Persons: God
Theme/Event: Ten Commandments
Symbol: Stone Tablets
Exodus 19:1-20:20
God’s plan isn’t only about what He will do. God has a plan for us to follow, and He gave it to Moses during the exodus from Egypt to the Promised Land. We call them the Ten Commandments. God set out His standards for behavior as part of what would set His people apart to show His character to the world.
Exodus 20:1-17
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 carved image—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 nor 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 fourth generations of those who hate Me, 6 but showing mercy to thousands, to 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 the Sabbath of the LORD your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. 11 For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the 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 upon the land which 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 bear false witness against your neighbor. 17 “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.”
All that we have read so far in the Bible and all that we will read, every part of history is all about God. God created the world and mankind and He deserves all the praise and glory and honor. God wants us to honor Him above all else and to be kind to one another. God wants His people to reflect His character. God has promised to show mercy to those who love Him and keep His commandments. When we honor God first, then treat others with His love, we are fulfilling His plan for our lives.
Questions:
What is the first commandment?
Can you name another commandment?
Who will God show mercy to?
Prayer: Dear God, help us to always put you first. Thank you for your mercy to us.
All that we have read so far in the Bible and all that we will read, every part of history is all about God. God created the world and mankind and He deserves all the praise and glory and honor. God wants us to honor Him above all else and to be kind to one another. God wants His people to reflect His character. God has promised to show mercy to those who love Him and keep His commandments. When we honor God first, then treat others with His love, we are fulfilling His plan for our lives.
Questions:
What is the first commandment?
Can you name another commandment?
Who will God show mercy to?
Prayer: Dear God, help us to always put you first. Thank you for your mercy to us.
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