12. Pursuing the Greater Gain

God's Heart For the Nations

From cover to cover, you easily find a recurring theme in Scripture - God's love for the nations. Through his people, he desires to see his glory known among every tribe and nation. This week, special guest speaker Vinod Thuraka from Parkway Hills Baptist Church helps us understand how this passion is built into the DNA of the early church.

4. Honor Authority

As we reach the fifth commandment, we shift into what’s known as the “second table” of the Ten Commandments. After explaining what it means to love the Lord, the remaining words unpack how we honor the things he loves. This begins with a call to honor one’s parents, and by extension, authority.

3. Love God's Name

Loving and worshiping God doesn’t just mean worshiping him alone and worshiping him rightly. It means loving and honoring his name. The third commandment reveals why this is so important, and what it means to love his name well.

2. Love God Rightly

The first commandment is simple – don’t worship other gods. The second is similar, yet different. Not only are God’s people called to worship him alone, but they are also called to worship him properly. This means worshiping him for who he really is, not simply for what we wish or imagine he is.

1. Love God Alone

They sit on monuments in front of courthouses, and they’re well-known even outside Jewish or Christian circles. But what are the Ten Commandments, and how were they understood by that first generation of Israelites to experience freedom from slavery? Each week, we explore one of the commandments, what it reveals about God, and how we're meant to obey it.