Good Morning Thursday...
FATHER, YOUR COMMANDMENTS are a Lamp to our feet. Help us to live aware, to choose wisely, to stay close to You, and anchored in Your Truth! Thank You for YOUR GREAT LOVE AND MERCY. Thank You that You wait for us and You strengthen us. We come to You today, choosing to walk in YOUR PRESENCE AND LIGHT. In YESHUA, JESUS CHRIST’s Name we pray. Amen. - Counting Down TheTen Commandments To 2021 - Right Worship - Command (Instruction) #2 “You shall not make for yourselves an idol, nor any image of anything that is in the heavens above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: you shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them, for I, Yahweh your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me, and showing loving kindness to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.” Exodus 20:4-6 Instruction: In ancient times, and this still happens today, people would make a physical image of their god and worship it. Yahweh, God Almighty, is invisible in His Nature (Romans 1:20), and so He has commanded His people, us, not to make images that represent Him... or any other god. This commandment is rooted in Our Father’s Love for us and His jealousy for us as His special creation. The Bible tells us Our Father is jealous for us, and while it would be easy to take this in the light of Him being mean or negatively possessive, it would be wrong. Our Father In Heaven is not jealous in a mean or negative way, but rather in a just and positive way, the way a husband loves a wife and would be jealous if she was unfaithful. Here He is showing His deep affection for us, His People, and His Immense Love (James 4.5). The Giving of Thanks: If Our Father, The One True and Living God, had not redeemed us, we all would still be worshipping the idols (1 Peter 1:18). HalleluYah! Because of His Love, Yeshua, Jesus Christ Our Savior, has come to redeem us and turn us to The Only True God. He Has Made A Way for us to turn away from all idols and serve Him (1Thessalonians 1:9). The only response to God Our Father’s clear invitation to us is... thanksgiving! One Brother (Luther) states it as well as anyone could when he exclaims: "How could we ever--in all eternity--thank Him enough!" Confession: Let us confess our many idolatries. We could be tempted here to think that we are “okay” because we have not bowed down to a graven image this week, but idolatry is not just limited to the external worship of false gods and/or idols... it goes to the very depths of the values of our hearts. This is why The Bible, in Colossians, classifies covetousness as a form of idolatry (Colossians 3:5). Our Father gives us instruction not to worship images. He has given us the perfect image of Himself in the person of His Son, Christ The King (Col. 1:15). It has been said, and it holds true: "The clear fact is, we become like that which we worship,” and that: "the only image that's important to have stamped on your heart is the image of Jesus Christ (Mehl)." Let us all confess the ways that our hearts and minds may have been conformed to things other than Our King and Savior, Yeshua, Jesus Christ. Prayer: God, Our Father In Heaven, you are The One True, Living, and Invisible God (1 Tim 1:17) and we worship you by Your Spirit and in Your Truth. Please remove from us any false images of You, and help us to truly understand who You are by contemplating Your Perfect Image, as shown through the Life and actions of Jesus Christ. In Yeshua, Jesus Christ's Name we pray. Amen. Extra Fuel for The Soul AKA The Word of God: “For since the creation of the world His invisible qualities have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, both His everlasting power and Mightiness, for them to be without excuse,” Romans 1:20 “And if you call on Him as Father who judges impartially according to each one’s work, conduct yourselves with fear during the time of your temporary residence, because you know that you were redeemed from your futile way of life inherited from your ancestors not with perishable things like silver or gold, but with The Precious Blood of Christ, like that of an unblemished and spotless lamb” 1 Peter 1:17-19 “Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. Or do you think that The Scripture says in vain, “The Spirit who dwells in us yearns jealously”? But He gives more grace. Therefore He says: “God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble.” James 4:4-6 “For they themselves declare concerning us what manner of entry we had to you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve The Living and True God,” I Thessalonians 1:9 “Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.” Colossians 3:5 “He Is The Image of The Invisible God, The Firstborn Over All Creation.” Colossians 1:15 “Now unto The King Eternal, Immortal, Invisible, The Only God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.” 1 Timothy 1:17
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