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 Who does the Lord speak to in verse 3?

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 It's really interesting, the choice of words.

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 Moses went up to God.

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 The Lord called him from the mountain and said,

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 this is what you are to say to the house of Jacob.

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 Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob all received that covenant promise

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 of blessing from God.

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 And here's a reminder, God is keeping that promise.

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 He said there would be 430 years in slavery,

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 but then there'd be freedom.

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 Then they would take possession of the land of blessing.

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 And here they are on the move to become God's people,

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 to become a nation, to receive the land of promise.

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 How did they get to this point?

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 Again, verse 4 is making it absolutely clear.

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 It's all about God's initiative.

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 You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt.

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 So there's a reminder, God has acted to judge the enemies of Israel.

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 The way that they are free is because God has acted decisively against Egypt.

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 That's God's doing.

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 You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt and how I carried you on eagle's wings.

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 So God delivered Israel and then God, by his power, protected, provided for all of their needs while they're wandering in the wilderness,

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 opening the Red Sea so they could walk through, providing for them as they journeyed.

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 God is delivering his people from slavery.

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 And he's doing that in order that he might bring them to himself.

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 See that there at the end of verse 1?

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 I carried you on, verse 4, sorry, I carried you on eagle's wings and brought you to my cell.

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 So God's doing this.

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 He's judging enemies.

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 He's delivering the people.

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 He's drawing Israel to himself because the goal of the covenant is that the people might enjoy life with God.

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 They might enjoy relationship with him.

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 That's always the ultimate goal of God's salvation, that we might know and enjoy him.

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 And then in chapter 20, verses 1 and 2, we get a mini prologue to the Ten Commandments.

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 Verse 2, I am the Lord your God who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.

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 Covenant Lord has redeemed them, therefore, the Ten Commandments.

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 So we need that right order.

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 And Moses, as he writes the book and God as he acts, is very clear on the order.

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 Israel is saved by grace to become God's people and their obedience to the law comes as a response, not to gain a reward.

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 It's about gratitude, not trying to gain favor.

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 Toy Story 4 is out.

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 And one of the nice stories along the Toy Story films is that of the relationship between Mr. Potato Head and the aliens,

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 who are saved from the claw and various other calamities.

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 And maybe if you've seen Toy Story, I think it's Toy Story 2,

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 you'll remember the aliens speaking to Mr. Potato Head saying,

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 you have saved our lives.

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 We are eternally grateful.

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 And Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head can't escape these aliens who are always trying to do them good.

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 Because they had been saved,

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 they wanted to show gratitude by serving.

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 And that's the point of the Ten Commandments.

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 And that's the point of the Gospel.

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 Jesus has taken our judgment for sin.

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 He has delivered us from our spiritual slavery.

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 He has brought us into the family of God.

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 Therefore, we obey as a way for us to say,

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 we are eternally grateful for your salvation.

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 We honor God in our lives in light of his saving grace to us in the new covenant.

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 It should be a joy to us to obey,

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 because we remember what God has done for us in rescuing us and providing for us.

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 So that's one reason to obey.

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 We obey because of what God has done.

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 The second reason is we obey because of who we are.

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 And that's made clear as well in Exodus chapter 19.

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 One of the things as you follow the line of the covenant,

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 it keeps on expanding.

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 So it begins with one man, Adam, and his wife, Eve.

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 Then one family, the family of Noah.

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 Then the family of Abraham, primarily.

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 And that expands now to one nation, Israel.

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 And then you get to the new covenant.

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 You see God's church goes fully global.

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 But as God is calling and as God is promising,

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 he's also establishing for his people a new identity.

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 And with that, then new obligations for how to live.

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 So verses five and six are really helpful in this regard.

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 Now, verse five says,

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 Now, if you obey me fully and keep my covenant,

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 then out of all nations you'll be my treasured possession.

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 Now, it's really important for us at this point to recognize

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 that when God says obey me fully,

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 he's not expecting perfect obedience.

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 We said that last time.

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 God doesn't expect perfect obedience

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 because he knows that's impossible of us.

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 And that's clear in Israel's story.

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 And Psalm 106 that we just sang

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 makes the point that even before the people got to Mount Sinai,

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 they've been set free over here in Egypt.

