“Enthroned between the Cherubim” (Exodus 25:10–22)

“Enthroned between the Cherubim” (Exodus 25:10–22)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday PM, November 4, 2018
Exodus 25:10–22 (NIV)
        10“Have them make an ark of acacia wood—two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high. 11Overlay it with pure gold, both inside and out, and make a gold molding around it. 12Cast four gold rings for it and fasten them to its four feet, with two rings on one side and two rings on the other. 13Then make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold. 14Insert the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry it. 15The poles are to remain in the rings of this ark; they are not to be removed. 16Then put in the ark the tablets of the covenant law, which I will give you.
        17“Make an atonement cover of pure gold—two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide. 18And make two cherubim out of hammered gold at the ends of the cover. 19Make one cherub on one end and the second cherub on the other; make the cherubim of one piece with the cover, at the two ends. 20The cherubim are to have their wings spread upward, overshadowing the cover with them. The cherubim are to face each other, looking toward the cover. 21Place the cover on top of the ark and put in the ark the tablets of the covenant law that I will give you. 22There, above the cover between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the covenant law, I will meet with you and give you all my commands for the Israelites.
1. The ark emphasizes the importance of the presence of God among his people.
2. The ark shows us the necessity of atonement for the Holy God to commune with sinful people.
3. The ark teaches us the central position of the Word of God in the guidance and instruction of his people.
Main Idea: The ark within the tabernacle teaches us the importance of God’s presence among his people, the necessity of atonement for us to be in God’s presence, and the abiding centrality of the Word of God for the worship and life of God’s people.

“Freely Given” (Exodus 25:1–9)

“Freely Given” (Exodus 25:1–9)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday PM, October 21, 2018
Exodus 25:1–9 (NIV)         1 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Tell the Israelites to bring me an offering. You are to receive the offering for me from everyone whose heart prompts them to give. 3 These are the offerings you are to receive from them: gold, silver and bronze; 4 blue, purple and scarlet yarn and fine linen; goat hair; 5 ram skins dyed red and another type of durable leather; acacia wood; 6 olive oil for the light; spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense; 7 and onyx stones and other gems to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece.         8 “Then have them make a sanctuary for me, and I will dwell among them. 9 Make this tabernacle and all its furnishings exactly like the pattern I will show you.
1. The Lord is worthy of our gifts (vv. 1–2a).
2. The Lord is worthy of gifts that are freely and cheerfully given (v. 2b; 35:5)
3. The Lord is worthy of our most precious and valuable gifts (vv. 3–5; 35:5–7)
4. The Lord is worthy of useful and purposeful gifts so that he may be worshiped (vv. 6–7; 35:8–9).
5. The Lord is worthy of a sanctified place for his presence among his people (v. 8).
6. The Lord is worthy of being worshiped according to his instructions (v. 9).
Main Idea: The God who redeemed us and entered into covenant with us is worthy of the very best gifts that we can give so that he may be worshiped.

“Confirmation of the Covenant” (Exodus 24:1–18)

“Confirmation of the Covenant” (Exodus 24:1–18)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday PM, October 14, 2018
Exodus 24 (NIV)
24 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Come up to the Lord, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel. You are to worship at a distance, 2 but Moses alone is to approach the Lord; the others must not come near. And the people may not come up with him.”
3 When Moses went and told the people all the Lord’s words and laws, they responded with one voice, “Everything the Lord has said we will do.” 4 Moses then wrote down everything the Lord had said.
He got up early the next morning and built an altar at the foot of the mountain and set up twelve stone pillars representing the twelve tribes of Israel. 5 Then he sent young Israelite men, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as fellowship offerings to the Lord. 6 Moses took half of the blood and put it in bowls, and the other half he splashed against the altar. 7 Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people. They responded, “We will do everything the Lord has said; we will obey.”
8 Moses then took the blood, sprinkled it on the people and said, “This is the blood of the covenant that the Lord has made with you in accordance with all these words.”
9 Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and the seventy elders of Israel went up 10 and saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was something like a pavement made of lapis lazuli, as bright blue as the sky. 11 But God did not raise his hand against these leaders of the Israelites; they saw God, and they ate and drank.
12 The Lord said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain and stay here, and I will give you the tablets of stone with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction.”
13 Then Moses set out with Joshua his aide, and Moses went up on the mountain of God. 14 He said to the elders, “Wait here for us until we come back to you. Aaron and Hur are with you, and anyone involved in a dispute can go to them.”
15 When Moses went up on the mountain, the cloud covered it, 16 and the glory of the Lord settled on Mount Sinai. For six days the cloud covered the mountain, and on the seventh day the Lord called to Moses from within the cloud. 17 To the Israelites the glory of the Lord looked like a consuming fire on top of the mountain. 18 Then Moses entered the cloud as he went on up the mountain. And he stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
1. The Covenant with the Lord is Ceremonially Confirmed (vv. 1–11)
a. The participants in the ceremony (vv. 1–2)b. The presentation and acceptance of the covenant’s terms (v. 3)c. Official recording of the covenant’s terms (v. 4a).d. Ceremonial ratification of the covenant (vv. 4b–8)
i. Sacrifice: burnt offerings and peace offerings on altar made of natural stones (set up, not built and carved).ii. Ceremonial application of the blood to the altar.iii. Official reading and acceptance of the covenant (covenant vows).iv. Ceremonial application of the blood to the people.
e. Ceremonial covenant meal of fellowship (vv. 9–11).
2. The Worship of the Lord Is Determined by His Word (vv. 12–18).
a. The Lord’s Invitation to Moses and Moses’s Ascent (12–14).b. The Lord’s Majestic Presence on the Mountain with Moses (vv. 15–18).

