Tag: Exodus 20
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The Rich Man and the Five Commandments
Mark 10:17-22 records the story of the rich man who came to see Jesus this way: 17 As he was setting out on a journey, a man ran up and knelt before him, and asked him, "Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?" 18 Jesus said to him, "Why do you call…
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Laying the Moral Foundation
The Israelites experienced God's miraculous deliverance from bondage in Egypt. God deconstructed the illusion of power and permanence of the Egyptian Empire. God had called out a people that would give witness to God in the world. At Mount Sinai, God spoke to Moses and gave him the foundational moral and ethical framework for the…