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 Even before they get here,

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 they're grumbling, complaining, they're lacking faith.

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 And even while they're at Mount Sinai,

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 they make the golden calf, the image.

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 But God is still faithful to his covenant.

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 And so he's not expecting perfect obedience.

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 And we know that too, because within the law,

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 chapters 21 to 24,

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 and then in the book of Leviticus,

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 we see there are lots of sacrifices

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 so that the people might be forgiven.

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 So built into God's law is the recognition

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 that they will need to receive mercy.

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 And so there's sacrifice and forgiveness built in.

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 But they're told,

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 when you obey, when you live as my people,

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 certain realities will be true for you.

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 First of all, in verse five there,

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 you will be my treasured possession.

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 Just as kings at the time of Moses

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 would have their treasure chests,

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 all their wealth,

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 it was sometimes on display.

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 God is saying,

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 my treasure will be you, my people.

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 He's saying that he values his people highly.

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 Although the whole earth is mine,

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 you will be for me a kingdom of priests.

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 So the nation as a whole,

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 we're given this responsibility to represent God,

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 to be, as it were,

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 the mediator between God

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 and the surrounding nations,

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 praying for the nations

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 that they might be brought in,

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 praying that God's will might be done

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 on earth as it is in heaven.

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 So they are to serve God,

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 and they are to be a holy nation.

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 Holy, to be set apart.

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 From what is common for special use.

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 The people of Israel,

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 one of the things that their laws were to do

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 was to set them apart as being different,

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 living by a different set of values,

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 following a different God,

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 living as a holy nation,

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 again, with a mission aim.

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 That as they lived holy lives to the glory of God,

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 others were to be brought in.

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 Now, it's interesting.

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 So God is blessing the people here.

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 He's saying,

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 you will be my treasured possession.

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 You'll be a kingdom of priests.

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 You'll be a holy nation.

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 But those blessings are also obligation.

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 And so they are to live out this new identity.

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 But one thing that says to us then

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 is that doing God's will is good for us.

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 Rather than it being a chore,

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 these acts of obedience are actually a way for us to receive God's blessing.

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 Keeping God's law to honor our creator,

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 to honor our savior is good for us as people.

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 And so this is who Israel were.

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 And then Peter,

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 when he is describing the church in 1 Peter chapter 2,

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 he goes to this passage and he uses the exact same language to describe the church.

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 So in 1 Peter chapter 2,

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 verse 9,

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 he says,

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 So there's a reminder too that for us,

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 our identity is to have a missionary purpose.

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 That we live to the glory of God,

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 to praise him for that wonderful change.

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 We used to be in the kingdom of darkness

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 and we've been brought into God's kingdom of wonderful light.

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 And we are to live out that identity.

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 Living to praise God,

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 living to please God,

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 living to serve God.

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 That by faith in Jesus,

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 we are a new creation.

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 And our calling then is to live like this is true.

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 To live those set apart lives.

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 To live secure in our identity,

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 knowing that we are valued by God.

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 This is our mission as a church.

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 You know, there are some cultures where,

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 for example,

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 there's a picture up there on the screen.

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 If I was to say to most people here,

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 probably most people on the street,

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 the word Amish,

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 then instantly we'd have ideas about value,

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 about culture,

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 about identity,

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 living off grid,

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 living a simple way of life,

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 strong sense of community,

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 horse-strong carriages,

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 sort of opposition to modernity.

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 Their identity shapes how they live.

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 And there are some cultures that are really strong

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 and have that kind of influence.

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 Well,

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 when we say,

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 I am a Christian,

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 that identity should shape every part of our life.

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 Not just on Sunday,

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 but every part of our lives.

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 That God wants us to be communities of light and of love.

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 It's one of the great things about simple things

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 like going to the meadows and having a picnic.

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 Here we are as a group of God's people

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 brought together simply because

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 that we love God and we love one another

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 and we want to spend time together.

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 But in all that we do,

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 we are to be declaring God's praise

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 in our word and in our witness.

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 Just like Israel,

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 they were called together as this nation

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 to represent God and the earth.

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 So God calls churches together.

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 He calls Christians together,

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 places them in families and community groups

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 and in congregations

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 so that we might display the praises of God.

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 And so it's important for us then

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 to examine our own lives

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 and to think,

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 well,

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 what is my identity truly based on?

