Activity: “Saintly Lawyers and Government Officials” 1. Your teacher will arrange the class into small groups. 2. Each group will be assigned one of the

Activity: “Saintly Lawyers and Government Officials”
1. Your teacher will arrange the class into small groups.
2. Each group will be assigned one of the following saints: Saint Thomas More, Saint Louis IX of France, Saint Ives, Saint Thomas Becket, or Saint Raymond of Peñafort.
3. Research your assigned saint (each member of the group taking notes on the information you find).
4. Present on the saint you researched!

1. Exodus 20
Living The Good Life:
Loving Others (Part 1)

2. The Ten Commandments
Starting point = “I am Yahweh, who
rescued you and loves you!”
Commandments 1-4 = Love God
Commandments 5-10 = Love others

3. The Ten Commandments
Starting point = “I am Yahweh, who
rescued you and loves you!”
Commandments 1-4 = Love God
Commandments 5-10 = Love others
Most are principles stated negatively
Intended to show people how they
are supposed to live

4. The Ten Commandments
Starting point = I am Yahweh, who
rescued you and loves you!
Commandments 1-4 = Love God
Commandments 5-10 = Love others
Most are principles stated negatively
Intended to show people how they
are supposed to live
Vince Havner:
Nobody ever broke the law of God. You
break yourself against the law of God.
You might as well attack Gibraltar with a
popgun as to go up against the law of
God in your own little weak self.

5. The Ten Commandments
Starting point = I am Yahweh, who
rescued you and loves you!
Commandments 1-4 = Love God
Commandments 5-10 = Love others
Most are principles stated negatively
Intended to show people how they
are supposed to live
Vince Havner:
You can’t do it. You can’t jump over a
skyscraper.
You don’t break the law of gravity. You
can break your neck—but break the law
of gravity?”—When God Breaks Through: Sermons on Revival, p. 42

6. The Ten Commandments
Starting point = I am Yahweh, who
rescued you and loves you!
Commandments 1-4 = Love God
Commandments 5-10 = Love others
Most are principles stated negatively
Intended to show people how they
are supposed to live
Stephen Covey:
Two battleships assigned to the training
squadron had been at sea on
maneuvers in heavy weather for several
days.

7. The Ten Commandments
Starting point = I am Yahweh, who
rescued you and loves you!
Commandments 1-4 = Love God
Commandments 5-10 = Love others
Most are principles stated negatively
Intended to show people how they
are supposed to live
Stephen Covey:
I was serving on the lead battleship and
was on watch on the bridge as night fell.
The visibility was poor with patchy fog, so
the captain remained on the bridge
keeping an eye on all activities.

8. The Ten Commandments
Starting point = I am Yahweh, who
rescued you and loves you!
Commandments 1-4 = Love God
Commandments 5-10 = Love others
Most are principles stated negatively
Intended to show people how they
are supposed to live
Stephen Covey:
Shortly after dark, the lookout on the wing
of the bridge reported, “Light, bearing on
the starboard bow.”
“Is it steady or moving astern?” the
captain called out.

9. The Ten Commandments
Starting point = I am Yahweh, who
rescued you and loves you!
Commandments 1-4 = Love God
Commandments 5-10 = Love others
Most are principles stated negatively
Intended to show people how they
are supposed to live
Stephen Covey:
Lookout replied, “Steady, captain,” which
meant we were on a dangerous collision
course with that ship.

10. The Ten Commandments
Starting point = I am Yahweh, who
rescued you and loves you!
Commandments 1-4 = Love God
Commandments 5-10 = Love others
Most are principles stated negatively
Intended to show people how they
are supposed to live
Stephen Covey:
The captain then called to the signalman,
“Signal that ship: We are on a collision
course, advise you change course 20
degrees.”

11. The Ten Commandments
Starting point = I am Yahweh, who
rescued you and loves you!
Commandments 1-4 = Love God
Commandments 5-10 = Love others
Most are principles stated negatively
Intended to show people how they
are supposed to live
Stephen Covey:
Back came the reply,
“Advisable for you to change course 20
degrees.”
The captain said, “Send, I’m a captain,
change course 20 degrees.”

12. The Ten Commandments
Starting point = I am Yahweh, who
rescued you and loves you!
Commandments 1-4 = Love God
Commandments 5-10 = Love others
Most are principles stated negatively
Intended to show people how they
are supposed to live
Stephen Covey:
“I am a seaman second class” came the
reply. “You had better change course 20
degrees.”

