In 1956, at the New York opening of the film The Ten Commandments, Cecil B. DeMille stated: The Ten Commandments are not the laws. They are THE LAW. Man has made 32 million laws since the Commandments were handed down to Moses on Mount Sinai more than three thousand years ago, but he has never improved on God’s law. The Ten Commandments are the principles by which man may live with God and man may live with man. They are the expressions of the mind of God for His creatures. They are the charter and guide of human liberty, for there can be no liberty without the law.… The first four commandments concern how we relate to God. The last six commandments concern how we relate to our neighbor. Yet, both the first and second commandments are twin commandments, as the second expands on the topic of the first commandment – how we ought not to have other gods in practice. This week, I’d like us to consider ‘why’ we ought to put God first. Next week, I’d like us to look in more detail at how we ought to do this in practice. We should put God first, because that is how he is best glorified in our lives, and it is how we are most blessed too. Put God first – because he is God Put God first – because he is our God Put God first – because it is right to do so. Exodus 20:1-3