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May 25 - Exodus 20 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello, friends. It is shown here is the Thursday
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  and this is the day I promised you at the beginning of the
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  week, where God Reveals His formula for a successful life.
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  Here's Ten Commandments to the people of Israel.
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  This is a wonderful time when God reveals with such Simplicity
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  and such Clarity what he needs. This community to know about the
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  standards he has for them as they will be doing life together
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  as his people. so come with me back to that mountain with that
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  giant Cloud, that incredibly large God and that very nervous,
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  Nation standing at the foot of that mountain, as we read
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  together, Exodus chapter 20, Then God, gave the people all
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  these instructions, I am, the Lord, your God, who rescued you
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  from the land of Egypt, the place of your slavery.
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  You must not have any other God, but me.
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  You must not make for yourself, an idol of any kind or an image
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  of anything in the heavens, or on the earth, or in the sea.
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  You must not bow down to them or worship them for I, the Lord
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  your God, am a jealous God, who will not tolerate your
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  affections for any other gods? I lay the sins of the parents
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  upon their children. The entire family is affected,
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  even children in the third and fourth generations of those who
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  reject me but I lavish unfailing love for a thousand Generations
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  on those who love me and obey my commands.
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  You must not misuse the name of the Lord your God, the Lord will
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  not let you go unpunished if you misuse his name.
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  Remember to observe the sabbath day by keeping it.
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  Holy, you have six days each week for your ordinary work but
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  the seventh day is a Sabbath day of rest.
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  Dedicated to the Lord, your God on that day.
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  No one in your household, may do any work, this includes you,
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  your sons and daughters your male and female servants.
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  Your livestock and any foreigners living among you?
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  For in six days the Lord made the heavens, the Earth, the sea,
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  and everything in them. But on the seventh day he rested
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  that is why the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as
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  holy. Honor your father and mother,
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  then you will live a long full life in the land.
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  The Lord your God is giving you. You must not murder.
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  You must not commit adultery. You must not steal.
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  You must not testify falsely against your neighbor.
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  You must not covet your neighbor's house.
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  You must not covet your neighbor's wife, male or female
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  servant ox, or donkey or anything else that belongs to
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  your neighbor. When the people heard the
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  Thunder and the loud blast of the Ram's Horn, and when they
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  saw the flashes of lightning and the smoke billowing from the
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  mountain, they stood at a distance, trembling with fear
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  and they said to Moses you speak to us and we will listen.
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  But don't let God speak directly to us or we will die.
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  Don't be afraid. Moses answered them for God has
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  come in this way to test you. And so that your Year of him
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  will keep you from sinning as the people stood in the
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  distance, Moses approached. The Dark Cloud where God was And
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  the Lord said to Moses say this to the people of Israel, you saw
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  for yourselves that I spoke to you from Heaven.
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  Remember you must not make any Idols of silver or gold to rival
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  me. Build for me an ultimatum of
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  Earth and offer your sacrifices to me your burnt offerings and
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  peace. Offerings your sheep and goats
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  and your cattle, build, my altar.
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  Wherever I caused my name, I'm to be remembered and I will come
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  to you and bless you. If you use stones to build my
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  altar, use only natural uncut Stones do not shape the stones
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  with the tool for that would make the altar unfit for Holy
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  use do not approach my altar by going up steps.
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  If you do someone might look up under your clothing and see your
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  nakedness. Jesus, you have a way that you
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  want us to live. Here we see that you communicate
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  this in this or inspiring and terrifying way to your people.
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  But then you came, you became incarnate.
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  And you lived Among Us and you said that we ought to love God
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  and love each other. These are all about the posture
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  of our heart that we would come before you with great love and
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  reverence for you and that we would have love in our hearts
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  for each other. Thank you that this is your way,
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  not a way of competition and one-upmanship, but a way of love
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  and community, help us to model you and your love.
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  As we interact with those in our lives.
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  Thank you that we didn't have to go journeying into the heavens
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  to find this out, but that you literally came down to us and
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  you told us exactly how it is. And what your kingdom looks
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  like, you are a loving God, and we just love that about you.
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  And it's in that love that you first gave us that we love you
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  back. That's in your name that we pray
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  Jesus. Amen.