 00:28:12.039 and to rightly worship Him. 00:28:12.599 --> 00:28:13.139 Praise the Lord. 00:28:13.219 --> 00:28:14.879 We have good command, 00:28:15.139 --> 00:28:15.419 right, 00:28:15.500 --> 00:28:17.379 to help and direct us 00:28:17.379 --> 00:28:18.779 for our benefit 00:28:18.779 --> 00:28:19.500 and for the glory 00:28:19.500 --> 00:28:19.899 of God 00:28:19.899 --> 00:28:20.779 in the world. 00:28:20.839 --> 00:28:21.879 To be a people 00:28:21.879 --> 00:28:23.019 set apart 00:28:23.019 --> 00:28:24.240 for His name 00:28:24.240 --> 00:28:25.700 in our gathering 00:28:25.700 --> 00:28:26.559 so that we can be 00:28:26.559 --> 00:28:27.559 a people set apart 00:28:27.559 --> 00:28:28.359 for His name 00:28:28.359 --> 00:28:30.240 in our going. 00:28:31.920 --> 00:28:33.099 Question 110. 00:28:34.460 --> 00:28:35.579 What reason is added 00:28:35.579 --> 00:28:36.700 to the second commandment 00:28:36.700 --> 00:28:37.379 emphasizing 00:28:37.379 --> 00:28:38.579 how important 00:28:38.579 --> 00:28:39.599 it is 00:28:39.599 --> 00:28:41.220 to obey it? 00:28:41.599 --> 00:28:42.519 And that reason is 00:28:42.519 --> 00:28:43.160 that God 00:28:43.160 --> 00:28:44.339 is a jealous 00:28:44.339 --> 00:28:45.359 God. 00:28:45.859 --> 00:28:46.039 Right? 00:28:46.039 --> 00:28:47.879 And that idolatry 00:28:47.879 --> 00:28:48.839 will be punished 00:28:48.839 --> 00:28:50.819 and faithfulness 00:28:50.819 --> 00:28:53.420 will be rewarded. 00:28:54.619 --> 00:28:55.019 Beloved, 00:28:55.079 --> 00:28:56.279 I hope that we are those 00:28:56.279 --> 00:28:57.159 finding ourselves 00:28:57.159 --> 00:28:58.899 rewarded by God 00:28:58.899 --> 00:28:59.960 in faithfulness. 00:29:01.319 --> 00:29:02.399 Question 111. 00:29:02.680 --> 00:29:03.420 I'm picking up pace 00:29:03.420 --> 00:29:04.139 because I see the time. 00:29:05.680 --> 00:29:07.879 What is the third commandment? 00:29:09.319 --> 00:29:10.159 Verse 7. 00:29:10.160 --> 00:29:13.779 You shall not 00:29:13.779 --> 00:29:14.640 take the name 00:29:14.640 --> 00:29:15.580 of the Lord your God 00:29:15.580 --> 00:29:16.200 in vain 00:29:16.200 --> 00:29:17.400 for the Lord 00:29:17.400 --> 00:29:18.380 will not hold him 00:29:18.380 --> 00:29:18.980 guiltless 00:29:18.980 --> 00:29:19.740 who takes 00:29:19.740 --> 00:29:20.800 His name 00:29:20.800 --> 00:29:21.800 in vain. 00:29:22.519 --> 00:29:23.660 This commandment 00:29:23.660 --> 00:29:24.080 has been 00:29:24.080 --> 00:29:25.600 oversimplified 00:29:25.600 --> 00:29:26.920 to simply think 00:29:26.920 --> 00:29:28.240 of using God's name 00:29:28.240 --> 00:29:29.000 as a curse word 00:29:29.000 --> 00:29:30.259 and it means that 00:29:30.259 --> 00:29:30.940 to be sure. 00:29:31.360 --> 00:29:32.080 But it means 00:29:32.080 --> 00:29:33.779 so much 00:29:33.779 --> 00:29:34.779 more. 00:29:35.300 --> 00:29:36.040 Look at the answer 00:29:36.040 --> 00:29:37.060 to question 112. 