“Israel’s Guardian Angel” (Exodus 23:20–33)

“Israel’s Guardian Angel” (Exodus 23:20–33)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday PM, October 7, 2018
Exodus 23:20–33 (NIV)
20 “See, I am sending an angel ahead of you to guard you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared. 21 Pay attention to him and listen to what he says. Do not rebel against him; he will not forgive your rebellion, since my Name is in him. 22 If you listen carefully to what he says and do all that I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and will oppose those who oppose you. 23 My angel will go ahead of you and bring you into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites and Jebusites, and I will wipe them out. 24 Do not bow down before their gods or worship them or follow their practices. You must demolish them and break their sacred stones to pieces. 25 Worship the Lord your God, and his blessing will be on your food and water. I will take away sickness from among you, 26 and none will miscarry or be barren in your land. I will give you a full life span.
27 “I will send my terror ahead of you and throw into confusion every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn their backs and run. 28 I will send the hornet ahead of you to drive the Hivites, Canaanites and Hittites out of your way. 29 But I will not drive them out in a single year, because the land would become desolate and the wild animals too numerous for you. 30 Little by little I will drive them out before you, until you have increased enough to take possession of the land.
31 “I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, and from the desert to the Euphrates River. I will give into your hands the people who live in the land, and you will drive them out before you. 32 Do not make a covenant with them or with their gods. 33 Do not let them live in your land or they will cause you to sin against me, because the worship of their gods will certainly be a snare to you.”
1. The Lord promises to guard and guide his people to their ultimate destination (20–23).
a. The Lord sent an angel to guard and guide his people (20).b. The Lord expected his people to listen to and obey his angel, because the angel carried God’s name and was God’s representative among the people (21).c. As they obeyed the Lord’s angel, the Lord promised to protect them, defeat their enemies, and bring them to their appointed home (22–23).
2. The Lord expects exclusive worship and obedience from his people (24–33).
a. Exclusive Worship (24): God rightly expects exclusive loyalty from his people.b. There are Covenant Blessings for Loyalty (25–31).
i. Basic Necessities: Food and Water (25)ii. Physical Health: No plagues/diseases (25)iii. Fertility (26)iv. Long Life (26)v. Victory in the face of Enemies (27–28)vi. Progressive Possession of the Land (29–30)vii. Expansive Territory (31)
c. A Renewed Call for Vigilance against False Worship (32–33).
i. No covenants with pagan peoples in the land (32).ii. No agreements or allegiance given to pagan gods (32).iii. No association or cohabitation with pagan peoples (33).

“Holy Days and Holy Festivals” (Exodus 23:10–19)

“Holy Days and Holy Festivals” (Exodus 23:10–19)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday PM, September 23, 2018
Exodus 23:10–19 (NIV)
10 “For six years you are to sow your fields and harvest the crops, 11 but during the seventh year let the land lie unplowed and unused. Then the poor among your people may get food from it, and the wild animals may eat what is left. Do the same with your vineyard and your olive grove.
12 “Six days do your work, but on the seventh day do not work, so that your ox and your donkey may rest, and so that the slave born in your household and the foreigner living among you may be refreshed.
13 “Be careful to do everything I have said to you. Do not invoke the names of other gods; do not let them be heard on your lips.
14 “Three times a year you are to celebrate a festival to me.
15 “Celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread; for seven days eat bread made without yeast, as I commanded you. Do this at the appointed time in the month of Aviv, for in that month you came out of Egypt.
“No one is to appear before me empty-handed.
16 “Celebrate the Festival of Harvest with the firstfruits of the crops you sow in your field.
“Celebrate the Festival of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather in your crops from the field.
17 “Three times a year all the men are to appear before the Sovereign Lord.
18 “Do not offer the blood of a sacrifice to me along with anything containing yeast.
“The fat of my festival offerings must not be kept until morning.
19 “Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the Lord your God.
“Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.
1. God gives his people the gift of rest, and all are free to enjoy it (10–12).
a. The land was to rest every 7th year (cf. Lev. 25:1–7; 18–22; Deut 15:1–10).
i. As an act of devotion – relinquishing the land to the real owner of the land, the LORDii. As an act of faith – trusting God to provide and relying on the bountiful harvest from the previous yeariii. For the sake of the Pooriv. For the sake of Creation
⦁ The ground⦁ The wild animals
b. Every 7th day of the week was a day of rest.
i. For your sakeii. For the sake of the animals of burdeniii. For the sake of the slave – heaviest manual labor burdensiv. For the sake of the foreigner – migrant workers
2. God gives his people the gift of festivals, and all may enjoy them in true worship and praise to God (13–19).
a. The worship of God is to be whole-hearted and exclusive (13).
i. Whole-hearted obedience.ii. Exclusive – not even a mention of other gods.
b. The worship of God is scheduled by His Word (14, 17).
i. The Festival of Unleavened Bread was a memorial to celebrate God’s deliverance of his people from bondage in Egypt (15).
⦁ Application: Worship should be a remembrance and celebration of God’s redeeming grace.
ii. The Festival of Harvest was a time to honor God with the best (firstfruits) of what he has blessed his people with (16a).
⦁ Application: Worship is a time of giving God the best of what we have in order to honor him for his grace.
iii. The Festival of Ingathering was a time at the end of the year to honor God in celebration for his bountiful provision (16b).
⦁ Application: Worship is a time of thanksgiving in remembering what our God has done for us.
c. The worship of God is regulated by His Word (18–19).
i. Ancient Prescriptionsii. Modern Implications
Main Idea: God has established regular times of rest so that his people may be refreshed, and God has regulated worship so that he may be fully honored by his redeemed people.

