Exodus: From Bondage to Liberty

Sunday, June 18th 2023

Exodus 19:1-20:23

God Delivers Us so We Can Live With Him

• God’s Delivers Us

v.1 - "third new moon" according to Jewish usage, the first day of the month. This puts their arrival at Sinai about seven weeks after the exodus. 

v.4 – “You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles' wings, and brought you to Myself.”

v.6 – ‘and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation”

Yaweh has a twofold  purpose for Israel

1. Kingdom of Priest

1. Holy Nation

“But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.” 1 Peter 2:9

v.7-25 – God’s Holiness

• So We Can Live for Him

v.1,2 – “And God spoke all these words saying, ‘I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.”

“When Jesus summarized God’s law he said, “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself’ In other words, the Ten Commandments can be reduced to two commandments: Love God and love your neighbor. So they are all about love. We love God by worshiping him and using his name properly. We love our parents by honoring them. We love our spouses by being faithful to them. We love our neighbors by protecting their lives, respecting their property, and telling them the truth. The God who gave these commandments is a God of love, who wants us to love him and to share his love with others. As Jesus said, “Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me” If this is true, then we cannot separate God’s law from God’s love.” Philip Ryken

Commands 1 – 4 – Love God

#1 – Have no other gods before me

"The Ten Words display the character of God. God poured Himself into His law. Each of the Ten Words expresses particular attributes of God, who is the lawgiver....The first commandment does away with atheism on one hand and pantheism or polytheism on the other. It assumes that there is one true God and no other. It also addresses the deep problem of the human heart: idolatry.” Tony Merida

#2 – Make no carved image

#3 – Not take the name of the Lord in vain

#4 – Remember the Sabbath Day and keep it

Commands 5-10 – Love Neighbor

#5 – Honor your father and mother

#6 – Don’t commit murder

#7- Don’t commit adultery

#8 – Don’t steal

#9 – Don’t bear false witness against your neighbor

#10 – Don’t covet your neighbor’s wife, male or female servants

• Conclusion

God Delivers Us so We Can Live With Him