Observations Of Self Love

Proverbs Chapter 27

 

 

Boast not thyself of to morrow ... for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

 

Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth ... a stranger, and not thine own lips.

 

A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty ... but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.

 

Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous ... but who is able to stand before envy?

 

Open rebuke is better than secret love.

 

Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

 

The full soul loatheth a honeycomb, but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

 

As a bird that wondereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.

 

Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart, so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.

 

Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not ... neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity ... for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.

 

My son, be wise and make my heart glad ... that I may answer him that reproacheth me.

 

A prudent man foreseeth the evil and hideth himself ... but the simple pass on, and is punished.

 

Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

 

A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.

 

Iron sharpeneth iron, so a man shapeneth the countenance of his friend.

 

 

 

Proverbs Chapter 28

 

 

The wicked flee when no man pursueth ... but the righteous are bold as a lion.

 

A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.

 

They that forsake the law praise the wicked ... but such as keep the law contend with them.

 

Evil men understand not judgment ... but they that seek The Lord understand all things.

 

Better is the poor that walketh in his uprighteousness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

 

He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.

 

Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit ... but the upright shall have good things in possession.

 

The rich man is wise in his own conceit ... but the poor that hath understanding searcheth Him out.

 

When the righteous man do rejoice, there is great glory ... but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.

 

He that covereth his sins shall not prosper ... but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.

 

As a roaring lion and a raging bear, so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.

 

A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit ... let no man stay him.

 

He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack ... but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.

 

When the wicked rise, men hide themselves ... but when they perish, the righteous increase.

 

The Judgment Of God Upon The Land

Isaiah Chapter 24

 

 

Behold, the Lord maketh the earth empty ... and maketh it waste ... and turneth it upside down ... and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.

 

And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest ... as with the servant, so with his master ... as with the maid, so with her mistress ... as with the buyer, so with the seller ... as with the lender, so with the borrower ... as with the taker of inusry, so with the giver of unsury to him.

 

The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled ... for The Lord hath spoken this word.

 

The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away ... the haughty people of the earth do languish.

 

The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof, because they have trangressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.

 

Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate ... therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.

 

The new wine mourneth ... the vine languisheth ... all the merryhearted do sigh.

 

The mirth of tabrets ceaseth ... the noise of them that rejoice endeth ... the joy of the harp ceaseth.

 

They shall not drink wine with a song ... strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.

 

The city of confusion is broken down ... every house is shut up, that no man may come in.

 

There is a crying for wine in the streets ... all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.

 

In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.

 

When thus it shall be in the midst of the land among the people ... there shall be as the shaking of an olive tree, and as the gleaning grapes when the vintage is done.

 

They shall lift up their voice ... they shall sing for the majesty of The Lord ... they shall cry

aloud from the sea.

 

Wherefore glorify ye The Lord in the fires ... even the name of The Lord God of Israel in the isles of the sea.

 

From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, even glory to the righteousness.

 

But I said: 'My leanness, my leanness woe unto me! ... the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously ... yea, the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously.'

 

Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, o inhabitants of the earth.

 

And it shall come to pass that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit ... and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare ... for the windows from on high are open and the foundation of the earth do shake.

 

The earth is utterly broken down ... the earth is clean dissolved ... the earth is moved exceedingly.

 

The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage ... and the trangression thereof shall be heavy upon it ... and it shall fall, and not rise again.

 

And it shall come to pass in that day, that The Lord shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.

 

And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit ... and shall be shut up in the prison ... and after many days shall they be visited.

 

Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed ... when The Lord of hosts shall reign in Mount Zion, and in Jerusalem. 

The Perfect Prayer

St Matthew 6 Verse 6

 

 

And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are ... for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets ... that they may be seen of men.

 

Verily I say unto you ... they have their reward.

 

But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father ... and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.

 

But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do ... for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

 

But not ye therefore like unto them ... for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of ... before ye ask him.

 

After this manner therefore pray ye:

 

Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy Name.

 

Thy Kingdom come. Thy Will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

 

Give us this day our daily bread.

