We have been studying the book of Exodus, and we

have slowed down to walk through each of the Ten Commandments.

The Ten Commandments are the summation of all the laws. God has given us the law so that we

can know how God desires His people to live. At Mount Sinai, God gave Israel His law, but only

after they entered into a covenant relationship with Him. God's grace precedes the law. The law

shows us how to live, but it doesn't grant us access to God.

The heart of the law is to love God and love your neighbor as yourself. We have seen that the

first four commands were specific to loving God, and the last six are about loving our neighbors

as a result of loving God. We love God and our neighbor by honoring our parents, by loving life,

loving our spouse, we love God and our neighbor by respecting their property, and we love God

and our neighbor by only speaking what is true.