Hello Readers and followers,
How are you doing and how are you settling into the New Year? Well I hope 2015 has been good to you so far. Have you met any of your goals for this year yet or have you got any space in your New Year resolutions diary? Then I’ll say today’s blog is for you. The topic for today is ‘ Loving and Obeying God.’
Do you love God? If you answered yes then you have
to obey His commandments. This is because being Obedient to God’s commands is
the true sign of your love for God, and the only way you can know if you are
obeying God is by knowing his Word. Deuteronomy 11:1 says that “Love the Lord
your God and keep his requirements, his decrees, his laws and his commands
always” (NIV)
Another question to ask is that, ‘what commandments
is Deuteronomy chapter 11 talking about?’ These commandments are the 10
commandment God gave to Moses and the people of Israel.
The Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:2-17 NKJV)
1 “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.
2 “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.
3 “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.
4 “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.
5 “Honour your father and your mother, that your
days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
6 “You shall not murder.
7 “You shall not commit adultery
.
8 “You shall not steal.
9 “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour.
10. “You shall not covet your neighbour’s house; you
shall not covet your neighbour’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female
servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbour’s.”
I guess the 10 commandments listed above are
self-explanatory and easy to understand.
The Bible sates in Exodus 19:5 that “Now therefore,
if you will obey My voice in truth and keep My covenant, then you shall be My
own peculiar possession and treasure from among and above all peoples; for all
the earth is Mine.” (Amplified Bible)
In today’s world we attempt to look good in serving
God but there is the temptation to perform certain religious duties rather than
to truly obey God. Even good activities, such as giving money to charity,
attending church services, or praying in public, are not as important to God as
obeying His commands.Have a great week ahead and remember to
share this blog with your friends and your social media friends.
See you next week :)
TILL THEN KEEP CALM AND OBEY GOD
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