“Justice and Mercy” (Exodus 23:1–9)

“Justice and Mercy” (Exodus 23:1–9)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday PM, September 16, 2018
Exodus 23:1–9 (NIV)
23 “Do not spread false reports. Do not help a guilty person by being a malicious witness.
2 “Do not follow the crowd in doing wrong. When you give testimony in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd, 3 and do not show favoritism to a poor person in a lawsuit.
4 “If you come across your enemy’s ox or donkey wandering off, be sure to return it. 5 If you see the donkey of someone who hates you fallen down under its load, do not leave it there; be sure you help them with it.
6 “Do not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits. 7 Have nothing to do with a false charge and do not put an innocent or honest person to death, for I will not acquit the guilty.
8 “Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the innocent.
9 “Do not oppress a foreigner; you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners, because you were foreigners in Egypt.
1. God’s people must be known as truth-tellers (seekers of justice) (1–3, 7–8).
a. Don’t speak falsehood unintentionally (by not having all the facts) (1a).
b. Don’t intentionally bear false witness (1b).
c. Don’t bend the truth or justice for the sake of the crowd (2).
d. Do not bend truth or justice, even if it is for a good cause (to help the poor) (3).
e. Do not distort justice by receiving false testimony and then dispensing punishment on an innocent person on the basis of that false testimony (7).
f. Do not distort truth or justice for the sake of personal gain (8).
2. God’s people must be known as kindness givers (dispensers of mercy) (even to those we don’t like or who mistreat us). (4–6, 9)
a. We must be kind and helpful even to those we don’t like or those who mistreat us) (4–5).
b. We must have our eyes open to the needs of those who are often marginalized in society (6, 9).
⦁ The poor (6)
⦁ The foreigner/immigrant (9)
Main Idea: God’s redeemed and sanctified people must be seekers of justice and dispensers of mercy.

“A Holy Society” (Exodus 22:16–31)

“A Holy Society” (Exodus 22:16–31)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday PM, September 9, 2018
Exodus 22:16–31 (NIV)
16 “If a man seduces a virgin who is not pledged to be married and sleeps with her, he must pay the bride-price, and she shall be his wife. 17 If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, he must still pay the bride-price for virgins.
18 “Do not allow a sorceress to live.
19 “Anyone who has sexual relations with an animal is to be put to death.
20 “Whoever sacrifices to any god other than the Lord must be destroyed. 
21 “Do not mistreat or oppress a foreigner, for you were foreigners in Egypt.
22 “Do not take advantage of the widow or the fatherless. 23 If you do and they cry out to me, I will certainly hear their cry. 24 My anger will be aroused, and I will kill you with the sword; your wives will become widows and your children fatherless.
25 “If you lend money to one of my people among you who is needy, do not treat it like a business deal; charge no interest. 26 If you take your neighbor’s cloak as a pledge, return it by sunset, 27 because that cloak is the only covering your neighbor has. What else can they sleep in? When they cry out to me, I will hear, for I am compassionate.
28 “Do not blaspheme God  or curse the ruler of your people.
29 “Do not hold back offerings from your granaries or your vats.
“You must give me the firstborn of your sons. 30 Do the same with your cattle and your sheep. Let them stay with their mothers for seven days, but give them to me on the eighth day.
31 “You are to be my holy people. So do not eat the meat of an animal torn by wild beasts; throw it to the dogs.
 
Main Idea: God’s people should seek to live as members of a holy society, with proper love and respect for one another and full devotion to the Lord.
1. A member of God’s holy society should seek the long-term wellbeing of others, and so there can be no pleasure without responsibility (16–17).
2. A member of God’s holy society must respect God’s sovereignty and authority and not seek to manipulate people and the outcome of events through illegitimate means (18).
3. A member of God’s holy society must respect the created order and not seek self-pleasure through perverted means that result in the dehumanization of God’s image bearers (19).
4. A member of God’s holy society must worship God and God alone and not engage in false worship (20).
5. A member of God’s holy society must show appropriate care and compassion for the most vulnerable in society (21–27).
a. By treating foreigners with respect (21)b. By upholding true justice for widows and orphans (22–24)c. By showing compassion to the poor in the lending of money (25–27)
6. A member of God’s holy society must honor God and his appointed human representatives (28).
7. A member of God’s holy society must honor God by offering to him the firstfruits of all that God has graciously given (29–30).
8. A member of God’s holy society must respect the created order and the dignity of human beings by not eating like a wild scavenger (31).

“Respecting Personal Property” (Exodus 22:1–15)

