If you have the intestinal fortitude, you will stay with me me as we walk through the ten commands side by side. Let us see and confess privately, since we are not physically within vicinity of one another, which of the Godly rules we have broken through disobedience, or temptation via a loved one.
And God spake all these words, saying, I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
1 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
2 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; and showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
3 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain
4 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it
5 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee
6 Thou shalt not kill
7 Thou shalt not commit adultery
8 Thou shalt not steal
9 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour
10 Thou shalt not cover thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet they neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's
Have you:
1 Put something or someone before God, idolizing them, putting them on a pedestal, or turning to it/them as your number one source of convenient comfort, rather than worshipping the God of creation?
CV19 has been the god of the masses... did you venerate it, by;
2 Bowing down to it, serving it, speaking about it with reverence as though it were not a manmade thing to be abhorred, but something to be feared and fondled with great attention and care. Did the "pandemic" take over your life to the point of testing, testing, one two three, to see if you were graced with its presence? If you continue to speak of it as though it was/is real, I suggest you have made it your dictator god, and have turned away from the One true and living God that made you.
3 Do you toss out harsh words in reference to God or Jesus? Do you damn yourself by taking the LORD's name in vain? He hears us, and let us be very clear, he does not take kindly to one of his creatures attempting to pull him from his throne (an impossible task) by wickedly mocking or belittling him as Sovereign. Think now with me, if you were to speak this way about someone that has authority over you, say your boss, or when you were a child, your mother or father... what, pray tell, would they do to you for such insubordination? Now consider Almighty God, and how he has yet to send the proverbial lightning bold to incinerate you, once and for all, for your filthy mouth!
4 Do you work twenty-four seven? Are you the breadwinner, bread baker, bread eater, in your own little castle? Do you thank yourself for all you have? What if you could not, for reason of illness or change in circumstance, make and knead and eat that dough? Then what?
God is our provider. God gives us strength to rise and work, eat and drink each day. Think now with me, how vulnerable you are while sleeping... Who is providing for you and watching over you while you slumber, while you are in the most danger of being mishandled by marauders... even in your nightmares, you have the capacity to awaken in your own safe and secure abode.
The Sabbath is for giving thanks to God, that never rests, sleeps, or takes his eye off of his creatures. But for him, you would have nothing, and giving him praise for his blessings ought to be our constant refrain.
5 Honouring our parents is a duty... dare I say what has been committed against the elderly in our midst? Dare I accuse you of putting them away to be cared for, or alternatively neglected and abused, by perfect strangers? I point my finger in the eye of the guilty here, who out of convenience, have forsaken the command to honour their mother and father, by misplacing them, removing them from their family of origin to be put out of sight and mind, institutionalizing them.
Is this what your fate will be, dear reader? Have you gone into one of those places recently? They are a den of decay and death, because the residents are poked and prodded, and more recently, injected with poison without their consent or understanding. The vulnerable have been misused beyond comprehension, and it ought to sicken us to see our loved ones treated in this manner.
6 Have you killed anyone lately, dear one? I am going to be harsh here, so get thee ready, if by chance you are guilty of what I am going to imply.
If you suggested to others that they ought to get poison injections; if you suggested they follow the rules; wear a thing on strings over their breathing holes; keep their distance, follow the directional arrows; do as they were told, then you had murder in your heart.
Those that know God, honour God, cannot, will not, disobey him. We will not worship idol gods, nor will we bow down to them, and anything CV19 was a wickedness that the masses fell for, because they rejected the Remedy, which is to forsake sin, forsake the secular world, and answer to the Living God, seeing Jesus as our healer and Saviour. Anyone wanting to lead another away from God as Sovereign, suggests we commit high treason against the King... wrap your head around that before you move on.
7 Committing adultery wounds the souls of the violators, instills fear and insecurity collaterally in innocent related parties, and exposes all to spiritual, socio-economic, and psychological attack.
Cheating on a spouse is bad enough, cheating on God is the ultimate sin. Loyalty is not a must, since we clearly have freedom of will and can chose infidelity, but without it, trust is broken and so is responsibility in relationship. When we betray ourselves by walking away from relationship, especially with God, we leave ourselves wide open to the wolves that roam, looking for an easy and free lunch.
The stiff-necked Israelites were foolish enough to disobey God in their midst and were compared to a harlot or whore, going after other gods that were hand crafted by men. Anyone that went after CV19 with all their heart, with all their soul, and all their mind, committed a heinous act of adultery against God, betraying themselves, their family, friends, and co-workers.
This verse pins down in sharp contrast, the point I am making:
Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind (Matthew 23:37)
8 Have you stolen anything lately, dear reader? What if I suggest to you that you have stolen peace and serenity from others in some fashion or another? What if you have said or done some things that have been a vexation to the spirit of those you interact with?
Theft is not always material. Sometimes we steal via cruelty causing a loss to another. Think now, when this last happened to you... think again, when you have done the same sort of thing to others.
Are you guilty?
9 This commandment, of not bearing false witness, ties in nicely with the one above regarding theft, because the thief in this case, wants to take away the good reputation of another, out of malice and malignant intent. A persons reputation might be all they have, that benefits or hinders their serviceability, publicly speaking. It is a cruelty to speak lies about someone with the intention of taking them down to a place of less than, in order to sabotage their well-being.
If this is you, you must look for that root of bitterness that has sprouted branches and buds of bad fruit. If you lie about another and cause trouble amongst brethren, be sure to know that it is your reputation at stake, not theirs.
10 Now coveting is deep, deep jealousy, isn't it dear reader? There is a distinction that must be made between admiration for some one else's accomplishments and procured items, to wanting to take from them what they have earned or secured as their own.
God is called jealous, because he owns all, and he would not have any be lost, stolen, or taken from him. Imagine your mom or dad, standing in front of you to stop you from going out unprotected into the big, bad, dangerous world, and you circumventing, going around them, sneaking out to do what you want without hinderance. While you may very well manage your secret escape, your good parents can tell, our God can see... He allows us to walk or run away, but it is grievous to him and it ought to be grievious to us too, to give ourselves over to worldly lusts, when God is our portion and we are his possession.
What more could we possibly want then his blessed presence and abundant love?
To covet what another has that clearly does not belong to us, is a sign of soul sickness, green envy being a symptom of something sinister.
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