God has a top 10 list. It’s called The Ten Commandments.

• The ten commandments is not a list of God’s don’ts – Thou shalt nots
• The ten commandments is a list of God’s principles about developing relationships. Relationship with God and relationship with others.

And God spoke all these words, saying: ² “I AM THE LORD YOUR GOD, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. ³ “YOU SHALL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE ME. (Exodus 20:2,3 NKJ)

That’s the very first commandment. Very important, because it sets the stage for the rest.

POINT #1: A RELATIONSHIP BASED ON WHO HE IS

• I want you to pay attention to the very first statement from God is: “I am the Lord your God”
• It is a reminder that the commandment and whatever else that comes after hinges upon that statement: I am the Lord your God. It’s that relationship!

God’s number one priority is a relationship with us.

• As matter of fact, He created Adam and Eve for relationship. (Gen 1:26, 27)

“Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness”

“So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them”.

• They cannot be altered; they cannot be changed.
• Our identity, our genetic makeup, our DNA carry His image and His likeness.
• His relationship with you can never be altered or changed.
• His relationship with you is based on His unconditional love for you
• The only thing that can break that relationship is sin.

But YOUR INIQUITIES have SEPARATED you from your God; And your sins have hidden His face from you, So that He will not hear. (Isaiah 59:2 NKJ)

• Sin will always separate you from God and break that relationship.
• It was for this broken relationship that He sent His Son.

¹⁶ For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. ¹⁷ For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. (John 3:16-17)

• God did not send His Son to condemn you for this broken relationship, but to restore this broken relationship.

POINT #2: A RELATIONSHIP WHERE GOD ONLY IS WORSHIPPED

³ “You shall have no other gods BEFORE ME.”

• That commandment hinges upon our relationship with God.
• Anything and everything that comes before or even after God will become a god (little g)
• God will not share that relationship with anyone or anything else.
• The words “before me” from the Hebrew translation says “other than me”, or besides me.

I am the Lord, and there is no other; There is no God besides Me. (Isaiah 45:5 NKJ)

 

POINT #3: THE STRENGTH OF THAT RELATIONSHIP DEPENDS ON US

• The strength and depth of that relationship between God and you depend on you.

“You speak with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die.” (Exodus 20:19 NKJ)

²¹ So the people stood afar off, but Moses drew near the thick darkness where God was. (Exodus 20:21 NKJ)

• The people wanted to strength and depth of their relationship with God to be a by-product of what Moses’ personal relationship with God.
• The strength and depth of that relationship between God and you depend on you.
• Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. (James 4:8)

 

CONCLUSION

 

What is the Holy Spirit saying to you through this message?