“Respecting Personal Property” (Exodus 22:1–15)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday PM, August 26, 2018
Exodus 22:1–15 (NIV)
22  “Whoever steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters it or sells it must pay back five head of cattle for the ox and four sheep for the sheep.
2 “If a thief is caught breaking in at night and is struck a fatal blow, the defender is not guilty of bloodshed; 3 but if it happens after sunrise, the defender is guilty of bloodshed.
“Anyone who steals must certainly make restitution, but if they have nothing, they must be sold to pay for their theft. 4 If the stolen animal is found alive in their possession—whether ox or donkey or sheep—they must pay back double.
5 “If anyone grazes their livestock in a field or vineyard and lets them stray and they graze in someone else’s field, the offender must make restitution from the best of their own field or vineyard.
6 “If a fire breaks out and spreads into thornbushes so that it burns shocks of grain or standing grain or the whole field, the one who started the fire must make restitution.
7 “If anyone gives a neighbor silver or goods for safekeeping and they are stolen from the neighbor’s house, the thief, if caught, must pay back double. 8 But if the thief is not found, the owner of the house must appear before the judges, and they must determine whether the owner of the house has laid hands on the other person’s property. 9 In all cases of illegal possession of an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or any other lost property about which somebody says, ‘This is mine,’ both parties are to bring their cases before the judges.  The one whom the judges declare guilty must pay back double to the other.
10 “If anyone gives a donkey, an ox, a sheep or any other animal to their neighbor for safekeeping and it dies or is injured or is taken away while no one is looking, 11 the issue between them will be settled by the taking of an oath before the Lord that the neighbor did not lay hands on the other person’s property. The owner is to accept this, and no restitution is required. 12 But if the animal was stolen from the neighbor, restitution must be made to the owner. 13 If it was torn to pieces by a wild animal, the neighbor shall bring in the remains as evidence and shall not be required to pay for the torn animal.
14 “If anyone borrows an animal from their neighbor and it is injured or dies while the owner is not present, they must make restitution. 15 But if the owner is with the animal, the borrower will not have to pay. If the animal was hired, the money paid for the hire covers the loss.
1. Punishment for the Theft of Personal Property
5 David burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan, "As surely as the LORD lives, the man who did this must die! 6 He must pay for that lamb four times over, because he did such a thing and had no pity." (2 Sam. 12:5-6 NIV)
8 But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, "Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount." 9 Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham. (Lk. 19:8-9 NIV)
2. Liability for the Destruction of Personal Property
3. Resolving Disputes over Personal Property
Several principles emerge from these laws that may be applied to our walk as Christians:
1. Theft is wrong and is incompatible with walking the Christian life.
Anyone who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with their own hands, that they may have something to share with those in need. (Eph. 4:28 NIV)
2. The Bible advocates the principle of the ownership of personal property.
3. Personal property is to be respected as an expression of love of neighbor.
4. Stolen property was to be fully restored by the thief (plus double or even 4 or 5-fold). Nothing short of full restitution was accepted.
5. Proper care and diligence should be given when entrusted with the property of another. Carelessness or negligence that results in the loss or damage of another’s property means that the borrower is responsible for full restitution.
6. Property is never on par with human life. One may kill a thief if one reasonably feels endangered by the thief, but one may not kill a person for the sake of a stolen sheep. The defense of human life is the highest moral law, and it trumps lower laws.
7. When people live in society together there will be disputes and conflicts. As such, an equitable method for resolving property disputes is essential for society to function.
And if anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, hand over your coat as well. (Matt. 5:40 NIV)
“If any of you has a dispute with another, do you dare to take it before the ungodly for judgment instead of before the Lord’s people? Or do you not know that the Lord’s people will judge the world? And if you are to judge the world, are you not competent to judge trivial cases? Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more the things of this life! Therefore, if you have disputes about such matters, do you ask for a ruling from those whose way of life is scorned in the church? I say this to shame you. Is it possible that there is nobody among you wise enough to judge a dispute between believers? But instead, one brother takes another to court—and this in front of unbelievers! The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means you have been completely defeated already. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated? Instead, you yourselves cheat and do wrong, and you do this to your brothers and sisters.” (1 Corinthians 6:1–8, NIV)

“An Eye for an Eye” (Exodus 21:12–36)

“An Eye for an Eye” (Exodus 21:12–36)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday PM, August 19, 2018
Exodus 21:12–36 (NIV)
12 “Anyone who strikes a person with a fatal blow is to be put to death. 13 However, if it is not done intentionally, but God lets it happen, they are to flee to a place I will designate. 14 But if anyone schemes and kills someone deliberately, that person is to be taken from my altar and put to death.
15 “Anyone who attacks their father or mother is to be put to death.
16 “Anyone who kidnaps someone is to be put to death, whether the victim has been sold or is still in the kidnapper’s possession.
17 “Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.
18 “If people quarrel and one person hits another with a stone or with their fist and the victim does not die but is confined to bed, 19 the one who struck the blow will not be held liable if the other can get up and walk around outside with a staff; however, the guilty party must pay the injured person for any loss of time and see that the victim is completely healed.
20 “Anyone who beats their male or female slave with a rod must be punished if the slave dies as a direct result, 21 but they are not to be punished if the slave recovers after a day or two, since the slave is their property.
22 “If people are fighting and hit a pregnant woman and she gives birth prematurely but there is no serious injury, the offender must be fined whatever the woman’s husband demands and the court allows. 23 But if there is serious injury, you are to take life for life, 24 eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25 burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise.
26 “An owner who hits a male or female slave in the eye and destroys it must let the slave go free to compensate for the eye. 27 And an owner who knocks out the tooth of a male or female slave must let the slave go free to compensate for the tooth.
28 “If a bull gores a man or woman to death, the bull is to be stoned to death, and its meat must not be eaten. But the owner of the bull will not be held responsible. 29 If, however, the bull has had the habit of goring and the owner has been warned but has not kept it penned up and it kills a man or woman, the bull is to be stoned and its owner also is to be put to death. 30 However, if payment is demanded, the owner may redeem his life by the payment of whatever is demanded. 31 This law also applies if the bull gores a son or daughter. 32 If the bull gores a male or female slave, the owner must pay thirty shekels  of silver to the master of the slave, and the bull is to be stoned to death.
33 “If anyone uncovers a pit or digs one and fails to cover it and an ox or a donkey falls into it, 34 the one who opened the pit must pay the owner for the loss and take the dead animal in exchange.
35 “If anyone’s bull injures someone else’s bull and it dies, the two parties are to sell the live one and divide both the money and the dead animal equally. 36 However, if it was known that the bull had the habit of goring, yet the owner did not keep it penned up, the owner must pay, animal for animal, and take the dead animal in exchange.
1. It is Morally Evil to Directly Harm or Injur Another Person, without Just Cause (21:12–27).
a. Certain Violent Acts Deserve the Death Penalty
i. Murder or Intentional Manslaughter (6th command) (12–14)
ii. Violent Acts or Curses against Parents (5th command/6th command) (15, 17)
iii. Kidnapping/Slave Trading (6th command/8th command) (16)
iv. Excessive Beating of a Slave that Results in Death (6th command) (20–21)
v. Manslaughter of an Unborn Child (6th command) (22–25)
b. Other Violent Acts that Result in Personal Injury May Receive Lesser Penalties.
i. Unintentional or Accidental Manslaughter (13)
ii. Fighting or Brawling that Results in Personal Injury (18–19)
iii. Punishment of a Slave that Results in Personal Injury (26–27)
2. It is Morally Evil to Indirectly Harm or Injur Another Person, Due to Negligence (21:28–36).
a. Willful Negligence that Results in the Death of Another Person is Equivalent to Manslaughter and Is Punishable by Death (28–29).
b. The Life of the One Guilty of Willful Negligent Manslaughter May be Redeemed by a Payment of Money and Damages (30–32).
c. In Cases of Willful Negligence that Result in Injury or Damage to Another Person’s Property, the One Who Suffered Loss Must Be Fully Compensated by the Negligent Party (33–36).
Main Idea: Love for One’s Neighbor Requires Valuing the Life, Personal Health and Welfare, and the Property of our Neighbor.
Principles:a. All human life is precious, from the youngest unborn child and the lowest class slave to the wealthy nobleman and privileged royalty.b. All punishment must be in accordance with the crime. The level of punishment should match the level of the crime. Too low a penalty, and the seriousness of the crime is devalued and victims become downtrodden. Society becomes violent and crime is running rampant, because evil is not punished with sufficient severity. Too harsh a penalty, and the justice system is filled with violent abuse, misused power, and the oppression of the vulnerable.c. We should respect the personal property of our neighbors and provide restitution when our actions (whether negligent or not) cause damage or injury.d. Gross disrespect for the dignity of a parent is so perverse that it warps the soul. Someone who does this will have no respect for any other person’s rights and will be a menace to society.e. God’s people should embrace an ethic of valuing human life and valuing one another’s property that is higher than the ethic of the surrounding culture.f. We must take appropriate care with our animals and property so that they do not endanger the life or wellbeing of another person.

