GOD

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LESSON 18

• GODS WILL FOR HIS PEOPLE
• (PART I)

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Opening Prayer

• Before lesson
• Dear heavenly Father, like any law, your laws
  tell me what to do and what not to do. I don't
  always like that. But, Father, show me that your
  laws stand forever no matter how I feel about
  them. Thank you for sending someone to obey them
  for me. Jesus lived perfectly so that I could be
  set free from all my guilt! You've done that for
  me just because you love me. Now let me show my
  love for you. Help me to see your laws as a
  guide that will help me love you. Help me see
  that by obeying your law, I'm freeing you to
  bless my life and make me a happier, more content
  person. Help me, for Jesus' sake, Amen.

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THE GIVING OF GODS LAW
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The Giving of Gods Law
God gave the world His Law in two ways
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Romans 214-15

• 14(Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the
  law, do by nature things required by the law,
  they are a law for themselves, even though they
  do not have the law, 15since they show that the
  requirements of the law are written on their
  hearts, their consciences also bearing witness,
  and their thoughts now accusing, now even
  defending them.)

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The Giving of Gods Law
God gave the world His Law in two ways
1. He wrote it in peoples hearts.
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Deuteronomy 104

• 4 The LORD wrote on these tablets what he had
  written before, the Ten Commandments he had
  proclaimed to you on the mountain, out of the
  fire, on the day of the assembly. And the LORD
  gave them to me.

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The Giving of Gods Law
God gave the world His Law in two ways
1. He wrote it in peoples hearts.
2. He wrote it on stone tablets at Mt. Sinai
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Ephesians 418,19

• 18They are darkened in their understanding and
  separated from the life of God because of the
  ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of
  their hearts. 19Having lost all sensitivity, they
  have given themselves over to sensuality so as to
  indulge in every kind of impurity, with a
  continual lust for more.

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The Giving of Gods Law
God gave the world His Law in two ways
1. He wrote it in peoples hearts.
2. He wrote it on stone tablets at Mt. Sinai
because peoples sin made them forget some of
Gods Law or misunderstand it.
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The Giving of Gods Law
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His Word in My Life

• Evaluate Its better not to study Gods law too
  much, because the more I know, the more God will
  expect of me.

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THE REASON FOR GODS LAW
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Romans 77

• I would not have known what sin was except
  through the law. For I would not have known what
  coveting really was if the law had not said, "Do
  not covet."

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The Reason for Gods Law
1. The Law serves as a
mirror
or
curb
to
for
All people (S.O.S.)
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Psalm 119105

• 105 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a
  light for my path.

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The Reason for Gods Law
1. The Law serves as a
mirror
or
curb
to
for
All people (S.O.S.)
2. The Law serves as a
guide
to
show believers how to live a God-pleasing life.
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His Word in My Life

• Evaluate Now that Im a Christian I no longer
  need Gods law to serve as a curb or a mirror.

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WHY OBEY GODS LAW
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Exodus 202

• 2 "I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of
  Egypt, out of the land of slavery.

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Why Obey Gods Law
God introduces His commandments with the words
I am the LORD YOUR God.
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Why Obey Gods Law
The Lord is OUR God, we belong to Him, because
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Psalm 1003

• 3 Know that the LORD is God. It is he who made
  us, and we are his we are his people, the
  sheep of his pasture.

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Why Obey Gods Law
The Lord is OUR God, we belong to Him, because
1. He created us.
This is chiefly the work of God the
Father.
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1 Corinthians 620

• 20you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God
  with your body.

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Why Obey Gods Law
The Lord is OUR God, we belong to Him, because
1. He created us.
This is chiefly the work of God the
Father.
2. He bought (redeemed) us.
This is chiefly the work of God the
Son.
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1 Corinthians 611

• 11And that is what some of you were. But you were
  washed, you were sanctified, you were justified
  in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the
  Spirit of our God.

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Why Obey Gods Law
3. He sanctified us, set us apart for himself.
Holy Spirit.
This is chiefly the work of God the
The Lord is our
Creator
Redeemer
our
our
Sanctifier
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1 John 419

• 19We love because he first loved us.

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Why Obey Gods Law
Gods children try to obey Gods Law because
of Gods great love for us.
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A Summary of Gods Law
In one word, Gods commandments are summarized
with the word
LOVE
The 1st table of the Law says
The 2nd table of the Law says
Love God above all
Love your neighbor
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THE FIRST COMMANDMENT
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The First Commandment
You shall have no other gods.
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Matthew 410

• 10Jesus said to him, "Away from me, Satan! For it
  is written 'Worship the Lord your God, and serve
  him only.' "

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The First Commandment
You shall have no other gods.
God requires in this commandment that He be
first in our lives.
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Proverbs 813

• 13 To fear the LORD is to hate evil I hate
  pride and arrogance, evil behavior and perverse
  speech.

