U19 – The First Commandment – Exodus 20: 2-6
Key Words: Worship, Ten Commandments, Idols, God’s Jealousy, Priorities
- Why do you suppose these are the first two of the 10 Commandments?
- Contrast and compare the two commandments?
- It has been said that the last nine commandments are commentary on the first, do you agree?
- Do you believe if you truly keep the first you can keep the other nine?
- What is a false god in our lives?
- Does a god have to be an official deity or religion for it to be a god?
- Explain how a false god or idol is anything that usurps the place of God in our lives?
- It’s easy to see how we worship false deities, but how do people worship pleasure, money or power?
- Why is it right for God to be jealous of these false gods in the hearts of his people?