Sermon Tone Analysis

Intro

Prayer

Mt.

Sinai

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Saved from their enemy, now they are free to choose who they will serve.

Will You Marry Me? - Enter into a covenant relationship with me — Knight slays dragon frees princess and proposes to her — God, however is greatest love story ever told, with greatest hero who has ever existed

Although all the people belong to me, I want a special relationship with you — kingdom of priests — Holy (set apart) nation

The people accept

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So God had the people come to the foot of the mountain to meet Him and to hear the terms of the covenant relationship.

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Then God gives them the 10 Commandments:

Do not have other gods besides Me

Do not make any idols

Do not use misuse God’s name

Remember the Sabbath, to keep it holy

Honor your father and mother

Do not murder

Do not commit adultery

Do not steal

Do not lie

Do not covet

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The people heard God give these ten laws then they asked Moses to go let God tell him the rest and come back and tell them to them and so he did, so the next three chapters includes many many more laws about how the people must relate to God and to each other and after all of this then the people are asked again if they want to enter into this covenant with God under these terms.

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God asked them if they wanted to enter into this relationship with Him and they said yes, so then they had the covenant ceremony, just like a wedding is a covenant ceremony between a man and a woman, this was the covenant ceremony between sinful people and a holy God.

And after the ceremony is a celebration and a feast.

seventy of Israel’s elders saw God and feasted in His presence.

And this is what God has offered to us today.

He has defeated our enemy, Satan, and freed us from his grip

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and He has extended an invitation to us to enter into a covenant relationship with Him, just like a marriage.

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I, ___ , take thee, ___ , to be my wedded wife, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in heath; to love and to cherish, till death do us part;

These are the terms, and I will uphold them, so that we can have the relationship that you deserve, because I love you, that’s why I will do what’s right, and treat you right, and sacrifice myself for you.

as the apostle John said

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