 

And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

 

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

 

For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever.

 

Amen.

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal.

 

But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal.

 

For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. 

 

The light of the body is the eye ... if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.

 

But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness.

 

If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!

 

No man can serve two masters ... for either he will hate the one, and love the other ... or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other.

 

Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

Take therefore no thought for the morrow ... for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself ... sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

 

 

The Miracle Of The Bread And The Fish

St Matthew Chapter 14 Verse 14

 

 

And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and He healed their sick.

 

And when it was evening, His disciples came to Him, saying: 'This is a desert place, and the time is now past ... send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals.'

 

But Jesus said unto them: 'They need not depart ... give ye them to eat.'

 

And they say unto Him: 'We have here but 5 loaves, and 2 fishes.'

 

He said; 'Bring them hither to me.'

 

And He commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the 5 loaves, and the 2 fishes, and looking up to Heaven, He blessed, and broke, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.

 

And they did all eat, and were filled ... and they took up the fragments that remained 12 baskets full.

 

And they that had eaten were about 5000 men, beside women and children.

 

 

 

 

Jesus Walks On The Sea

 

St Matthew Chapter 14 Verse 22

 

 

 

And straightway Jesus constrained His disciples go get into a ship, and to go before Him unto the other side, while He sent the multitudes away.

 

And when He had sent the multitudes away, He went up into a mountain apart to pray ... and when the evening was come, He was there alone.

 

But the ship was now in the midst of the sea ... tossed with waves ... for the wind was contrary.

 

And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea.

 

And when the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying: 'It is a spirit.' ... and they cried out for fear.

 

But straightway Jesus spoke unto them, saying: 'Be of good cheer ... it is I ... be not afraid.'

 

And Peter answered Him, and said: 'Lord, if it be Thou, bid me come unto Thee on the water.'

 

And He said: 'Come.'

 

And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus.

 

But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid ... and beginning to sink, he cried, saying: 'Lord, save me.'

 

And immediately Jesus stretching forth His hand, and caught him, and said unto him: 'O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?'

 

And when they came into the ship, the wind ceased.

 

Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped Him, saying: 'Of a truth Thou art the Son Of God.'

 

And when they were gone over, they came into the land of Gennesaret.

 

And when the men of that place had knowledge of Him, they sent out into all that country round about, and brought unto Him all that were diseased.

 

And besought Him that they might only touch the hem of his garment ... and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.

 

 

FIN

 

 



Thanksgiving For God's Powerful Deliverance

II Samuel Chapter 23

And Davide spake unto The Lord the words of this song in the day that The Lord had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies:

When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid, the sorrows of hell compassed me about, the snares of death prevented me ... in my distress I called upon The Lord, and cried to my God ... and He did hear my voice out of His temple, and my cry did enter into His ears.

Then the earth shook and trembled, the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because He was wroth.

There went up a smoke out of His nostrils, and fire out of His mouth devoured ... coals were kindled by it.

He bowed the heavens also, and came down ... and the darkness was under His feet.

And He rode upon a cherub and did fly ... and He was seen upon the wings of the wind.

And He made darkness pavilions round about Him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.

Through the brightness before Him were coals of fire kindled.

The Lord thundered from heaven ... and the most High uttered His voice.

And He sent out arrows, and scattered them ... lightning and discomfited them.

And the channels of the sea appeared ... the foundations of the earth were discovered, at the rebuking of The Lord, at the blast of the breath of His nostrils.

He sent from above ... He took me, He drew me out of many waters.

He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me ... for they were too strong for me.

The Lord liveth, and blessed be my rock ... and exalted be The God of the rock of my salvation.

It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me.

He is the Tower of Salvation for His king ... and sheweth mercy to His anointed.

Jonah Went To Nineveh With Very Bad News

Jonah Chapter 3

And the Word of The Lord came unto Jonah, the second time, saying: 'Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.'

So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the Word of The Lord.

Now, Nineveh was an exceedingly great city of three day's journey.

And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey ... and he cried and said:'Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.'

