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Sermons by Glenn Peterson

No Stealing

Scripture: Exodus 20:1-15 I. You don’t steal because you are a steward. A. God cares a lot about personal possessions. The eighth commandment assumes the right to and the goodness of private property. The Bible also teaches that God is the owner of everything. Psalm 24:1: “The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell…

No Adultery

Scripture: Exodus 20:1-14 I. Adultery destroys the unity of God’s gift of marriage. A. Marriage is very important to God. Marriage is so important that it is discussed in the very first chapter of the Bible (Genesis 1:27-28). Sex acts like superglue that binds a married couple together not just physically but also spiritually. We see the binding…

No Murder

Scripture: Exodus 20:1-13 I. Don’t murder means no premeditated taking of human life. A. The command then does not have to do with killing in war or the death penalty for a crime. Genesis 9:6: “Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for God made man in his own image.” What makes every…

Remember the Sabbath

Scripture: Exodus 20:1-11 I. You remember that Sabbath is for worship. A. The word Sabbath is the Hebrew word for ceasing. On the Sabbath day we cease. We stop working (vs. 9-10). We stop doing our regular work in order to care for our souls and worship God. The seventh day of the week is…

Hallowed Be Your Name

Scripture: Exodus 20:1-7 I. You take God’s name in vain by misrepresenting His character. A. In the Bible a name carries the sense of a person’s character. The meaning of the name LORD is “I AM WHO I AM” (Exodus 3:14). What does this name say about God’s character? He is eternal. He is self-existent.…

Do Not Make Images of God

Scripture: Exodus 20:1-6 I. You need to worship God in the right way. A. In the first commandment God tells us, “You shall have no other gods before me.” You must worship the right God. Now, in the second commandment, God goes a step further. You need to worship the right God in the right…

No Other gods

Scripture: Exodus 20:1-3 Deuteronomy 5:32-33: “You shall be careful therefore to do as the Lord your God has commanded you… You shall walk in all the way that the Lord your God has commanded you, that you may live, and that it may go well with you, and that you may live long in the land that you shall possess.” I.…

Finish Well

Scripture: 2 Timothy 4:1-8 I. You finish well by passing on the good news about Jesus to believers and unbelievers. A. Paul begins 2 Timothy 4 with a very serious charge to Timothy. What was that responsibility? Preach the Word (vs. 2). When Paul tells Timothy to preach the Word, he is telling him to preach the Gospel (2 Timothy…

Carrying On When It’s Not Easy

Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:10-17 I. When it’s not easy you carry on by remembering. A. Paul begins the second half of 2 Timothy 3 by writing, “You, however.” He is making a contrast between Timothy and the false teachers at the church in Ephesus. “Timothy, you should not live like the false teachers. You should live like me,” Paul…

Keeping Calm in the Last Days

Scripture:  2 Timothy 3:1-9 I. Christians have difficulty in the last days because of moral decay. A. Paul describes the moral decay of the last days with 19 negative characteristics of people in the last days. The last days began with the death and resurrection of Jesus and the sending of the Holy Spirit on the church. Paul…