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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 Gods name in vain L 4 Reflective Love C 4 Remember

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First Table
 LOVING GOD

C1 — No other gods before God C2 — Do not worship idols C3 — Do not use God’s name in vain C4 — Remember the Sabbath L1 — Submissive Love
 L2 — Devoted Love
 L3 — Reverent Love
 L4 — Reflective Love

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Second Table
 LOVING OTHERS

C5 — Honor your father and mother C6 — Do not murder C7 — Do not commit adultery C8 — Do not steal C9 — Do not bear false witness C10 — Do not covet

L5 — Honoring Love
 L6 — Respectful Love L7 — Faithful Love
 L8 — Productive Love L9 — Edifying Love
 L10 — Contented Love

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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.

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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)

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Outline

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

  • The Command
  • To give allegiance to the one living and true

God

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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)

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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
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Choose The One
 Living & True God

Our Circumstance We live in a pagan culture.

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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
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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
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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)

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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)