After displaying His power through the thunderings, lightning, thick cloud and the blowing of the trumpet, God then spoke to all Israel. According to Exodus 5:22, He spoke words that all of the people could hear which filled them with fear and caused them to beg Moses to act as their mediator. First, He declared a reason why they should listen to Him. He had purchased them from slavery in Egypt. He had redeemed them to give them a law. There is a popular doctrine that says once God redeems you, you don't need the law, but that is not the example that God gives to us. The law is for a redeemed people and here He is giving it verbally, and about to write it on tablets of stone, and God, starting at Pentecost, now writes it on the tablet of the heart. The primary use of the law is still for God's redeemed people. He then gives the first commandment that we should have no other God's before Him. In a sense, this is a summary of the rest of the laws. It is also what Jesus declares is the greatest law when He says it is love the Lord your God with all of your heart, all of your soul and all of your strength. We should be taking stock of our lives and asking ourselves, what do we put before God?
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