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commandment

Said 341 times, in 106 of 378 sermons, across 28 Sundays. Spoken as 2 forms: commandments 218, commandment 123.

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Romans 247 77
Let Us 36 11

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God's perfect standard laid out in the Bible. And we see the commandments of God. And then we take our life and we compare it for just
nt. Even if you were to compare my life for one hour to God's commandments , I would still be guilty. And so would you of sin. And if you
ey are carefree. They are unconcerned. They don't regard your commandments . They mock you. They say, where's God? Like God's going to do
ther it's really worth it to live in radical obedience to the commandment of Christ. The writer says, but as for me, I almost fell. It
ssed people. And so he gives Moses these things called the 10 commandments . And they're called to follow those things, some different la
of God in Christ Jesus for you. This is arguably the hardest commandment in all the Bible. Truthfully, for me, maybe not for you, for
you will. All has been heard. He says, Fear God and keep His commandments . That's his conclusion. That's where he lands. Fear God and k
his conclusion. That's where he lands. Fear God and keep His commandments . For this, this is the whole duty of man. Going on from there
Prince of Egypt Disney movie probably, but Moses, or the Ten Commandments movie that you've seen on TV, Moses was a great leader for th
The rest of verse one says this, who greatly delights in his commandments . See, I believe godliness leads to delighting in his ways, in
Lord, you come to delight in his word, in his way to hear his commandments and to trust them. I think it's funny that we like we scoff a
t we like we scoff at people in the world who don't trust the commandments of the Lord. Why? Why would they? They don't know God. Why wo
ould they? They don't know God. Why would they delight in his commandments ? They don't know them. They can't understand them. We only un
know them. They can't understand them. We only understand the commandments of the Lord because of who God is. I have a really silly illu
God. What does that look like? One who greatly divides in his commandments . Verse two and three, his offspring will be mighty in the lan
d us to holiness. This is what will lead us to delight in his commandments . This is what will lead us to delight in him. This is what wi
ed is the man who fears the Lord, who greatly delights in his commandments . His offspring will be mighty in the land. The generation of
ed is the man who fears the Lord, who greatly delights in his commandments . You may read this at surface level and think, oh my goodness
y life. And then the rest of verse one, and I delight in your commandments . I delight in your word. I delight, if you want to take it on
rding to the end of verse one, from delighting greatly in his commandments . Do you delight greatly in the commandments of God? This is t
ng greatly in his commandments. Do you delight greatly in the commandments of God? This is the thing that the unsaved person hates most,
God's authority over us. The unsaved person thinks that God's commandments are restrictive. God's commandments are not restrictive. They
, who thinks rightly about him, who delights greatly in God's commandments , their righteousness, which has been given to them by the Lor
Lord. Okay. It goes on and says, who greatly delights in His commandments . Okay. So first of all, we have to understand that happiness
he end of the matter all has been heard fear God and keep his commandments for this is the whole duty of man what is the purpose of our
rful and we're following the Lord and we're delighting in his commandments , we're reflecting God into this world. That's who, what we're
? You know who he is. You fear him. Are you delighting in his commandments ?
is the man who fears the Lord and who greatly delights in his commandments . Pay attention to verses 2 through 9. His offspring will be m
ed is the man who fears the Lord, who greatly delights in his commandment . That's the answer. Shortest message ever, right? You guys ar
ord. But yet here it says fear in the Lord and delight in his commandments . How do I fear God yet delight in him? They seem like they sh
n who walks in and is in fear of the Lord and delights in his commandments . So today we're going to examine and we're going to really wr
ribes the person, the fruit of the person who delights in his commandments . But what Psalms 111 describes is the actual God that this pe
thful and just all of his precepts his instructions his words commandments they are trustworthy all of them because they are established
nd when we see the instructions given to us for our life, the commandments of God, with surrender, we say, God, you're better than I am.
Lord in the right manner. Man, I have always delighted in his commandments . Always. All of them. None of us can say that. I've always, a
ut you also recognize his goodness and you can delight in his commandments . Let's pray. Heavenly Father, thank you so much for this psal
less this man who fears the Lord. Who greatly delights in his commandments . And I thought, man, what does it mean to delight in the comm
t. The one who follows God. Blessed is he who delights in his commandments and fears in the Lord. And there's a progression in the book,
to focus on that as well. And so why should we delight in the commandments of the Lord? Because they bring life. They bring life. I got
h our God, there is always hope. That's why we delight in his commandments . Because with God, there is always hope. And it's a hope that
ed is the man who fears the Lord, who greatly delights in his commandments . His offspring will be mighty in the land. The generation of
ed is the man who fears the Lord, who greatly delights in his commandments . That's the characteristic. That's the actions of someone who
od values. Why? Because we look and we say, if God values his commandments so much that he determined that's what he's going to communic
se things are of chief importance. Those are my riches is his commandments . Jump down to verse four, light dawns in the darkness for the
uses in verse one, where he says, who greatly delights in his commandments . It reminds me of Psalm 100, one that we skipped over. Hope w
e two conditions, fearing the Lord, greatly delighting in his commandments , can only be brought about by knowing Jesus Christ. Christ, o
Christ, then we can fear the Lord, and greatly delight in his commandments . Then these blessings apply to us because they are secured in
t that comes from fearing the Lord, greatly delighting in his commandments , being changed by the gospel of Jesus Christ. Now in verse 3,
ovies or Prince of Egypt or maybe the really old one, the Ten Commandments with Charlton Heston, the one that had the two VHS tapes. Any
mists don't go to, but as part of this, Moses is given the 10 commandments , right? This is all part of the Exodus, and it all points to
veryone who was bitter in soul gathered to him. And he became commandment . And there were with him about 400 men. Now I want you to mar
ty. Psalms 150 ends and starts with and has every aspect of a commandment given in it. And that commandment is to praise the Lord. I do
h and has every aspect of a commandment given in it. And that commandment is to praise the Lord. I don't think this is an accident. I d
is done just flippantly. I think Psalms 150 is giving us this commandment to praise the Lord. Not because, oh, you're at the end of the
ured out. We gave you all the answers. So now you can do this commandment . No, I don't think that's why Psalms 150 gives us a commandme
mmandment. No, I don't think that's why Psalms 150 gives us a commandment . The struggles are still there. The burdens are still there.

