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Today's Bible Translation

Bible translation used in today's episode: Ch. 17-19 NLV; Ch. 20 NASB

Associate Producer

Jørn Rune Reinertsen

Podcast Introduction

Today is the Law Monday, and we’ll read Exodus 17-20. The show title is ˆFear Not.”

Design: Jason Paschall | Background: Ignitermedia.com

Comments on Exodus 20

Let’s focus on verse 2 of chapter 20, which says, “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.”

God spoke these words, and the entire Ten Commandments, to Moses, who was to take them to the people. And God Himself wrote these 10 laws on two stone tablets. It was not Moses who wrote on the tablets, it was God.

Let’s break this sentence down, shall we? There is a tremendous amount of information that we can glean from these words.

"I am the Lord your God…” God is asserting his authority, his right, to establish the Law to which you must be bound. The reason you must be obedient to this Law is that 1) God is the Lord, Jehovah, self-existent, independent, eternal, and the source of everything that is. Therefore, He has the absolute right to rule. 2) He was their God, in covenant, or agreement with them. They agreed to this arrangement. 

“...who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.” Therefore they were bound to obey Him out of gratitude, because He delivered them out of terrible slavery into a liberty they had never known. He redeemed them, and in doing so He had even greater right to rule them. They owed Him their service, their very lives. 

Jesus redeemed us, beloved. And we owe Him our lives, and our service, as well. He freed us from the bondage of sin and death. Out of gratitude and love, we owe Him our very best in all we do. 

The relationship we have with God through Christ is not the same as the one established on Mount Sinai. The people were terrified when they heard the thunder and saw the smoke. They told Moses that they did not want to face God. But Jesus said in John 15:15, “I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master's business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.” And in Mark chapter 3 Jesus said we are his brothers, if we do God’s will.

Beloved, if we follow Jesus, God is not a God to be terrified of like the children of Israel were when they heard the thunder and saw the smoke at Mount Sinai. Yes, we should have a healthy respect and awe, but not the kind of terror that comes from the uncertainty of an irrational, unreasonable, unpredictable force. God can be surprising, but He has revealed Himself to us through His Word, and we know above all, that He is love, according to 1 John 4:8.

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Steve Webb 0:00I have called you friends.

Steve Webb 0:09Coming to you from Riverside, California, this is the Lifespring! One Year Bible, and podcasting since 2004, I'm your OG Godcaster, Steve Webb. This is the daily podcast where we're reading through the entire Bible in a year and it's The Law Monday. We'll read Exodus 17 through 20. And I'm calling today's episode "Fear Not." After the reading and my thoughts on the reading. I've got a couple of comments to share with you today. But before we read, let's pray. Our heavenly Father, how we thank you again for our time together around your Word and we ask, Lord, that you bless this time. Teach us, touch our hearts, and show us how we can apply today's reading to our lives today. I pray this in Jesus' name. Amen. All right, are you ready to begin? Let's go.