| WHAT IS THIS "GETTING SAVED" STUFF? And "WHY DO I NEED IT"? |
| THE PROBLEM- We all have a fallen nature. We are not the way God designed us to be. |
Commandments are what God uses to show us where we are from His perspective, that "we all have a fallen nature." And at the end of the day God's perspective is the only one that counts, because He is the One that we will stand before at the end of our lives.
"Child Predators" you see their face's when they realize that they are caught on National TV going to have sex with what they think are children. They can't believe this is happening and they wish they never did this, some even say " I knew I shouldn't do this..." imagine how they feel getting caught on National TV! "But this is nothing compared to when at the end of our life," all of a sudden we are standing in front of God, and He knows every single thing we've every done, every thought..!
and after that the [certain] judgment,
feelings, and purposes) and the [inmost] hearts, and I will give to each of you [the reward for what you have done] as your work deserves.
are before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive [his pay] according to what he has done in the body, whether good or evil [considering what his purpose and motive have been, and what he has achieved, been busy with, and given himself and his attention to accomplishing]. |
| 1. What's this all about? 2. What does all this stuff that was written 4,000 thousand years ago have to do with me today? |
| MOSES |
| THE TEN COMMANDMENTS |
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last person that you think of when you go to bed, and do you love Him above all else?
[mind and] heart and with your entire being and with all your might.
therefore that the Lord your God, He is God, the faithful God, Who keeps covenant and steadfast love and mercy with those who love Him and keep His commandments...
the Lord your God require of you but [reverently] to fear the Lord your God, [that is] to walk in all His ways, and to love Him, and to serve the Lord your God with all your [mind and] heart and with your entire being,
then God is a ''god" to us. |
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with our hands or thinking it in our minds.
"my god doesn't mind if I tell little white lies," or "my god won't mind if I just look at the opposite sex but don't touch,"
[from anything and everything that would occupy the place in your heart due to God, from any sort of substitute for Him that would take first place in your life].
belongs to God, and that which belongs to the wicked one. True believers belong to God: they are of God, and from him, and to him, and for him; while the rest, by far the greater number, are in the power of the wicked one; they do his works, (i.e. Breaking the "Ten Commandments"), and support his cause. (Quoted from Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary.) |
3. Exodus 20:7 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. |
your God in vain [that is, lightly or frivolously, in false affirmations or profanely]; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.
their eyes.
Do you not tremble before Me? I placed the sand for the boundary of the sea, a perpetual barrier beyond which it cannot pass and by an everlasting ordinance beyond which it cannot go? And though the waves of the sea toss and shake themselves, yet they cannot prevail [against the feeble grains of sand which God has ordained by nature to be sufficient for His purpose]; though [the billows] roar, yet they cannot pass over that [barrier]. [Is not such a God to be reverently feared and worshiped?] |
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"The Osborne's," "Nanny 911" etc. The family unit is the foundation of society and when the family breaks down i.e, (no honor, no respect, rebellion) to parents etc. So does society. When there's no respect for parents there's no respect for employer's which have no respect for employees, which have no respect for government etc...
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worldly labour, i.e. Work, shopping, school, etc... During the six days we must do all our work. But God knew that we needed a day of rest for our bodies and souls (mind, will, emotions) to be healthy, when we work seven days a week we become weak and sick, God made this day for our benefit, (all the Commandments are for our benefit). It also gives us time to know more about Him.
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they have never physically killed any one, but God says in His Word:
the men of old, You shall not kill, and whoever kills shall be liable to and unable to escape the punishment...
continues to be angry with his brother or harbors malice (enmity of heart) against him shall be liable to and unable to escape the punishment...
fellow man) is a murderer, and ye know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.
forgiveness towards them, God sees that equal to murder, because thats where murder starts i.e. " hurt feelings, offense, ill will, UN forgiveness, etc..." |
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someone else that they are free from adultery, they say "I've never cheated on my spouse," but they constantly look at other people in a sexual way. But God says in His Word:
commit adultery.
looks at a woman with evil desire for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
looking at another person in a lustful way, because thats where adultery starts i.e. " looking and thinking about it, etc..." |
think that if they don't rob convenient stores, or banks etc, they don't have to worry about this one.
you to much money back from your purchase; you don't say anything."
Internet instead of working, or coming in late and not docking the time, or taking office supply's without your bosses permission," even if it is a stamp, pen, paper clip, the low value of an item doesn't make any difference. |
8. Exodus 20:15 Thou shalt not steal. |
what we would consider small lies, i.e. "tell them I'm not here right now" or you are late getting somewhere and you tell them that "the traffic was bad," but it wasn't, you just left late, etc...
Not to mention the big ones, "lying about taxes, the person you where with, but wasn't suppose to be, etc... But God says in His Word:
word or deed)--[all of these shall have] their part in the lake that blazes with fire and brimstone...
you'll lie about the little things you'll lie about the big ones to.
faithful also in much, and he who is dishonest and unjust in a very little [thing] is dishonest and unjust also in much.
[case of] unrighteous mammon (deceitful riches, money, possessions), who will entrust to |