New Film Spoofs Ten Commandments

Angela-in-Texas »

Wed Aug 01, 2007 10:32 am Agree: 6   Disagree: 1

Great post, Jupiter. With the hope that it would benefit Hampstead Pete to know why the first four commandments are, as he says, "nothing but variations" on the same theme, I would like to share that the reason for this is that when you get your relationship with God right, and arrange your heart and life around His rightful place (which is above all), then you turn toward the other six. The first four are vertical (man to God) and the last six are horizontal (man to fellow man). That's why Jesus said the Law comes down to loving the Lord with all your heart, soul, mind and strength and then loving your neighbor as yourself.

Atheists have all sorts of comments and "proof" that you can be moral without following God's laws, and I guess some who are determined manage to do that on the outside, but God looks at the heart. Getting your heart right with God will not prevent you from breaking these commandments, but it will ensure that you repent and continue to let the Lord cleanse you as you go (1 John 1:9).

I think those of us who are believers need to be sure we are clinging close to the Lord and ready to share and help others find their way to Him in these days as things get worse and worse (as we know from the Word they will).

Blessings.