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Exodus
20
Thou
shalt
have no
other
Gods
before
me.
Thou
shalt
not make
unto
thee any
graven
image.
Thou
shalt
not take
the name
of the
Lord thy
God in
vain.
Remember
the
Sabbath
day, to
keep it
holy.
Honor
thy
father
and thy
mother.
Thou
shalt
not
kill.
Thou
shalt
not
commit
adultery.
Thou
shalt
not
steal
Thou
shalt
not bear
false
witness
against
thy
neighbor.
Thou
shalt
not
covet.
There is
an old
adage
that
says,
"If the
shoe
fits,
wear
it."
This is
the view
that has
been
taken by
some
folks in
regard
to God’s
instructions
to the
world
that are
known as
"The Ten
Commandments."
Consider
this
conversation:
"What do
you mean
by
‘Gossip
is
murder?’
Gossip
is just
words,
it’s not
murder.
She
deserves
my
anger;
she
brought
this on
herself.
I plan
to make
sure
that
everyone
knows
what she
did to
me. Put
that
shoe on
the
person
who took
someone’s
life,
not on
me. I’m
just
telling
the
truth
about
what
happened."
But
God’s
view is,
"Whoever
hates
his
brother
[sister]
is a
murderer"
(1 John 3:15 NKJV) "But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who
curse
you, do
good to
those
who hate
you, and
pray for
those
who
spitefully
use you
and
persecute
you"
(Matthew
5:44
NKJV)
Another
argument
to
consider:
'Yes, I
did take
a few
pencils
from the
office,
but
that’s
not
really
stealing.
You’re
just
being
fanatical!
No, I
didn’t
punch
the time
clock
when I
went on
that
personal
errand;
I was
only
gone
twenty
minutes.
That’s
not
stealing.
Put that
shoe on
the
bank
robber
or the
fraudulent
lawyer
or the
man who
deliberately
cheated
on his
income
tax, not
on me.'
Excuses
or
rationalization
will not
impress
God.
He said
not to
steal,
and he
included
no
exceptions.
On and
on the
arguments
go.
Somehow
we have
convinced
ourselves
that God
will
make an
exception
of us.
He knows
we "mean
no harm"
in
telling
the
'little
white
lie.'
But God
said to
not lie,
period.
The
housewife
who
fantasizes
about
the hunk
who jogs
by her
house
early
each
morning;
the cute
chic
secretary
who
flits in
and out
of her
boss’
office
while he
ogles
her with
visions
in his
imagination.
That’s
not
adultery,
they
reason.
Put that
shoe on
the
married
person
who
meets
a lover in a motel.
Jesus
said,
"whoever
looks at
a woman
[man] to
lust for
her
[him]
has
already
committed
adultery."
(Mathew
5:28
NKJKV).
It is no
wonder
Satan is
fighting
so hard
to keep
the Ten
Commandments
out of
the
courtroom
and the
classroom!
The
salved
consciences
will
become
raw
conviction
as we
are
reminded
of God’s
viewpoint.
Satan’s
purpose
is to
eliminate
God’s
commandments
from the
courtroom,
the
classroom
and
eventually
the
home. He
won’t
stop
until he
has
outlawed
the Ten
Commandment
signs
posted
in our
lawns or
on our
bumpers.
If he
succeeds
in
having
them
removed
from
courtyards
and
school
yards,
do you
think he
will be
satisfied
and stop
there?
Don’t be
deceived!
He wants
to
remove
them
from our
hearts!
And he
will if
we don’t
stop
him!
Someone
who
wanted
to
remain
anonymous
(I don’t
blame
them!!)
said the
first
commandment
for the
third
millennium
is
'Respect
and
worship
any
deity
within
your
faith
tradition,
if you
follow
one.
Value
and
support
the
right of
others
to do
the
same.'
Ah, now!
Doesn’t
that
sound so
tolerant-mustn’t
offend
anyone!
Well, it
offends
me that
anyone
would
try to
re-write
what God
said!
How
presumptuous!
All
'deities'
will one
day bow
before
Jesus
and
proclaim
Him
'Lord of
all'!
Some
will bow
in this
life and
enter
the
'joys of
their
Lord'
while
others
will do
so to
their
own
condemnation.