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 Whether we're Christians or not,

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 we need to ask ourselves the question,

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 truly,

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 what is my identity based on?

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 Is that then reflected in

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 how I choose to spend my time

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 or my money

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 or the priorities that I set

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 for my life?

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 Life.

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 We're told that we should obey God's law

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 because of who we are.

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 And then the last reason

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 from the prologue

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 to the Ten Commandments

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 for obeying the law,

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 we obey because of who God is.

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 So the rest of this chapter

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 is really a reminder

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 of the character of God,

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 the one who enters into covenant

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 with his people.

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 So we're being reminded

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 that there is a God who speaks.

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 One of the unique things

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 about the Ten Commandments

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 is that they're spoken directly by God

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 so that the people hear

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 the voice of God.

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 And we know this

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 because at the end,

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 towards the end of the chapter,

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 of chapter 20,

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 chapter 20 in verse 19,

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 the people say to Moses,

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 speak to us yourself

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 and we will listen,

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 but do not have God speak to us

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 or we will die.

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 So here's the speaking God,

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 speaking his will directly

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 to the people

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 so that they can hear.

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 And that was terrifying to them

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 because they realized

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 they were in the presence

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 of a holy God.

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 But there's good news there too

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 because we have a God who speaks,

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 a God who relates,

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 a God who wants relationship,

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 a God who reveals himself

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 so relationship is possible.

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 One of the things

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 that the Ten Commandments does

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 is it reveals something

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 of the character

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 and the will of God

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 and that's good news for us.

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 We don't need to be wondering

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 what's God like,

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 how does he expect me to live?

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 He gives us his word

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 and he gives us places

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 like the Ten Commandments

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 where that becomes really clear.

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 And then ultimately

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 the God who speaks,

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 speaks to us through his son

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 who comes in human form.

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 The God who speaks,

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 it's important for us

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 to recognize too

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 that this God who speaks,

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 although he terrifies Israel

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 because of his holiness,

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 he is the God who is for them.

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 He is on their side.

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 We see that despite unfaithfulness,

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 he remains faithful.

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 God is the unchanging God.

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 Paul reminds us of that

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 in Romans 8.

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 Since God is for us,

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 who can be against us?

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 There is reason for hope for Israel.

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 There's reason for hope for the church

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 when we feel small and weak

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 and isolated.

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 Our God is for us.

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 He knows what he's doing.

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 He's in control.

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 The speaking God

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 is also the sovereign God

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 of the universe.

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 So this God is a God who speaks.

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 He's also the God

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 who provides the mediator

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 for Israel.

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 Verse 9.

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 The Lord said to Moses,

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 I am going to come to you

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 in a dense cloud

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 so that people will hear me

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 speaking with you

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 and will always put their trust in you.

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 Now that's interesting

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 because you would expect,

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 naturally,

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 I'm going to speak

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 so that the people

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 would put their trust in me

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 as their God.

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 But no, he's saying

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 so that people will trust you

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 as the mediator,

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 the one I've chosen

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 to be the deliverer.

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 Here in the book of Exodus,

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 we are seeing God's pattern

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 of salvation.

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 God saves through his mediator.

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 God saves through his rescuer.

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 Sometimes that's the judges.

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 Sometimes that's the kings.

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 Ultimately, that then is Jesus.

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 Now Moses is a picture for us

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 of Jesus.

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 That just as in this covenant,

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 Moses was provided.

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 So in the new covenant,

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 there is Jesus.

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 He is provided.

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 He is the one who acts

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 to save us.

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 He is the one who even now

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 is acting for us.

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 He's praying for us.

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 He promises his presence with us

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 and he'll finally bring us

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 to God forever.

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 So in this moment,

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 we're seeing a pattern

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 of redemption,

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 of salvation being set up

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 that we'll see all through

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 the Old Testament

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 climaxing with Jesus.

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 But the main thing

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 that becomes clear

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 about who God is

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 in this section

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 of Exodus chapter 19

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 is the God

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 who is holy.

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 That's the dominant theme

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 that we have.

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 So in verse 10,

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 the people are told,

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 go and consecrate yourself

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 today and tomorrow.

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 Why do they need

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 to wash themselves?