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The First Commandment
You shall have no other gods.
God requires in this commandment that He be
first in our lives.
We fear God above all things when we
hate the things God hates and love the things God
loves.
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Psalm 7325

• 25 Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has
  nothing I desire besides you.

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The First Commandment
You shall have no other gods.
We love God above all things when we
consider Him to be our greatest treasure and
devote our whole life to serving Him.
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Psalm 375

• 5 Commit your way to the LORD trust in him and
  he will do this

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The First Commandment
You shall have no other gods.
We trust God above all things when we
take Him at His Word.
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The First Commandment
You shall have no other gods.
The sin against the first commandment is called
idolatry
which means
putting someone or something ahead of God.
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The First Commandment
People commit idolatry when they
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Exodus 204-5

• 4 "You shall not make for yourself an idol in the
  form of anything in heaven above or on the earth
  beneath or in the waters below. 5 You shall not
  bow down to them or worship them for I, the LORD
  your God, am a jealous God, punishing the
  children for the sin of the fathers to the third
  and fourth generation of those who hate me,

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The First Commandment
People commit idolatry when they
1. Worship any
false
god, or
idol.
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John 523

• He who does not honor the Son does not honor the
  Father, who sent him.

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The First Commandment
People commit idolatry when they
1. Worship any
false
god, or
idol.
Any religion which does not accept Jesus as the
Son of God or does not trust in Him as the
Redeemer from sin has a
false god
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The First Commandment
People also commit idolatry when they
2. Respect, love, or trust in anything or anyone
more than they
Respect, love, or trust in God.
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The First Commandment
People also commit idolatry when they
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Matthew 624

• 24"No one can serve two masters. Either he will
  hate the one and love the other, or he will be
  devoted to the one and despise the other. You
  cannot serve both God and Money.

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1 John 215

• 15Do not love the world or anything in the world.
  If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father
  is not in him.

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Proverbs 35

• 5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean
  not on your own understanding

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Jeremiah 175

• 5 This is what the LORD says "Cursed is the
  one who trusts in man, who depends on flesh for
  his strength and whose heart turns away from the
  LORD .

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Matthew 1037

• 37"Anyone who loves his father or mother more
  than me is not worthy of me anyone who loves his
  son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me
  

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The First Commandment
People also commit idolatry when they
2. Respect, love, or trust in anything or anyone
more than they
Respect, love, or trust in God.
Examples
Money, the world, our strength etc.
It takes a perfect record to be fit to live with
God.
For whom?
Who has achieved this?
Jesus only
Us
Roman 519 By the obedience of the One shall
the many be made righteous.
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His Word in My Life

• Evaluate Its wrong for me to want to make as
  much money as I can.

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His Word in My Life

• For each of the following examples from Jesus
  life, tell how he saved us from our sins against
  the First Commandment by keeping it perfectly for
  us.

a. Jesus is tempted by the devil.

1. Jesus prays in the Garden of Gethsemane.

1. Jesus last words on the cross commend his spirit
   to God.

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ASSIGNMENT FOR NEXT WEEK

• Study carefully the notes you have taken in
  class be sure you understand them.
• Study carefully questions 18-40 in the Catechism.
• Complete the Working with Gods Word section.
• Memorize the First, Second, and Third
  Commandments and What Does This Mean?
• Memorize these Bible passages
• VIP - 1 John 419 We love because He first
  loved us.
• John 1415 If you love Me, you will obey what
  I command.
• Matthew 2237 Love the Lord your God with
  with all your heart and with all your soul and
  with all your mind.
• 6. Complete Worksheet 18 .

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Key Truths

• Lesson Eighteen
• God wrote his law on man's _______________ and on
  two tables of ________________. The Law serves
  as a mirror to S O
  S .The Law serves as a
  _______________ to show us how to live a
  God-pleasing life. We try to obey God's Law
  because of God's great _______________ for us.
  The first commandment requires that God be
  _______________ in our lives. Only
  _______________ did that perfectly and he did
  that for _______________ .

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Key Truths

• Lesson Eighteen
• God wrote his law on man's HEART and on two
  tables of STONE. The Law serves as a mirror to
  SHOW OUR SIN. The Law serves as a GUIDE to show
  us how to live a God-pleasing life. We try to
  obey God's Law because of God's great LOVE for
  us. The first commandment requires that God be
  FIRST in our lives. Only JESUS did that
  perfectly and he did that for US.