“Dignity for the Destitute” (Exodus 21:1–11)

“Dignity for the Destitute” (Exodus 21:1–11)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday PM, August 12, 2018
Exodus 21:1–11 (NIV) “These are the laws you are to set before them:        2 “If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free, without paying anything. 3 If he comes alone, he is to go free alone; but if he has a wife when he comes, she is to go with him. 4 If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the woman and her children shall belong to her master, and only the man shall go free.        5 “But if the servant declares, ‘I love my master and my wife and children and do not want to go free,’ 6 then his master must take him before the judges.  He shall take him to the door or the doorpost and pierce his ear with an awl. Then he will be his servant for life.        7 “If a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go free as male servants do. 8 If she does not please the master who has selected her for himself, he must let her be redeemed. He has no right to sell her to foreigners, because he has broken faith with her. 9 If he selects her for his son, he must grant her the rights of a daughter. 10 If he marries another woman, he must not deprive the first one of her food, clothing and marital rights. 11 If he does not provide her with these three things, she is to go free, without any payment of money.
1. The Dignity of Financial Responsibility (Repayment of a Debt).
2. The Dignity of Freedom
3. The Dignity of Family
4. The Dignity of Fealty
5. The Dignity of Faithful Support (or, Fulfilled Promises).
Main Idea: Even those in the most desperate and destitute of situations are to be afforded dignity. Christian love demands that we treat with respect and dignity all people, even those in the most lowly of ranks and situations.

“Fear God and Honor His Name” (Exodus 20:18–26)

“Fear God and Honor His Name” (Exodus 20:18–26)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday PM, August 5, 2018
Exodus 20:18–26 (NIV) 18 When the people saw the thunder and lightning and heard the trumpet and saw the mountain in smoke, they trembled with fear. They stayed at a distance 19 and said to Moses, “Speak to us yourself and we will listen. But do not have God speak to us or we will die.” 20 Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid. God has come to test you, so that the fear of God will be with you to keep you from sinning.” 21 The people remained at a distance, while Moses approached the thick darkness where God was. 22 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites this: ‘You have seen for yourselves that I have spoken to you from heaven: 23 Do not make any gods to be alongside me; do not make for yourselves gods of silver or gods of gold. 24 “‘Make an altar of earth for me and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, your sheep and goats and your cattle. Wherever I cause my name to be honored, I will come to you and bless you. 25 If you make an altar of stones for me, do not build it with dressed stones, for you will defile it if you use a tool on it. 26 And do not go up to my altar on steps, or your private parts may be exposed.’
1. Don’t be afraid but fear (18–21).
a. In recognition of the Lord’s awesome power and holiness, the people respond with a natural fear and trepidation (18–19).
b. Instead of a natural fear and trepidation at the sights and sounds of God’s presence, the people were to have a genuine and lasting fear of God that fueled reverence and obedience.
2. Don't worship gods but worship the LORD as God (22–28).
a. Worship of the true God is governed by his Word.
b. Worship of the true God is exclusive.
c. Worship of the true God requires single-minded devotion and simplicity.
d. Worship of the true God requires atoning sacrifice.
e. Worship of the true God requires the honor and reverence of his name.
Main Idea: In worship, the Holy Lord is to be reverenced and honored in obedience to his Word in such a way that He and He alone is the focus, not any other gods or any other human achievements.

"Coveting and Idolatry" (Exodus 20:17)

"Coveting and Idolatry" (Exodus 20:17)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday PM, July 22, 2018
Exodus 20:17, NIV"You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor."
1. The Background and Uniqueness of the Command
2. The Meaning of the Command
3. The Command on Display throughout Scripture
4. The Application of the Command
Main Idea: God's people should be marked by contentment and thanksgiving to God, not greed and coveting, which reveal the idolatry of the heart.

