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The Commands
These are the commands given to the Israelites so that they would be set apart from the world around them.
We can view them as identifying markers, while the world around fell into lawlessness and self-absorption, God gave Moses the Commands so that Gods people would not come to the same fate.
1 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 bondage.
3 “You shall have no other gods before me.
4 “You shall not make for yourself a graven 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 upon 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 do all your work; 10 but the seventh day is a sabbath to the LORD your God; in it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your manservant, or your maidservant, or your cattle, or the sojourner who is within your gates; 11 for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day; therefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day and hallowed it.
12 “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which the LORD your God gives you.
13 “You shall not kill.
14 “You shall not commit adultery.
15 “You shall not steal.
16 “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
17 “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant, or his maidservant, or his ox, or his ass, or anything that is your neighbor’s.”
These are the commands given to the Israelites so that they would be set apart from the world around them.
We can view them as identifying markers, while the world around fell into lawlessness and self-absorption, God gave Moses the Commands so that Gods people would not come to the same fate.
The commands served for the Israelites as a way to understand that belonging to God set them apart from the world.
Being set apart from the world meant being obedient to God.
There was (and still is) a ton temptation in the world for the Israelite to deal with and from what we can read prior to these verses and after them, the Israelites failed time and time again at setting themselves apart from the world.
Whether is was worshiping other Gods (Golden calf), or coveting other nations systems (like asking for a king) , or committing adultery (King David’s Betrayal) there was plenty of opportunity to live into the sin of the world and not stay true to the God that is always there with them.
The commands served for the Israelites as a way to understand that belonging to God set them apart from the world.
Being set apart from the world meant being obedient to God.
There was (and still is) a ton temptation in the world for the Israelite to deal with and from what we can read prior to these verses and after them, the Israelites failed time and time again at setting themselves apart from the world.
Whether is was worshiping other Gods (Golden calf), or coveting other nations systems (like asking for a king) , or committing adultery (King David’s Betrayal) there was plenty of opportunity to live into the sin of the world and not stay true to the God that is always there with them.
The commands served for the Israelites as a way to understand that belonging to God set them apart from the world.
Being set apart from the world meant being obedient to God.
There was (and still is) a ton temptation in the world for the Israelite to deal with and from what we can read prior to these verses and after them, the Israelites failed time and time again at setting themselves apart from the world.
Whether is was worshiping other Gods (Golden calf), or coveting other nations systems (like asking for a king) , or committing adultery (King Davids Betrayal) there was plenty of opportunity to live into the sin of the world and not stay true to the God that is always there with them.
But can we fault the Israelites for falling into these temptations?
Can we sit in judgment upon them?
Their circumstances where hardly favorable, they spent a lot of time in captivity, enslaved by other nations.
This led to being exposed to other religions, customs, and social norms.
It also led them away from their own traditions.
In a lot of cases their own traditions were outlawed and practicing them could have placed them in a dangerous situation (Daniel and the Lion’s den, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego just to name a couple).
So not being able to practice your religion coupled with the desires of the flesh and the readily available avenues to quench those desires makes for some difficult choices.
All I am saying is that it becomes increasing hard to remain faithful.
But can we fault the Israelites for falling into these temptations?
Can we sit in judgment upon them?
Their circumstances where hardly favorable, they spent a lot of time in captivity, enslaved by other nations.
This led to being exposed to other religions, customs, and social norms.
It also led them away from their own traditions.
In a lot of cases their own traditions were outlawed and practicing them could have placed them in a dangerous situation (Daniel and the Lion’s den, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego just to name a couple).
So not being able to practice your religion coupled with the desires of the flesh and the readily available avenues to quench those desires makes for some difficult choices.
All I am saying is that it becomes increasing hard to remain faithful.
And yet, God calls them out of Egypt out of slavery, guides them through the wilderness, provides them with food and after all of this they grumble.
It would seem a nice thing to just say they are ungrateful.
But God wants relationship with them because God loves them.
They are still Gods creation and part of Gods promise that came to Abraham.
God is faithful and just.
But can we fault the Israelites for falling into these temptations?
Can we sit in judgment upon them?
Their circumstances where hardly favorable, they spent a lot of time in captivity, enslaved by other nations.
This led to being exposed to other religions, customs, and social norms.
It also led them away from their own traditions.
In a lot of cases their own traditions were outlawed and practicing them could have placed them in a dangerous situation (Daniel and the Lions den, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego just to name a couple).
So not being able to practice your religion coupled with the desires of the flesh and the readily available avenues to quench those desires makes for some difficult choices.
All I am saying is that it becomes increasing hard to remain faithful.
And yet, God calls them out of Egypt out of slavery, guides them through the wilderness, provides them with food and after all of this they grumble.
It would seem a nice thing to just say they are ungrateful.
But God wants relationship with them because God loves them.
They are still Gods creation and part of Gods promise that came to Abraham.
God is faithful and just.
The commandments are going to be difficult for them to follow, but they will no what is right and wrong.
They will break some of the commands on a daily basis, but they will know they there are commands to be broken.
They will grumble and complain about the difficulty and the demands placed on them, but they will know they are different from the world, if they follow them.
God expected more from those who would inherit the promise.
And yet, God calls them out of Egypt out of slavery, guides them through the wilderness, provides them with food and after all of this they grumble.
It would seem a nice thing to just say they are ungrateful.
But God wants relationship with them because God loves them.
They are still Gods creation and part of Gods promise that came to Abraham.
God is faithful and just.
The commandments are going to be difficult for them to follow, but they will no what is right and wrong.
They will break some of the commands on a daily basis, but they will know they there are commands to be broken.
They will grumble and complain about the difficulty and the demands placed on them, but they will know they are different from the world, if they follow them.
God expected more from those who would inherit the promise.
Let’s fast forward a bit to a time where the nation of Israel is in a better (with reservations) place.
They are now living in towns and cities (although under occupation) where they can practice their religion.
They have synagogues where they meet and read the Torah and the Psalter.
They have many teachers of the law who instruct the people in what is proper in accordance with it.
For all of this, people are still breaking the law and it still serves as a reminder that they are sinful and that they are set apart.
How are they going to figure out how to keep these Ten commandments?
How if after all this time they still find themselves struggling with greed, lust, slander, other gods, and many other things are they going to finally live up to Gods expectation?
The commandments are going to be difficult for them to follow, but they will no what is right and wrong.
They will break some of the commands on a daily basis, but they will know they there are commands to be broken.
They will grumble and complain about the difficulty and the demands placed on them, but they will know they are different from the world, if they follow them.
God expected more from those who would inherit the promise.
Let’s fast forward a bit to a time where the nation of Israel is in a better (with reservations) place.
They are now living in towns and cities (although under occupation) where they can practice their religion.
They have synagogues where they meet and read the Torah and the Psalter.
They have many teachers of the law who instruct the people in what is proper in accordance with it.
For all of this, people are still breaking the law and it still serves as a reminder that they are sinful and that they are set apart.
How are they going to figure out how to keep these Ten commandments?
How if after all this time they still find themselves struggling with greed, lust, slander, other gods, and many other things are they going to finally live up to Gods expectation?
If you think this is where we introduce Jesus, then you would be right.
But, it is not what you expected.
Not only do we introduce Jesus into the picture, but we hear from him a sermon that takes the law and seems to make it infinitely harder to follow.
You might be wondering how could it get any more difficult?
How can something that people already can’t do after hundreds of years and teachers galore and places to practice their law become harder?
Lets fast forward a bit to a time where the nation of Israel is in a better (with reservations) place.
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