00:29:38.460 --> 00:29:39.340 The third commandment 00:29:39.339 --> 00:29:40.459 requires the holy 00:29:40.459 --> 00:29:42.619 and reverent use 00:29:42.619 --> 00:29:44.899 in our thoughts, 00:29:45.659 --> 00:29:46.299 meditations, 00:29:47.019 --> 00:29:47.459 words, 00:29:47.699 --> 00:29:48.419 and writings 00:29:48.419 --> 00:29:50.039 of God's name, 00:29:50.720 --> 00:29:51.220 titles, 00:29:52.000 --> 00:29:52.559 qualities, 00:29:53.279 --> 00:29:53.939 regulations, 00:29:54.839 --> 00:29:55.240 word, 00:29:55.699 --> 00:29:56.379 sacraments, 00:29:56.720 --> 00:29:57.179 prayer, 00:29:57.720 --> 00:29:58.259 oaths, 00:29:58.679 --> 00:29:59.159 vows, 00:29:59.519 --> 00:30:00.379 casting lots, 00:30:00.799 --> 00:30:01.439 His works, 00:30:01.559 --> 00:30:02.539 and anything else 00:30:02.539 --> 00:30:03.500 by which 00:30:03.500 --> 00:30:04.759 He makes Himself 00:30:04.759 --> 00:30:05.859 known. 00:30:05.859 --> 00:30:07.759 His name 00:30:07.759 --> 00:30:08.479 is His 00:30:08.479 --> 00:30:09.500 person. 00:30:11.179 --> 00:30:12.379 This treatment 00:30:12.379 --> 00:30:13.259 will be reflected 00:30:13.259 --> 00:30:14.740 in holy affirmations 00:30:14.740 --> 00:30:15.500 of our faith 00:30:15.500 --> 00:30:16.439 and conduct 00:30:16.439 --> 00:30:17.579 that matches 00:30:17.579 --> 00:30:18.859 our affirmations 00:30:18.859 --> 00:30:19.759 to the glory 00:30:19.759 --> 00:30:20.299 of God 00:30:20.299 --> 00:30:21.119 and the good 00:30:21.119 --> 00:30:21.799 of ourselves 00:30:21.799 --> 00:30:23.240 and others. 00:30:24.199 --> 00:30:24.779 And that's why 00:30:24.779 --> 00:30:25.339 we're instructed 00:30:25.339 --> 00:30:26.240 by Jesus 00:30:26.240 --> 00:30:26.939 in Matthew 6, 00:30:27.000 --> 00:30:27.979 9 to pray 00:30:27.979 --> 00:30:28.979 like this, 00:30:28.979 --> 00:30:29.859 our Father 00:30:29.859 --> 00:30:30.619 in heaven, 00:30:31.339 --> 00:30:32.039 hallowed, 00:30:32.179 --> 00:30:33.439 reverenced, 00:30:33.440 --> 00:30:35.940 be your name. 00:30:36.019 --> 00:30:36.660 And why 00:30:36.660 --> 00:30:37.519 we're warned 00:30:37.519 --> 00:30:38.259 in places like 00:30:38.259 --> 00:30:39.440 Ecclesiastes 5, 00:30:39.620 --> 00:30:40.320 in verse 2, 00:30:40.840 --> 00:30:41.880 be not rash 00:30:41.880 --> 00:30:42.600 with your mouth, 00:30:42.960 --> 00:30:43.759 nor let your heart 00:30:43.759 --> 00:30:44.539 be hasty 00:30:44.539 --> 00:30:45.539 to utter a word 00:30:45.539 --> 00:30:46.680 before God. 00:30:46.900 --> 00:30:47.440 For God 00:30:47.440 --> 00:30:48.059 is in heaven 00:30:48.059 --> 00:30:49.279 and you 00:30:49.279 --> 00:30:50.660 are on earth 00:30:50.660 --> 00:30:52.340 and you are not 00:30:52.340 --> 00:30:52.759 is what 00:30:52.759 --> 00:30:53.700 the writer 00:30:53.700 --> 00:30:54.200 is saying. 00:30:54.740 --> 00:30:55.100 Therefore, 00:30:55.100 --> 00:30:57.100 let your words 00:30:57.100 --> 00:30:58.460 be few. 00:30:58.660 --> 00:31:00.000 Be very careful 00:31:00.000 --> 00:31:00.960 in the words 00:31:00.960 --> 00:31:01.940 that you utter. 