Blaise Pascal said: “There is a God-shaped hole in the heart of every person.” We yearn for a connection with the Almighty. But if we try to fill that hole with anything else bad things start to happen.
This sermon (also released as a podcast episode) is a part of our series on the 10 Commandments called “The Royal Family Code.” It unpacks the first two commandments—to have no other gods and to not make idols.
There is a popular way to apply this today: Put God first. That’s good and valid. But there’s another not-so-common application. It’s not-so-common because we misunderstand the use of the word “gods” in the Bible and miss the warfare component (and danger) behind what we are being told.
We unpack Exodus 20:1-6, provide key background information, and encourage us to apply these commands to our lives today—not only by putting God first in a general way, but in a way that takes seriously the harm of false religion, and uncovers our functional idols.
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