The Ten Commandments were given for all men throughout the ages. They set God's standard.
Exodus 20:
3 “You shall have no other gods before Me.
Pop 'stars', footballers, film 'stars' are worshipped today as if they are gods
4 “You shall not make for yourself a carved image
Cars, posters of favourite film stars etc, shrines to them, shrines to relatives - same thing as graven images
7 “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain,
OMG (I hate it - in your face, on billboards, on the internet, in films, on Facebook profiles), people saying the name of Jesus as a cuss.
8 “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Shops opening on a Sunday (do they really need to open? Not really they have 6 (SIX) other days to make money.)
12 “Honor your father and your mother,
So often we hear about children murdering their parents (and vice versa). Being cheeky isn't honouring them, disrespecting them
13 “You shall not murder.
Murder comes in a variety of forms - to take someone's life by stabbing (etc) them. Murder can also include character - how many times have we seen in newspapers, the murder of someone's reputation only to see them commiting suicide because they have lost everything in life! Abortion, Euthanasia! Murder is taking the life of someone who is created in God's image.
14 “You shall not commit adultery.
You only have to look at someone in lust and that is committing adultery. There are many dating sites which advocate no strings sex for married people etc
15 “You shall not steal.
Stealing, like murder isn't necessarily something tangible - stealing could be coming back from your break deliberately late, but getting paid for it. Getting paid for something you havne't done. Stealing is taking anything which doesn't belong to you. Envelopes from work, that pen you haven't [deliberately] returned
16 “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
Gossip is bearing false witness - this is so prevalent in our society, with the magazines spouting a load of dramatic sensationalisation rubbish about people! Don't like someone? Keep it to yourself because if you diss someone to others, you are tainting their judgement on the person and it more than likely isn't true what you think anyway - it's only YOUR perception!
17 “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house
Coveting leads to stealing, it leads to murder, it leads to adultery, it leads to gossip. Be happy with who you are and what you have!
Looking at the ten commandments and how we break them every minute of every day - is it a surprise that God is angry with the world?
Why should He get involved when He has given us consciences which have these written in them? If God intervened in our lives we would soon get fed up of Him. He doesn't intervene in cases of wars, famine etc because they are the by-product of our disobedience and we have to live with the consequences. He HAS given us a way of peace, love, joy through Jesus Christ but so many reject Him - so God lets us do what we want as society falls into ruin because of our disobedience towards Him!
Exodus 20:
3 “You shall have no other gods before Me.
Pop 'stars', footballers, film 'stars' are worshipped today as if they are gods
4 “You shall not make for yourself a carved image
Cars, posters of favourite film stars etc, shrines to them, shrines to relatives - same thing as graven images
7 “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain,
OMG (I hate it - in your face, on billboards, on the internet, in films, on Facebook profiles), people saying the name of Jesus as a cuss.
8 “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Shops opening on a Sunday (do they really need to open? Not really they have 6 (SIX) other days to make money.)
12 “Honor your father and your mother,
So often we hear about children murdering their parents (and vice versa). Being cheeky isn't honouring them, disrespecting them
13 “You shall not murder.
Murder comes in a variety of forms - to take someone's life by stabbing (etc) them. Murder can also include character - how many times have we seen in newspapers, the murder of someone's reputation only to see them commiting suicide because they have lost everything in life! Abortion, Euthanasia! Murder is taking the life of someone who is created in God's image.
14 “You shall not commit adultery.
You only have to look at someone in lust and that is committing adultery. There are many dating sites which advocate no strings sex for married people etc
15 “You shall not steal.
Stealing, like murder isn't necessarily something tangible - stealing could be coming back from your break deliberately late, but getting paid for it. Getting paid for something you havne't done. Stealing is taking anything which doesn't belong to you. Envelopes from work, that pen you haven't [deliberately] returned
16 “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
Gossip is bearing false witness - this is so prevalent in our society, with the magazines spouting a load of dramatic sensationalisation rubbish about people! Don't like someone? Keep it to yourself because if you diss someone to others, you are tainting their judgement on the person and it more than likely isn't true what you think anyway - it's only YOUR perception!
17 “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house
Coveting leads to stealing, it leads to murder, it leads to adultery, it leads to gossip. Be happy with who you are and what you have!
Looking at the ten commandments and how we break them every minute of every day - is it a surprise that God is angry with the world?
Why should He get involved when He has given us consciences which have these written in them? If God intervened in our lives we would soon get fed up of Him. He doesn't intervene in cases of wars, famine etc because they are the by-product of our disobedience and we have to live with the consequences. He HAS given us a way of peace, love, joy through Jesus Christ but so many reject Him - so God lets us do what we want as society falls into ruin because of our disobedience towards Him!
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