SF419 - THE RULES HAVE NOT CHANGED - Rule #2 Worship The Right God The Right Way (Exodus 20 4-6)

@PAGE NUMBER = SF419

@TITLE = THE RULES HAVE NOT CHANGED<R>Rule #2: Worship The Right God The Right Way

@LEVEL ONE = Exodus 20:4‑6

@LEVEL ONE = INTRODUCTION

@LEVEL TWO = Series Background

@LEVEL THREE = The purpose of the law

@LEVEL FOUR = To reveal man's sinfulness

@SCRIPTURE = Rom 3:19‑20 .

@LEVEL FOUR = To expose the awfulness of sin

@SCRIPTURE = Romans 7:13

@LEVEL FOUR = To reveal the holiness of God

@LEVEL FOUR = To restrain the sinner and bring him to Christ

@SCRIPTURE = Galatians 3:24 

@LEVEL FOUR = To regulate society

@LEVEL THREE = Overview

@LEVEL THREE = Two major divisions

@LEVEL FOUR = 1‑4 are God‑ward

@LEVEL FOUR = 5‑10 are man‑ward

@LEVEL TWO = Sermon Background

@LEVEL THREE = First two commandments go together

@LEVEL FOUR = Rule #1 = Who God is.

@LEVEL FOUR = Rule #2 = How to worship God

@LEVEL THREE = The impulse to worship is universal

@LEVEL FOUR = Everyone has a  God consciousness

@LEVEL TWO = In This Command God Instructs About The Right Way To Worship...

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@LEVEL ONE = 1A. THERE IS SOMETHING PROHIBITED

@LEVEL TWO = 1B. What Is Prohibited

@LEVEL THREE = 1C. The production of objects to be worshipped (v.4)

@LEVEL FOUR = This does not mean religious art.

@LEVEL FOUR = This does not include objects used to teach truth ‑ The Tabernacle

@LEVEL FOUR = The Tabernacle taught lessons about the God we worship.

@LEVEL THREE = 2C. The worship of objects (v.5a)

@LEVEL FOUR = Man has always had this tendency

@SCRIPTURE = Exodus 32:4  "He took what they handed him and made it into an idol cast in the shape of a calf, fashioning it with a tool. Then they said, "These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.""

@SCRIPTURE = Romans 1:23  "and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles."

@SCRIPTURE = Romans 1:25  "They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator‑‑who is forever praised. Amen."

@LEVEL FOUR = We still do ‑ Some use statues and idols in worship today.

@LEVEL THREE = Application

@LEVEL FOUR = The difference between an object lesson and an object of worship.

@ILL TITLE = Man loves another woman in place of his wife.

@ILL TEXT = Suppose you were to find your husband embracing another woman. He were to say this woman reminded me of you so much I could not resist. When I'm hugging her I'm really hugging you, and when I'm kissing her, I'm really kissing you.

@ILL TEXT = That would not fly with your wife ‑ And it won't with God.

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@LEVEL TWO = 2B. Why It Is Prohibited

@LEVEL THREE = 1C. It distorts God

@LEVEL FOUR = Because it is limited ‑ God is unlimited

@LEVEL FOUR = Because it is dead ‑ God is alive

@LEVEL FOUR = Because it is local ‑ God is universal

@LEVEL FOUR = Because it is temporal ‑ God is eternal

@LEVEL FOUR = Because it is material ‑ God is spiritual

@SCRIPTURE = John 4:24  "God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth.""

@ILL TITLE = Little Girl Drew God

@ILL TEXT = Teacher "nobody knows what God looks like." Girl "They will when I get through!"

@LEVEL THREE = 2C. It degrades God

@LEVEL FOUR = How would you like it if you were God and people made images of your creation and worshipped them?

@LEVEL FOUR = No one likes to have a poor picture made of themselves.

@LEVEL ONE = 2A. THERE IS SOMETHING PROTECTED

@SCRIPTURE = "for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God,"

@SCRIPTURE = Jealous = "fire" ‑ a zeal to protect a relationship

@LEVEL TWO = 1B. God Is Jealous Because Of The Nature Our Relationship

@LEVEL THREE = 1C. We have a covenant relationship with God

@LEVEL THREE = 2C. We have a spiritual marriage to God

@LEVEL FOUR = OT ‑ Israel = Bride

@SCRIPTURE = Isaiah 62:5  "As a young man marries a maiden, so will your sons marry you; as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so will your God rejoice over you."

@LEVEL FOUR = NT ‑ Believers = Bride

@SCRIPTURE = Revelation 19:7  "Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready."

@LEVEL THREE = Application

@LEVEL FOUR = God has a right to be jealous because we belong to Him.

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@LEVEL TWO = 2B. God Is Jealous To Maintain Our Relationship

@LEVEL THREE = He is saying I'm expecting your...

@LEVEL THREE = 1C. Total life

@LEVEL FOUR = Undivided attention and time.

@LEVEL THREE = 2C. Total love

@LEVEL THREE = 3C. Total loyalty

@LEVEL THREE = That is what He has given you.

@LEVEL ONE = 3A. THERE IS SOMETHING PROJECTED

@LEVEL TWO = The way we worship God projects something on our children and grandchildren.

@LEVEL TWO = 1B. God Talks About A Visitation Of Misery (v.5c)

@SCRIPTURE = "punishing" = (moral) evil:‑‑fault, iniquity, mischief, punishment (of iniquity), sin

@LEVEL THREE = 1C. The principle

@LEVEL FOUR = Children often pay an awful price because of the sins of their parents.

@SCRIPTURE = Romans 5:12  "Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned‑‑"

@LEVEL THREE = 2C. The proof

@LEVEL FOUR = Physical health

@LEVEL FOUR = Mental health

@LEVEL FOUR = Spiritual health

@LEVEL THREE = Illustration

@LEVEL THREE = The sin of the Father ‑ King Uzziah

@LEVEL FOUR = He had a problem at church (2 Chr 26:16, 18‑19,21)

@LEVEL THREE = The sin of the son ‑ Jotham

@LEVEL FOUR = He quit church (2 Chr 27:2)

@LEVEL THREE = The sin of the grandson ‑ Ahaz

@LEVEL FOUR = He worshiped Satan (2 Chr 28:1‑3, 24)

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@LEVEL THREE = Application

@LEVEL FOUR = Your attitude and words will impact your children and their relationship with God.

@LEVEL TWO = 2B. A Demonstration Of Mercy (v.6)

@SCRIPTURE = "love" =  kindly, (loving‑) kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity.

@SCRIPTURE = Romans 5:20  ".... But where sin increased, grace increased all the more,"

@LEVEL ONE = APPLICATION

@LEVEL TWO = God Wants Our Worship

@SCRIPTURE = "worship" = worth + ship

@LEVEL THREE = We declare God's worth.

@SCRIPTURE = Revelation 5:12  "... "Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and praise!""

@LEVEL THREE = Worship always precedes service

@SCRIPTURE = Matthew 4:10  "Jesus said to him, "...'Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.'""

@LEVEL THREE = Mary and Martha

@LEVEL TWO = God Has Revealed Himself

@LEVEL TWO = No need for idols

@SCRIPTURE = Colossians 1:15  "He is the image of the invisible God..."

@SCRIPTURE = Hebrews 1:3  "The Son is the ... exact representation of his being..."

@SCRIPTURE = John 14:9  "Jesus answered: "...Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father..."

@LEVEL TWO = Wouldn't you like to know that Jesus?