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Part 1: God is a Relational God
Genesis 16:13 NLT
God is a relational God who calls us into relationship with himself and then others.
Psalms 13:1 NLT
1. You must not have any other god but me.
2. You must not make for yourself an idol of any kind or an image of anything in the heavens or on the earth or in the sea.
3. You must not misuse the name of the Lord your God.
4. Remember to observe the Sabbath day of rest dedicated to the Lord your God.
5. Honor your father and mother.
6. You must not murder.
7. You must not commit adultery.
8. You must not steal.
9. You must not testify falsely against your neighbor.
10. You must not covet your neighbor’s house, wife, servants, anything.
1. You shall have no other gods before me.
Why? This breaks relationship and is inconsistent with love.
2. Make no idols and do not worship with them.
Why” This breaks relationship and is inconsistent with love.
3. Don’t misuse the name of God.
Why? Harms relationship and is inconsistent with love.
4. Remember the Sabbath.
Why? Honors relationship and is consistent with love.
5. Honor your father and mother.
Why? Builds relationship and is consistent with love.
6. Don’t murder.
Why? Bad for relationship and inconsistent with love.
7. Don’t commit adultery.
Why? Breaks relationship and is inconsistent with love.
8. Don’t steal.
Why? Breaks relationship and is inconsistent with love.
9. Don’t’ give false testimony against your neighbor.
Why? Breaks relationship and is inconsistent with love.
10. Don’t covet the things that belong to your neighbor.
Why? Harms relationship and inconsistent with love.
The story of the woman at the well teaches us that...
1) God loves us in spite of our bankrupt lives.
2) God values us enough to actively seek us; to welcome us to intimacy.
3) No one is outside the reach of a loving God.
Key: The Christian faith is about relationship; relationship with God and with one another.
Galatians 5:22 NLT
• Love - for whom?
• Joy - demonstrated for whom?
• Peace - between whom?
• Patience - for whom?
• Kindness - shown to whom?
• Goodness - passed onto whom?
• Faithfulness - to whom?
• Gentleness - given to whom?
• Self-control - to honor whom?
How are we doing?