Exodus
Exodus 3:11
Moses the Humble Man- Humility demands Complete Dependence on God
- Humility demands Clear Discernment of our relationship with others
- Humility demands a Concrete Description of our mission in life
Dr. Gayle Woods
Exodus 3:11-4:17
Excuses, Excuses- I'm a Nobody 3:11,12
- I Don't know your Name 3:13-22
- No one will believe me 4:1-9
- I can't do it 10-12
- Someone else could do it better 4:13-17
Terry Pollard
Exodus 20:1-17
Whatever Happened to the Ten Commandments?- The Ten Commands are A Resume of Morality
- The Ten Commands are A Restraint on Evil
- The Ten Commands are A Revealer of Sin
- The Ten Commands are A Regulator of Christian Behavior
- The Ten Commands are A Road Map to Happiness
Terry Pollard
Exodus 20:3
Who's First? Command #1- People serve the god of pleasure
- People serve the god of possessions
- People serve the god of me first
- People serve the god of their activities
Terry Pollard
Exodus 20:3
God will not play Second Fiddle - Command #1- The Command Rules out Polytheism
- The Command Rules out Ignorance of God
- The Command Rules out Idolatry
- Possessions
- Plenty - Col 3:5
- Pride
- Persons
- Pleasure
- Projects
- Prominence
Terry Pollard
Exodus 20:4
Is There Another Idol? Command #2- Image Worship is forbidden - Col 1:15
- Irregular Worship is forbidden - John 4:24
- Idle Worship is forbidden
Terry Pollard
Exodus 20:7
Is His Name Important? Command #3- How People Misuse God's Name
- By lying under Oath
- By Implorying God's Name in Trivial Ways
- By using God's Name carelessly in Worship
- By using God's Name carelessly in Conversation
- By using God's Name in slang expressions
- By using God's Name in profanity
- How We can Honor God's Name
- Honor His Name - with obedience
- Praise His Name
- Celebrate His Name
- Invoke His Name
- Share His Name
Terry Pollard
Exodus 20:8-11
Sunday Funday? Command #4- Implications in the Command
- We Must Avoid Work on the Lord's Day
- We Must Accent Worship on the Lord's Day
- Implementation of the Command
- Set the Lord's Day apart as a priority day
- Discipline your life to be faithful in corporate worship
- Don't allow the demands of work to crowd out the important with the urgent
- Renew your commitment to obey God
Terry Pollard
Exodus 20:12
Is Honor Still Honorable? Command #5- Remember the Principle
- Respect Your Parent
- To honor is to have reverence and respect for someone with due love
- One who is honored is treated with kindness and is not oppressed - Prov 14:31
- One honors his parents when he is obedient to them and does not go his own way - Eph 6:1-3
- One who honors his parents is not contemptible, quick, nor sharp to them, nor does he despise them - Ex 21:15; Prov 15:5
- To mock our parents, whether by actions, looks, or words, is not to honor them - Prov 30:17
- To honor one's parents means that he should seek to make them happy - Prov 23:24-25
- Honoring one's parents means to provide for their needs, to care for them, especially as they get older
- Receive the Promise
Terry Pollard
Exodus 20:13
Blood on our hands? Command #6- Murder Forbidden
- Malice
- Cruelty or violence
- Abortion
- Suicide and Euthanasia
- Murders or Homicide
- Prevention of Murder
- We must have a high regard for life
- We must restrain anger
- Murder and Forgiveness
Terry Pollard
Exodus 20:14
Is the Grass Greener? Command #7- What is Forbidden by this commandment?
- A married person having an immoral relationship with someone's spouse
- Premarital sex and all other forms of sexual immorality including homosexuality
- All types of sin that invade the sanctum of sex
- Thoughts
- Jokes
- Literature
- Pornography
- Near Nudity
- What Do We do?
- Center your life on Jesus Christ
- If you are single, determine to marry only another Christian - 2 Cor 6:14
- Center your married life on Christ
- Focus on ways to commuicate with one another - Philippians 2:4
- Meet your partner's needs, physically and emotionally
Terry Pollard
Exodus 20:15
The Sin of Stealing Command #8- Active Forms of Stealing
- Embezzlement
- Robbery
- Extortion
- Kidnaping
- Passive Forms of Stealing
- A man's negligence which results in a loss to his neighbor - Ex 22:1-15
- A man's failure to return something lost to its owner is stealing - Lev 6:3
- Failure to give what belongs to another is stealing - Lev 19:13; Deut 24:14-15
- Failure to give what belongs to God is stealing - Mal 3:8
- It is theft to steal a reputation
- The Corrective and Cure
- Restitution
- Repentance
Terry Pollard
Exodus 20:16
The Sanctity of Truth Command #9- How Do We Lie?
- Deception
- Omission
- Insinuation
- Rumors promoted by gossip
- Vain Flattery
- Slander and Detraction
- Boasting
- Keeping Quiet
- Half-Truths
- How Do We Stop Lying?
- Repent of Lying
- Establish Accountability
- Meditate on Scripture
- Consciously tell the Truth
Terry Pollard
Exodus 20:17
Needy or Greedy? Command #10- Characteristics of Coveting
- Coveting is a desire
- Coveting is a strong desire
- Coveting is excessive desire for what one does not have
- Coveting is excessive desire for what one cannot have
- Coveting is deliberate desire for which one is responsible
- Coveting is a well defined desire
- Coveting is a destructive desire
- Coveting is a deified desire
- The Danger of Covetousness
- Covetousness destroys our walk with God
- Covetousness destroys contentment
- Covetousness destroys friendships
- Covetousness destroys our financial well being
- Covetousness covers up the spiritual
- The Cure for Covetousness
- Guard Your Heart
- Cultivate contentment
- Practice the tithe
- Enjoy your possessions with moderation
- Think often of the cross of Chirst
Terry Pollard