Day 1 – THE “THOU SHALTS”

Read Exodus 20:1-21
What does God tell Moses?
Why does God want the people to avoid idols?
Is the same true for you?

Day 2 – THE HEARTFELT “THOU SHALTS”

Read Matthew 5
Thousands of years later, the Israelites had taken the heart out of the Law. They were just going through the motions. Jesus had to remind them how following the Ten Commandments truly looked.
Take notes on what Jesus said about the commandments of God from the Old Testament.
Have you broken any of the Ten Commandments according to Jesus’ explanation?

Day 3 – A MISTAKE: THE GOLDEN CALF

Read Exodus 32
Did Israel do what God asked them to? Why did they make an idol?
Have you ever been impatient with God? Why?
God was angry and the people deserved to die and be separated from God.
How do you see God’s grace here?
Read Proverbs 3:12. Does this explain why God punished His people?

Day 4 – WANDERING SOULS

Read Numbers 13; 14:26-28
God had promised the people that He would give them back their land.
What happened when Moses sent the 12 spies? Besides the scary people, did the laok good?
Was there anyone who believed God could do it?
Has God ever told you to do something, and it seemed too hard?
How can you have faith like Joshua and Caleb?
When you don’t believe what God can do, you miss out. How did some people miss out?

Day 5 – IT’S YOUR TURN

Read Joshua 1:1-18
Take notes about what happens in this passage.
Read Joshua 1:8-9. How does this verse apply to your life? Memorize this verse.

There were many things that God’s people had to do to follow Him in the Old Testament. They seem really hard and crazy to do, but God had a reason for it all. There are really long books that explain some of the reasons, but it was simply how people followed God before Jesus. Why do we not have to do them now? Jesus! He tells His disciples in Matthew 5:17 that He fulfills the law. We don’t have to make sacrifices of animals anymore because Jesus was the ultimate sacrifice for sins. Believing that His blood covers your sins takes the place of what they did in the Old Testament. If you follow how Jesus lived, then you will be following the Ten Commandments.