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Exodus chapter 20, verses 2 and 3,

I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

You shall have no other gods before me.

Hopefully these words are familiar to you.

They are the first words in the Ten Commandments.

As God states who he is, he uses the name, the Lord Yahweh that he had revealed to Moses

and to his people, the covenant name that represents

his love for his people, his loyalty to his people, his faithfulness, his mercy, his kindness,

his goodness, which is why God says, I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt,

out of the house of slavery. He is the savior of his people, the provider for his people,

the sustainer and satisfier of his people. So the first thing he commands them is,

verse 3, you shall have no other gods.

Little G.

God's before me.

When you think about this, it's humbling, isn't it?

Of course, there's only one true God.

Of course, God's people would not worship other gods, right? But that's what's humbling. You and I are tempted, just like God's people were in the Old Testament, to turn aside to other people,

to other things, to worship, to give our affection to, to put our trust in,

other people and things in a way that should only be given to God alone.

And obviously that doesn't mean we don't show affection toward others or put trust at some level in others.

Like, I love my wife. I put a significant level of trust in my wife. But we need to keep

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