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 Because when people

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 are before a holy God

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 and a pure God,

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 they must be cleansed.

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 They're warned

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 in verse 12,

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 put limits for the people

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 around the mountain

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 and tell them,

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 be careful you do not

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 go up the mountain

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 or touch the foot of it.

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 Whoever touches

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 the mountain

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 shall surely

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 be put to death.

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 Why that warning?

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 Why those limits?

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 Because people must not

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 get too close

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 to the blazing holiness

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 of our God.

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 God is a burning light.

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 And so there should be

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 a sense of awe

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 and there's a sense

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 of separation

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 between a holy God

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 and this sinful people.

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 There is the thunder,

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 there is the lightning,

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 there's the trumpet blast

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 of verse 16.

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 A reminder,

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 here's the God

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 of all glory

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 and power.

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 And the people,

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 as we've seen,

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 have that sense of fear

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 and have that sense

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 of awe

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 because it's made

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 very clear to them

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 in a number of different ways.

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 The God who is speaking to you,

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 the God who has called you

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 is also the God

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 who is perfectly holy.

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 Who is God to Israel,

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 he is their holy savior.

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 That's an important reason

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 for them to obey God's law.

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 It's an important reason

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 for us to obey God's law

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 because our God is holy.

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 Be holy because I am holy.

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 And so these laws,

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 they express God's holy character,

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 God's holy and good

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 and perfect will.

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 And as such,

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 they're good for every age

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 and every generation.

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 While people might like

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 to put them to one side

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 and say they're outmoded

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 and outdated

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 and now that grace has come,

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 there's no need for the law.

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 This law reflects

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 who our God is.

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 It reminds us

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 of the holiness of God.

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 And when we stop

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 and think about it,

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 we recognize the goodness

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 of these laws.

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 Imagine a world

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 where the Ten Commandments

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 were kept.

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 Imagine a world

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 where when you switched on

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 the evening news,

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 there were no horror stories,

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 no murders,

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 no rapes,

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 no warfare

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 and bloodshed.

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 Imagine a house

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 where there was no

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 family fallout

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 because there was honor,

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 because people were

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 being careful

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 with their words.

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 There'd be no wars,

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 there'd be no armies,

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 there'd be no being hurt

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 by gossip and lying,

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 there'd be no need

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 for a police force

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 or locks on our doors,

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 there'd be no burnout

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 from overwork

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 because people

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 would be resting.

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 The Ten Commandments,

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 if they were ever lived out,

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 would actually be so good

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 for nations

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 and societies.

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 Now because they come

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 from a holy God

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 who is a good God,

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 who loves His people

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 and makes good provision

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 for His people.

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 To love God

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 and to love others

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 is our greatest good.

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 And so to keep the law

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 is good for us.

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 So we recognize

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 they come from

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 our good covenant-keeping God.

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 So why obey the law today?

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 Because just like in Moses' day,

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 we obey in response

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 to God's grace

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 in making us His people.

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 We become the people of God

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 by grace and grace alone.

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 Then we behave

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 out of thankfulness

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 for what He's done.

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 We obey because God

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 is our Father

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 and we are His children.

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 They're our guide

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 to how we live as a family.

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 Historically,

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 they've always been

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 an important way

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 for discipleship.

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 How do we teach

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 young people,

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 young Christians

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 to follow God?

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 The Westminster Confession of Faith,

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 the Heidelberg Catechism,

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 they all go to

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 the Ten Commandments

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 because they're so foundational

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 for how to live well

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 for the glory of God.

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 And we obey

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 because God is holy.

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 We want to be holy

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 because He is holy,

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 to be holy

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 because God is with us,

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 to be holy,

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 to do it,

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 to honor Him

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 so that we might be consistent

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 in our mission,

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 in our witness,

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 so that others ultimately

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 might be brought in

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 to know this God

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 that we love and serve.

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 to guru our of God by

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 to honor Him

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 for the Peace

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 in theungen of Faith,

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 and we hope there wasn't

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 an even higher

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ppp live for the Thatcher

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 of Dream.

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 because you've been

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 with us at our

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 of the Dead sizz,

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 and that we might be

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 up in the两 чтоб

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 and double- vrai

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 ofент город

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 and가지 SHRF,

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 the True

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 of the year,

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 in other places,