“Truth and Justice” (Exodus 20:16)

“Truth and Justice” (Exodus 20:16)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday PM, July 15, 2018
“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.” (Exo 20:16 NIV)
1. Ancient Background of the Command2. Meaning of the Command3. The Command in its OT Context4. The Command in its NT Context5. Applications of the Command

"Honoring One Another's Property" (Exodus 20:15)

“Honoring One Another’s Property” (Exodus 20:15)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday PM, July 8, 2018
“You shall not steal.” (Exo 20:15, NIV)
The Ancient Background of the Command
The Meaning of the Command
The Application of the Command in the Old Testament
The Application of the Command in the New Testament
The Modern Application of the Command

“The Sanctity of Marriage” (Exodus 20:14)

“The Sanctity of Marriage” (Exodus 20:14)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday PM, July 1, 2018
“Do Not Commit Adultery” (Exod. 20:14)
1. What is the historical and cultural background for this command?
2. What is adultery?
a. Adultery is fundamentally a breach or violation of covenantal obligations. It is a breach of the marriage covenant, particularly by engaging in sexual relations with someone other than your spouse.b. Other forms of inappropriate sexual actions (homosexuality, fornication, bestiality, pornography, self-gratification) would all be considered sexual sins in the OT, but they are not technically adultery. c. Adultery is treated with special significance in the Scriptures, because it involves the severing of a covenantal marriage agreement between two individuals. It is considered a crime against people, the family, society, and against God.d. In the Hebrew Bible, the prohibition against adultery is fundamentally designed to protect the sanctity of the family, which serves as the foundation for all of society.
3. How is this command applied in the Old Testament?
a. Adultery was a capital offense in OT Israel. Lev 20:10; Deut 22:22b. Consensual sex between a betrothed woman and a man that she was not betrothed to was considered adultery and carried the death penalty (Deut 22:23–24).c. Examples of adultery: David/Bathsheba in 2 Sam 11.d. Adultery in wisdom literature: Proverbs carries repeated warnings about engaging in adultery and the lure of the adulterous woman.e. Adultery is used metaphorically to refer to Israel’s unfaithful violation of their covenant with Yahweh. Their worship of false gods is typically referred to as an act of whoredom/adultery. It is a covenant breach where the covenant involved an exclusive, permanent relationship between two parties.
4. How is the command applied in the New Testament?
a. Little change in terms of ethics from OT to NT.b. Adultery include sins of the heart (Matt 5:27–28; cf. Matthew 15:17–20). c. Illegitimate divorce is considered adultery. Also, marrying someone who was illegitimately divorced is also considered adultery (Matt 5:31–32; Matt 19:1–9).d. Adultery is also used metaphorically to represent idolatry/false worship in the NT. (James 4:4)
5. Conclusion
a. Adultery is a violation of life’s most important relationship. b. Adultery is the destruction of a marriage, which results in the destruction of a family, which inevitably will erode the foundation of a society.c. Adultery is a demonstration of a lack of faithfulness to one’s commitments and to the well-being of his or her closest human relationship. Unfaithfulness in the closest of relationships destroys faithfulness and integrity in all relationships.d. It is a sin against God himself and a violation of his holy purity. It should never be named among God’s holy people.

“Valuing Human Life” (Exodus 20:13)

“Valuing Human Life” (Exodus 20:13)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday PM, June 24, 2018
"You shall not murder. (Exod. 20:13 NIV)
1) The Giver of the Commandment
2) The Reason for the Commandment
3) The Meaning of the Commandment
4) The Exceptions to the Commandment (or Its Wrong Applications)
5) The Extension of the Commandment (or Its Appropriate Applications)
Main Idea: The Sixth commandment is a prohibition against the unlawful taking of a human life, but merely refraining from killing another human being is not our full obedience to this command. This command requires love for our fellow man that abstains not only from physical violence but also anger and malice toward one another.

“Honoring Authority” (Exodus 20:12)

“Honoring Authority” (Exodus 20:12)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchJune 3, 2018 Sunday PM
Exodus 20:12
"Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you."
1. Who is this command addressed to?
2. What does this command mean?
3. What is the promise associated with this command?
4. What does the NT say about this command?
5. How should we apply this command?
Main Idea: “As Christians, we must honor God by honoring the authorities he has providentially placed in our lives.”

"The Sabbath in the New Testament" (Exodus 20:8-11)

