Spend the next few days reading over chapter 20 and answering the following questions:

Read verses 1-2. Why do you think verse 2 is placed here? Does it have any significance for what follows?

Read verse 3. What other gods might we have?

Read verse 4. Define idol. Does this include all sculpture? What about religious sculpture?

Read verse 5. Does God really punish people for their grandparents' or parents' sins? If not, what does this verse then mean?

Read verse 6. What constitutes mis-use of God's name? Do you ever do it?

Read verses 8-11. Define Sabbath. What day of the week should this be for us post-New Testament Christians? Notice the use of the word "day" as opposed to "hour". What are we supposed to do on that day? Not do?

Read verse 12. Define honor. Does this verse apply to grown-ups?

Read verse 13. Define murder.

Read verse 14. Define adultery.

Read verse 15. What sorts of things can be stolen?

Read verse 16. What constitutes false testimony or witness?

Read verse 17. This command goes to the heart of one word that describes a state of being. What is it? Does this describe you?

Read verses 18-21. Why would God have wanted to make the people afraid? What benefit could that have on their behavior? Do you have any level of fear of God? Is that healthy?

Read verses 22-26. Why did God give instructions for His altar to be so plain and unadorned and flat? What were the altars of false deities like?

Sunday Summary

Yesterday was a sensory lesson. We read Exodus 19:16-25 and then drew pictures of the cloud, the mountain, and the people at the foot of the mountain. We listened to a recording of a shofar (ram's horn trumpet) and I displayed two different types. We discussed the use of the trumpet call. Then we read 9 verses describing Jesus Christ in a cloud. After reading Revelation 1:12-18, we drew the vision John saw of the Risen Lord above the cloud on the mountain, signifying that it was He Who came down that day.

The goal for the lesson was to get a real sense of the awe and wonder of the events the day God came down on the mountain to speak to Moses while the people watched. This week, keep your picture where you can look at it (or if you prefer, just the written verses from Revelation 1).

Reflect on the holiness and magnitude of the Lord Jesus Christ as you read Chapter 20 this week.