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1. Remember ....God’s commands Deuteronomy 5-6 www.ebe.org.uk/sermon

2. The Ten Commandments Moses summoned all Israel and said: Hear, Israel, the decrees and the laws I declare in your hearing today. Learn them and be sure to follow them. 2 The Lord our God made a covenant with us at Horeb. 3 It was not with our ancestors that the Lord made this covenant, but with us, with all of us who are alive here today. 4 The Lord spoke to you face to face out of the fire on the mountain. 5 (At that time I stood between the Lord and you to declare to you the word of the Lord, because you were afraid of the www.ebe.org.uk/sermon

3. fire and did not go up the mountain.) And he said: 6 ‘I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. 7 ‘You shall have no other gods before me. 8 ‘You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. 9 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 parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, 10 but showing love to a thousand generations of those www.ebe.org.uk/sermon

4. who love me and keep my commandments. 11 ‘You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name. 12 ‘Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the Lord your God has commanded you. 13 Six days you shall labour and do all your work, 14 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 male or female servant, nor your ox, your donkey or any of your animals, nor any foreigner residing www.ebe.org.uk/sermon

5. in your towns, so that your male and female servants may rest, as you do. 15 Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and that the Lord your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. Therefore the Lord your God has commanded you to observe the Sabbath day. 16 ‘Honour your father and your mother, as the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live long and that it may go well with you in the land the Lord your God is giving you. 17 ‘You shall not murder. www.ebe.org.uk/sermon

6. 18 ‘You shall not commit adultery. 19 ‘You shall not steal. 20 ‘You shall not give false testimony against your neighbour. 21 ‘You shall not covet your neighbour’s wife. You shall not set your desire on your neighbour’s house or land, his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbour.’ 22 These are the commandments the Lord proclaimed in a loud voice to your whole assembly there on the mountain from out of the www.ebe.org.uk/sermon

7. 18 ‘You shall not commit adultery. 19 ‘You shall not steal. 20 ‘You shall not give false testimony against your neighbour. 21 ‘You shall not covet your neighbour’s wife. You shall not set your desire on your neighbour’s house or land, his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbour.’ 22 These are the commandments the Lord proclaimed in a loud voice to your whole assembly there on the mountain from out of the www.ebe.org.uk/sermon

8. fire, the cloud and the deep darkness; and he added nothing more. Then he wrote them on two stone tablets and gave them to me. ................. www.ebe.org.uk/sermon

9. Love the Lord your God 6 These are the commands, decrees and laws the Lord your God directed me to teach you to observe in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess, 2 so that you, your children and their children after them may fear the Lord your God as long as you live by keeping all his decrees and commands that I give you, and so that you may enjoy long life. 3 Hear, Israel, and be careful to obey so that it may go well with you and that you may increase greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the Lord, the God of your ancestors, promised you. www.ebe.org.uk/sermon

10. 4 Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one. 5 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. 6 These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. 7 Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. 8 Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. 9 Write them on the door-frames of your houses and on your gates. 10 When the Lord your God brings you into the land he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac www.ebe.org.uk/sermon

11. and Jacob, to give you – a land with large, flourishing cities you did not build, 11 houses filled with all kinds of good things you did not provide, wells you did not dig, and vineyards and olive groves you did not plant – then when you eat and are satisfied, 12 be careful that you do not forget the Lord, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. 13 Fear the Lord your God, serve him only and take your oaths in his name. 14 Do not follow other gods, the gods of the peoples around you; 15 for the Lord your God, who is among you, is a jealous God and his anger will burn against you, www.ebe.org.uk/sermon

12. and he will destroy you from the face of the land. 16 Do not put the Lord your God to the test as you did at Massah. 17 Be sure to keep the commands of the Lord your God and the stipulations and decrees he has given you. 18 Do what is right and good in the Lord’s sight, so that it may go well with you and you may go in and take over the good land that the Lord promised on oath to your ancestors, 19 thrusting out all your enemies before you, as the Lord said. 20 In the future, when your son asks you, ‘What is the meaning of the stipulations, decrees and laws the Lord our God has commanded you?’ 21 tell www.ebe.org.uk/sermon

13. him: ‘We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, but the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand. 22 Before our eyes the Lord sent signs and wonders – great and terrible – on Egypt and Pharaoh and his whole household. 23 But he brought us out from there to bring us in and give us the land that he promised on oath to our ancestors. 24 The Lord commanded us to obey all these decrees and to fear the Lord our God, so that we might always prosper and be kept alive, as is the case today. 25 And if we are careful to obey all this law before the Lord our God, as he has commanded us, that will be our righteousness.’ www.ebe.org.uk/sermon

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15. Ultimate Top Ten • Respect God • Respect God’s position • Respect God’s name • Respect God’s day • Respect your parents • Respect life • Respect marriage • Respect property • Respect the truth • Respect others www.ebe.org.uk/sermon

