The Law of God (Deu. 5:6-21)

3/22/2009 11:25 PM

 

SPIRITUAL DIARY

 

My Worship Time                                        Focus:  The Law of God

 

Bible Reading & Meditation                        Reference:  Deuteronomy 5:6-21

 

            Message of the verses:  “6 ¶  ‘I am the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. 7  ‘You shall have no other gods before Me. 8  ‘You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth. 9  ‘You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, and on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me, 10  but showing lovingkindness to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments. 11  ‘You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave him unpunished who takes His name in vain. 12  ‘Observe the sabbath day to keep it holy, as the LORD your God commanded you. 13  ‘Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 14  but the seventh day is a sabbath of the LORD your God; in it you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter or your male servant or your female servant or your ox or your donkey or any of your cattle or your sojourner who stays with you, so that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you. 15  ‘You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God brought you out of there by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm; therefore the LORD your God commanded you to observe the sabbath day. 16  ‘Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, that your days may be prolonged and that it may go well with you on the land which the LORD your God gives you. 17  ‘You shall not murder. 18  ‘You shall not commit adultery. 19  ‘You shall not steal. 20  ‘You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. 21  ‘You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, and you shall not desire your neighbor’s house, his field or his male servant or his female servant, his ox or his donkey or anything that belongs to your neighbor.’”

            As I have written before there are things that are in the book of Deuteronomy that are repeated from the earlier books, and this is a repeat of the Ten Commandments that were given to Moses on Mt. Sinai and found in Exodus 20:1-17.  I went over these commandments when I was studying the book of Exodus.

            The first commandment speaks of who the Lord is and what He did for them by bringing them out of the land of Egypt and God tells Israel that they shall have no other gods before Him, in other words they shall not worship any idols ever. 

 

            Spiritual meaning for my life today:  I took communion with our church this evening and the Passover celebration was also shown to us this evening by a person who is one of the “Jews for Jesus.”  This was a very informative lesson and a very good evening and both of these celebrations are mentioned in this evening’s commentary written by Warren Wiersbe.  I am to be grateful to my Lord for saving me and also appreciate God for this wonderful salvation.

 

3/22/2009 11:35 PM