Tag Archives: Ten Commandments

The Effects of Yahweh’s Grace

Title: The Effects of Yahweh’s Grace

Passage: Exodus 34:10-17

Speaker: Pastor Ryan Martin

Service: Sunday Morning Worship Service

Date: March 24, 2019

In the beginning of Exodus 34, God told Moses to make two new tablets. this is a signal really for what will follow in chapters 34-35:3. At the core of Exodus 34 is a reestablishment of the covenant God gave in Exodus 20-23 and ratified in chapter 24. Verses 6-7 are crucial. But they are part of a bigger picture in this passage related to the covenant, which still hangs in the balance. This passage shows the effects of God’s grace. As the text continues, we begin to understand more the relationship of God’s grace to his dealings with Israel.

Covetousness (Worship Service, May 20th, 2018)

Title: Covetousness

Passage: Exodus 20:17

Speaker: Pastor Ryan Martin

Service: Sunday Morning Worship Service

Date: May 20th, 2018

The final commandment is unique. We can find that other ancient cultures echoed many of the precepts of the moral code God reveals here for Israel in the Ten Commandments. But the commandment not to covet is unique. It cannot be found anywhere else. Here the tenth command turns inward. 

Sins Against the Truth (Worship Service, May 13th, 2018)

Title: Sins Against the Truth

Passage: Exodus 20:16

Speaker: Pastor Ryan Martin

Service: Sunday Morning Worship Service

Date: May 13th, 2018

One of the great intellectual plagues of modernity and postmodernity is the idea that truth does not exist. Truth is relative, they say. In one respect, this is the natural conclusion of those who adopt hard materialism. And with God absent, there is no one being who sees everything as it really is. These are more than philosophical problems. These are spiritual problems. This morning we turn to the 9th commandmentYou shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. 

No Adultery (Worship Service, April 29th, 2018)

Title: No Adultery

Passage: Exodus 20:14

Speaker: Pastor Ryan Martin

Service: Sunday Morning Worship Service

Date: April 29th, 2018

As I stand here, it’s hard to sense the great importance that this message could have for us as a church of Jesus Christ. Some of you have been or will be tempted to commit adultery in its various forms. The sick state of our present age, ranging from rampant divorce, atheism, pornography, homosexuality, and the transgender insanity, can be traced to the cold disregard for this one command of God. Yet this command remains as true today as it did 3400 years ago.

Honor and the Honored (Worship Service, April 8th, 2018)

Title: Honor and the Honored

Passage: Exodus 20:11

Speaker: Pastor Ryan Martin

Service: Sunday Morning Worship Service

Date: April 8th, 2018

The 5th Commandment may be the one we have heard the most over the course of our lives. We were told it when we were children, even babies. But there is more here than a word about how little children should behave. Indeed, this fifth word is filled with significance.  

No Other Gods (Worship Service, February 18th, 2018)

Title: No Other Gods

Passage: Exodus 20: 1-3

Speaker: Pastor Ryan Martin

Service: Sunday Morning Worship Service

Date: February 18th, 2018

Then, we read in ch 20:1, “And God spoke all these words.” So, while Moses was up at the mountain peak, the Lord spoke audibly to him so that his people could hear. And what the Lord said that great day was none other than what we call the Ten Commandments. As they enter into covenant, God presents covenant stipulations that they must follow as his people. This morning, we will consider the first of these.