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Speaker 1: the Chapter a Day Audio Bible, and it's an eight

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Speaker 1: So I hope you enjoy it. Again, it's a daily

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Speaker 1: So that being said, let's jump into today's bonus and

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Speaker 1: sample episode of the Chapter a Day Bible Study. I

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Speaker 1: hope you enjoy it. You're listening to the chapter a

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Speaker 1: day Bible study. I'm John Stogy, and today we're in

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Speaker 1: Exodus twenty the Ten Commandments Here at Mount Sinai. Exodus

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Speaker 1: twenty gives us one of the most familiar passages in

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Speaker 1: all of Scripture, the Ten Commandments. God has already rescued

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Speaker 1: Israel from slavery. He's already shown his power, provision, and faithfulness,

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Speaker 1: and now he speaks not to earn their salvation, but

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Speaker 1: to shape a redeemed people into a holy nation that

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Speaker 1: reflects his character. The chapter opens with a reminder of

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Speaker 1: great before responsibility. God says, I am the Lord, your God,

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Speaker 1: who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out

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Speaker 1: of the house of slavery. We see that in verse two,

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Speaker 1: before a single command is given, God reminds his people

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Speaker 1: who he is and what he's done. Obedience flows from relationship.

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Speaker 1: God doesn't say if you obey, I'll rescue you. He says,

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Speaker 1: I rescued you, so now live as my people. I

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Speaker 1: don't know if you've ever noticed this, but I want

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Speaker 1: to highlight this because I think it's consequential. The first

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Speaker 1: four commandments focus on our relationship with God. In verse three,

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Speaker 1: we read you shall have no other gods before me.

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Speaker 1: Israel was surrounded by nations with many gods, but the

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Speaker 1: Lord makes it clear that divided loyalty isn't acceptable. God

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Speaker 1: alone deserves worship, and he follows this by forbidding idols,

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Speaker 1: warning that created things can never replace the Creator. And

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Speaker 1: then he addresses how his name is to be treated,

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Speaker 1: calling his people to honor him in speech and life.

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Speaker 1: Then finally he commands rest, setting apart the Sabbath as

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Speaker 1: a reminder that life isn't sustained by endless labor, but

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Speaker 1: by trust in God's provision. Now the remaining commandments, the

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Speaker 1: other six. They address how redeemed people are meant to

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Speaker 1: treat one another. Honor for parents comes first, reminding Israel

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Speaker 1: that respect for authority begins in the home, and then

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Speaker 1: come clear boundaries for life and relationships. You shall not murder,

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Speaker 1: you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, you

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Speaker 1: shall not bear false witness. These commands protect life, faithfulness, property,

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Speaker 1: and truth. And the final command goes deeper than behavior

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Speaker 1: and addresses the heart itself. You shall not covet. God

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Speaker 1: isn't only concerned with outward actions. He cares about inner desires.

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Speaker 1: And when the people hear God speak, they're afraid. Thunder

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Speaker 1: Lightning and the sound of the trumpet fill the mountain.

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Speaker 1: The people stand at a distance and ask Moses to

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Speaker 1: speak to them. Instead, Moses reassures them, saying, do not fear,

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Speaker 1: for God has come to test you, that the fear

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Speaker 1: of Him may be before you, that you may not sin.

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Speaker 1: We see that in verse twenty. God's presence reveals both

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Speaker 1: his holiness and their need for reverent trust. Exodus twenty

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Speaker 1: points us clearly toward Jesus. The law reveals God's righteous standard,

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Speaker 1: but it also reveals our inability to keep it perfectly.

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Speaker 1: Every command exposes how easily hearts wander, desires, drift, and

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Speaker 1: obedience fails. The law doesn't exist to save, but to

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Speaker 1: show us our need for a savior, and Jesus fulfills

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Speaker 1: the law in every way. He perfectly loved God with

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Speaker 1: all his heart, soul, mind, and strength. He perfectly loved

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Speaker 1: his neighbor as himself. Where Israel failed, Jesus remained faithful.

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Speaker 1: Where we fall short, he stands complete. He didn't come

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Speaker 1: to abolish the law, but to fulfill it. He actually

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Speaker 1: said that in Matthew Chapter five, verse seventeen. Through his life, death,

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Speaker 1: and resurrection, he accomplished what we never could. Jesus also

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Speaker 1: deepened our understanding of the commandments. He taught that anger

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Speaker 1: carries the seeds of murder and that lust reveals adultery

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Speaker 1: in the heart. We see this in Matthew chapter five,

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Speaker 1: which is part of his sermon on the mount He

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Speaker 1: showed that obedience isn't just external compliance, but inward transformation,

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Speaker 1: and that transformation is only possible through the grace of God.

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Speaker 1: At Sinai, the people needed a mediator, and Moses stepped

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Speaker 1: people stayed back, while in Jesus were given a far

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Speaker 1: greater mediator. We mentioned this yesterday as well. He brings

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Speaker 1: us near to God, not through fear, but through faith.

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Speaker 1: And again the Book of Hebrews reminds us that we

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Speaker 1: don't come to a trembling mountain, but to Jesus, the

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Speaker 1: mediator of a new covenant. Now, the Ten Commandments still matter.

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Speaker 1: They reveal God's character, they reveal his priorities, and they

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Speaker 1: also reveal his design for human flourishing. But they also

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Speaker 1: remind us that righteousness doesn't come through rule keeping. It

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Speaker 1: comes through relationship with Christ. When we belong to him,

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Speaker 1: obedience becomes a response of love, not an attempt to

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Speaker 1: earn approval. Exodus twenty invites us to examine both our

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Speaker 1: actions and our hearts. It calls us to worship God alone,

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Speaker 1: to honor his name, to rest in his provision, and

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Speaker 1: to love others with integrity and truth. And it points

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Speaker 1: us to Jesus, the one who kept the law perfectly,

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Speaker 1: and offers us forgiveness, freedom, and new life through faith

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Speaker 1: in him. Because of Jesus, the law, no law longer

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Speaker 1: stands over us as condemnation. Instead, it guides us as

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Speaker 1: a redeemed people who've been brought out of slavery and

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