00:31:02.019 --> 00:31:02.580 Our words 00:31:02.579 --> 00:31:03.319 are meant 00:31:03.319 --> 00:31:05.179 to be reverent 00:31:05.179 --> 00:31:07.439 about our God. 00:31:08.519 --> 00:31:09.659 Question 113, 00:31:09.819 --> 00:31:10.619 what particular sins 00:31:10.619 --> 00:31:11.199 does the third 00:31:11.199 --> 00:31:12.259 commandment forbid? 00:31:13.579 --> 00:31:14.259 The third commandment 00:31:14.259 --> 00:31:14.699 forbids 00:31:14.699 --> 00:31:15.980 not using God's name 00:31:15.980 --> 00:31:16.939 as is required, 00:31:17.720 --> 00:31:18.399 the abuse of it 00:31:18.399 --> 00:31:19.119 through ignorance, 00:31:19.480 --> 00:31:20.519 empty or unholy 00:31:20.519 --> 00:31:21.000 treatment, 00:31:21.319 --> 00:31:21.980 irreverence, 00:31:22.220 --> 00:31:22.839 superstition, 00:31:22.839 --> 00:31:23.899 or any wicked 00:31:23.899 --> 00:31:24.500 reference to 00:31:24.500 --> 00:31:25.139 His titles, 00:31:25.339 --> 00:31:25.799 qualities, 00:31:26.399 --> 00:31:26.960 regulations, 00:31:27.179 --> 00:31:27.779 or works, 00:31:28.460 --> 00:31:29.099 blasphemy, 00:31:29.599 --> 00:31:30.119 perjury, 00:31:30.639 --> 00:31:31.899 all sinful cursing, 00:31:32.660 --> 00:31:33.160 oaths, 00:31:33.240 --> 00:31:33.580 vows, 00:31:33.680 --> 00:31:34.519 and casting lots, 00:31:34.640 --> 00:31:35.500 violating our 00:31:35.500 --> 00:31:36.860 oaths and vows, 00:31:37.060 --> 00:31:37.820 if lawful, 00:31:37.920 --> 00:31:38.680 and keeping them 00:31:38.680 --> 00:31:39.320 if aimed at 00:31:39.320 --> 00:31:40.280 unlawful things, 00:31:41.180 --> 00:31:42.000 complaining and 00:31:42.000 --> 00:31:42.720 quarreling about 00:31:42.720 --> 00:31:44.060 or misapplication 00:31:44.060 --> 00:31:45.000 of God's decrees 00:31:45.000 --> 00:31:46.180 and acts of providence 00:31:46.180 --> 00:31:46.920 as well as 00:31:46.920 --> 00:31:48.259 unwarranted curiosity 00:31:48.259 --> 00:31:49.000 about them, 00:31:49.940 --> 00:31:50.780 misinterpreting 00:31:50.780 --> 00:31:51.620 or misapplying 00:31:51.620 --> 00:31:52.280 God's word 00:31:52.280 --> 00:31:53.320 or perverting 00:31:53.320 --> 00:31:54.420 all or part 00:31:54.420 --> 00:31:54.980 of its meaning 00:31:54.980 --> 00:31:55.880 in any way. 00:31:56.540 --> 00:31:56.840 Boy, 00:31:57.019 --> 00:31:58.160 we shudder at that point. 00:31:58.160 --> 00:32:00.580 Blasphemous mockery 00:32:00.580 --> 00:32:01.160 of His word, 00:32:01.740 --> 00:32:02.860 pointless arguing, 00:32:03.580 --> 00:32:04.720 meaningless talk, 00:32:04.840 --> 00:32:05.420 or supporting 00:32:05.420 --> 00:32:06.620 false doctrines, 00:32:07.160 --> 00:32:08.440 abusing God's name, 00:32:08.540 --> 00:32:09.140 His creatures, 00:32:09.259 --> 00:32:10.380 or anything included 00:32:10.380 --> 00:32:11.420 under His name 00:32:11.420 --> 00:32:12.420 in the practice 00:32:12.420 --> 00:32:13.040 of magic 00:32:13.040 --> 00:32:13.580 or to promote 00:32:13.580 --> 00:32:14.420 sinful desires 00:32:14.420 --> 00:32:15.240 and activities, 00:32:16.019 --> 00:32:16.580 maligning, 00:32:17.259 --> 00:32:17.860 scorning, 00:32:18.420 --> 00:32:19.000 reviling, 00:32:19.140 --> 00:32:19.700 or opposing 00:32:19.700 --> 00:32:20.340 in