We need the Sabbath or God would not have made it for us. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.”Įxplanation: We seem to always be busy and need physical rest and spiritual rest. 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.

In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”īible reference - Exodus 20:8-11: “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. It is recorded in Matthew 12:36, 37, “But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment. How many millions violate this commandment every day! And how many do about the same thing with common slang! Let us remember what Jesus said to some careless talkers of His day. You shall not take the Lord’s name in vainīible reference - Exodus 20:7: “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.”Įxplanation: Has the world advanced so far that we do not need this commandment any more? Has all profanity ceased? Have men–and women and children, too–ceased to take God’s name in vain? Have they at last learned to honor the holy name of our Saviour? God's jealousy against false gods is but infinite love which allows no rival for our heart's affection.ģ. An idol image degrades God and it degrades man. Jesus said in John 4:24, “God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”Īll representations of the true God or false deities for the purpose of worship are forbidden. For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon 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.”Įxplanation: Is there anything wrong with this commandment? Millions in the world need to hear this commandment. But all these things are as imperfect as humans themselves, and those who trust in them will be left at last without a light in the vacant and dark night, until the words of the first commandment meet them in the judgment: “Thou shalt have no other gods before Me.”īible reference - Exodus 20:4-6: “You shall not make for yourself a carved image-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. Some worship pleasure others, reason, philosophy, or business. How would you like to pray to 'the spirit of the community' or pray to yourself or to mankind in general? These are some of the false gods proclaimed by the wise men of today. One of these modern leaders says, “God is myself” (). Theodore Graebner tells us that some who set themselves up as teachers–many even as religious teachers–say that God is merely “the spirit of the community” (). It is strange how modern men turn away from the living God, who is revealed in nature and the Bible, and invent imaginary gods to fit their unbelieving hearts.

The story is told that in a certain museum in China there was an exhibit called 'The American God.' And what do you suppose it was? A dollar bill, neatly framed. Whatever holds the supreme place in a person’s life is a god. You shall have no other gods before Meīible reference - Exodus 20:3: “You shall have no other gods before Me.”Įxplanation: Do we still need this commandment? We certainly do.

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