10: Part 1 - 'The One and Only'

This Sunday, Rob Lea brings us the talk in the latest of our EBC Online services. Once you have watched the video, we encourage you to reflect on the bible text and join us in the prayer that follows below.

To listen to the talk click here.
 
Readings:

Exodus chapter 20 verses 1 - 3

‘And God spoke all these words: I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. You shall have no other gods before me.’



 

Prayer & Reflection

Lord we recognise you as the one and only creator of all things large and small. Your word tells us that you know us personally; that you knew us before we were born and you even know every hair on our head, and for this we give you all praise and thanks.
We know that the when you created the world it was perfect, but now it is not as it should be, and for our part in this corruption please forgive us.

Lord God we pray that today, and in the weeks to come, by the power of your Holy Spirit, you will strengthen our resolve to realign our attitudes and behaviours to conform to your commands.
We ask this in the precious name of Jesus Christ, our Lord,
AMEN.  




Questions to Consider

1. Do you agree that fundamentally humans have not really changed in the past 4000 years? If you do agree, in what way are we similar to our distant ancestors. If you don’t agree, in what specific and inherent ways have we changed? 
2. Were you surprised at the examples of the deterioration of our culture over the past 60 years or so? Can you think of other areas where society seems to have regressed?
3. Do you think we have become a more tolerant society or less tolerant? Perhaps you could give examples of both more tolerance and less tolerance?
4. Are you able to clearly express who God is? Is your understanding of God complete, and if not, why not?
5. In his book, The Ten Commandments, J.John claims that the 10 Commandments are not obsolete but absolute. What do you think that J.John meant by that assertion?
Do you agree with it? If not, why not?