Community Baptist Church
January 25 2026

      • John 4HCSB

      • Job 14–17HCSB

      • Job 18–21HCSB

      • Job 22–24HCSB

      • Job 25–28HCSB

      • Job 29–32HCSB

      • Job 33–36HCSB

      • 1 John 5HCSB

      • Psalm 27:1HCSB

      • Psalm 27HCSB

  • I Stand Amazed (My Saviour's Love)
  • O, How I Love Jesus

      • Isaiah 9:2–7HCSB

      • Isaiah 9:2–7HCSB

  • Shout To The Lord
  • JESUS MESIAH

      • Matthew 4:12–23HCSB

  • Deuteronomy 5:1-12

    Nearly 40 years had passed since Moses met with God at Mt Sinai. Most of those to whom he was sharing these words were young children, and a substantial number of them had not been born when their ancestors received the Ten Words.
    [There are two different ways of numbering the Ten Commandments. Some faith traditions consider vs 5-6, and vs 21 as one or two commandments.
    Some debate exists as to the structure of the Decalogue, primarily as to whether 5:6 and 5:7 are one or two commandments and, likewise, whether 5:21 is one or two (Weinfeld 1991:243–245). 1 Eugene H. Merrill, “Deuteronomy,” in Cornerstone Biblical Commentary: Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, ed. Philip W. Comfort, vol. 2 (Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, 1996), 509.]
    Deuteronomy 5:7 “Do not have other gods besides Me.”
    Deuteronomy 5:8–10 “Do not make an idol for yourself in the shape of anything in the heavens above or on the earth below or in the waters under the earth. You must not bow down to them or worship them, because I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the fathers’ sin to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, but showing faithful love to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commands.”
    Deuteronomy 5:11 “Do not misuse the name of the Lord your God, because the Lord will not leave anyone unpunished who misuses His name.”
    Deuteronomy 5:12–15 “Be careful to remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy as the Lord your God has commanded you. You are to labor six days and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. You must not do any work—you, your son or daughter, your male or female slave, your ox or donkey, any of your livestock, or the foreigner who lives within your gates, so that your male and female slaves may rest as you do. Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God brought you out of there with a strong hand and an outstretched arm. That is why the Lord your God has commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.”
    Deuteronomy 5:16 “Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live long and so that you may prosper in the land the Lord your God is giving you.”
    Deuteronomy 5:17 “Do not murder.”
    Deuteronomy 5:18 “Do not commit adultery.”
    Deuteronomy 5:19 “Do not steal.”
    Deuteronomy 5:20 “Do not dishonest testimony against your neighbor.”
    Deuteronomy 5:21 “Do not covet your neighbor’s wife or desire your neighbor’s house, his field, his male or female slave, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
    Because of time limitations we will only look at the first four today and the other six next Sunday.
    Before diving into the specifics of the Ten Words, look at Deut 5:1-6 to allow Moses to set the stage:
    Notice three threads that help tie this passage together with the commandments that follow:

    A Continual Covenant

    As God’s people are on the edge of something new, a place none of them have ever been, entering into a radically new way of life Moses reminds them that the Ten Words he is about to share with them are the same Ten Words God shared with their ancestors nearly 40 years prior. The nature of God’s covenant is to be a continually renewing covenant. Even with the New Covenant established through the life, death, resurrection and ascension of Jesus there is a regular renewal. Paul reminds the believer in Corinth of this as he wraps us his description of the New Covenant by saying: 1 Cor 11:25
    1 Corinthians 11:25 HCSB
    In the same way, after supper He also took the cup and said, “This cup is the new covenant established by My blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”
    The people to whom Moses is speaking in Deut 5 are the descendants of the men and women who left Egypt. And yet, these men and women were present in a way.

    A Personal Covenant

    Deuteronomy 5:4 HCSB
    The Lord spoke to you face to face from the fire on the mountain.
    “…face to face…” The Ten Words as the foundation of God’s covenant with His people is a constant reminder that God speaks.
    Deuteronomy 4:33 HCSB
    Has a people heard God’s voice speaking from the fire as you have, and lived?
    Though these words were spoken thousands of years ago in a place far from here and to a people radically different from us, God’s covenant is a continual reminder that He speaks and He speaks to us! What a wonderful privilege.

    A Redemptive Covenant

    Deuteronomy 4:36–39 HCSB
    He let you hear His voice from heaven to instruct you. He showed you His great fire on earth, and you heard His words from the fire. Because He loved your fathers, He chose their descendants after them and brought you out of Egypt by His presence and great power, to drive out before you nations greater and stronger than you and to bring you in and give you their land as an inheritance, as is now taking place. Today, recognize and keep in mind that the Lord is God in heaven above and on earth below; there is no other.
    All that God speaks, all that God does is focused on redeeming His creation, setting right all that has gone wrong.
    Deuteronomy 5:6 HCSB
    I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the place of slavery.
    The opening sentence of the Ten Commandments sets the tone. God has no rivals, God has no equal. God alone was responsible for the act of deliverance that this generation’s parents and grandparents experienced. This opening sentence is a call to listen!

