About this episode

Pastor Jared Richard discusses the relevance of the Second Commandment to parenting and the importance of passing down faithful worship to future generations.

Preaching through Exodus 20:4-6 on Mother's Day, Pastor Jared Richard makes the case that the Second Commandment is far more relevant to parenting than it might first appear. While the First Commandment addresses the who of worship — worship the right God — the Second Commandment addresses the how — worship the right God in the right way. God's generational language within the command makes His intention unmistakably clear: faithful worship is meant to be passed down from one generation to the next. As Deuteronomy 6:4-9 reminds us, parents are commissioned to imprint God's commands on their own hearts and then impress them upon the hearts of their children. That, Pastor Jared argues, is the number one calling of every mom and dad. Pastor Jared then walks through three lies that idolatry tells about God — that He can be limited, that He can be managed, and that He can be accessed on our own terms rather than His. Using the golden calf of Exodus 32 as a vivid illustration, he shows how even well-intentioned worship can become deeply offensive to God when it distorts who He is. He applies this to the modern church as well, warning against picking and choosing which attributes of God…

People in this episode

Host: Pastor Jared Richard

Topics covered

• faithful worship
• parenting
• idolatry
• God's commands
• generational legacy
• worship music

Keywords

• Second Commandment
• worship
• idolatry
• parenting
• generational language
• Gospel promise

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Exodus 20:4-6, Deuteronomy 6:4-9, Exodus 32

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