13. The Ten Commandments
Starting point = I am Yahweh, who
rescued you and loves you!
Commandments 1-4 = Love God
Commandments 5-10 = Love others
Most are principles stated negatively
Intended to show people how they
are supposed to live
Stephen Covey:
By that time, the captain was furious. He
spat out, “Send, I’m a battleship. Change
course 20 degrees.”
Back came the reply,

14. The Ten Commandments
Starting point = I am Yahweh, who
rescued you and loves you!
Commandments 1-4 = Love God
Commandments 5-10 = Love others
Most are principles stated negatively
Intended to show people how they
are supposed to live
Show us how far short we fall too
Stephen Covey:
By that time, the captain was furious. He
spat out, “Send, I’m a battleship. Change
course 20 degrees.”
Back came the reply, “I’m a lighthouse.”
We changed course. –Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, p. 33

15. Exodus 20
12
 Honor your father and mother.
Then you will live a long, full life in
the land Yahweh your God is giving
you.
13
 You must not murder.

16. Exodus 20
12
 Honor your father and mother.
Then you will live a long, full life in
the land Yahweh your God is giving
you.
13
 
You must not murder.

17. Exodus 20
12
 Honor your father and mother.
Then you will live a long, full life in
the land Yahweh your God is giving
you.
13
 
You must not murder.
Because humans are made in God’s
image
Different than taking someone’s life
Easy to see how this is antithetical
to love
Gen 9:6
Whoever sheds man’s blood,
by man his blood shall be
shed, for in the image of
God He made man.

18. Exodus 20
12
 Honor your father and mother.
Then you will live a long, full life in
the land Yahweh your God is giving
you.
13
 
You must not murder.
Our society is riddled with violence

19. Exodus 20
12
 Honor your father and mother.
Then you will live a long, full life in
the land Yahweh your God is giving
you.
13
 
You must not murder.
Our society is riddled with violence
James 4
1 What is the source of
quarrels and conflicts
among you? Is not the
source your pleasures that
wage war in your members?

20. Exodus 20
12
 Honor your father and mother.
Then you will live a long, full life in
the land Yahweh your God is giving
you.
13
 
You must not murder.
Our society is riddled with violence
But murder starts in the heart
James 4
2 You lust and do not have;
so you commit murder.
You are envious and cannot
obtain; so you fight and
quarrel.

21. Exodus 20
12
 Honor your father and mother.
Then you will live a long, full life in
the land Yahweh your God is giving
you.
13
 
You must not murder.
Our society is riddled with violence
But murder starts in the heart
Matthew 5:21-22
Jesus: “You have heard that
the ancients were told, ‘You
shall not commit murder’…

22. Exodus 20
12
 Honor your father and mother.
Then you will live a long, full life in
the land Yahweh your God is giving
you.
13
 
You must not murder.
Our society is riddled with violence
But murder starts in the heart
Matthew 5:21-22
But I say to you that everyone
who is angry with his
brother shall be guilty before
the court;

23. Exodus 20
12
 Honor your father and mother.
Then you will live a long, full life in
the land Yahweh your God is giving
you.
13
 
You must not murder.
Our society is riddled with violence
But murder starts in the heart
Matthew 5:21-22
and whoever says to his
brother, ‘You good-for-
nothing,’ shall be guilty
before the supreme court;

24. Exodus 20
12
 Honor your father and mother.
Then you will live a long, full life in
the land Yahweh your God is giving
you.
13
 
You must not murder.
Matthew 5:21-22
and whoever says, ‘You fool,’
shall be guilty enough to go
into the fiery hell.”
Our society is riddled with violence
But murder starts in the heart
Hatred and bitterness = violence in
thoughts or words
Before God you are just as guilty!

25. Exodus 20
12
 Honor your father and mother.
Then you will live a long, full life in
the land Yahweh your God is giving
you.
13
 
You must not murder.
Matthew 5:21-22
and whoever says, ‘You fool,’
shall be guilty enough to go
into the fiery hell.”
Not enough to cease from injuring or
harming those around us
Also need to do everything in our
power to aid their lives!
Includes forgiveness too

26. Exodus 20
12
 Honor your father and mother.
Then you will live a long, full life in
the land Yahweh your God is giving
you.
13
 
You must not murder.

27. Exodus 20
12
 
Honor your father and mother.
Then you will live a long, full life in
the land Yahweh your God is giving
you.
13
 You must not murder.

