The Ten Commandment Principles

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“If ye love me, keep my commandments." (John 14:15)

There are two main principles of the Ten Commandment law of God, that He gave to His people as a blessing. "The Lord commanded us," said Moses, "to do all these statutes, to fear the Lord our God, for our good always..." (Deuteronomy 6:24).  These moral laws were spoken and written in stone by the very hand of God, given to Moses, to be a blessing to man..."always"  These same principles in today's society,...are being attacked by the adversary...more than ever before, in the history of mankind.

1.)  LOVE GOD:  1.  “You shall have no other gods before Me.  2. “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...“  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."

2.)  LOVE YOUR FAMILY & YOUR NEIGHBOR:  5.  “Honor 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 neighbor.  10  “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.”

LOVE is the main motivating factor in His Law. The first four commandments have to do with my duty to God. When I love Him, obeying those commands becomes a pleasure. The last six commandments embrace my duty to my family and my fellow man. 
If I truly love my family, and my neighbors, I will not want to do anything to hurt them.  

The totality of the commandments is the vertical and horizontal relationship that forms the Cross of Calvary.  Love God, Love thy neighbor.  These laws were formed, from GOD's CHARACTER...LOVE!, for..."God is love...and he that dwelleth in love, dwelleth in God, and God in him." (1John 4:16)

Now some say,..that the keeping of the commandments of God, does not apply anymore...well I beg to differ,...is love not applicable anymore?  It is a deception of the enemy, to discredit with character assassination, the very moral principles of a loving God, who loved us first......"herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son [to be] the propitiation for our sins." (1John 4:10) 

It is no wonder things are all fouled up backwards now a days.  "People creating their own gods, worshiping money and material things more than God.  "dysfunctional families" are the popular "in thing" on national television, which if you pay close attention, is inundated with vampire craze, walking dead people, spiritualism, witchcraft movies by hollyweird, influenced by the enemy to brainwash our young people.  And you wonder why kids don't listen to their parents anymore.

The sanctity of marriage is now being challenged as an old school thing of the past....common-law marriage is now accepted as legal in some states,...back in the day, we use to call it "shacking up."  People now love to sign prenuptial agreements..."death do we part." is replaced with "give me mine while you're able".   The statistics are staggering,...one divorce for every two marriages a year.  

We need to go back to the principles, set by God himself, and not allow ourselves to fall into these popular craze's, that is sweeping even Christendom.

People wanting other peoples things, clothing line, hairstyles, cars, material possessions, even altering their bodies to look like so and so....all are counter productive to the loving principles of a saving God.   Ask yourself, where is the Love?

Now let me make something very clear,...no one is saved by keeping God's Ten Commandment law.  All are saved by the miracle-working GRACE OF GOD.  But those who are saved, or who have really transformed their lives, by the grace of Jesus Christ,...will have His loving principles written in their hearts, and they will want to obey His laws,...as an expression of their appreciation, their love and thanksgiving to Him.  Because the alternative is, and there are only two choices here...well,...just look around you.  
Jesus said unto him, “If ye love me, keep my commandments."..."Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind...This is the first and great commandment... And the second is like unto the first, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself."  (Matthew 22:37-39).

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