any way 00:32:20.340 --> 00:32:21.220 God's truth, 00:32:21.519 --> 00:32:21.900 grace, 00:32:22.080 --> 00:32:22.800 and actions, 00:32:22.799 --> 00:32:24.559 pretending to be 00:32:24.559 --> 00:32:24.899 religious 00:32:24.899 --> 00:32:25.740 or using religion 00:32:25.740 --> 00:32:26.680 for evil purposes, 00:32:27.539 --> 00:32:28.200 being ashamed 00:32:28.200 --> 00:32:29.000 of God's name 00:32:29.000 --> 00:32:31.700 or ashamed to it 00:32:31.700 --> 00:32:32.399 by stubbornly 00:32:32.399 --> 00:32:34.180 refusing to obey Him 00:32:34.180 --> 00:32:35.119 and by living 00:32:35.119 --> 00:32:36.019 unwisely, 00:32:36.419 --> 00:32:37.139 unfruitfully, 00:32:37.339 --> 00:32:38.500 or in such a way 00:32:38.500 --> 00:32:39.619 as to offend Him 00:32:39.619 --> 00:32:40.879 or backslide 00:32:40.879 --> 00:32:42.000 away from Him. 00:32:43.539 --> 00:32:44.480 I find that we 00:32:44.480 --> 00:32:45.680 are guilty, 00:32:46.419 --> 00:32:46.879 again, 00:32:47.019 --> 00:32:47.720 of the third 00:32:47.720 --> 00:32:48.960 commandment. 00:32:48.960 --> 00:32:51.279 And what reasons 00:32:51.279 --> 00:32:52.779 are added 00:32:52.779 --> 00:32:53.779 to the third 00:32:53.779 --> 00:32:55.059 commandment? 00:32:57.279 --> 00:32:58.019 The reasons 00:32:58.019 --> 00:32:58.740 are in these words, 00:32:58.840 --> 00:32:59.720 the Lord thy God 00:32:59.720 --> 00:33:00.079 and the Lord 00:33:00.079 --> 00:33:00.700 will not hold 00:33:00.700 --> 00:33:02.079 anyone guiltless 00:33:02.079 --> 00:33:02.920 who misuses 00:33:02.920 --> 00:33:03.559 His name. 00:33:04.120 --> 00:33:04.900 Because He is 00:33:04.900 --> 00:33:05.340 the Lord 00:33:05.340 --> 00:33:06.039 and our God, 00:33:06.100 --> 00:33:06.700 His name must 00:33:06.700 --> 00:33:07.539 never be treated 00:33:07.539 --> 00:33:08.140 as unholy 00:33:08.140 --> 00:33:08.720 or misused 00:33:08.720 --> 00:33:09.980 by us in any way, 00:33:10.539 --> 00:33:11.299 particularly since 00:33:11.299 --> 00:33:12.440 He is so opposed 00:33:12.440 --> 00:33:13.100 to acquitting 00:33:13.100 --> 00:33:13.840 or sparing 00:33:13.840 --> 00:33:15.160 those who break 00:33:15.160 --> 00:33:15.860 this commandment 00:33:15.860 --> 00:33:17.079 that He will not 00:33:17.079 --> 00:33:18.160 allow them to escape 00:33:18.160 --> 00:33:18.600 His righteous 00:33:18.599 --> 00:33:19.039 judgment, 00:33:19.219 --> 00:33:19.740 even though 00:33:19.740 --> 00:33:20.839 many who do 00:33:20.839 --> 00:33:21.240 break this 00:33:21.240 --> 00:33:21.659 commandment 00:33:21.659 --> 00:33:22.859 escape human 00:33:22.859 --> 00:33:24.000 condemnation 00:33:24.000 --> 00:33:25.480 and punishment. 