Bibel Readings:
Matthew 10:16 – 42
Titus 2:1 – 3:8
Sermon Outline:
I Preface – you have been save, therefore obey
Titus 2:13 (NKJV)
13 looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,
Ephesians 2:8–10 (NKJV)
8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast. 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.
II The 1st Commandment – we are to love God supremely
Exodus 20:3 (NKJV)
3 “You shall have no other gods before Me.
Matthew 22:37–38 (NKJV)
37 Jesus said to him, “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and great commandment.
Matthew 10:37 (NKJV)
37 He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.
III The 2nd Commandment – we are not to have any physical representation of God
Exodus 20:4–6 (NKJV)
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.
IV The 3rd Commandment – we are not to be Christian by name only
Exodus 20:7 (NKJV)
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.
V The 4th Commandment – we are to give the Lord’s Day to the Lord
Exodus 20:8 (NKJV)
8 “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.