Conduit Church - Darren Tyler

the vision of Conduit church unfolded.

not a typo. big announcement

This command is pretty self explanatory and might seem to be easy to just skip over since of most of us haven't killed someone. In Matthew 5 Jesus shows us that there is much more to this command that applies to you and me.

We can all agree that life works best when we're not murdering each other or stealing from each other. It makes sense why those would be in the top 10 list from God. But what about number 3. Don't misuse His name. He actually attaches a sort of warning with it. He is deadly serious about it. Here's why.

There is a difference between no other gods and no graven images. They sound the same, but they're not. Mutually exclusive yet intertwined in the same way all 10 commandments are. Much like a 10 link chain.

The first commandment. Judaism and Christianity are the only religions in the world that declare "no other gods". The Israelites had a whole buffet of options of gods to choose from. To this day we have those same options. They might not be carved out of stone or crafted from metal but the spirit of them is alive and infecting us still.

we took some time at the outset to find the importance of the 10 commandments. If we're "not under the law" then why would the 10 commandments even matter? What if "the law of God" and "the law of Moses" were two separate issues? we unpack it in detail.