A message for the third Sunday in Epiphany, January 24, 2021. This is the first in a series of sermons based on the Small Catechism and the Ten Commandments. More resources are available at our website, www.faithshelton.org. Go to the "By Heart" page in the Resource Center.

Exodus 20:1-6

20 And God spoke all these words: 2 “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. 3 “You shall have no other gods before me. 4 “You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. 5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, 6 but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.

The First Commandment

You shall have no other gods.

What does this mean?

We are to fear, love, and trust God above all things.