Brian's Sermons

The Ten Commandments: Exodus 20:4-6 “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.   One of the things I love to do is to play games. I especially love strategy games. But one of the hardest things about strategy games is learning the rules. Once you know the rules, you can figure out how to play the game. God gave his people rules to live by. We call them the Ten Commandments. The first five of the Ten Commandments help us know how to love God. The final five help us know how to love one another.   We are now on the third sermon in our series o...

The Ten Commandments: Exodus 20:1-17 20  And God spoke all these words, saying,   2 “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.   3 “You shall have no other gods before me.   Last week we started a new series on the Ten Commandments. We recognize the Ten Commandments as the basis for Jewish and Christian laws, but also as the baseline for Christian behavior. The first five tell how to interact with God, while the last five tell how to interact with one another. The introduction reminded us who gives us the Ten Commandments — that they come from Yahweh, our God, the all-powerful God who relates to His creation as Father to son.   And it because of who God is that the first commandment can be: You shall have no other gods before me . It is important to know who this God is — Yahweh, I am who I am, or “I will be who I will be.” God is the God who is .   Our God is Elohim...

The Ten Commandments: Exodus 20:1-17 20  And God spoke all these words, saying,   2 “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.   3 “You shall have no other gods before me.   4 “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. 5 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, 6 but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.   7 “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.   8 “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor, and...