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Sermons on Commandments

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The Mission of God in the Ten Commandments

The mission of God as seen in the Ten Commandments: As God set Israel free from slavery, He wanted to frame their public and private lives by introducing how relationship with Him and with others was to look like – you will only have one God, you will not have idols, you will not take His name in vain…. You will not murder, steal, commit adultery, want what is someone elses…

And as Israel would obey these commands in their (to use the words of Newbigin) public and private lives, they would be a light for the nations.
And so the Ten Commandments reflect the missional heart of God in the OT – the mission of God.

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Top ten commandments – Australian Idols

God is a jealous God, and He would have Israel to have no other gods before Him. Israel had lived under the influence of Egyptian life, customs, worship practices, culture and lifestyle for in excess of 400 years. God brings them to the foot of Mt Sinai and introduces the beginning of their detox program – their spiritual and communal realignment.
“Getting Israel out of Egypt and getting Egypt out of Israel.” Shepherd
In the Ten Commandments God is saying to redeemed Israel post Egypt – “This is how you will live, do relationships, live in community, worship, be my people, be a witness to the nations…”