Outlining a People
Christian Community Presbyterian Church Bowie, Maryland September 22, 2024 Outlining a People Exodus 20:1-5a, 7-10a, 12-17 (Video may be viewed at https://youtu.be/H7cD6shs0xA ) I am an avid reader of comic strips. One of my favorites, alas not in the Washington Post, is “The Born Loser” In one strip the title character, Brutus Thornapple, is sitting in his chair reading the Bible. One of his nemeses, his wife’s mother, Mother Gargle, walks up and says, “Well, look who’s reading the Bible! Har-de-har-har!” “I’ll have you know, you old barracuda,” Brutus replies, “that I’ve followed the Ten Commandments all my life!” She walks away saying, “Too bad you never managed to catch up with them!” We have heard of the Ten Commandments all our lives, but do we really “catch up with them”? Do we understand what they are and why God has given them? The Law was part of the ongoing blessing with which God embraced the people of Israel. Remember that God singled out Abraham and Sarah and