URC Learning » Ten Commandments http://urclearning.org Reformed Sermons, Discussion Programs & Lessons, with Audio Mon, 26 Jul 2010 06:30:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Heidelberg Catechism, Lord’s Day 43 | Liar http://urclearning.org/2010/04/05/heidelberg-catechism-lords-day-43-liar/ http://urclearning.org/2010/04/05/heidelberg-catechism-lords-day-43-liar/#comments Tue, 06 Apr 2010 04:46:17 +0000 Rev. Tom Morrison http://urclearning.org/?p=1882 In this sermon we look at the very interesting story in 1 Kings 21 to demonstrate what the ninth commandment is all about.

Scripture Lesson: 1 Kings 21

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]]> http://urclearning.org/2010/04/05/heidelberg-catechism-lords-day-43-liar/feed/ 0 Heidelberg Catechism, Lord’s Day 40 | Sixth Commandment http://urclearning.org/2010/03/14/heidelberg-catechism-lords-day-40-sixth-commandment/ http://urclearning.org/2010/03/14/heidelberg-catechism-lords-day-40-sixth-commandment/#comments Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:49:26 +0000 Rev. Tom Morrison http://urclearning.org/?p=1845 The sixth commandment requires not only that you must not kill but also that you must preserve life.

Scripture Lesson: Genesis 8:20-9:17

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]]> http://urclearning.org/2010/03/14/heidelberg-catechism-lords-day-40-sixth-commandment/feed/ 0 Heidelberg Catechism, Lord’s Day 38 | The Forth Commandment http://urclearning.org/2010/02/21/heidelberg-catechism-lords-day-38-the-forth-commandment/ http://urclearning.org/2010/02/21/heidelberg-catechism-lords-day-38-the-forth-commandment/#comments Mon, 22 Feb 2010 02:54:03 +0000 Rev. Tom Morrison http://urclearning.org/?p=1801 The motivating factor for attending church each Lord’s Day is the Gospel.

Scripture Lessons: Exodus 20:8-11; Deuteronmy 5:12-15

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]]> http://urclearning.org/2010/02/21/heidelberg-catechism-lords-day-38-the-forth-commandment/feed/ 0 Heidelberg Catechism, Lord’s Day 35 | The Regulative Principle http://urclearning.org/2010/01/10/heidelberg-catechism-lords-day-35-the-regulative-principle/ http://urclearning.org/2010/01/10/heidelberg-catechism-lords-day-35-the-regulative-principle/#comments Mon, 11 Jan 2010 03:18:55 +0000 Rev. Tom Morrison http://urclearning.org/?p=1701 You may worship God only as He has commanded because worship, by definition, is an action performed according to His instruction.

Scripture Lesson: Isaiah 66:1-4

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]]> http://urclearning.org/2010/01/10/heidelberg-catechism-lords-day-35-the-regulative-principle/feed/ 0 Heidelberg Catechism, Lord’s Day 35 | Right Worship http://urclearning.org/2010/01/04/heidelberg-catechism-lords-day-35-right-worship/ http://urclearning.org/2010/01/04/heidelberg-catechism-lords-day-35-right-worship/#comments Tue, 05 Jan 2010 03:41:47 +0000 Rev. Tom Morrison http://urclearning.org/?p=1673 The second commandment requires that you worship God rightly and not according to human convention.

Scripture Lesson: Exodus 32:1-14

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]]> http://urclearning.org/2010/01/04/heidelberg-catechism-lords-day-35-right-worship/feed/ 0 Heidelberg Catechism, Lord’s Day 34 | First Commandment http://urclearning.org/2009/12/27/heidelberg-catechism-lords-day-34-first-commandment/ http://urclearning.org/2009/12/27/heidelberg-catechism-lords-day-34-first-commandment/#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 05:14:45 +0000 Rev. Tom Morrison http://urclearning.org/?p=1665 In this sermon we examine the first commandment in the context of the other 10 commnandments, see what it requires and see how it is fulfilled in Christ.