“The Sabbath in the New Testament” (Exodus 20:8–11)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, May 6, 2018
Exodus 20:8–11 (NIV)
8“Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. 9Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns. 11For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.
1. What did the Sabbath command mean for an OT Israelite?
a. The 7th day (and uniquely the 7th day) was holy, because it was the day on which the Lord rested after Creation.b. The 7th day was a day for rest from all ordinary work and labor – from the head of society down to the lowliest animal of burden.c. The 7th day was a day of worship and community praise and sacrifice to the LORD.d. The 7th day rest was an opportunity to trust God and remember that they were ultimately dependent on him not on their own labors.e. The 7th day was a gift from God for the good of his people.f. The 7th day rest was to be shared with everyone in the land, even those not born as Israelites.g. The 7th day Sabbath was a special covenant sign given to the Nation of Israel, to specially remind them of God’s unique covenant with them separate from all the other nations on earth. As the rainbow was given to Noah and as circumcision was given to Abraham, the Sabbath was given to Israel at Sinai as a covenant sign.
2. What does the Sabbath command mean for a NT Christian?
a. When Jesus came, he rescued the Sabbath from its legalistic distortion and restored its original gracious purpose.b. When Jesus came, he was the fulfillment of the Law of Moses given at Sinai.
17“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. 18For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. (Matthew 5:17–18, NIV)
"The law and the prophets were in force until John; since then, the good news of the kingdom of God has been proclaimed, and everyone is urged to enter it. (Luke 16:16, NET)
Christ is the culmination of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes. (Romans 10:4, NIV)
For Christ has already accomplished the purpose for which the law was given. As a result, all who believe in him are made right with God. (Romans 10:4, NLT)
c. What do the apostles/NT writers say about Sabbath?
On the first day of the week we came together to break bread. Paul spoke to the people and, because he intended to leave the next day, kept on talking until midnight. (Acts 20:7, NIV)
On the first day of every week, each one of you should set aside a sum of money in keeping with your income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will have to be made. (1 Corinthians 16:2, NIV)
16 Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day. 17 These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ. (Colossians 2:16-17, NIV)
1Accept the one whose faith is weak, without quarreling over disputable matters. 2One person’s faith allows them to eat anything, but another, whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables. 3The one who eats everything must not treat with contempt the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge the one who does, for God has accepted them. 4Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? To their own master, servants stand or fall. And they will stand, for the Lord is able to make them stand. 5One person considers one day more sacred than another; another considers every day alike. Each of them should be fully convinced in their own mind. 6Whoever regards one day as special does so to the Lord. Whoever eats meat does so to the Lord, for they give thanks to God; and whoever abstains does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God. (Romans 14:1–6, NIV)
9 There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; 10 for anyone who enters God's rest also rests from their works, just as God did from his. (Hebrews 4:9-10, NIV)
3. What are the principles of the Sabbath that can still be applied today?
⦁ God is Lord of Time. The Lord is sovereign over our time.⦁ Man is to be a working people. Human beings have a responsibility to work and to use time wisely and industriously. ⦁ A time of rest is a gift of God to human beings, and regular rest should be taken (the principle of 1 day in 7 is set forth in Creation).⦁ All time should be set aside as holy to God. When Romans 14 talks about “a person regards every day alike” – this does not mean that every day is regular or profane, but rather that every day is holy for the worship of God.⦁ Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God-- this is your true and proper worship. (Romans 12:1, NIV)⦁ Sabbath teaches us to express our dependence on God and not on our self-sufficiency. This is still true today. We ultimately depend on God for our needs. Jesus, the fulfillment of the Sabbath, reminds us that we cannot depend on our works to get us to God, but rather we must rest/rely on Christ and trust his provision.

“Sabbath Rest” (Exodus 20:8–11)