16. What do we remember? • Love God, then love others Mark 12:28-34 The most important one is this: Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’The second is this: ‘Love your neighbour as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these. • Romans 13:10 “Love does no harm to its neighbour. Therefore love is the fulfilment of the law.” www.ebe.org.uk/sermon

17. What do we remember? • Love God, then love others • The law – all of it. James 2:10 “whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it” • Respect • The history • The traditions • The meaning – not just look like we obey, but share the heart of the law www.ebe.org.uk/sermon

18. Always remember Jesus • The one who fulfils it • This is 2012 1 Cor 9:15 “Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!” www.ebe.org.uk/sermon

19. Always remember Jesus • The one who fulfils it • This is 2012 • Law and grace Mathew 5:17 – 20 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfil them. ….. For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.” Ephesians 2:8-9 “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith —and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast.” www.ebe.org.uk/sermon

20. Always remember Jesus • The one who fulfils it • This is 2012 • Law and grace • Sacrifice (old & new) Hebrews 10:1-18 “The law is only a shadow of the good things that are coming… For this reason it can never, by the same sacrifices repeated endlessly year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship…. those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins.It is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins…. We have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.” www.ebe.org.uk/sermon

21. Always remember Jesus • The one who fulfils it • This is 2012 • Law and grace • Sacrifice (old & new) • New covenant : • Jesus has replace the sacrificial system, not the law www.ebe.org.uk/sermon

22. Why remember them? • For our good • Deuteronomy 10:12-13 “what does the Lord your God ask of you but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, 13 and to observe the Lord’s commands and decrees that I am giving you today for your own good” www.ebe.org.uk/sermon

23. Why remember them? • For our good • This is how life is meant to be lived. • Ecclesiastes 12:13 "Here is the conclusion of the matter. Fear God and keep His commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.” www.ebe.org.uk/sermon

24. Why remember them? • For our good • This is how life is meant to be lived. • They are eternal • Psalm 111:7&8 “The works of his hands are faithful and just; all his precepts are trustworthy. 8 They are established for ever and ever, enacted in faithfulness and uprightness.” www.ebe.org.uk/sermon

25. Why remember them? • For our good • This is how life is meant to be lived. • They are eternal • For freedom and blessing • James 1:25 “whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom and continues in it – not forgetting what they have heard but doing it – they will be blessed in what they do.” www.ebe.org.uk/sermon

26. Why remember them? • For our good • This is how life is meant to be lived. • They are eternal • For freedom and blessing • So we know what sin is • 1 John 3:4 “Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness” • Romans 3:20 “through the law we became conscious of sin” www.ebe.org.uk/sermon

27. Why remember them? • For our good • This is how life is meant to be lived. • They are eternal • For freedom and blessing • So we know what sin is • They show us what God is like • Leviticus 19:2 “Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.” www.ebe.org.uk/sermon

28. Why remember them? • So we know how God wants us to behave • 1 John 2:3-6 “We know that we have come to know him if we keep his commands.” • John 14:15-21 “‘If you love me, keep my commands. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you for ever ” www.ebe.org.uk/sermon

29. Why remember them? • So we know how God wants us to behave • Jesus – accomplished, given, worth • How far short of the mark we are • What Jesus accomplished • What grace means – freely given, the worth of what we have in Christ, his righteousness. www.ebe.org.uk/sermon

30. Why remember them? • So we know how God wants us to behave • Jesus – accomplished, given, worth • To look to the future and to help with the now • Revelation 21 • “He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away....Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life.” • Psalm 119 www.ebe.org.uk/sermon

31. Why remember them? • Psalm 119 - The law gives the Psalmist: • peace v165 • joy v35, 47, 111, 174 • freedom v45 • confidence even when speaking before kings v46 • comfort v52 • wisdom, insight and understanding v 98-100 • guidance v105 • motivation to worship v171 www.ebe.org.uk/sermon

32. Why remember them? • Not for justification • Galatians 2:15-16 "A man is not justified by observing the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by observing the law, because by observing the law no one will be justified." www.ebe.org.uk/sermon

33. How can we remember them • Deut 6:6-9 • Be on our hearts • Impress on our children • Talk about them, when sitting & walking, falling asleep & waking up • Write them down……in obvious places www.ebe.org.uk/sermon

34. Pass them on • Deut 6:2 Fear the Lord - profound conviction that God is perfectly just and does not play around with sin • Constantly – learning a vocation, we may need to make opportunities. • Model utter loyalty - how faithfully do we by our own living commend serious God centeredness to our children? • Children ask questions (Deut 6:20). Never bluff. Find out the answers, make maximum use of every opportunity. www.ebe.org.uk/sermon

35. How can we as church remember • Sunday school & Youth group • Camp • Celebrate events together • Small groups • Sunday service • Prayer partners/triples/squares • Daily Bible reading Prayer meetings • Reading and talking www.ebe.org.uk/sermon

36. How do we remember them • 4 learning styles • Auditory • Visual • Kinaesthetic/tactile • Reading www.ebe.org.uk/sermon

37. Thank you! • Well done good and faithful servant www.ebe.org.uk/sermon

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