Scripture Lesson: Isaiah 44:9-20

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]]> http://urclearning.org/2009/12/27/heidelberg-catechism-lords-day-34-first-commandment/feed/ 0 Matthew 5:27-32 | The thoughts of adultery http://urclearning.org/2009/03/16/matthew-527-32-the-thoughts-of-adultery/ http://urclearning.org/2009/03/16/matthew-527-32-the-thoughts-of-adultery/#comments Tue, 17 Mar 2009 02:14:45 +0000 Rev. Tom Morrison http://urclearning.org/?p=1023 The thoughts of adultery necessarily affect your neighbor and your God but God in Christ forgives you of this sin.

Old Testament Lesson: Jeremiah 3:6-18

]]> http://urclearning.org/2009/03/16/matthew-527-32-the-thoughts-of-adultery/feed/ 0 Matthew 5:13-20 | The Law of Gratitude http://urclearning.org/2009/03/02/matthew-513-20-the-law-of-gratitude/ http://urclearning.org/2009/03/02/matthew-513-20-the-law-of-gratitude/#comments Tue, 03 Mar 2009 05:50:49 +0000 Rev. Tom Morrison http://urclearning.org/?p=1002 You must receive the Sermon on the Mount as the Law of gratitude through the grace of Jesus Christ.

Old Testament Text: Psalm 1

]]> http://urclearning.org/2009/03/02/matthew-513-20-the-law-of-gratitude/feed/ 0 The Ten Commandments | part 13: second commandment & the regulative principle http://urclearning.org/2008/08/20/the-ten-commandments-part-13-second-commandment-the-regulative-principle/ http://urclearning.org/2008/08/20/the-ten-commandments-part-13-second-commandment-the-regulative-principle/#comments Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:17:42 +0000 URC Learning Admin http://urclearning.org/?p=702 Behind and implied by the second commandment is this “regulative principle of worship,” which is taught all throughout the Holy Scriptures. Listen to see how and where.

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]]> http://urclearning.org/2008/08/20/the-ten-commandments-part-13-second-commandment-the-regulative-principle/feed/ 0 The Ten Commandments | part 12: second commandment & the regulative principle http://urclearning.org/2008/08/12/the-ten-commandments-part-12-second-commandment-the-regulative-principle/ http://urclearning.org/2008/08/12/the-ten-commandments-part-12-second-commandment-the-regulative-principle/#comments Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:58:39 +0000 URC Learning Admin http://urclearning.org/?p=679 Though the “regulative principle of worship” may be an odd or unfamiliar phrase, we hope you’ll come to undertsand and accept it as a good label for the second commandment’s authoritative import regarding worship.

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]]> http://urclearning.org/2008/08/12/the-ten-commandments-part-12-second-commandment-the-regulative-principle/feed/ 0 The Ten Commandments | part 11: second commandment & images http://urclearning.org/2008/08/01/the-ten-commandments-part-11-second-commandment-images/ http://urclearning.org/2008/08/01/the-ten-commandments-part-11-second-commandment-images/#comments Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:05:23 +0000 URC Learning Admin http://urclearning.org/?p=674 The Jesus statues and crucifixes of the Roman Catholics, and the Jesus pictures in children’s Bibles of the Evangelicals, are a testimony to our thinking we are wiser than God. We are trying to re-make Jesus in our own image in gross violation of the second commandment.

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]]> http://urclearning.org/2008/08/01/the-ten-commandments-part-11-second-commandment-images/feed/ 0 The Ten Commandments | part 10: second commandment http://urclearning.org/2008/07/15/the-ten-commandments-part-10-second-commandment/ http://urclearning.org/2008/07/15/the-ten-commandments-part-10-second-commandment/#comments Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:26:14 +0000 URC Learning Admin http://urclearning.org/?p=664 The first commandment forbids worship of any false god, and now the second commandment forbids any false worship of the true God. This distinction lays the foundation for the practical application of the second commandment in our lives.