00:33:26.579 --> 00:33:27.559 Leviticus 19 00:33:27.559 --> 00:33:28.439 and verse 12, 00:33:28.559 --> 00:33:29.099 You shall not 00:33:29.099 --> 00:33:30.480 swear by my name 00:33:30.480 --> 00:33:31.480 falsely, 00:33:31.559 --> 00:33:33.339 and so profane 00:33:33.339 --> 00:33:33.939 the name 00:33:33.939 --> 00:33:35.000 of your God. 00:33:35.299 --> 00:33:36.699 I am 00:33:36.699 --> 00:33:38.199 the Lord. 00:33:39.199 --> 00:33:40.099 We ought to be 00:33:40.099 --> 00:33:40.879 careful, beloved, 00:33:40.980 --> 00:33:41.959 how we speak 00:33:41.959 --> 00:33:43.719 about this God, 00:33:44.059 --> 00:33:45.059 what we understand 00:33:45.059 --> 00:33:46.339 to be true 00:33:46.339 --> 00:33:47.119 of Him. 00:33:47.119 --> 00:33:49.519 We will end 00:33:49.519 --> 00:33:50.019 today's study 00:33:50.019 --> 00:33:50.419 by looking 00:33:50.419 --> 00:33:51.359 briefly at 00:33:51.359 --> 00:33:51.899 question and 00:33:51.899 --> 00:33:52.239 answer 00:33:52.239 --> 00:33:54.659 102. 00:34:00.399 --> 00:34:01.179 What is the 00:34:01.179 --> 00:34:02.500 essence of the 00:34:02.500 --> 00:34:03.559 first four 00:34:03.559 --> 00:34:04.219 commandments that 00:34:04.219 --> 00:34:04.559 cover our 00:34:04.559 --> 00:34:05.259 obligations to 00:34:05.259 --> 00:34:05.459 God? 00:34:05.519 --> 00:34:06.000 We've talked 00:34:06.000 --> 00:34:06.579 about three. 00:34:07.159 --> 00:34:07.699 I understand. 00:34:08.380 --> 00:34:08.980 What is the 00:34:08.980 --> 00:34:09.460 essence of the 00:34:09.460 --> 00:34:09.880 first four 00:34:09.880 --> 00:34:10.380 commandments that 00:34:10.380 --> 00:34:10.739 cover our 00:34:10.739 --> 00:34:12.099 obligations to 00:34:12.099 --> 00:34:12.339 God? 00:34:12.400 --> 00:34:12.799 And the answer 00:34:12.799 --> 00:34:13.319 is this. 00:34:13.940 --> 00:34:14.679 The essence of 00:34:14.679 --> 00:34:15.000 these four 00:34:15.000 --> 00:34:15.880 commandments is to 00:34:15.880 --> 00:34:16.180 love the Lord 00:34:16.180 --> 00:34:16.559 your God, 00:34:17.260 --> 00:34:17.840 with all your 00:34:17.840 --> 00:34:18.160 heart, 00:34:18.559 --> 00:34:19.059 with all our 00:34:19.059 --> 00:34:19.500 soul, 00:34:19.920 --> 00:34:20.440 with all our 00:34:20.440 --> 00:34:21.019 strength, 00:34:21.519 --> 00:34:22.920 with all our 00:34:22.920 --> 00:34:23.260 mind. 00:34:23.619 --> 00:34:24.720 To set our 00:34:24.720 --> 00:34:25.619 affections, 00:34:25.920 --> 00:34:26.800 our desires, 00:34:26.960 --> 00:34:28.260 our love on 00:34:28.260 --> 00:34:29.340 Him. 00:34:31.019 --> 00:34:31.400 Beloved, 00:34:31.460 --> 00:34:32.220 we are a people 00:34:32.220 --> 00:34:33.700 called apart for 00:34:33.700 --> 00:34:34.900 God's own 00:34:34.900 --> 00:34:36.200 possession, 00:34:36.700 --> 00:34:37.980 for our good, 00:34:38.440 --> 00:34:39.079 and so that His 00:34:39.079 --> 00:34:39.900 glory would be 00:34:39.900 --> 00:34:40.900 known in all 00:34:40.900 --> 00:34:41.640 the world. 00:34:41.639 --> 00:34:41.719 world. 00:34:42.920 --> 00:34:43.619 So as those 00:34:43.619 --> 00:34:44.019 who have been 00:34:44.019 --> 00:34:44.759 made righteous 00:34:44.759 --> 00:34:45.739 in Christ, 00:34:46.699 --> 00:34:47.179 we are to be 00:34:47.179 --> 00:34:48.179 keepers of the 00:34:48.179 --> 00:34:49.460 law, not just 00:34:49.460 --> 00:34:50.339 outwardly, but 00:34:50.339 --> 00:34:51.199 with all that we 00:34:51.199 --> 00:34:52.759 are, working 00:34:52.759 --> 00:34:53.839 with