28. Exodus 20
12
 
Honor your father and mother.
Then you will live a long, full life in
the land Yahweh your God is giving
you.
13
 You must not murder.
Repeated by Paul (Eph 6)
And Jesus too

29. Exodus 20
12
 
Honor your father and mother.
Then you will live a long, full life in
the land Yahweh your God is giving
you.
13
 You must not murder.
Mark 7
9
 And he continued, “You have a fine
way of setting aside the commands of
God in order to observe your own
traditions!
10
 For Moses said, ‘Honor your father
and mother,’…
Repeated by Paul (Eph 6)
And Jesus too

30. Exodus 20
12
 
Honor your father and mother.
Then you will live a long, full life in
the land Yahweh your God is giving
you.
13
 You must not murder.
Mark 7
11
 But you say that if anyone declares
that what might have been used to help
their father or mother is Corban (that is,
devoted to God)—
12
 then you no longer let them do
anything for their father or mother.”
Repeated by Paul (Eph 6)
And Jesus too

31. Exodus 20
12
 
Honor your father and mother.
Then you will live a long, full life in
the land Yahweh your God is giving
you.
13
 You must not murder.
What it’s not:
Obeying our parents instead of God
Becoming best friends and spending lots
of time together
Trusting them
Ignoring or denying the past, or flattery
What does it mean to honor
my parents?

32. Exodus 20
12
 
Honor your father and mother.
Then you will live a long, full life in
the land Yahweh your God is giving
you.
13
 You must not murder.
Smalley and Trent:
In Hebrew, the word for “honor” is kabed.
This word literally means, “to be heavy,
weighty, to honor.” …
What does it mean to honor
my parents?

33. Exodus 20
12
 
Honor your father and mother.
Then you will live a long, full life in
the land Yahweh your God is giving
you.
13
 You must not murder.
Smalley and Trent:
However, we can learn even more about
what it means to honor someone by
looking at its opposite in the Scriptures.
… [T]he literal meaning of the word
curse, (qalal) was “to make light, of little
weight, dishonor.”
What does it mean to honor
my parents?

34. Exodus 20
12
 
Honor your father and mother.
Then you will live a long, full life in
the land Yahweh your God is giving
you.
13
 You must not murder.
Smalley and Trent:
If we go back to our example above, if we
dishonor a person we would say, “Their
words carry little weight.” The contrast
is striking! —The Blessing, p. 212
What does it mean to honor
my parents?

35. Exodus 20
12
 
Honor your father and mother.
Then you will live a long, full life in
the land Yahweh your God is giving
you.
13
 You must not murder.
Dennis Rainey:
Honor = choosing to place great value on
your relationship with them; taking the
initiative to improve your relationship;
obeying them until you establish yourself
as an adult;
What does it mean to honor
my parents?

36. Exodus 20
12
 
Honor your father and mother.
Then you will live a long, full life in
the land Yahweh your God is giving
you.
13
 You must not murder.
Dennis Rainey:
recognizing what they’ve done right in
your life; recognizing the sacrifices they
have made for you;
praising them for the legacy they are
passing on to you;
What does it mean to honor
my parents?

37. Exodus 20
12
 
Honor your father and mother.
Then you will live a long, full life in
the land Yahweh your God is giving
you.
13
 You must not murder.
Dennis Rainey:
seeing them through the eyes of Christ,
with understanding and compassion;
forgiving them as Christ has forgiven you.

—The Tribute, p. 55
What does it mean to honor
my parents?

38. Exodus 20
12
 
Honor your father and mother.
Then you will live a long, full life in
the land Yahweh your God is giving
you.
13
 You must not murder.
Barriers to honoring:
“But my parents were really terrible”
“We’re just not that kind of family”
“But I’m doing a lot of ministry”
“They won’t talk to me”
“It’s too late”
What does it mean to honor
my parents?

39. Exodus 20
12
 
Honor your father and mother.
Then you will live a long, full life in
the land Yahweh your God is giving
you.
13
 You must not murder.
Because God tells us this is the right way
Because many of us are in a transition
phase
Why would I want to learn
how to honor my parents?

40. Exodus 20
12
 
Honor your father and mother.
Then you will live a long, full life in
the land Yahweh your God is giving
you.
13
 You must not murder.
Because God tells us this is the right way
Because many of us are in a transition
phase
Why would I want to learn
how to honor my parents?
Mark Twain:
When I was a boy of 14, my father was
so ignorant I could hardly stand to have
the old man around.

41. Exodus 20
12
 
Honor your father and mother.
Then you will live a long, full life in
the land Yahweh your God is giving
you.
13
 You must not murder.
Because God tells us this is the right way
Because many of us are in a transition
phase
Why would I want to learn
how to honor my parents?
Mark Twain:
But when I got to be 21, I was astonished
at how much the old man had learned in
seven years.

