First Table LOVING GOD C 1 No other gods L 1 Submissive Love - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

First Table 
 LOVING GOD C 1 — No other gods L 1 — Submissive Love 
 before God C 2 — Do not worship L 2 — Devoted Love 
 idols L 3 — Reverent Love 
 C 3 — Do not use God’s name in vain L 4 — Reflective Love C 4 — Remember the Sabbath

Second Table 
 LOVING OTHERS L 5 — Honoring Love 
 C 5 — Honor your father and mother L 6 — Respectful Love C 6 — Do not murder C 7 — Do not commit L 7 — Faithful Love 
 adultery L 8 — Productive Love C 8 — Do not steal L 9 — Edifying Love 
 C 9 — Do not bear false witness L 10 — Contented Love C 10 — Do not covet

This command is more than just knowing how many Gods there are. It is more than just knowing God exists. This command gets to the heart of how we are to relate to the one living and true God.

The First Commandment tells us this loving God demands ultimate allegiance—nothing less will do. God’s existence defines all reality. If God exists, then everything is now different. (Albert Mohler, Words from the Fire )

Outline • Choose the One Living & True God • Know the One Living & True God • Worship the One Living & True God

Choose The One 
 Living & True God • The Command - To give allegiance to the one living and true God

Choose the One 
 Living & True God “When God commands us to reject false gods, he is also commanding us to choose him as the true God, enthroning him as our one Lord.” (Philip Ryken, Written in Stone )

Choose The One 
 Living & True God • The Circumstance - Israel was coming from a land of paganism. - Israel was going to a land of paganism. - Deuteronomy 4:32-40

Choose The One 
 Living & True God Our Circumstance We live in a pagan culture.

Know the One 
 Living & True God • The first commandment forbids us from creating God into a culturally acceptable God. - The prosperity God - The open God - The vague God

Know the One 
 Living & True God • God is the sovereign and righteous creator 
 who has raised his Son Jesus to life who died in our place for our sins. • John 17:1-5

Worship the One 
 Living and True God • Worship is pledging allegiance to God. 
 (Deut 6:4-5) • Worship is growing in knowledge of God. 
 (Deut 6:6)

Worship the One 
 Living and True God • Worship is dedicating our family to God. 
 (Deut 6:7) • Worship is submitting to the will of God. 
 (Deut 6:8-9)