LIVE Thanks Pastor Jon Fulton November 25, 2018 Series: Thanksliving

In gratitude for his rescue, God wants us to… Love God above all else

In gratitude for his rescue, God wants us to… Love God above all else Interact with God on his terms

In gratitude for his rescue, God wants us to… Love God above all else Interact with God on his terms Value God’s name

In gratitude for his rescue, God wants us to… Love God above all else Interact with God on his terms Value God’s name Enjoy God’s holy day

28 One of the teachers of religious law [Old Testament Law] was standing there listening to the debate [between Jesus and the Sadducees about the resurrection]. He realized that Jesus had answered well, so he asked, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?” 29 Jesus replied, “The most important commandment is this... (cont’d) --Mark 12:28-31 (NLT)

...‘Listen, O Israel! The Lord our God is the one and only Lord. 30 And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength.’ 31 The second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ No other commandment is greater than these.” --Mark 12:28-31 (NLT)

--Exodus 20:12 (NLT) Honor your father and mother. Then you will live a long, full life in the land the Lord your God is giving you. --Exodus 20:12 (NLT)

Treat your parents with honor

Children, always obey your parents, for this pleases the Lord. --Colossians 3:20 (NLT)

Treat your parents with honor

--Ephesians 6:3 (NLT) If you honor your father and mother, “things will go well for you, and you will have a long life on the earth.” --Ephesians 6:3 (NLT)

Treat your parents with honor

You must not murder. --Exodus 20:13 (NLT)

Help others in need

You must not commit adultery. --Exodus 20:14 (NLT)

Act in complete purity

--Matthew 5:27-29 (NLT) 27 You have heard the commandment that says, ‘You must not commit adultery.’ 28 But I say, anyone who even looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart. --Matthew 5:27-29 (NLT)

Act in complete purity

You must not steal. --Exodus 20:15 (NLT)

Negotiate fairly with others

You must not testify falsely against your neighbor. --Exodus 20:16 (NLT)

Keep your whole testimony from evil

Paul uses a participle of the Greek word ἀληθεύω (alētheuō) to sum up “speaking the truth” and in the classical languages it literally means “being true or proved true”

Keep your whole testimony from evil

--Exodus 20:17 (NLT) You must not covet your neighbor’s house. You must not covet your neighbor’s wife, male or female servant, ox or donkey, or anything else that belongs to your neighbor. --Exodus 20:17 (NLT)

Seize every evil desire

Be satisfied with all that God is in the person of Jesus Christ

...has learned the secret of being content. --Exodus 20:15 (NLT)

--Hebrews 13:5 (NLT) ...“be content with what you have because God has said, ‘Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.’” --Hebrews 13:5 (NLT)

Seize every evil desire

that God is in the person Be pleased with all that God is in the person of Jesus Christ

“God is most glorified when we are most pleased in all that he is in the person of Jesus Christ.” --John Piper--

Help others in need Treat your parents with honor Act in complete purity Negotiate fairly with others Keep your testimony from evil Seize every evil desire

LIVE Thanks Pastor Jon Fulton November 25, 2018 Series: Thanksliving