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Speaker 2Welcome to day two of this deep dive into the Ten Commandments . We're going to pick it up in chapter 20 , verses 4 through 7 . You shall not make for yourselves a carved image or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above , or that is in the earth beneath , or that is in the water under the earth . You shall not bow down to them or serve them , for I , the Lord your God , am a jealous God . That's the second commandment . Now the third commandment , verse 7 . That's the second commandment . Now the third commandment , verse 7, . You shall not take the name of the Lord , your God , in vain , for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name
in vain . So the second commandment is simply this you got to cut out the idols that we worship God alone . Now , I know you probably don't have actual little wooden carved idols , like they did in antiquity , in your home , and if you do , you should get rid of them . But let me ask you this Are you worshiping idols ?
Speaker 2Do you treat anything in your world that is temporary as if it is eternal , like what gets your first love ? You see , idols are really rooted in the lust of the flesh , the lust of the eyes and the pride of life . And so are there things in your life that your feelings take over and you know God says don't do this , but you do it anyway . You could idolize things like food or comfort or sex , are you ? The lust of the eyes is when we set our eyes on the things of this world . Do you idolize money or possessions or stuff , or sometimes we actually idolize ourself . This is rooted in the pride of life , where we are just trying to make a name for ourself , even though we follow a savior that says if you want to be first , then go last . What is it in your life that is competing for your time , your affection and your attention competing with the Lord of the universe , your attention competing with the Lord of the universe ? The commandment here is to cut those things out of your life .
Speaker 2And then the third commandment is this
watch your mouth . You shall not take the name of the Lord , your God , in vain . Don't use God's name in vain . Now , this isn't just a commandment to not scream Jesus in an inappropriate way , and it's not just about the word GD , okay . This means don't let your life be about lip service without life service , because that is vanity . That when we stand in church and we lift our hands and we sing all those wonderful hymns that our God , kyle , just unpacked a couple of weeks ago , and yet we walk out of here and we live however we want to live , then we are taking the Lord's name in vain . When we claim the name of God with our mouth but we don't live like it , that is vanity . When we use the name of God to try to manipulate him for our own good , this is vanity and we have to cut it out .
Speaker 2And the reason we don't worship idols and the reason that we don't use the Lord's name in vain is simply this because he says because God is a jealous God
. Now , oftentimes this can confuse people because we're not thinking about it rightly , the Bible says that love is not jealous , that God is love , and yet God is a jealous God . So how can those things be true simultaneously ? Well , when the Bible says that love is not jealous and that God is a jealous God , it means this that God is not jealous of us , he's jealous for us . Like God , does not sit up in heaven and see you get in your new truck and then cry out gosh , I wish I had what they had .
Speaker 2That would be silly . God owns everything anyway , but God is jealous for us , like a good dad or a good mom is jealous for their child , and God knows that if he were to give us anything other than himself , it would not be good for us . The best picture I know of this is when a nursing mom understands that when the baby cries out , what the baby needs is what the mom has to provide , and for the mom to give the baby anything other than herself would be unhealthy for the baby , and none of us would look at the mom and say how dare you ? I can't believe you would be so arrogant that you think that you and you alone have what that baby needs and what that mama knows is . No , I don't think you understand .
Speaker 2I love this baby so much that I am willing to go through great sacrifice in regards to time and sleep and in my physical body so that I can give this child the thing that that child needs to grow and who God has called them to be . And so for us to focus our time , effort , attention and money on anything other than the one true God , god knows that is not what we need . And so are there things in your life that you need to cut out . Get rid of the idols and make sure that your life matches the words that come out of your lips to the glory of God
. Come back tomorrow and we'll talk about the Sabbath .
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