Forefathers

Hebrews 8:8-9 - For he finds fault with them when he says: “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will establish a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah, not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt. For they did not continue in my covenant, and so I showed no concern for them, declares the Lord.


Exodus 19:5-6 - Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples, for all the earth is mine; and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. These are the words that you shall speak to the people of Israel.”

Exodus 20:3-7,9-10,12-14,17 - “You shall have no other gods before me. “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. 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, but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments. “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…Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, 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…“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you. “You shall not murder. “You shall not commit adultery…“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.”

Application:

· Participation in the divine blessings is conditioned on obedience added to faith
· God’s people, both individually and collectively, are to be set apart
· The worship of the one true God is the only acceptable belief and practice
· Since other gods are not to be worshiped, making idols of them would be equally sinful
· God will not put up with rivalry or unfaithfulness
· I am not to swear falsely, dishonestly, or deceptively, in God’s name (or for any reason at all)
· Every aspect of my life is to reflect that I belong to the Lord and I am sustained by Him, including rest
· I am to prize, care for and show respect for my parents
· I am not to plan and deliberately murder (or plan my anger and deliberately be angry)
· Adultery (and lust) is a sin against God as well as the marriage partner
· Coveting values things over trust and obedience to the Lord as my provider

All Scripture verses taken from ESV