The Fifth Commandment, Ephesians 6:1-4

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Scripture Reading: Ephesians 6:1-4

6 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), 3 “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.” 4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Sermon Outline:

  1. The meaning of the command

  2. The promise tied to this command

  3. Jesus and the fifth commandment

The Tenth Commandment - You Shall not Covet, Exodus 20:17

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Scripture Reading: Exodus 20:17

17 “You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor's.”

Sermon Outline:

  • Is desiring the same a coveting?

  • What makes this commandment different from the others?

  • What are the marks of coveting?

  • How does contentment counteract coveting?

The Fourth Commandment, Exodus 20:8-11

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Scripture Reading: Exodus 20:8-11

8 “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates. 11 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

Sermon Outline:

  1. General Observations

  2. Rooted in Creation

  3. Intended for rest and refreshment

  4. It is “Unto the Lord”

  5. The Christian Sabbath

The Third Commandment: THe Name above every name - Exodus 20:7

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Scripture Reading: Exodus 20:1-7

1 And God spoke all these words, saying, 2 “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. 3 “You shall have no other gods before me. 4 “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. 5 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, 6 but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments. 7 “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.

Sermon Outline:

  1. The larger significance of the name of the Lord

  2. The meaning of the command

  3. The warning