Secret of Contentment | Exodus 20:17
RUF at the University of Tennessee
English - March 31, 2021 00:00 - 35 minutes - 24.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 78 ratingsChristianity Religion & Spirituality ruf utk tennessee university of tennessee mike ford knoxville rum Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
This semester we’re going through a series entitled “The Ten Commandments: Let Good Things Run Wild.” The phrase comes from GK Chesterton, who explains that sometimes God says “no” to things, in order for us to say “yes” to something better. In the book of Exodus, after God rescues and frees his people from slavery in Egypt, he then gives them the law. The gospel reminds us that grace precedes commandments. Freedom always comes before obedience. We follow God as a response to his initiating grace. God gives Israel these 10 commandments as a way for them to live in the world, that they might be a blessing to the world, that good things might run wild. So every week we ask ourselves, “How does this commandment invite us into a beautiful and flourishing life? How does it let good things run wild?”
This week we finish our series in the 10 commandments by looking at the 10th commandment: do not covet. This commandment delves into the desires of the human heart. We look at the source of coveting, the sin and struggle of coveting, and the secret to contentment.
TEXT: Exodus 20:17; James 4:1-3; Philippians 4:10-14