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the Old Testament scriptures, they were shadow Moses and the commandments the prophets the temple. And sacrifices all of it was just a
ou. Now, let me give you an example of this right? So the Ten Commandments the Ten Commandments are not the main thing. They are not the
you an example of this right? So the Ten Commandments the Ten Commandments are not the main thing. They are not the rule to live by in l
e rule. Of the reality of this. If you try to live by the Ten Commandments , you're going to fail, right? The Ten Commandments prove that
by the Ten Commandments, you're going to fail, right? The Ten Commandments prove that we as people can't even live faithfully by just te
st ten commands. Every person in this room has broken the Ten Commandments . And if you think you haven't you just lied. And so now you b
ou haven't you just lied. And so now you broke one of the Ten Commandments again. You just did it again. You just proved your own point.
You just proved your own point. Okay. So the point of the Ten Commandments is to show you that you can't and that you need a Savior shad
the was a thing called the ark of the covenant it had the ten commandments in covenant it had the ten commandments in covenant it had th
venant it had the ten commandments in covenant it had the ten commandments in covenant it had the ten commandments in it and it had a st
venant it had the ten commandments in covenant it had the ten commandments in it and it had a staff aaron's staff as it and it had a sta
ff as it and it had a staff aaron's staff as well but the ten commandments were in well but the ten commandments were in well but the te
aff as well but the ten commandments were in well but the ten commandments were in well but the ten commandments were in there but here'
ere in well but the ten commandments were in well but the ten commandments were in there but here's the important thing there but here's
the next seven weeks, this new series, there are seven let us commandments in the book of Hebrews. Seven let us commandments. And I want
even let us commandments in the book of Hebrews. Seven let us commandments . And I want to just start by kind of getting your mind rollin
ng your mind rolling in these let us statements, these let us commandments . So I'm going to take you through the next seven weeks in abo
have been. Studying this. Let us, this is these, these let us commandments have really been important to me over the last. I will tell y
r the last four years, I've been working through these let us commandments . And so as a church, we're excited, the river church, we're g
e're going to walk through the next seven weeks. These let us commandments . And so we try to help. We have devotionals, we have a book,
, and we'll dive into Hebrews 19 and look at the first let us commandment . Lord God, thanks for this morning. Thank you for our church.
I pray that you would consider what the us means, what these commandments really mean. Or a few months ago, there was this younger coup
t you want. No, this is what the Lord calls us. To the let us commandment . So I just want to challenge you this morning. If you know th
e what I should be I have broken your laws I have broken your commandments I am unholy and here's the thing when you call out to God wit
eaders of this letter, they had grown up with the law, the 10 commandments and the 600 plus laws that God gave to Moses. They grew up wi
a new series. It's called Let Us. And looking at seven Let Us commandments in the book of Hebrews. Seven Let Us statements that really c
her together and going back to these let us statements, these commandments the Lord gives us, this is vital. What is the church? This ga
ey were challenging him and they ask him, what's the greatest commandment ? And Jesus gives what we know is the great commandment. They'
eatest commandment? And Jesus gives what we know is the great commandment . They're the first and the second. Jesus said, you shall love
your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment . And then Jesus goes beyond. He says, and the second is like
And the basis of this passage is really the exhortation, the commandment really. To stop neglecting meeting with one another as is the
. Sometimes it's about family. Typically about changing moral commandments . In order to fit today's desires. But here's the thing my fri

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that you have done wrong. I know that you have broken the 10 commandments . Each one of us here tonight can at least come to that truth.

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this hope in the Lord. And last week, we looked at the Let Us commandment of let us stir one another to love and good works. Maybe this
f, so that you may not grow weary or faint-hearted. Here, the commandment to run. Again, this beautiful figurative language. One commen
Mount Sinai and Moses heads up to receive. The law or the 10 commandments , ultimately the law from God there at this mountain and you c
e to this place is where God originally gave the law, the Ten Commandments specifically, to Moses in Exodus 19 to 20, and he references

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estament passages that speak of when we love God, we obey his commandments . In fact, the very vision of this church is rooted on this co
ake care lest you forget the Lord your God by not keeping his commandments and his rules and his statutes which I have commanded you tod
many, many times over, says if you love me, you will keep my commandments . So what's a hater of God? Someone that doesn't love God is s
k, "Listen, I've got the law. I haven't broken any of the Ten Commandments . I'm good. I'm in the church. I know what the Bible says. I'm
gious people, on the fact that you were given God's righteous commandments from the law, and that's what makes you think you're superior
oughts accuse or even excuse them. So people who have the Ten Commandments and then the Mosaic law can look and go, okay, I'm supposed t

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