Tuesday
PRaP 1/23/07
 
Exodus 20-23  Approximately 22 minutes listening time
 
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1 And God spoke all these words:
 2 "I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt , out of the land of slavery.
 3 "You shall have no other gods before [a] me.
 4 "You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. 5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, 6 but showing love to a thousand {generations} of those who love me and keep my commandments.
 7 "You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God, for the LORD will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.
 8 "Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your animals, nor the alien within your gates. 11 For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.
 12 "Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.
 13 "You shall not murder.
 14 "You shall not commit adultery.
 15 "You shall not steal.
 16 "You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
 17 "You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his manservant or maidservant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor."
If you get nothing else from this section of the Bible I want you to get these.  I would love to see you post them on your refrigerator or your door or your wall.  If you will memorize and repeat these on a daily basis your life will change.  Don’t give me that excuse that since Jesus died on the cross for my sins these are no longer valid, as we read yesterday in Matthew, Jesus did not come to abolish the law of the prophets but to fulfill the law.  The rest of these chapters are on basic laws and how to judge those who do not follow God’s law and days of celebration.  These laws cover servants, personal injury, property protection, and social responsibility.  They also covere Laws of Mercy and Grace and Sabbath laws.  God has also sent His angel to prepare the way for the Israelites to get to the promised land.  You will find that the second commandment in verse 4 the hardest of all the commandments to follow.  Some of you will find the third one in verse 7 most difficult.  Most children do not like verse 12 and the rest seem to be common sense but people struggle with them.  We gonna get deeeeeeeeper “Someone find my BBQ sauce I smell meat on the grill, Stay tuned God has a message for you!”
                                                                                                                   
Exodus 20
Exodus 21
Exodus 22
Exodus 23
 
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