So the people of Nineveh believed God ... and proclaimed a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least of them.

For the word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne ... and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth and sat in the ashes.

And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the degree of the king, and his nobles, saying:

'Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water ... but let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God ... yea, let them turn everyone from his evil way, and from the voilence that is in their hands.

Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from His fierce anger, that we perish not?'

And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way ... and God repented from the evil, that He had said that He would do unto them ... and He did not.

FIN

Christ Begins His Sermon

St Matthew Chapter 5



And seeing the multitudes, He went up into a mountain ... and when He was set, His disciples came unto Him ... and He opened His mouth and taught them, saying:

Blessed are the poor in spirit ... for their's is the kingdom of heaven.

Blessed are they that mourn ... for they shall be comforted.

Blessed are the meek ... for they shall inherit the earth.

Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness ... for they shall be filled.

Blessed are the merciful ... for they shall obtain mercy.

Blessed are the pure in heart ... for they shall see God.

Blessed are the peacemakers ... for they shall be called the children of God.

Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake ... for their's is the kingdom of Heaven.

Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for My sake.  Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad ... for great is your reward in heaven ... for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

Ye are the salt of the earth ... but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? ... it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.

Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick ... and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works ... and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

The Discipline And Doctrine Of Wisdom

Proverbs Chapter 9 Verse 1

Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars ...

She hath killed her beasts ... she hath mingled her wine ... she hath also furnished her table.

She hath sent forth her maidens ... she crieth upon the highest places of the city: 'Who is simple, let him turn in hither.'

As for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him: 'Come, eat my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled ... forsake the foolish, and live ... and go in the way of understanding.':

He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame ... and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.

Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee ... rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

Give instructions to a wise man and he will be yet wiser ... teach a just man, and he will increase his learning.

The fear of The Lord is the beginning of wisdom ... and knowledge of the holy is understanding.

For by Me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.

If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself ... but if thou scornest, thou alone shall shalt bear it.

A foolish woman is clamorous ... she is simple, and knoweth nothing.

For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city ... to call passenger who go right on their ways ... whoso is simple, let him turn in hither ... and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him: 'Stolen water are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.'

But he knoweth not that the dead are there ... and that her guests are in the depths of hell.

[Proverbs Chapter 9]

The Different Estate Of The Godly And The Wicked

Psalm 37

A Psalm Of David

Fret not thyself because of evil-doers ... neither be thou envious against the workers iniquity.

For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.

Trust in The Lord and do good ... so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.

Delight thyself also in The Lord ... and He shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

Commit thy way unto The Lord ... trust also in Him .... and He shall bring it to pass.

And He shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.

Rest in The Lord and wait patiently for Him ... fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath ... fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.

For evildoers shall be cut off ... but those that wait upon The Lord, they shall inherit the earth.

For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be ... yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.

But the meek shall inherit the earth ... and shall delight in the abundance of peace.

The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth ... The Lord shall laugh at him, for He seeth that his day is coming.

The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation ... their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.

A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.

For the arms of the wicked shall be broken ... but The Lord upholdeth the righteous.

The Lord knoweth the days of the upright ... and their inheritance shall be for ever.

They shall not be ashamed in the evil time, and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.

But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of The Lord shall be as the fat of lambs ... they shall consume, into smoke shall they consume away.

The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again ... but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.

For such as be blessed of Him shall inherit the earth ... and they that be cursed of Him shall be cut off.

The steps of a good man are ordered by The Lord, and he delighteth in His way ... though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down, for The Lord upholdeth him with His hand.

God Is Angry With All Manner Of Sin

Roman Chapter 1 Verse 17

For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith ... as it is written ... the just person shall live by faith.

For the Wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men ... who hold the truth in unrighteousness.

Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them ... for God hath shown it unto them.

For the invisible things of Him, from the creation of the world, are clearly seen ... being understood by the things that are made ... even His eternal power and Godhead ... so that they are without excuse.

Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful ... but became vain in their imaginations ... and their foolish heart was darkened ... professing themselves to be wise, they became fools ... and changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made likeness to corruptible man.

Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts ... to dishonour their own bodies between themselves.

They are who changed the Truth of God into a lie ... and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator Whom is blessed for ever. Amen.

For this cause God to give them up unto vile affections ... for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature.

And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of a woman, burned in their lust one toward another ... men with men working that which is unseemly ... and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.

And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient.

Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness, envy, murder, deceit, malignity ... and whisperers, backbiters, haters of God, despiteful proud boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents ... without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful ... who, knowing the Judgement of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.

Therefore thou art inexcusable, o man, whosoever thou art that judgest ... for wherein thou judgest another thou condemnest thyself ... for thou that judgest do the same things.

But we are sure that the Judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things. 

The Laws On Sex

Leviticus 18 verse 6

1. None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him ... to uncover their nakedness ... I am The Lord.

2. The nakedness of thy father ... or the nakedness of thy mother ... shalt thou not uncover ... she is thy mother ... thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.

3. The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover ... it is thy father's nakedness.

4. The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or the daughter of thy mother ... whether she be born at home, or abroad ... even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover.

5. The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter's daughter ... even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover ... for their's is thine own nakedness.

6. The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy father ... she is thy sister ... thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.

7. Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister ... she is thy father's near kinswoman.

8. Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister ... for she is thy mother's near kinswoman.

9. Thou shall not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother ... thou shalt not approach to his wife ... she is thine aunt.

10. Thou shall not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law ... she is thy son's wife ... thou shall not uncover her nakedness.

11. Thou shall not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife ... it is thy brother's nakedness.

12. Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter ... neither shalt thou take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter ... to uncover their nakedness ... for they are her near kinswomen ... it is wickedness.

13. Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister ... to vex her ... to uncover her nakedness ... beside the other in her life time.

14. Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness ... as long as she is put apart from her uncleanness.

15. Moreover thou shall not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife ... to defile thyself with her.

16. Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind ... it is abomination.

17. Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith ... neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down hereto ... it is confusion.

The Ten Commandments: The Tenth Commandment

You shall not covet your neighbor's house, you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox nor his donkey nor anything that is your neighbor's

It's all about desire.


We cannot desire another person's house because the desire can trigger the need to want it, and that can in return trigger the force and take it.


We cannot desire another man's wife because she promised before God to be for ever trite and true to her husband. Their bond is holy in God's Eyes.


We can enjoy the neighbor's Ferrari, but we cannot wish that it was ours ... because it's stealing with the eyes. If you wish that the property of somebody else was yours, then you are stealing.


We can't wish to have another person's live, while we're suppose to be happy with our own lives and enjoy what God gave us.


FINISH

Source: The Bible: Exodus 20

The Ten Commandments: The Nineth Commandment

You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour

 

We must not tell lies about people and then get them into trouble. If we don't like people or what they stand for, we must find other ways to remove them from our lives.


We must also not tell lies to people, because we will then be stealing their trust ... and when we steal their trust it will come under God's attention.


FINISH

Source: The Bible: Exodus 20

The Ten Commandments: The Eighteth Commandment

You shall not steal

Straight and to the point ... we WILL NOT STEAL ... anything.

God must hate stealing passionately to have put it in His Commandments.

We can't steal other people belongings ... we can't steal other people's feelings, like with oppression, abuse, cheating and lying ... and we can't steal other people's lives by cheating them out of it with death.

FINISH

Source: The Bible: Exodus 20

The Ten Commandments: The Seventh Commandment

You shall not commit adultery

 

We must keep our sexual urges in check. Promises are holy to God and when we promises ourselves [in the form of marriage] to another person, He expects us to keep that promise for ever.

We don't have the luxury to grow tired of our mate and then go have sex with other people outside our relationship. We are not allowed to break that promise.

It is good to marry, but it is better not to marry. The chances that we can overstep this Commandment are then much slimmer.


The Adultery Commandment also counts for single people having sex with married people.

