Message
from the Monthly Flyer from June 2011
Exodus
20:1-17 And God spoke all these words, saying: "I
am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt,
out of the house of bondage. "You shall have no other
gods before Me. "You shall not make for yourself a carved
image, or 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.
For I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity
of the fathers on 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. "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. "Remember
the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor
and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of
the LORD your God. 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. 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. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and
hallowed it. "Honor your father and your mother, that
your days may be long upon the land which the LORD your God
is giving you. "You shall not murder. "You shall
not commit adultery. "You shall not steal. "You
shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. "You
shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet
your neighbor's wife, nor his male servant, nor his female
servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is
your neighbor's."
On the mountain Moses received the ten commandments. It is
important that you know that the first four commandments point
out to us that we should love God. The next six commandments
give us directions how we should live with one another. Therefore,
Jesus summarized the ten commandments in the following way:
"Love God with all your heart, with all your soul, and
with all your mind, and love your neighbour as yourself."
Watch out today how you can love God, your friends (neighbour),
and yourself. sw
