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- What did God promise Moses when He spoke to Moses from the burning bush at Mount Sinai?
-God promised that He would bring Moses back to Mount Sinai.
- Did God keep His promise to bring Moses back to Mount Sinai?
-Yes.
- What did God say to Moses on the top of the mountain?
-God wanted to make an agreement with the Israelites.
- What was the agreement that God wanted to make with the Israelites?
-God said that if the Israelites obeyed all of His commandments, then He would bless them.
- If the Israelites did not obey all of His commandments, then what would God do?
-God would punish them.
- What then did the Israelites say to God?
-The Israelites told God that they would obey all of His commandments.
- Did the Israelites think that they were able to obey all of God’s commandments?
-Yes.
- Why did the Israelites think that they were able to obey all of God’s commandments?
-Because they were proud and arrogant.
- Were the Israelites able to obey all of God’s commandments?
-No.
- Why were the Israelites not able to obey all of God’s commandments?
-Because they were born children of Adam and Eve.
-Because they were born slaves of sin.
-Because they were born slaves of Satan.
- Did God know that the Israelites were not able to obey all of His commandments?
-Yes.
- If God knew that the Israelites were not able to obey all of His commandments, then why did God want to make an agreement with the Israelites?
-God wanted to make an agreement with the Israelites because He wanted to teach the Israelites.
- What did God want to teach the Israelites?
-God wanted to teach the Israelites that they were never able to obey all of His commandments.
-God wanted to teach the Israelites that they were never able to obey all of His commandments because they were born into sin.
-God wanted to teach the Israelites that because they were never able to obey all of His commandments, only God was able to save them from death.
- Why would the Israelites die if they touched Mount Sinai?
-Because God was coming down on the mountain.
-Because God is holy.
-Because God hates all sin.
-Because God punishes all sin by death.
- What were the thunder, lightning, smoke, and fire signs of?
-That God is holy.
-That God hates all sin.
-That God punishes all sin by death.
-After talking with God, Moses had returned to the bottom of the mountain.
-Thunder continued to shake the sky near the mountain.
-Lightning continued to fill the air around the mountain.
-Thick smoke continued to completely cover the mountain.
-The whole mountain continued to shake violently.
-The Israelites kept away from the mountain, for they were very afraid.
-Then God spoke to the Israelites from the mountain.
-From the top of Mount Sinai, what did God give to the Israelites?
-Ten commandments.
Let’s read Exodus 20:1-2
1-And God spoke all these words:
2-“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.”
-Here is the first commandment that God gave:
Let’s read Exodus 20:3
3-“You shall have no other gods before me.”
-In the first commandment, God commands that He alone is to be our God.
-Why is God alone to be our God?
-Because there is only one God.
-Because there is no other God.
-When we pray to the spirits, then we are putting the spirits before God, and breaking this commandment.
-When we trust a charm, then we are putting the charm before God, and breaking this commandment.
-When we go our own way instead of going God’s way, then we are putting ourselves before God, and breaking this commandment.
-When we do not allow God to be our God each and every day of our lives, then we are breaking this commandment.
-God says that all people have broken this commandment.
-The punishment for breaking this commandment is death in the Lake of Eternal Fire.
-Here is the second commandment that God gave:
Let’s read Exodus 20:4-5
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.”
-In the second commandment, God commands us not to make any images of wood or stone, nor to worship them.
-Why should we not make an image to look like God?
-Because God is spirit.
-Because God does not look like a person, or an animal, or a bird.
-When we worship what God has created instead of God, then we are putting what God has created before God, and breaking this commandment.
-When we do not worship God each and every day, but follow our own thoughts or the thoughts of others, then we are breaking this commandment.
-God says that all people have broken this commandment.
-The punishment for breaking this commandment is death in the Lake of Eternal Fire.
-Here is the third commandment that God gave:
Let’s read Exodus 20:7
7-“You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God, for the LORD will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses His name.”
-In the third commandment, God commands us not to say the Name of God without respect.
-Why should we respect God’s Name?
-Because God’s Name and God are the same.
-Because God’s Name and God are one.
-When we do not say the Name of God with respect, then we are not treating God with respect, and are breaking this commandment.
-When we say the Name of God carelessly, then we are treating God carelessly, and are breaking this commandment.
-It is bad for a child not to respect his elders.
-It is very bad for someone not to respect God.
-God says that all people have broken this commandment.
-The punishment for breaking this commandment is death in the Lake of Eternal Fire.
-Here is the fourth commandment that God gave:
Let’s read Exodus 20:8-11
8-“Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.
9-Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
10-but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your animals, nor the alien within your gates.
11-For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but He rested on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.”
-In the fourth commandment, God commands us to keep the seventh day as a special day of rest.
-Why should we rest one day of the week?
-Because God created the heavens and the earth in six days, and then rested on the seventh day.
-God commands us to rest on the seventh day that we might think about all that God created for us.
-When we do not rest and think about God, then we are breaking this commandment.
-When we do not rest and think about all that God has done for us, then we are breaking this commandment.
-God says that all people have broken this commandment.
-The punishment for breaking this commandment is death in the Lake of Eternal Fire.
