The Ten Commandments are found in Exodus 20:1-17. Given by God to Moses as a way to prepare His people to Be His people, these were given as part of the start of their journey in the wilderness. Each commandment is law. Please read each one carefully and see what God has in store for those who keep them:
1 Then God spoke all these words: 2 I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; 3 you shall have no other gods before me. 4 You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. 5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, punishing children for the iniquity of parents, to the third and the fourth generation of those who reject me, 6 but showing steadfast love to the thousandth generation of those who love me and keep my commandments. 7 You shall not make wrongful use of the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not acquit anyone who misuses his name. 8 Remember the sabbath day, and keep it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work. 10 But the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God; you shall not do any work—you, your son or your daughter, your male or female slave, your livestock, or the alien resident in your towns. 11 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but rested the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day and consecrated it. 12 Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you. 13 You shall not murder. 14 You shall not commit adultery. 15 You shall not steal. 16 You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. 17 You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or male or female slave, or ox, or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.
All hold the promise of a strong, right relationship with God and within those are those which promise us a strong, right relationship with one another. The Ten Commandments are God's Gold Standard for living. If we put God first and then seek to keep God's commandments and love and follow His Son, Jesus, we are blessed. And as a result of our blessed life, our relationship with others, our parents, our spouses, our family, our neighbors also will be blessed.
PRAYER: LOVING GOD, I thank You for Your precious and powerful Commandments. Help me to see You in the words and the love You hold for us behind each word. Let me apply them to my life. I ask this in Christ Jesus' Name, amen.
Have a great and blessed day in the Lord!
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