The Good Life: Love the Lord Your God

What if the Ten Commandments are more than just ancient rules—but a window into the heart of God and a roadmap to the good life? As we begin this new sermon series, we’ll see how the commandments reveal who God is, who we’re called to be, and how love is at their very core.

Five Preliminary Points About the Ten Commandments:
1) The Ten Commandments tell us about God
2) The Ten Commandments show us who we are to be
3) The Ten Commandments form the basis of New Testament ethics
4) The Ten Commandments can be distilled down to two commands: love God and love neighbor
5) The Ten Commandments are not the recipe for salvation, but the response to salvation

Commandment #1:
1) What it meant
2) What it means
3) Why it's good

Text: Exodus 20:1-3