“The First Four Commandments”

 “And God spake all these words, saying,” (Exodus 20:1)

Copyright CaptBlackEagle 2020

Thou shalt have no other gods before me, Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain, and Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

These first four commandments are how we should worship God.

The first commandment is the Object of worship. God, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Is the only God. He made you and if he wanted he could disappear you. It is his Grace alone that keeps you existing.

The second commandment is the worship we give to God. Whether it is a person, place, thing, or thought everything we do must be worship to God.

The third commandment is how we worship God. Profanity is easily found in our daily lives, whether in thought or deed. Swearing an Oath to anything that is not God, is blaspheming God.

The fourth commandment is telling us to remember the Sabbath. Although tending a garden may look like work to some, it is a great way to commune in God’s love. There are things done out of necessity and God knows what those things are.

The first four commandments are not about us to judge others, it is about us to worship God, in-spite of the judgement others may proclaim.