Immanuel Baptist Church

1. We have enemies we need protection from 2. There are paths we must walk, and we need guidance 3. We need a place to call "home" 4. We need someone to take us in (as family) 5. We need beauty to satisfy us. So, seek the Lord, seek Him patiently, seek Him confidently.

"If we want God to come and bless us, we need the right kind of alter." 1. The people of God needed an altar 2. They needed the right kind of altar 3. Church, we have an altar

"No unwarranted desires allowed" 1. What does this command forbid and require? 2. Where this sin comes from. 3. What can we do about it? 4. How then shall we live?

"Though we are all condemned by the ninth commandment because of our evil words, there is hope for us in Christ." 1. What this command forbids and requires 2. This command condemns us all... 3. ...But there is hope in Christ! 4. How then shall we speak?

Main Idea: "Because of our selfish adulteries we need the self-sacrificing love of Jesus" 1. What this command requires and forbids 2. We are adulterers who need the self-sacrificing love of Jesus 3. How then shall we love?

Main Idea: "Because we are all murderers at heart, we need the blood of Jesus." 1. What this command requires and forbids 2. What we ought to do about it

1. What this command requires and forbids 2. The promise attached to this command

1. Understanding the Sabbath Command in the Mt. Sinai context 2. Sabbath in Creation and God’s goal for Humanity 3. Jesus fulfilled and transformed the Sabbath 4. Understanding the Sabbath this side of the empty tomb

"Because you worship other gods besides Yahweh, you desperately need Christ the Savior." 1. The command is for everyone. 2. What the command requires and what it forbids. 3. Where this leaves us.

"Only Christ can separate us from the sin that distances us from God and give us the holiness needed to draw near." 1. The distance between God and man 2. The reason for the distance 3. The way to draw near to God