1. ‘11
Rediscovering the Good News
that We Dare Not Forget!

2. The Heidelberg
Catechism (1563)
129 questions
and answers
52 Lord’s Day
Readings

3. The Good News
We Almost
Forgot:
Rediscovering
the Gospel in a
16th Century
Catechism by
Kevin DeYoung.

4. Obsolete?
Oppressive?
Optional?
The Ten
Commandments

5. Obsolete?
Exodus 20:1
And God spoke all these words…

6. Oppressive?
Proverbs 29:18
Where there is no revelation, the
people cast off restraint; but
blessed is he who keeps the law.

7. Oppressive?
Proverbs 29:18
When people do not accept divine
guidance, they run wild. But
whoever obeys the law is happy.

8. Oppressive?
John 15:9-10
If you obey my commands, you will
remain in my love, just as I have
obeyed my Father’s commands and
remain in his love. I have told you
this so that my joy may be in you and
that your joy may be complete.

9. Oppressive?
Deuteronomy 10:12
And now, Israel, what does the
LORD your God ask of you but to
fear the LORD your God, to walk in
obedience to him, to love him, to
serve the LORD your God with all
your heart and with all your soul,

10. Oppressive?
Deuteronomy 10:13
and to observe the LORD’s
commands and decrees that I am
giving you today for your own
good?

11. Optional?
Question: Is obedience to God a
major theme of the Bible?
“obey” = 300 times
“disobey” = 50 times

12. Optional?
Obedience is always portrayed
in the Bible as a proper
response to grace!

13. Matthew 28:19-20a
Therefore go and make
disciples of all nations,
baptizing them in the name of the
Father and of the Son and of the
Holy Spirit, and teaching them to
obey everything I have
commanded you.

14. Exodus 20:1-2
And God spoke all these words:
―I am the LORD your God, who
brought you out of Egypt, out of
the land of slavery.‖

15. Obsolete?
Oppressive?
Optional?
The Ten
Commandments

17. Exodus 20:3
You shall have no other gods
before me.

18. Reality #1 – Putting God above
all is not a “both-and”
proposition, but an “either-or!”
Exodus 20:3
You shall have NO other gods
before me.

20. Matthew 6:24
No one can serve two masters.
Either you will hate the one and
love the other, or you will be
devoted to the one and despise
the other. You cannot serve both
God and money.

21. Idols . . .

22. Ezekiel 14:3
Son of man, these men have set
up idols in their hearts.

23. An idol is set up when your
heart takes something, often a
good thing, and makes it an
ultimate thing. Your heart then
seeks its significance and security
from the idol rather than from God.
Instead of giving our full allegiance
to God who alone is worthy, we
pursue far lesser things.

24. Romans 1:25
They exchanged the truth about
God for a lie, and worshiped and
served created things rather than
the Creator—who is forever
praised. Amen.

25. Reality #1 – Putting God above
all is not a “both-and”
proposition, but an “either-or!”

26. Wedding Vows
“To forsake all others for
you alone”

27. Reality #1 – Putting God above
all is not a “both-and”
proposition, but an “either-or!”

28. Reality #2 – Putting God above
all should be a “No brainer!”

29. Exodus 20:3
You shall have no other gods
before me.
You shall have ME!

30. Exodus 20:2
I am the LORD your God, who
brought you out of Egypt, out of
the land of slavery.

31. Psalm 37:4
Delight yourself in the LORD and
he will give you the desires of your
heart.

33. Isaiah 55:8-9
―For my thoughts are not your
thoughts, neither are your ways my
ways,‖ declares the LORD. ―As the
heavens are higher than the earth, so
are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.‖

34. Psalm 27:4
One thing I ask from the LORD,
this only do I seek: that I may dwell
in the house of the LORD all the
days of my life, to gaze on the
beauty of the LORD and to seek
him in his temple.

35. ―We are half-hearted
creatures, fooling around
with drink and sex and
ambition when infinite joy is offered
us, like an ignorant child who wants
to go on making mud pies in the
slum because he cannot imagine
what is meant by an offer of a
holiday at sea. We are far too
easily pleased.” (C.S. Lewis)

36. Reality #2 – Putting God above
all should be a “No brainer!”

39. Lancaster County Solid Waste
Management Transfer Station

40. Lancaster County Solid Waste
Management Transfer Station

41. Is God #1 on your priority
list? Is your life about Him
first? Are you seeking him
to satisfy the hunger of
your heart?
―God cannot give us happiness
and peace apart from himself,
because it is not there.‖
(C. S. Lewis)

43. ‘11
Rediscovering the Good News
that We Dare Not Forget!
Next Sunday – When a Picture Is
Not Worth a Thousand Words
Questions 96-98
Lord’s Day Reading #35

44. Exodus 20:3
You shall have no other gods
before me.