Dr. McKellar’s Lesson for October 8, 2017

Guest Speaker: Dr. Barry McCarty

“The Ten Commandments” Exodus 20:1-17

Exodus 19:2-6

This is the core of God’s covenant with Israel.

The Ten Commandments are still the core of what morality is.

Jesus, instead of taking from them, actually added to them, raising the bar as it were.

Much of the immorality in America today is because our people don’t know the Ten Commandments.

Deuteronomy 30:10

Three things that the ten Commandments provide:

1. a compass – it always points north.
It’s not a matter of letting everyone decide what is north to them.
2. a bridle – it retrains our evil desires.
We all need boundaries. The Marquis de Sade, for whom the practice of deriving pleasure from cruelty is named, was a philosopher who believed in extreme freedom, without restraint. 93% of Americans say that they decide what is right.
3. a thermometer – a thermometer to check our love of God.
Exodus 19:4-6 — God gave us the commandments because He loves us. We obey the commandments because we love Him. Loving God is not having a warm fuzzy feeling but loving God is keeping His commandments.

John 14:15 & 21