42. Exodus 20
12
 
Honor your father and mother.
Then you will live a long, full life in
the land Yahweh your God is giving
you.
13
 You must not murder.
Because God tells us this is the right way
Because many of us are in a transition
phase
Because this may be a more central
issue than you realize
Why would I want to learn
how to honor my parents?

43. Exodus 20
12
 
Honor your father and mother.
Then you will live a long, full life in
the land Yahweh your God is giving
you.
13
 You must not murder.
John 1:12 – But to all who believed him
and accepted him, he gave the right to
become children of God.
Practical Steps:
1. Become God’s child

44. Exodus 20
12
 
Honor your father and mother.
Then you will live a long, full life in
the land Yahweh your God is giving
you.
13
 You must not murder.
Rainey:
Honoring your parents is an attitude
accompanied by actions that say to
your parents:
You are worthy. You have value. You are
the person God sovereignly placed in
my life.
Practical Steps:
2. Forgive your parents

45. Exodus 20
12
 
Honor your father and mother.
Then you will live a long, full life in
the land Yahweh your God is giving
you.
13
 You must not murder.
Rainey:
You may have failed me, hurt me, and
disappointed me at times, but I am
taking off my judicial robe and releasing
you from the courtroom of my mind.
Practical Steps:
2. Forgive your parents

46. Exodus 20
12
 
Honor your father and mother.
Then you will live a long, full life in
the land Yahweh your God is giving
you.
13
 You must not murder.
Rainey:
I choose to look at you with compassion
– as people with needs, concerns, and
scars of your own. —The Tribute, p. 55
Practical Steps:
2. Forgive your parents

47. Exodus 20
12
 
Honor your father and mother.
Then you will live a long, full life in
the land Yahweh your God is giving
you.
13
 You must not murder.
Rainey:
Perhaps the greatest honor we can do
our parents is to let them down off the
pedestal of our imaginations,
where we are inclined either to idolize
them or to flog them as gods who failed,
and to accept them as people –
Practical Steps:
2. Forgive your parents

48. Exodus 20
12
 
Honor your father and mother.
Then you will live a long, full life in
the land Yahweh your God is giving
you.
13
 You must not murder.
Rainey:
people who need forgiveness as well as
respect, who need honest relationships
with their children perhaps more than
with anyone else. —The Tribute, p. 130
Practical Steps:
2. Forgive your parents

49. Exodus 20
12
 
Honor your father and mother.
Then you will live a long, full life in
the land Yahweh your God is giving
you.
13
 You must not murder.
Rainey:
“When you look at your father, what do
you see?
A successful businessman who spent too
little time with you and your siblings?
Practical Steps:
3. Learn to appreciate them

50. Exodus 20
12
 
Honor your father and mother.
Then you will live a long, full life in
the land Yahweh your God is giving
you.
13
 You must not murder.
Rainey:
Or a lonely, insecure man who had so
many holes in his life created by his
parents that the only way he knew to
cope was by working harder and longer
hours?
Practical Steps:
3. Learn to appreciate them

51. Exodus 20
12
 
Honor your father and mother.
Then you will live a long, full life in
the land Yahweh your God is giving
you.
13
 You must not murder.
Rainey:
Do you see him as a man who never
said, “I love you” –
or as an eight-year old boy, continually
being criticized by his father…
take a fresh look at your parents. A long
careful gaze. Now what do you see?
Practical Steps:
3. Learn to appreciate them

52. Exodus 20
12
 
Honor your father and mother.
Then you will live a long, full life in
the land Yahweh your God is giving
you.
13
 You must not murder.
Rainey:
Sometimes it’s easy to forget that within
an elderly parent beats the heart of a
small child, a teenager, a parent, and a
frightened and helpless human being
who desperately needs love and care.”
—The Tribute, p. 131
Practical Steps:
3. Learn to appreciate them

53. Exodus 20
12
 
Honor your father and mother.
Then you will live a long, full life in
the land Yahweh your God is giving
you.
13
 You must not murder.
Important Realizations:
That you aren’t the center of the universe
The power you have to affect your
parents
This is your chance to break the cycle
That they may not respond the way you
expect
Practical Steps:
4. Honor and love them

54. Exodus 20
12
 
Honor your father and mother.
Then you will live a long, full life in
the land Yahweh your God is giving
you.
13
 You must not murder.
Ideas:
Write a letter (or two?)
Calling my parents each week
Taking an interest in their lives
Trying to serve when you’re with them
Learning their love languages
Be creative
Practical Steps:
4. Honor and love them

55. Conclusions
This is a powerful vision for how
God intended us to live
It also exposes your need for
forgiveness
Will you turn to God and
experience His freedom?