“Sabbath Rest” (Exodus 20:8–11)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday PM, April 22, 2018
Exodus 20:8–11 (NIV)
8 “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping 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, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns. 11 For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.
1. The Sabbath’s Significance: What does the Sabbath mean and where did it come from?
a. Sabbath – derived from the verb šbt שׁבת – to cease/stop; be completed; to rest/celebrate.
b. Modeled in creation by God’s ceasing/resting from his creative work
“Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array. By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.” (Genesis 2:1–3, NIV)
c. Prefigured in Passover
““This is a day you are to commemorate; for the generations to come you shall celebrate it as a festival to the Lord—a lasting ordinance. For seven days you are to eat bread made without yeast. On the first day remove the yeast from your houses, for whoever eats anything with yeast in it from the first day through the seventh must be cut off from Israel. On the first day hold a sacred assembly, and another one on the seventh day. Do no work at all on these days, except to prepare food for everyone to eat; that is all you may do. “Celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread, because it was on this very day that I brought your divisions out of Egypt. Celebrate this day as a lasting ordinance for the generations to come.” (Exodus 12:14–17, NIV)
d. Granted by Redemption
“Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and that the Lord your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. Therefore the Lord your God has commanded you to observe the Sabbath day.” (Deuteronomy 5:15, NIV)
e. Practiced in the Gathering of Manna
“He said to them, “This is what the Lord commanded: ‘Tomorrow is to be a day of sabbath rest, a holy sabbath to the Lord. So bake what you want to bake and boil what you want to boil. Save whatever is left and keep it until morning.’ ” So they saved it until morning, as Moses commanded, and it did not stink or get maggots in it. “Eat it today,” Moses said, “because today is a sabbath to the Lord. You will not find any of it on the ground today. Six days you are to gather it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there will not be any.” Nevertheless, some of the people went out on the seventh day to gather it, but they found none. Then the Lord said to Moses, “How long will you refuse to keep my commands and my instructions? Bear in mind that the Lord has given you the Sabbath; that is why on the sixth day he gives you bread for two days. Everyone is to stay where they are on the seventh day; no one is to go out.” So the people rested on the seventh day.” (Exodus 16:23–30, NIV)
f. A sign of God’s special covenant with Israel
““Say to the Israelites, ‘You must observe my Sabbaths. This will be a sign between me and you for the generations to come, so you may know that I am the Lord, who makes you holy. “ ‘Observe the Sabbath, because it is holy to you. Anyone who desecrates it is to be put to death; those who do any work on that day must be cut off from their people. For six days work is to be done, but the seventh day is a day of sabbath rest, holy to the Lord. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day is to be put to death. The Israelites are to observe the Sabbath, celebrating it for the generations to come as a lasting covenant. It will be a sign between me and the Israelites forever, for in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed.’ ”” (Exodus 31:13–17, NIV)
2. The Sabbath’s Consecration: What does it mean to consecrate the Sabbath Day?
a. Set it apart as holy: separate, distinct, not treated as another normal day.
"Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy." (Exodus 20:8, NIV)
"For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy." (Exodus 20:11, NIV)
"Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done." (Genesis 2:3, NIV)
"There are six days when you may work, but the seventh day is a day of sabbath rest, a day of sacred assembly. You are not to do any work; wherever you live, it is a sabbath to the LORD." (Leviticus 23:3, NIV)
b. The consequences for desecrating the Lord’s Sabbath demonstrate its holiness.
““ ‘Observe the Sabbath, because it is holy to you. Anyone who desecrates it is to be put to death; those who do any work on that day must be cut off from their people.” (Exodus 31:14, NIV)
“For six days, work is to be done, but the seventh day shall be your holy day, a day of sabbath rest to the Lord. Whoever does any work on it is to be put to death. Do not light a fire in any of your dwellings on the Sabbath day.”” (Exodus 35:2–3, NIV)
“While the Israelites were in the wilderness, a man was found gathering wood on the Sabbath day. Those who found him gathering wood brought him to Moses and Aaron and the whole assembly, and they kept him in custody, because it was not clear what should be done to him. Then the Lord said to Moses, “The man must die. The whole assembly must stone him outside the camp.” So the assembly took him outside the camp and stoned him to death, as the Lord commanded Moses.” (Numbers 15:32–36, NIV)
c. Special Sabbaths in addition to the weekly Sabbath on the 7th day.
i. Passover (first and last days)ii. Day of Atonement
““This is to be a lasting ordinance for you: On the tenth day of the seventh month you must deny yourselves and not do any work—whether native-born or a foreigner residing among you—because on this day atonement will be made for you, to cleanse you. Then, before the Lord, you will be clean from all your sins. It is a day of sabbath rest, and you must deny yourselves; it is a lasting ordinance.” (Leviticus 16:29–31, NIV)
iii. Festival of Trumpets (Lev. 23:24–25)iv. Festival of Tabernacles (first and last days; Lev. 23:34–36)v. Sabbath years (7th year) and Jubilee year (50th year) (Lev. 25).
d. Sabbaths Reclaimed by Exile: The Lord will not be robbed of his honor by having his Sabbaths used for dishonorable and selfish purposes.
“He brought up against them the king of the Babylonians, who killed their young men with the sword in the sanctuary, and did not spare young men or young women, the elderly or the infirm. God gave them all into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar. He carried to Babylon all the articles from the temple of God, both large and small, and the treasures of the Lord’s temple and the treasures of the king and his officials. They set fire to God’s temple and broke down the wall of Jerusalem; they burned all the palaces and destroyed everything of value there. He carried into exile to Babylon the remnant, who escaped from the sword, and they became servants to him and his successors until the kingdom of Persia came to power. The land enjoyed its sabbath rests; all the time of its desolation it rested, until the seventy years were completed in fulfillment of the word of the Lord spoken by Jeremiah.” (2 Chronicles 36:17–21, NIV)
3. The Sabbath’s Remembrance: How does one remember the Sabbath?
a. By resting and doing no work – Sabbath is the day when a person suspends or ceases his normal routine of labor.
b. By refraining from buying/selling/trading with merchants on the Sabbath.
"When the neighboring peoples bring merchandise or grain to sell on the Sabbath, we will not buy from them on the Sabbath or on any holy day. Every seventh year we will forgo working the land and will cancel all debts." (Nehemiah 10:31, NIV; cf. Neh. 13)
c. By extending this rest to everyone, slave and free, even to the animals of burden. This demonstrates the social justice and mercy concerns embedded in this fourth command.d. By observing the Lord’s special festivals/feasts.e. By worshiping the Lord through the giving of weekly Sabbath sacrifices.
““ ‘On the Sabbath day, make an offering of two lambs a year old without defect, together with its drink offering and a grain offering of two-tenths of an ephah of the finest flour mixed with olive oil. This is the burnt offering for every Sabbath, in addition to the regular burnt offering and its drink offering.” (Numbers 28:9–10, NIV)
f. By worshiping the Lord in gathering together to sing his praises.
“A psalm. A song. For the Sabbath day. It is good to praise the Lord and make music to your name, O Most High, proclaiming your love in the morning and your faithfulness at night, to the music of the ten-stringed lyre and the melody of the harp. For you make me glad by your deeds, Lord; I sing for joy at what your hands have done.” (Psalm 92:title–4, NIV)
g. By not treating the Sabbath as an empty day of religious ritualism.
“Stop bringing meaningless offerings! Your incense is detestable to me. New Moons, Sabbaths and convocations— I cannot bear your worthless assemblies. Your New Moon feasts and your appointed festivals I hate with all my being. They have become a burden to me; I am weary of bearing them.” (Isaiah 1:13–14, NIV)
h. By not looking forward to the end of Sabbath so that more money can be made through commerce and work.
“Hear this, you who trample the needy and do away with the poor of the land, saying, “When will the New Moon be over that we may sell grain, and the Sabbath be ended that we may market wheat?”— skimping on the measure, boosting the price and cheating with dishonest scales, buying the poor with silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling even the sweepings with the wheat. The Lord has sworn by himself, the Pride of Jacob: “I will never forget anything they have done.” (Amos 8:4–7, NIV)
i. By taking joy in the Lord in true worship and celebration (not perfunctory or empty ritualism).
““If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath and from doing as you please on my holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight and the Lord’s holy day honorable, and if you honor it by not going your own way and not doing as you please or speaking idle words, then you will find your joy in the Lord, and I will cause you to ride in triumph on the heights of the land and to feast on the inheritance of your father Jacob.” For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.” (Isaiah 58:13–14, NIV)
The main idea of the Fourth Commandment: Celebrate God as the Creator-Redeemer on the Sabbath through rest.

“Hallowed Be Thy Name” (Exodus 20:7)

“Hallowed Be Thy Name” (Exodus 20:7)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday PM, April 15, 2018
7 "You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God, for the LORD will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name. (Exodus 20:7, NIV)
1. What’s in a Name?
2. What does it mean to “take” the name of the LORD?
3. How is the name of God taken in vain or misused?
4. What are the consequences of misusing the Name of God?
5. How should we obey this command as a NT believer?
We should live our whole lives in order to treat with honor the name of God as Jesus taught us to pray: “Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy Name.”