2. Matthew 24:36
But about that day or hour no one
knows, not even the angels in
heaven, nor the Son, but only the
Father.

3. “It is both disturbing and
unfortunate that so many still cling
to what can only be described as a
fairy tale.”

4. 2 Thessalonians 1:6-7
God is just: He will pay back
trouble to those who trouble you
and give relief to you who are
troubled, and to us as well. This will
happen when the Lord Jesus is
revealed from heaven in blazing
fire with his powerful angels.

5. 2 Thessalonians 1:8-9
He will punish those who do not
know God and do not obey the
gospel of our Lord Jesus. They will
be punished with everlasting
destruction and shut out from the
presence of the Lord and from the
glory of his might

6. 2 Thessalonians 1:10a
on the day he comes to be glorified
in his holy people and to be
marveled at among all those who
have believed.

7. Prepare to
meet your
God!
(Amos 4:12)

8. We live in a broken world!

12. Romans 8:21
The creation itself will be liberated
from its bondage to decay.

13. John 16:33
I have told you these things, so that
in me you may have peace. In this
world you will have trouble. But
take heart! I have overcome the
world.

14. Nolan

15. ‘11
Rediscovering the Good News
that We Dare Not Forget!

16. The Heidelberg
Catechism (1563)
129 questions
and answers
52 Lord’s Day
Readings

17. The Good News
We Almost
Forgot:
Rediscovering
the Gospel in a
16th Century
Catechism by
Kevin DeYoung.

19. Not Obsolete
Not Oppressive
Not Optional
The Ten
Words of Grace

20. Exodus 20:1-2
And God spoke all these words:
“I am the LORD your God, who
brought you out of Egypt, out of
the land of slavery.

21. Exodus 20:3
You shall have no other gods
before me.

22. Exodus 20:4-5a
You shall not make for yourself an
image in the form of anything in
heaven above or on the earth
beneath or in the waters below.
You shall not bow down to them or
worship them;

23. Exodus 20:5b-6
for I, the LORD your God, am a
jealous God, punishing the children for
the sin of the parents to the third and
fourth generation of those who hate
me, but showing love to a thousand
generations of those who love me and
keep my commandments.

24. Exodus 20:3
You shall have no other gods
before me.

25. Exodus 20:4-5a
You shall not make for yourself an
image in the form of anything in
heaven above or on the earth
beneath or in the waters below.
You shall not bow down to them or
worship them;

26. #1 - Prohibits the worship of wrong
gods
#2 - Prohibits the worship of the
right God in the wrong way

29. 1 Samuel 5:1-2
After the Philistines had captured
the ark of God, they took it from
Ebenezer to Ashdod. Then they
carried the ark into Dagon’s
temple and set it beside Dagon.

30. 1 Samuel 5:3
When the people of Ashdod rose
early the next day, there was
Dagon, fallen on his face on the
ground before the ark of the
LORD! They took Dagon and put
him back in his place.

31. 1 Samuel 5:4
But the following morning when they
rose, there was Dagon, fallen on his
face on the ground before the ark of
the LORD! His head and hands had
been broken off and were lying on
the threshold; only his body
remained.

32. 1 Samuel 5:5
That is why to this day neither the
priests of Dagon nor any others
who enter Dagon’s temple at
Ashdod step on the threshold.

33. God is forbidding the making of
any kind of image of himself!

34. 1. God cannot be limited in his
presence to any image.

35. 1 Kings 8:27
But will God really dwell on earth?
The heavens, even the highest
heaven, cannot contain you. How
much less this temple I have built.

36. 1. God cannot be limited in his
presence to any image.
2. God’s nature cannot be
captured by any single image.

37. The golden calf of Exodus 32

38. How does this
2nd Word of
Grace apply to
us today in our
fast-paced
digital world?

39. Exodus 20:5b-6
for I, the LORD your God, am a
jealous God, punishing the children for
the sin of the parents to the third and
fourth generation of those who hate
me, but showing love to a thousand
generations of those who love me and
keep my commandments.

42. Isaiah 55:8
“For my thoughts are not your
thoughts, neither are your ways my
ways,” declares the LORD. “As the
heavens are higher than the earth, so
are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.”

43. We purpose to
know the Word of
God better in
order to better
know the God of
the Word!

45. ‘11
Rediscovering the Good News
that We Dare Not Forget!
Next Sunday – Watch What you
Say!
Lord’s Day Reading #36-37

46. Are you
worshipping the
God of YOUR
box? Or the God
of the Universe as
revealed in HIS
Word?