Proposition- The Fourth Commandment requires that you cease worldly employments but be diligent in public and private exercises of God's worship every Sunday.----Sermon Outline---I. The duties that God requires in the Fourth Commandment -v. 8-10a-.--II. The sins that God forbids in the Fourth Commandment -v. 10b-.--III. The reasons that God gives for you to obey Fourth Commandment -v. 11-.

Proposition- God manifests His glory and goodness by His name, so carefully honor it and call upon Him in faith.--Sermon Outline--I. The sins forbidden in the Third Commandment.-II. The duties required in the Third Commandment.-III. The incentives provided in the Third Commandment.--Please take a moment to reflect upon the Third Commandment in Exodus 20-7-- You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.--God's name is holy and He is grieved when His name is used as an expletive or frivolously or in falsehood. We as His people must be those who show due honor to His name.

Proposition- -Part II- In the Second Commandment, God requires worship only as He prescribed in His Word and promises abundant blessings for obedience.----Sermon Outline----Part II---I. The duties required in the Second Commandment -v. 4-5a-.--II. The blessings promised in the Second Commandment -v. 5b-6-.----Also, for this series on the Ten Commandments, the Westminster Larger Catechism is an excellent resource -LC questions 98-148-.

Proposition--Part I- In the Second Commandment, God forbids image worship or any way He has not prescribed and threatens judgment for disobedience.--Sermon Outline--Part I--I. The sins prohibited in the Second Commandment -v. 4-5a-.-II. The judgments threatened in the Second Commandment -v. 5b-6-.--Also, for this series on the Ten Commandments, the Westminster Larger Catechism is an excellent resource -LC questions 98-148-.

Proposition- The First Commandment requires that you love God with all your being and that you worship Him alone.----Sermon Outline-----I. The duties required in the First Commandment.--II. The sins forbidden in the First Commandment.

Proposition- By God's grace in Jesus Christ, you are His children and have fellowship with other Christians despite barriers between men.--Sermon Outline--I. The REALITY of fellowship in the name of Jesus Christ -v. 21-22-.-II. The BASIS of fellowship in the name of Jesus Christ -v. 23-.

Proposition- God who is exceedingly generous promises you abundant returns when you emulate Him and give cheerfully by faith.--Sermon Outline--I. God delights in generosity -v. 14-16-.-II. God rewards generosity -v. 17-.-III. The faith required in generosity -v. 18-19-.-IV. The end goal of generosity -v. 20-.

Proposition- Your contentment rests not on favorable circumstances but on God's providential care, for He makes all grace abound to you.--Sermon Outline--I. Contentment's confidence- God providentially controls all things -v. 10--II. Contentment's relevance- your contentment is independent of your circumstances -v. 11-12-.-III. Contentment's secret- your lack is satisfied by God's supremacy -v. 13-.

Proposition- The Lord commands you to think His thoughts after Him and practice them, and He promises you His comforting presence.--Sermon Outline--I. Your duty to think God's thoughts after Him -v. 8-.-II. Your duty to put into practice such thoughts -v. 9a-.-III. God promises His comforting presence to you who obey -v. 9b-.

Proposition- Conversion consists of forsaking your sins so that you might receive and rest upon Christ alone for your salvation.--Sermon Outline--I. Turning away from sinful ways and false gods.-II. Turning towards the living and true God.-A. Your realizations about God.-B. Your responses to God.