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]]> http://urclearning.org/2008/07/15/the-ten-commandments-part-10-second-commandment/feed/ 0 The Ten Commandments | part 9: first commandment http://urclearning.org/2008/07/09/the-ten-commandments-part-9-first-commandment/ http://urclearning.org/2008/07/09/the-ten-commandments-part-9-first-commandment/#comments Wed, 09 Jul 2008 23:15:51 +0000 URC Learning Admin http://urclearning.org/?p=659 At last, the commandments. God requires in the first commandment not only that He be exclusively acknowledged, but also that we give all of our very selves to Him alone.

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]]> http://urclearning.org/2008/07/09/the-ten-commandments-part-9-first-commandment/feed/ 4 The Ten Commandments | part 8: the two tables http://urclearning.org/2008/06/23/the-ten-commandments-part-8-the-two-tables/ http://urclearning.org/2008/06/23/the-ten-commandments-part-8-the-two-tables/#comments Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:04:53 +0000 URC Learning Admin http://urclearning.org/?p=651 So what was engraved on each of the two tablets that God gave to Moses? How they answered that question in Sunday School might have distracted you from some important ways to understand and apply the ten commandments properly.

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]]> http://urclearning.org/2008/06/23/the-ten-commandments-part-8-the-two-tables/feed/ 0 The Ten Commandments | part 7: the third use http://urclearning.org/2008/05/13/the-ten-commandments-part-7-the-third-use/ http://urclearning.org/2008/05/13/the-ten-commandments-part-7-the-third-use/#comments Tue, 13 May 2008 18:48:09 +0000 URC Learning Admin http://urclearning.org/?p=623 So how should you thank God for saving your body and soul? The right way is to obey His holy laws. The wrong way is to exert yourself in obedience to easier substitutes. As we come closer to the Ten Commandments themselves, be prepared, in light of the gospel, to obey them no matter how difficult the task.

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]]> http://urclearning.org/2008/05/13/the-ten-commandments-part-7-the-third-use/feed/ 0 The Ten Commandments | part 6: the second use http://urclearning.org/2008/04/25/the-ten-commandments-part-6-the-second-use/ http://urclearning.org/2008/04/25/the-ten-commandments-part-6-the-second-use/#comments Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:54:10 +0000 URC Learning Admin http://urclearning.org/?p=614 The second “table” of the Ten Commandments is an objective standard for civil order and righteousness. Its principles are reflected among every people group, even among those who deny that the Ten Commandments are from God. Any society in gross violation of the second table is inevitably a cesspool of immorality.

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]]> http://urclearning.org/2008/04/25/the-ten-commandments-part-6-the-second-use/feed/ 1 The Ten Commandments | part 5: the first use for Christians http://urclearning.org/2008/04/16/the-ten-commandments-part-5-the-first-use-for-christians/ http://urclearning.org/2008/04/16/the-ten-commandments-part-5-the-first-use-for-christians/#comments Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:51:34 +0000 URC Learning Admin http://urclearning.org/?p=613 Last time we talked about the law thrashing unbelievers and driving them to see their need for Jesus Christ. This time we talk about how the law ought to do the same thing for Christians.

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]]> http://urclearning.org/2008/04/16/the-ten-commandments-part-5-the-first-use-for-christians/feed/ 0 The Ten Commandments | part 4: the first use of the law http://urclearning.org/2008/04/03/the-ten-commandments-part-4-the-first-use-of-the-law/ http://urclearning.org/2008/04/03/the-ten-commandments-part-4-the-first-use-of-the-law/#comments Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:46:14 +0000 URC Learning Admin http://urclearning.org/2008/04/03/the-ten-commandments-part-4-the-first-use-of-the-law/ The first way to apply the Ten Commandments to your life is to let them show you, one by one, how you have failed to keep them. This uncomfortable exercise is necessary for you to see your need for Jesus Christ and appreciate the magnitude of what He has done.