    Deuteronomy 5:7 “Do not have other gods besides Me.”

    The first commandment calls for an exclusive relationship with God. Whether there are other gods/spiritual powers is not the issue for God’s people. The primary issue, the most important issue: God and God alone is sovereign over His people. We are far removed from that generation, but the principle is still in force. There can be no other gods or powers that are alongside God, Yahweh, the God above all Gods. We must carefully cultivate a mindset that keeps God front and center, a way of thinking and living that recognizes as the Proverbs state,
    Proverbs 16:9 “A man’s heart plans his way, but the Lord determines his steps.”

    Deuteronomy 5:8 “Do not make an idol for yourself in the shape of anything in the heavens above or on the earth below or in the waters under the earth.”

    To what might we compare God? Nothing. Writing centuries later to the descendants of these men and women standing at the edge of the Promised Land the prophet Isaiah writes,
    Isaiah 40:18–24 HCSB
    Who will you compare God with? What likeness will you compare Him to? To an idol?—something that a smelter casts, and a metalworker plates with gold and makes silver welds for it? To one who shapes a pedestal, choosing wood that does not rot? He looks for a skilled craftsman to set up an idol that will not fall over. Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been declared to you from the beginning? Have you not considered the foundations of the earth? God is enthroned above the circle of the earth; its inhabitants are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like thin cloth and spreads them out like a tent to live in. He reduces princes to nothing and makes judges of the earth irrational. They are barely planted, barely sown, their stem hardly takes root in the ground when He blows on them and they wither, and a whirlwind carries them away like stubble.

    Deuteronomy 5:11 “Do not misuse the name of the Lord your God, because the Lord will not leave anyone unpunished who misuses His name.”

    Speaking the name of God to our own purposes is a common habit and one that we often fall into

    Deuteronomy 5:12–14 “Be careful to remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy as the Lord your God has commanded you. You are to labor six days and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. You must not do any work—you, your son or daughter, your male or female slave, your ox or donkey, any of your livestock, or the foreigner who lives within your gates, so that your male and female slaves may rest as you do.”

    As odd as it sounds to our ears, God commands REST. I say odd because our natural state as humans is constant activity. Doing, acting. When people see you doing nothing, they generally like to remind you that inactivity is dangerous. ‘Idle hands are the devils toolbox.’
    God commands that we create space and time in our lives to do as He did: REST. The rest which God commands is not simply being idle, but setting aside time to be free from the daily pressures of life, a time to focus on the things of God.

    RELFECT AND RESPOND:

    Deuteronomy 4:35–36 HCSB
    You were shown these things so that you would know that the Lord is God; there is no other besides Him. He let you hear His voice from heaven to instruct you. He showed you His great fire on earth, and you heard His words from the fire.
    As we lean forward into the future God has prepared for us
    All that God has done is Preparation for what He Will Do
    As you remember the ways in which God has worked, as you look at the past and remember the activity of God in your life, know this: God is still working, God will use those experiences to guide and direct our future.
    God Still Speaks Through His Word
    The real question is not: WHAT IS GOD SAYING? The real question is: ARE WE SETTING ASIDE TIME TO LISTEN?
    God Will Clearly Give Direction
    The Ten Commandments are not just for contemplation and reflection. They are commands. As God leads us into His future, He has given us all that we need to discover His promise.
    Every Sunday we stand at the edge of a new week, new opportunities, new challenges. By trusting Christ as Savior and Lord, by relying on the indwelling Holy Spirit who gives lfe, as we read, listen and obey the Word of God we can move through whatever may come.
    Will you trust Jesus today?
    Will you acknowledge your sin, and your need of a Savior?
    Will you trust that God sent His One and Only Son to die in your place to pay the penalty for sin?
    Will you confess Jesus as Lord right here, right now, by confessing Him before this group, will you choose to follow in obedience and be baptized, will you come together with us, joining this group of believers?

      • Deuteronomy 5:8–10HCSB

      • Deuteronomy 5:12–15HCSB

      • 1 Corinthians 11:25HCSB

      • Deuteronomy 5:4HCSB

      • Deuteronomy 4:33HCSB

      • Deuteronomy 4:36–39HCSB

      • Deuteronomy 5:6HCSB

      • Isaiah 40:18–24HCSB

      • Deuteronomy 5:12–14HCSB

      • Deuteronomy 5:11HCSB

      • Deuteronomy 4:35–36HCSB

      • 1 John 1:7HCSB

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