1 John 5:3
King James Version
3 For this is the love of God,
that we keep his commandments:
and his commandments are not grievous.
Most of us learned it in school.
But no one really bothered to explain.
I really wish they explained each and every one.
It would have saved all of us lots of trouble in our lives.
But as it is, and as it was, we all skimmed through it.
Paying lip service to GOD, but not really giving Him our hearts.
Many don't know the commandments.
Many don't wish to know.
Many wish to go about their own lives.
Not caring about the consequences of sin.
GOD gave Moses 10 commandments for His people.
But they apply to us all.
For we were all given life by GOD.
We must honor our CREATOR.
By following the commands He gave us:
Exodus 20:1-17
King James Version
20 And God spake all these words,
saying,
2 I am the Lord thy God,
which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt,
out of the house of bondage.
3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
4 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.
5 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;
6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them
that love me, and keep my commandments.
7 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.
8 Remember the sabbath day,
to keep it holy.
9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
10 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:
11 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.
12 Honour thy father and thy mother:
that thy days may be long upon the land
which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
13 Thou shalt not kill.
14 Thou shalt not commit adultery.
15 Thou shalt not steal.
16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house,
thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife,
nor his manservant, nor his maidservant,
nor his ox, nor his ass,
nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.
When GOD makes you born again, following those commands becomes pretty easy, and delightful.
Even second nature.
Now, you know GOD's laws.
You become aware, at all times.
You would not want to sin anymore.
You would not want to displease GOD.
You would not want to disappoint JESUS.
You would not want to grieve the HOLY SPIRIT.
They are the TRIUNE GOD.
Being born again helps us get right with GOD.
GOD's SPIRIT teaches us to be humble before the LORD.
And that's for the next post.
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