The First Commandment - Living by the Word

In this episode of Living by the Word, Pastor Glenn continues the series Tablets That Talk by turning to the very heart of biblical ethics, the first commandment, “You shall have no other gods before Me” (Exod 20:1–3). Beginning with a contemporary “atheist ten commandments” as a mirror of our culture’s moral confusion, he contrasts humanity’s shifting, self-made standards with the one true God who reveals himself, redeems his people, and claims their exclusive allegiance (Jer 10:1–5; Deut 6:13–15). This message explores the priority of the first commandment as the foundation of all the others, its relational character as the claim of a covenant Lord who has brought his people out of slavery, and its practical force as a searching call to examine the rival “gods” that compete for the Christian’s heart (Exod 20:2; Col 1:18). Listeners are invited to consider whom or what they truly worship and to return to a single-hearted devotion to the Lord who alone is worthy and in whose presence there is fullness of joy (Ps 16:11; Matt 22:37).