all His 00:34:53.839 --> 00:34:54.699 energy that He 00:34:54.699 --> 00:34:55.719 powerfully works 00:34:55.719 --> 00:34:56.940 within us. 00:34:58.119 --> 00:34:59.199 Standing confident 00:34:59.199 --> 00:35:00.759 in the fact that 00:35:00.759 --> 00:35:01.359 if we have placed 00:35:01.359 --> 00:35:02.219 saving faith in the 00:35:02.219 --> 00:35:02.920 personal work of 00:35:02.920 --> 00:35:03.920 Jesus Christ, we 00:35:03.920 --> 00:35:06.460 are secure in 00:35:06.460 --> 00:35:06.799 Him. 00:35:07.420 --> 00:35:08.039 Praise the 00:35:08.039 --> 00:35:09.719 Lord that He is 00:35:09.719 --> 00:35:10.480 our righteousness. 00:35:10.480 --> 00:35:10.679 righteousness. 00:35:11.300 --> 00:35:12.159 Because we have 00:35:12.159 --> 00:35:13.099 not and we will 00:35:13.099 --> 00:35:14.079 not perfectly keep 00:35:14.079 --> 00:35:15.380 this law. 00:35:15.820 --> 00:35:16.639 It's given to us 00:35:16.639 --> 00:35:17.780 to labor in it, 00:35:18.039 --> 00:35:19.500 to press on into 00:35:19.500 --> 00:35:20.240 it for the sake of 00:35:20.240 --> 00:35:21.619 His name, for our 00:35:21.619 --> 00:35:23.099 good, but we will 00:35:23.099 --> 00:35:23.559 not keep it 00:35:23.559 --> 00:35:23.960 perfectly. 00:35:25.280 --> 00:35:26.099 So praise God 00:35:26.099 --> 00:35:27.240 that there is 00:35:27.240 --> 00:35:28.079 therefore now no 00:35:28.079 --> 00:35:28.860 condemnation for 00:35:28.860 --> 00:35:29.940 those who are in 00:35:29.940 --> 00:35:31.539 Christ Jesus. 00:35:32.599 --> 00:35:33.619 But hear me so 00:35:33.619 --> 00:35:34.320 clearly. 00:35:35.320 --> 00:35:36.740 We have all 00:35:36.740 --> 00:35:38.420 transgressed God's 00:35:38.420 --> 00:35:39.059 law. 00:35:39.219 --> 00:35:39.719 And if you are 00:35:39.719 --> 00:35:41.000 not in Christ 00:35:41.000 --> 00:35:41.599 this morning, 00:35:41.980 --> 00:35:42.739 then there is 00:35:42.739 --> 00:35:44.099 great condemnation 00:35:44.099 --> 00:35:45.019 for you. 00:35:45.779 --> 00:35:47.099 There is death 00:35:47.099 --> 00:35:48.980 and eternal hell 00:35:48.980 --> 00:35:49.879 awaiting you. 00:35:50.059 --> 00:35:51.119 But by faith in 00:35:51.119 --> 00:35:52.500 Christ, you can 00:35:52.500 --> 00:35:53.239 put on His 00:35:53.239 --> 00:35:54.759 righteousness and 00:35:54.759 --> 00:35:56.059 stand in this 00:35:56.059 --> 00:35:58.039 non-condemnation 00:35:58.039 --> 00:35:59.339 place. 00:36:00.239 --> 00:36:00.819 We have been 00:36:00.819 --> 00:36:01.639 given the Spirit 00:36:01.639 --> 00:36:02.399 of God to lead 00:36:02.399 --> 00:36:03.299 us into all 00:36:03.299 --> 00:36:04.500 truth and to 00:36:04.500 --> 00:36:05.559 cause us, 00:36:05.939 --> 00:36:06.619 those who have 00:36:06.619 --> 00:36:07.159 been delivered 00:36:07.159 --> 00:36:08.799 from sin to 00:36:08.799 --> 00:36:10.159 walk in His 00:36:10.159 --> 00:36:10.639 ways. 00:36:11.039 --> 00:36:11.500 And we 00:36:11.500 --> 00:36:12.699 should do so. 00:36:13.339 --> 00:36:13.839 Let's pray 00:36:13.839 --> 00:36:14.119 together. 00:36:14.119 --> 00:36:44.099 Thank you.