Sermon Series: The Good Law and The Good Life
Sermon Text: Exodus 20:1-3
Sermon Title: “Our God: Both Savior and Lord”
Sermon Slides:
SLIDE 1 – Sermon Title SlideSLIDE 2 – Today’s Big Idea: God is Both our Personal Savior And Our Personal Lord. It’s Not Either/Or … It’s Both/And.
SLIDE 3 – Point 1: God is Personal … Because He Speaks (20:1)SLIDE 4 – Romans 1:20 – “For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived … in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.”SLIDE 5 – Romans 7:14 – “For we know that the law is spiritual.”SLIDE 6 – Psalm 19:7 – “The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul.”SLIDE 7 – Deuteronomy 5:22 – “These words the Lord spoke to all your assembly at the mountain … he added no more.”SLIDE 8 – Exodus 31:18 – “And he gave to Moses, when he had finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, the two tablets of the testimony, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God.”SLIDE 9 – Insert a Copy of Sermon Point #1 SlideSLIDE 10 – “A low view of God’s Law always brings legalism [and lawlessness] … but a high view of God’s Law makes a man a seeker after grace.” – J. Gresham Machen (1881-1937)SLIDE 11 – Ephesians 2:8-9 – “For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.”
SLIDE 12 – Point 2: God is Personal Savior … Because He Redeems (20:2)SLIDE 13 – “It is extremely important to remember that the Law of Moses was given to a redeemed people … not to redeem a people.” – J. Dwight Pentecost (1915-2014)SLIDE 14 – “Q. What is God? A. “God is a Spirit, infinite, eternal, and unchangeable, in his being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness, and truth.” – WCF Shorter Catechism, Q&A #4SLIDE 15 – Exodus 6:2-4 – “God spoke to Moses and said to him, ‘I am the Lord. I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty, but by my name the Lord I did not make myself known to them. I also established my covenant with them …”SLIDE 16 – Psalm 25:14 – “The friendship of the Lord is for those who fear him, and he makes known to them his covenant.”SLIDE 17 – Insert a Copy of Sermon Point #2 Slide
SLIDE 18 – Point 3: God is Personal Savior and Lord … Because He Rules(20:3)
SLIDE 19 – Four Uses of This Sermon for “The Good Life”SLIDE 20 – God Doesn’t “Lord It” Over Us … Let’s Submit Ourselves to Him.SLIDE 21 – God Opens His Heart to Us, So Pour Out Your Heart to Him.SLIDE 22 – As Children Under Our Father’s Roof … We Must Be Teachable.SLIDE 23 – “There can be no progress in Divine things until there is the personal recognition that God is Supreme, that He is to be feared and revered, that He is to be owned and served as Lord.” – A.W. Pink (1886-1952)SLIDE 24 – Live for God's Smile... Don't Worry About People's Frowns.SLIDE 25 - Even if You Have Blown It, God Still Loves You... Just Come Home.