The Ten
Commandments
are not
Cinderella
slippers
that
perfectly
fit
on certain feet, but are not applicable to other feet. God’s shoe fits
every
foot and
every
foot
must
wear it
or the
royal
coach
will
never
pick them up to go to God’s ball. They will find that they are depending
on a
pumpkin
which
will not
carry
them any
where.
Rather,
it will
leave
them in
the
cinders
forever!
It’s
time for
us to
wear the
shoe!
It’s a
perfect
fit for
every
foot.
The good
news is
that
life
would
improve
one
hundred
percent
for
everyone
if we would be wise enough to wear it.
One shoe
sums up
all the
feet...Love!
...'Jesus
said to
him, '
‘You
shall
love the
Lord
your God
with all
your
heart,
with all
your
soul,
and with
all your
mind.’
This is
the
first
and
great
commandment,
And the
second
is like
it: ‘You
shall
love
your
neighbor
as
yourself.’
ON THESE
TWO
COMMANDMENTS
HANG ALL
THE LAW
AND THE
PROPHETS"
(Matthew
22:37-40
NKJV.)
(Emphasis
mine.)
No,
Jesus
didn’t
do away
with the
Ten
Commandments;
He
promoted
them and
took
them to
a higher
level.
He knew
if we
loved
like He
loves,
we would
keep the
commandments,
not
outlaw
them. If
we love
each
another,
we won’t
steal
from
them,
lie on
them or
covet
what
they
have
been
blessed
with.
But it
is
necessary
to begin
with the
primary
commandments
which
put God
first,
love Him
most and
worship
no
other.
The
first of
all the
commandments
is:
‘Hear, O
Israel,
the Lord
our God,
the Lord
is one.
And you
shall
love the
Lord
your God
with all
your
heart,
with all
your
soul,
with all
your
mind,
and with
all your
strength’
- (Mark
12:29-30 NKJV).
The
offspring
of the
commandments
relating
to our
relationship
with God
are the
others
describing
our
relationship
with
each
other.
'You
shall
love
your
neighbor
as
yourself'
(Mark
12:31)
There
are no
exemptions.
In God’s
eyes
there is
no such
thing as
'situational
ethics.'
The
Cinderella
slipper
doesn’t
skip the
ugly
step-sisters
and stop
at the
delicate
foot of
the
future
princess.
Even
ugly
step-sisters
have to
wear the
slipper
too, and
it will
fit.
No
matter
how many
supreme
courts
or
school
administrators
try to
outlaw
God’s
laws,
His
Truth
will
stand;
and it
will
stand
forever.
They
won’t be
able to
break
His
Tablets
of
stone;
instead,
they
will
be
broken
by His
immutable
Law. God
said He
would
put His
law
in our
hearts
and with
good
reason.
That’s
where
adultery,
lying,
covetousness,
etc.
begins-in
the
heart.
From its
abundance,
we speak
and act.
We
overflow
with
what we
are full
of.
What can
we do to
keep the
law that
is in
our
hearts
posted
publicly
and
active
in the
courts
and
schools?
Post
them on
the
doorpost
like the
early
Israelites
did.
Post
them
in your
lawn, on
your
bumper
and on
your
website.
Talk
about
them to
your
children
morning,
noon and
night;
when you
are
working
or
playing;
when you
are
going
about
your
daily
business
or on
vacation.
Engrave
them on
your
heart.
Support
the
minority
political
factions
that
want to
keep
them in
the
forefront
of the
laws of
this
land.
Make
them the
basis of
the laws
and
government
actions.
Obey
those
that
have the
rule
over
you, but
honor
God
first.
Earthly
rulers
are in
power
temporarily;
God is
eternally
all-powerful
and His
laws
will
meet us
in
judgment.
If we
break
them
now,
they
will
break
us then;
and
there
will be
no
appeal.
God did
not give
us Ten
Suggestions.
He gave
us Ten
Commandments
that are
absolutes,
not
subject
to
change
according
to your
'foot
size.'
One size
fits
all! As
much as
God
loves
us, He
will not
make an
exception
of you
or me.
We have
to wear
the
shoe.
The shoe
fits! -
Wear it.
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