Hi, I'm Robert Jeffress and I'm glad to serve as your Bible teacher every day on this great radio station on today's edition of Pathway to Victory.

You cannot ignore the laws of God without terrible consequences and that's why today it is time for a fresh look at the Ten Commandments and that's what we're doing beginning today.

Today we're starting this series, I'm calling the Ten, how to live in love in a world that has lost its way.

Welcome to Pathway to Victory with author and pastor Dr. Robert Jeffress.

Many people say the Ten Commandments is a legalistic system designed to inhibit our personal freedoms but God gave us these commandments not to restrict our joy but to enhance it.

Today on Pathway to Victory Dr. Robert Jeffress explains how the Ten Commandments help us live in love in a world that has lost its way.

Now here's our Bible teacher to introduce today's message. Dr. Jeffress?

Thanks David and welcome again to Pathway to Victory. If you went to school before the 1980s you probably remember seeing a copy of the Ten Commandments hanging on your classroom wall.

Sadly you won't see them in schools today. It seems that a woke crowd of progressives has concluded that the Ten Commandments place moral pressure on our students.

How tragic. Well in my brand new study about the Ten Commandments that begins today we'll see that God intends these guiding principles to bless us, not repress us.

Over the next few weeks we'll take all the Ten Commandments one at a time.

During this study I'm prepared to send you a collection of ten encouragement cards. Each card includes one of the Ten Commandments and a guiding principle to help you apply it.

Plus when your request comes with a generous gift to support the Ministry of Pathway to Victory I'm going to send you a hard cover copy of my brand new book that releases today as well.

It's titled The Ten. How to live and love in a world that's lost its way. By reading my new book you'll see how the simple rules still contain the guiding principles for elevating your life.

Be prepared to jot down our contact information and you will be among the first to receive my brand new book called The Ten and the encouragement cards as well.

But first let's open our Bibles to the Old Testament book of Exodus written by Moses. Beginning with an overview I titled today's opening message how to live and love in a world that's lost its way.

For the first ten years I was here as pastor I drove the same car and as the years wore on my car started to wear out. It showed the age very quickly it broke down in some inopportune places.

I knew I was in trouble when the insurance company said we refused to ensure your car any longer. But I was holding on until one day I was walking to my car with our then deacon chairman and he said pastor he was trying to be diplomatic.

He said pastor I know you think you're scoring some points with the congregation for being so frugal and driving that car press me you're not gaining anything.

He said our members are embarrassed that you drive a car like that you need to get a new car and so I finally broke down and went to the dealer and bought a new car and I handed my check to them but the most amazing thing happened they not only gave me the keys to my new car they gave me a thick book filled with rules about how I was to drive my car.

In fact I jotted down you're not going to believe this jotted down some of these page seven the manufacturer said don't text and drive.

Now who in the world are they to tell me how to communicate don't they know about the first amendment I can communicate any way I want when I want or page 15 I couldn't believe this never remove the coolant reservoir cap while the engine is running.

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