The fear of God will be with you to keep you from sinning

Exodus 20:18-26

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.

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."

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites this: ‘You have seen for yourselves that I have spoken to you from heaven: Do not make any gods to be alongside me; do not make for yourselves gods of silver or gods of gold.

Wherever I cause my name to be honored, I will come to you and bless you. 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. And do not go up to my altar on steps, or your private parts may be exposed.

Written on stone tablets, preserved in the Ark of the Covenant, these ten 'words' were the basis of Israel's law.

This section is known as 'the book of the covenant'

This is the oldest record we have of Jewish law. It consists of 'judgments' case-laws - and statutes, straightforward commands, Although similar in form to other ancient law codes of Western Asia, the Jewish code has several distinctive features.

Why?

Fear the Lord is the basic altitude to serve the Lord when we fear the Lord may keep us from sinning.

Wherever I cause my name to be honored, I will come to you and bless you. This is the basic of blessing from the Lord. Honor the holy name of the Lord is our mission in the world.

Do not make any gods to be alongside me, this emphasized that the Lord hates his people serve other gods or beside Him.

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稍為約書：對於十誡的進一步解釋。

百姓害怕看到神，敬畏不該是害怕：敬畏是謹慎、專心。害怕是恐懼、擔心、以至遠離。

不可做：敬拜其他任何神，可以做： 為主建壇，獻祭。

沒有任何受造之物可以和神相配，相比美。

妄稱耶和華的名：有需要時用神的名行事，發誓，自己卻做不到。

我們來教會，有人喜歡坐後面，隨便穿，遲到。這樣子不能說錯，但是要思想我們是以誰為大，只考量自己的方便嗎？只想到自己輕鬆點，卻已經得罪神了。也許不是我們有意的，但是我們的習慣常常不知不覺中得罪神了。

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How?

Fear the Lord and honor the Holy Name of the Lord is my responsibility in my life. For God has blessed me many times.