Sessions Include:

Lesson #1
Put God First
Exodus 20.1 – 6; Psalm 16

Lesson #2
Honor God
Exodus 20.7 - 11; Psalm 145.1 - 7

Lesson #3
Honor Parents
Exodus 20.12; 2 Samuel 15.7 - 14

Lesson #4
Honor Life
Exodus 20.13; 1 Samuel 26.7 - 25

Lesson #5
Honor Marriage
Exodus 20.14; 1 Samuel 11.1 - 5

Lesson #6
Honor All Relationships
Exodus 20.15 – 17; Psalm 37.1 - 6

The first commandment prohibited the worship of false gods. We can understand why that’s a big deal. After all, you can’t go around worshiping the wrong god. And the second commandment prohibited worshiping God in the wrong way. That makes sense too. An invisible God has the right to determine how he is to be made visible (or not). The first two commandments seem pretty foundational.

If we’re honest, though, when we come to the third commandment, we feel like we can let our guard down just a little. “Watch what you say. Don’t swear. Be careful with your OMGs.” Got it. The third commandment feels less like a bedrock principle and more like a good reminder.

But if we think violating the third commandment is a light offense, we are quite mistaken. In Leviticus 24:16 we read, “Whoever blasphemes the name of the LORD shall surely be put to death. All the congregation shall stone him. The sojourner as well as the native, when he blasphemes the Name, shall be put to death.” Granted, this is a civil law for the nation of Israel. The parallel for us would be church discipline, not public execution (1 Cor. 5:9–13). But the Levitical instruction clearly shows us the severity of the sin. Even the sojourner was liable to punishment. Whether you were visiting Israel or native born, it was to be understood that the name of the Lord was holy and not to be blasphemed under any circumstance.

Kevin DeYoung, The 10 Commandments: What They Mean, Why They Matter, and Why We Should Obey Them (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2018), 52–53.

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