FINISH

Source: The Bible: Exodus 20

The Ten Commandments: The Sixth Commandment

You will not commit murder

There is no way that we can get away with murder, because when we kill somebody in cold blood or if it's our fault that somebody dies [like drunk driving] ... The Lord will hold us directly accountable for their deaths ... and He will have His Revenge, because we then had killed off a piece of Him.

He knows the difference between an accidental death and a death that was not suppose to happen. He has mercy for an accidental death, because He knows that we didn't mean it.

It's the same thing with wars. If a country invades another country without real and concrete reasons, the invading country's whole army are in danger of murdering other people and they will ignite God's Wrath.

It's because they are attacking innocent nations that did nothing to the invading country. When the defending country's army then kill in self defense, they will not be held accountable for their actions, because it it their divine right to protect themselves.

The invading country will wake up one morning, and all hell would have broken loose in their own country like a critical economy, poor stand in the eyes of the world, corrupted leaders and so on.

FINISH

Source: The Bible: Exodus 20

The Ten Commandments: The Fifth Commandment

Honor your father and your mother ... that your days may be long upon the land which The Lord your God is giving you.

This is the most important commandment after the first four commandments of how we must only worship God.

God commands us to show our parents utter respect, because they stand in for Him ... to raise us as children of God.

If it weren't for our parents, we wouldn't have been alive. They raised, took care and nurtured us to adulthood ... always there when we needed them.

It is our duty to repay our parents in kind when they grow old and feeble. We then must take care of them.

FINISH

Source: The Bible: Exodus 20

The Ten Commandments: The Fourth Commandment

Remember the Sabbath Day, to keep it holy.

Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of The Lord your God. In it you shall do no work ... you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your servants or cattle or the stranger within your gates.

For in six days The Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.

The Lord instructs us to have a holiday day every seventh day in a week cycle.


The seventh day, when we must rest, is to just shut down for a moment and look around us and appreciate the wonder of Life ... the Life that He created in six days.


He wants us to honor Him in the only way possible for us. We have to give Him one day a week from our lives to say thank you for all that He has given us.


FINISH



Source: The Bible: Exodus 20

The Ten Commandments: The Third Commandment

You shall not take the Name of The Lord your God in vain, for The Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His Name in vain.

Every time that we say The Lord's Name we catch His attention ... and when we use His Name to make a point or exclaim our feelings we waste His time, probably while He was doing something very important.


We, as parents, feel the same way. It frustrates us as well when we are busy and the kids keep calling our name for nothing in particular.


He expects us to refrain from using His Name in our daily conversations and only speak His Name in prayers and when we speak to Him.


FINISH

 

Source: The Bible: Exodus 20

The Ten Commandments: The Second Commandment

You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.

You shall not bow down to them nor serve them.

For I, The Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My Commandments.

The Second Commandment ties in with the First Commandment in only worshipping God.

The important thing here is what is going to happen if we do not do what He commands.

He clearly stipulates that He IS GOING to punish our children, grand children and great grand children, and even our great great grand children, if we don't worship Him ... and only Him.

It means that we then create generations and generations of misery if we bow down to another god ... whatever it is. It can be a golden calf, money, drugs, war or anything that is not Him.

On the other side, if we love and worship only God, He promises mercy which means that we are then under His Divine Protection ... and His Wrath will come down on the people who try to damage us ... He can because He is The Living God.

FINISH

Source: The Bible: Exodus 20

 

The Ten Commandments: The First Commandment

I am The Lord your God

You shall have no other gods before Me

God makes it clear that He will not, under any circumstances, tolerate us worshipping anything or anybody else but Him.

As a Parent He puts claim to all of us as HIS children.

When we get to be parents, we are also possessive of our children. It's not going to work for us if our children call other people 'Mommy' and 'Daddy', and only call our name when they want something from us.

We demand that respect from our children and we feel that we are entitled to just that, because the children came from us ... we made them.

It is the same situation with God. He demands total worship from us, because we come from Him. If it weren't for Him, we wouldn't have been alive, or the planet for that matter.

FINISH


Source: The Bible: Exodus 20