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Tuesday, Jun 2, 2020 How To Interpret The Ten Commandments
“You shall have no other gods before Me.”
— Exodus 20:3
A class of college students had the assignment of ranking the Ten Commandments in order of importance as they saw them. The students ended up reversing the order. At the bottom of the list, they placed the command “You shall have no other gods before Me.”
Where would you have ranked this commandment?
Many people today utterly forget their Creator. They offer Him no praise or thanks. They don’t even give Him a second thought.
When God says we must have no other gods before Him, He doesn’t give us free license to have other gods as long as we place Him in front of the line. God didn’t want the Israelites— or us—to have any other gods at all. The Hebrew people lived in the midst of a society that worshiped the gods Moloch, Baal, and Mammon. Moloch was the god of cruelty who demanded child sacrifices. Baal was the god of lust. Mammon was the god of money. Many today still worship these three gods, although not by the same names.
The First Commandment covers a multitude of actions we should avoid. Some of the sins forbidden by the First Commandment are: atheism (denying or not having a God); idolatry (worshiping any other god instead of the one true God); not standing up for God; neglect of anything due or required by Him; hatred of God; self-love and self-seeking (putting self above God); anything that takes our mind off God completely or in part, such as unbelief, heresy, distrust, despair, hardness of heart, and pride; tempting God; lukewarmness; consulting with the Devil; slighting and despising God; resisting and grieving His Spirit; and accusing God falsely.
After reviewing such a list, who can possibly claim not to have violated this commandment? But, thankfully, if we confess our sins, God is faithful and just to forgive our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Do you need to put away any behaviors that hinder you from honoring God first and completely?
“Eternal Father of my soul, let my first thought today be
of Thee, let my first impulse be to worship Thee . . . let my first action be to kneel before Thee in prayer.” John Baillie  | ||||||
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Heaven Is Our Destination Where We Will Be ONE With The Lord Forever
Today, we are in The Season Of The Last Generation. The Birth Pains that Christ Jesus spoke about are currently under way, including natural and unnatural disasters. They will be ever increasing. Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold. Social, economic and political turmoil will be ever increasing, causing people's hearts to be weighed down with dissipation, drunkenness and the anxieties of life. An apostasy within the Church of God is currently under way. This will all reach a climax with Satan revealing his Antichrist and requiring that everyone worship him; That every one receive his "mark" in order to buy or sell; The new currency of the New World Order, the New Tower of Babel.
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To receive Christ Jesus as a child by faith is the highest human achievement.
Today, the Bride Of Christ is rising up in every nation in the world! Giving Glory to Her Savior and King, Christ Jesus!
Today, the world is Raging against God, Rushing toward Oblivion! Save yourself from this Corrupt Generation!
Today, America is being ground to powder because of it's SIN against God!
Tuesday, June 2, 2020
OW TO INTERPRET THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
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