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]]> http://urclearning.org/2008/04/03/the-ten-commandments-part-4-the-first-use-of-the-law/feed/ 0 The Ten Commandments | part 3: more basic principles http://urclearning.org/2008/03/25/the-ten-commandments-part-3-more-basic-principles/ http://urclearning.org/2008/03/25/the-ten-commandments-part-3-more-basic-principles/#comments Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:52:25 +0000 URC Learning Admin http://urclearning.org/2008/03/25/the-ten-commandments-part-3-more-basic-principles/ New Covenant Christians must understand the Ten Commandments and apply them to their lives. Concerning both internal and external purity, the Ten Commandments encompass all areas of life, and command the opposite of what they forbid.

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]]> http://urclearning.org/2008/03/25/the-ten-commandments-part-3-more-basic-principles/feed/ 0 The Ten Commandments | part 2: law and covenant http://urclearning.org/2008/03/17/the-ten-commandments-part-2-law-and-covenant/ http://urclearning.org/2008/03/17/the-ten-commandments-part-2-law-and-covenant/#comments Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:27:17 +0000 URC Learning Admin http://urclearning.org/2008/03/17/the-ten-commandments-part-2-law-and-covenant/ Knowing which commands God wants you to follow is not as easy as just flipping open the Bible and doing the first thing you read. God always gives His commands (laws) to people in the context of different covenants. If you get this, you’ll be ready to apply any of His laws in the Bible to your life in the right way, and not in some freakish, base way.

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]]> http://urclearning.org/2008/03/17/the-ten-commandments-part-2-law-and-covenant/feed/ 2 The Ten Commandments | part 1: the law/gospel contrast http://urclearning.org/2008/03/08/the-ten-commandments-part-1-the-lawgospel-contrast/ http://urclearning.org/2008/03/08/the-ten-commandments-part-1-the-lawgospel-contrast/#comments Sat, 08 Mar 2008 20:47:41 +0000 URC Learning Admin http://urclearning.org/2008/03/08/the-ten-commandments-part-1-the-lawgospel-contrast/ The Ten Commandments are big news. Someone is always complaining they are being ignored or abused. Churches fight over whether they even matter today. But you can’t begin to understand and apply the Ten Commandments unless you know and believe the law/gospel contrast.

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]]> http://urclearning.org/2008/03/08/the-ten-commandments-part-1-the-lawgospel-contrast/feed/ 2 Exodus 32 | The Golden Calf http://urclearning.org/2007/09/24/exodus-32-the-golden-calf/ http://urclearning.org/2007/09/24/exodus-32-the-golden-calf/#comments Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:36:05 +0000 Rev. Tom Morrison http://start.urclearning.org/2007/09/24/exodus-32-the-golden-calf/ LISTEN BY CLICKING HERE (32:32)

The people of Israel broke the first commandment when they used the golden calf in their worship. But they also broke the second commandment, which prohibits making images of God. After all, Aaron pronounced that the next day after he created the golden calf they would have a festival to Yahweh. The golden calf was incorporated into their worship of Yahweh. Many churches do the same thing today when they worship the right God in the wrong way. In this story you learn that Israel is saved because of Moses’ mediation on their behalf. His mediation foreshadows Christ’s mediation for His people who have the same impulse to worship God wrongly.

Sermon text: Exodus 32
New Testament Reading: Hebrews 10:19-25

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Many people argue that the Ten Commandments should be posted in our schools and courtrooms. But how many of these same people understand the covenantal context of the Ten Commandments? Several biblical texts speak of the commandments as the “ten words,” which are the “words of the covenant” (Ex. 34:28). The commandments understood in the context of a covenant tell you that they are not just abstract laws for society but God’s binding law. That law demands what no person can do except Christ: love God and neighbor perfectly.

Sermon Text: Exodus 20:1-17
New Testament Text: Romans 8:1-11

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