March 16, 2015
MY FRIENDS, HOW MANY GODS DO WE HAVE IN OUR LIVES?
Today, let’s determine how we as Christians look at God and His law in the 21st century. Webster’s take on Christianity and other 
monotheistic religions simply means the creator and ruler of the universe and source of all moral authority; the Supreme Being.
So today we will focus on God’s first two commandments and whether what was recorded over 3000 years ago is still relevant to us today which tells us to have no other Gods before us, in other words, to renounce anything that hinders a true worship of God.
My friends, in our fast pace got to have it now society how is that possible? At the time God is giving His commandments, Moses is on top of a mountain and the Bible says, then God spoke these words: “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.”
It is amazing that the 10 Commandments don’t start with a command, but a statement.” I am the Lord your God who brought you
out of slavery. “You shall have no other gods before Me.
“You shall not make for yourself a carved image 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 upon 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. Ex. 20:3-6 (NKJV)
My friends, He has made His precepts personal to each of us. You and I, He tells us, must make a decision about serving Him. You shall have no other God’s before me. And why is that so important for us today? “The core of the New Age theology tells us: you and I are gods.
Each of us has access to a supraconscious, creative, integrative, self-organizing, intuitive mind whose capabilities are apparently unlimited,”
The question we must ask ourselves today is; have we allowed the god of this world too take our attention and relationship off of the true God who made the heavens and the earth and our responsibility to serve Him and place it on Satan and the things of this world.
When we are laborers together with God, we cannot set our affections upon things below; for where our affections are, our thoughts will be; and where our thoughts are, there will be our treasure. When we dwell upon things seen and temporal, we fail to obtain divine knowledge (White)
I often find myself these days having to sacrifice something I love to do, for the sake of what is more important at that particular time. Well God wants us to know in giving us this commandments that He wants nothing before Him “for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God,”
In other words, every decision you make in life should first be centered and focused on our love, honor, respect, wisdom, knowledge and relationship with God. God started his precepts off by reminding us that we were slaves. But my friends we have been bought with a price.
“For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” Rom 5:7-8 (NKJV)
The words of one’s marriage vows say “forsaking all others” and that must be our vows to our Savior, we must forsake everything else in this world for our God. So take the scales of your life today and place Christ on one side and the desires of your heart that are centered around this world on the other side and now ask yourself which one out weights the other.
So friends stay focused, remain faithful, love one another and endure till the end and never forget to STUDY&PRAY
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