Moses: Water Fire Stone with Jason Powell (Session 10)

In this webcast, Pastor Jason Powell shares a message from Exodus 20 titled “Indispensable Truth: Part 2” Wednesday Night” series at Harvest Christian Fellowship.

Sermon Notes

Guardrails and Rumble Strips | How do you view the Ten Commandments? Some people see a rigid set of stone-cold rules and regulations you have to keep if you want God to love and approve of you. But Jesus already accomplished that for us. Through faith in what only Jesus can do, we’ve been made right in God’s sight and we have peace with God (Romans 5:1–2). Now we can live in obedience and a loving relationship with Him. The commandments are more like guardrails that keep us from plunging off a cliff, and rumble strips to protect sleepy and distracted drivers from driving off the road or into oncoming traffic.

Application

We don’t earn our salvation and we are not forced to obey the Law out of obligation, but we are compelled to obey because of His deep love for us. When people see the practical differences that loving God can make in our marriages, families, and relationships, what does that say about Jesus? What does that say about us?

• Discover where our motivation for obeying the Ten Commandments comes from.
•  Consider the implications of the way we live and what we pass on to the next generation.
•  Pray honest prayers that seek forgiveness, embrace grace and freedom to live in love.

Scriptures

• Exodus 20:12–14
• John 13:34–35
•  John 17:13–18 1
•  John 5:3–4
• Deuteronomy 6:4–9
• Genesis 9:6
•  Exodus 17:8–16
•  Romans 13:4