The One True Living God
Minister: | Rev. Ronald Van Overloop |
Date: | 7/28/2019 PM |
Text: | Jeremiah 10; Lord's Day 34 |
Psalters: | 15, 252, 385, 282 |
- The truth believed.
- The truth behind the law and the first commandment is the truth that God is God.
- Though He is transcendent, beyond our comprehension (I Kings 8:27; Job 11:7-10) He reveals Himself so He can be known.
- He is pure spirit (John 4:24), not a material and thus invisible.
- He is personal with an “I” with a will, intelligence, reason, and morality (His goodness).
- He is infinite, without limits as to ability, space, and time.
- God gave this first commandment when His people came out of a land of idolatry and as it entered another land of many gods.
- To keep the law is truly to fellowship with God; thus it is spiritual, calling for inward compliance – how we do things.
- The first commandment forbids idolatry.
- Sinful man’s big idol is self (II Tim. 3:1,2): personal happiness, individual rights desire fulfillment and materials of the earth.
- We must love God and Christ so we are not enslaved by these attachments.
- Be aware that Christians easily make their own ideas of God other than God's self-revelation.
- We may not put our trust in anyone or anything other than in Him, for man was created always to serve and to trust something.
- Other violations of the first commandment.
- Sinful man’s big idol is self (II Tim. 3:1,2): personal happiness, individual rights desire fulfillment and materials of the earth.
- God requires a right worship from us.
- This begins with faith holding for truth everything God has revealed about Himself in His Word.
- We are to “cleave” to Him (Deut. 4:4; 10:20; 11:22; 13:4; 30:20; Josh. 22:5; 23:8; II Kings 18:6), adhering or being attached to Him.
- Trust in Him alone, with all humility and patience.
- Expect all good to be only from Him.
- Love, fear, and glorify Him with our whole heart.