Ten Commandments For Today - Lesson 1

Hi, this is Pastor David Cooper. Thank you for joining my podcast. I pray that the word of God will be a blessing to you. I also want to ask you to share the podcast with others. Together, we can make an impact in people's [music] lives as we introduce them to the word of God.

Thank you for your partnership in ministry of the Mount Perin family and our outreach. I pray that the word of God will be a blessing to you today. The ten commandments give us 10 absolute core values for life. 10 moral absolutes, ethical values to guide us as we live our lives every day.

There are many misconceptions about the ten commandments and the law of God. The Old Testament had different kinds of laws. The ten commandments are a moral code. There were also laws for the ceremonies and the sacrifices and holy days. But the ten commandments are unique in that they give us guidelines for life. They're absolute.

God engraved them on tablets of stone because stone is permanent. You know, sand is temporary. He didn't write them on sand on the beach. The waves wash away. The very fact that the Ten Commandments were engraved on stone is a visible reminder to us that the law of God, the word of God, never changes. And

we need an inner moral compass. And the Ten Commandments help provide that for us. The law of God did not save people in the Old Testament. That's a common misconception that people were saved from their sins by keeping the law because we're not capable of keeping the law of God. The law of God reveals our

sin and our need of grace. It leads us to Christ. And it gives us 10 guidelines for a healthy life. Today, we're going to talk about the first of the ten commandments. No other gods. We find the ten commandments here in Exodus chapter 20 beginning with verse one. And God spoke all these words. I am the Lord