This is the first in a 10-part series on 10 Stupid things we do to mess up our lives. Each lesson looks at one of the 10 Commandments.

1. 10 Stupid Things
We do
A Study of the 10 Commandments
And how we break them.
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2. Series of Sermons
I am planning to preach a sermon on each of the 10
Commandments
 Each sermon will focus on how we break the
commands of God
 Here are 10 Stupid Things We Do
 This morning – We Worship the Wrong God
 2nd – We Worship the Right God in the Wrong Way
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3. What does the 1st Commandment
Affirm?
 Most of the commandments are negative.
 Only the 4th and 5th do not contain the word “not”.
 All can be expressed negatively or positively.
 This command affirms three things:
 No other gods ahead of Jehovah
 No other gods beneath to Jehovah
 No other gods in additon to Jehovah
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4. What does the 1st Commandment
Affirm?
This command is a clear command for
Monotheism
Believe in one God
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5. What does the 1st Commandment
Forbid?
ATHEISM
 Less than 1% of America is atheistic
 The atheist says, “I know that there is no God.”
 Psalm 14:1 – The fool has said in his heart,
“There is no God.”
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6. What does the 1st Commandment
Forbid?
AGNOSTICISM
 The agnostic claims that there is not enough
information to believe in God.
 Is there enough evidence to believe in God?
 John 20:31 - but these are written that you may
believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God,
and that believing you may have life in His name.
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7. What does the 1st Commandment
Forbid?
DEISM
 Deism is the belief that God is creator.
 But has no interest in the affairs of this world.
 God is seen as a “master clock winder”.
 Does God care, intervene, step into our world?
 Does God answer prayer?
 Does God work in providential ways?
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8. What does the 1st Commandment
Forbid?
HENOTHEISM
 Many believe in a national God.
 Is God an American?
 Is God our race, tribe, nationality?
 Many view God as white, Anglo-Saxon, capitalist,
of _________ political party.
 Does God support our causes, sports team,
political views?
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9. What does the 1st Commandment
Forbid?
POLYTHEISM
 Belief in many gods.
 This is the “pagan” view of God.
 The Romans and Greeks had 1,000’s of gods.
 Families of gods over special areas of life.
 Deeper in the family the specialty was specific.
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10. What does the 1st Commandment
Forbid?
POLYTHEISM
A god over living things
 His son was over insects
 His son was over flies
 His son was over flies in the house
 His son was over flies in the kitchen of the house.
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11. What does the 1st Commandment
Forbid?
POLYTHEISM
Acts 17:23 - for as I was passing through and
considering the objects of your worship, I even
found an altar with this inscription:
TO THE UNKNOWN GOD.
Therefore, the One whom you worship without
knowing, Him I proclaim to you:
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12. What does the 1st Commandment
Forbid?
ECUMENISM
 This one may surprise you.
 Many believe that God of Christianity –
 Is also the God of:
 Buddha
 Confucius
 Hindu
 Islam
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13. What does the 1st Commandment
Forbid?
ECUMENISM
 They also believe that God accepts all teachings:
 Mormons
 Jehovah’s Witnesses
 7th Day Adventists
 Armstrongism (Herbert W. Armstrong)
 Scientology (L. Ron Hubbard)
 Christian Scientist
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14. How does this commandment
apply today?
 God demands undivided loyalty.
 We don’t have totem poles, icons, or statues in this
building.
 But many have a divided loyalty – job, health,
sport, family, money.
 Some will stay home from worship of God tonight
to watch a football game.
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15. Conclusion:
 God has rules.
 Rule # 1 – God requires undivided loyalty.
 Our worship MUST focus on God.
 Our lives MUST focus on God.
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