#979 - Exodus 20 – Ten Commandments

These may be familiar to you, and I would be surprised if they are not.

This is a section that isn't actually labeled in the text itself as the Ten Commandments, but that's certainly what we call it by.

And it is not the full law.

There was-- whole books that are gonna be written about that here coming up.

But it's a nice summary of things that God cares about.

And we would have to say that God cares about these things maybe up-- over some other things.

And it starts like this: "And God spoke all these words, 'I am the Lord your God who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.

You shall have no other gods before me.

You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on earth beneath or in the waters below.

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 parents to the third and fourth generations of those who hate me, but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.

You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God, th-- for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.

Remember the Sabbath by keeping it holy.

Six days you shall labor and do all your work.

But the seventh day is the Sabbath to the Lord your God.

On it you shall not do any work, neither you nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns.

For in the 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.

Honor your father and your mother so that you may live long in the land the Lord h-- your God is giving you.

You shall not murder.

You shall not commit adultery.

You shall not steal.

You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

You shall not covet your neighbor's house.

You shall not covet your neighbor's wife or his male or female servant, his ox or donkey or anything that belongs to your neighbor.' When the people saw the thunder and lightning and heard the trumpet and saw the mountain in smoke, they trembled with fear.

They stayed at a distance and said to Moses, 'Speak to us yourself and we will listen, but do not have God speak to us or we will die.' Moses said to the people, 'Do not be afraid.