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Exodus 20:3-7 ESV

3 “You shall have no other gods before me. 4 “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. 5 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, 6 but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.

I. Introduction
A. Three thoughts about the God who gives us these commandments:
1. He is a personal God.
2. He is a saving God.
3. He first saved the people, then gave them the Commandments.

II. The First Commandment

III. The Second Commandment
A. Four points about the Second Commandment:
1. The Rule
2. The Reason
3. The Warning
4. The Promise