-Here is the fifth commandment that God gave:
Let’s read Exodus 20:12
12-“Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.”
-In the fifth commandment, God commands us to respect our fathers and mothers.
-Why should we respect our fathers and mothers?
-Because God has given us our fathers and mothers to raise us.
-When we do not obey our fathers completely, then we are breaking this commandment.
-When we do not obey our mothers completely, then we are breaking this commandment.
-God says that all people have broken this commandment.
-The punishment for breaking this commandment is death in the Lake of Eternal Fire.
-Here is the sixth commandment that God gave:
Let’s read Exodus 20:13
13-“You shall not murder.”
-In the sixth commandment, God commands us not to kill another person.
-Why should we not kill another person?
-Because God is the One who gives life to people, and God is the only One who should take life away.
-According to God, if we hate another person, what have we done?
-God says that if we hate another person, then we have killed that person.
-When we hate other people, then we are breaking this commandment.
-God says that all people have broken this commandment.
-The punishment for breaking this commandment is death in the Lake of Eternal Fire.
-Here is the seventh commandment that God gave:
Let’s read Exodus 20:14
14-“You shall not commit adultery.”
-In the seventh commandment, God commands us not to sleep with another person except your spouse.
-Why should we not sleep with another person except our spouse?
-Because God gave one woman to one man, and one man to one woman.
-According to God, if we look at another person and want to sleep with them, what have we done?
-God says that if we look at another person and want to sleep with them, then we have committed adultery with them.
-When we look at another person, and want to sleep with them, then we are breaking this commandment.
-God says that all people have broken this commandment.
-The punishment for breaking this commandment is death in the Lake of Eternal Fire.
-Here is the eighth commandment that God gave:
Let’s read Exodus 20:15
15-“You shall not steal.”
-In the eighth commandment, God commands us not to steal.
-Why should we not steal the belongings of another person?
-Because God has given them the right to own belongings.
-According to God, if we think about stealing the belongings of another person, what have we done?
-God says that if we think about stealing the belongings of another person, then we have stolen them.
-When we look at the belongings of another person and want to take them, then we are breaking this commandment.
-God says that all people have broken this commandment.
-The punishment for breaking this commandment is death in the Lake of Eternal Fire.
-Here is the ninth commandment that God gave:
Let’s read Exodus 20:16
16-“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.”
-In the ninth commandment, God commands us not to lie.
-Why should we not lie?
-Because lies are not from God.
-Because lies are from sin and Satan.
-According to God, if we know the truth yet fail to tell it, what are we doing?
-God says that when we know the truth yet fail to tell it, then we are lying.
-God says that when we know the truth but do not tell all of it, then we are lying, and are breaking this commandment.
-God says that all people have broken this commandment.
-The punishment for breaking this commandment is death in the Lake of Eternal Fire.
-Here is the tenth commandment that God gave:
Let’s read Exodus 20:17
17-“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant or maidservant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
-In the tenth commandment, God commands us not to want what other people have.
-Why should we not want what other people have?
-Because God Himself has given it to other people.
-When we want what other people have, then we are breaking this commandment.
-God says that all people have broken this commandment.
-The punishment for breaking this commandment is death in the Lake of Eternal Fire.
-These are the ten commandments which God gave to the Israelites.
-The commandments that God gave to the Israelites are the commandments that God gives to all people.
-No one can obey all of God’s commandments completely.
-We have all broken God’s commandments.
-If we obey all of God’s commandments except one, what does God say?
-God says that it is as if we had disobeyed all of His commandments.
-What is the punishment for breaking God’s ten commandments?
-Death in the Lake of Eternal Fire.
-What is the punishment for breaking just one of God’s commandments?
-Death in the Lake of Eternal Fire.
-How many times did Satan disobey God before God sent Satan out of heaven and prepared the Lake of Eternal Fire for him?
-Only one time.
-Satan sinned only one time, yet God punished him with death.
-How many times did the angels who followed Satan disobey God before God sent them out of heaven and prepared the Lake of Eternal Fire for them?
-Only one time.
-The angels who followed Satan sinned only one time, yet God punished them with death.
-How many times did Adam and Eve disobey God before God sent them out of the Garden of Eden?
-Only one time.
-Adam and Eve sinned only one time, yet God punished them with death.
-God is so holy that even just one sin must be punished with death.
-The commandments of God are like a mirror.
-How are the commandments of God like a mirror?
-The commandments of God help us to see our sin.
-The commandments of God show us our sin.
-Why did God give us His commandments?
-To show us our dirty, sinful hearts.
-Just like a man does not see his dirty face until he looks in the mirror, so we do not see our dirty, sinful hearts until we look in God’s commandments.
-God gave His commandments to show the Israelites their dirty, sinful hearts.
-God gave His commandments to show all people their dirty, sinful hearts.
-Because our hearts are dirty and sinful, there is nothing we can do to come near to God.
-Because our hearts are dirty and sinful, there is nothing we can do to make ourselves acceptable to God.
-We can never cleanse our dirty, sinful hearts.
-Who alone can cleanse our dirty, sinful hearts?
-Only God.