Commandment #5: Honoring Our Parents (Pt 2)

Train up a child in the way he should go, even when he is old he will not depart from it.                                                                                                                   Proverbs 22:6  When we consider the idea of honoring our parents, we should also remember that there are many parents who have to watch…

Commandment #5: Honoring Our Parents (Pt 1)

Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be prolonged in the land which the Lord your God gives you.                                                                                                                  Exodus 20:12  To begin, I have to thank God for my parents. I realize that not everyone is as blessed as I to have two…

Commandment #4: The Purpose Of The Sabbath (Pt 2)

Jesus said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath. So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”                                                                                                                      Mark 2:27-28  One of the things that we want to avoid when dealing with a Sabbath day’s rest is allowing ourselves to take this…

Commandment #4: The Purpose Of The Sabbath (Pt 1)

Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 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, your male or your female servant or your cattle or your sojourner who stays with you. For in…

Commandment #3: Taking God’s Name In Vain (Pt 2)

Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear.                                                                                                             Ephesians 4:29  Carelessly throwing around the name of God is not the only way in which we…

Commandment #3: Taking God’s Name In Vain (Pt 1)

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.                                                                                                                  Exodus 20:7  It seems in today’s culture that the name of God is thrown about without any consideration for the power and majesty…

Commandment #2: Place Nothing Above God (Pt 2)

Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world. The world is…

Commandment #2: Place Nothing Above God (Pt 1)

However at that time, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those which by nature are no gods. But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how is it that you turn back again to the weak and worthless elemental things, to which you desire to be enslaved all over again? You observe…

Commandment #1: Only One God (Pt 2)

Praise the Lord! Praise God in His sanctuary; Praise Him in His mighty expanse. Praise Him for His mighty deeds; Praise Him according to His excellent greatness. Praise Him with trumpet sound; Praise Him with harp and lyre. Praise Him with timbrel and dancing; Praise Him with stringed instruments and pipe. Praise Him with loud cymbals; Praise Him with resounding cymbals. Let everything that has breath praise the Lord…

Commandment #1: Only One God (Pt 1)

The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.”                                                                  Psalm 14:1a  Atheism is one of the most difficult positions to take in this life. It requires that one declare all knowledge of the universe. One must have experienced everything there is to experience. And it requires an effort…