The grace of the first commandment:
Exo 20:2-3
2 I am יהוה thy Elohim, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
3 Thou shalt have no other elohim before me.
2 I am יהוה thy Elohim, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
3 Thou shalt have no other elohim before me.
YHWH is the personal name of God. When he speaks his name he is speaking of your relationship with him; the ways in which his love is toward you and yours should be toward him.
Elohim is the name we see used of God at the beginning of Genesis. It is a name that denotes ability and power to create, to bring to pass, possessing might and authority.
Elohim is the name we see used of God at the beginning of Genesis. It is a name that denotes ability and power to create, to bring to pass, possessing might and authority.
So we see that He is saying I am yours and you are mine; I am your power and might and authority to possess life.
I have delivered you from those who believe themselves masters of the land I spoke into existence...I have delivered you from that which claimed you where their own possession...
I will not allow any other power, might, or authority to be with me or beside me or over you.
I have delivered you from those who believe themselves masters of the land I spoke into existence...I have delivered you from that which claimed you where their own possession...
I will not allow any other power, might, or authority to be with me or beside me or over you.
The flesh sees the law as something to be done; something it can never fully attain to so the law is seen as a curse of death.
The spirit sees the law as what YHWH is making us to become; that he who can not fail is forming us so the law is a promise of the life he has shared with us.
The spirit sees the law as what YHWH is making us to become; that he who can not fail is forming us so the law is a promise of the life he has shared with us.
The fidelity of the second commandment.
Exo 20:4-6
4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
Col 3:5
Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
The insanity of fallen man can be clearly seen in Cain. Who took the work of his own labor and submitted himself to it; believing that it would earn him favor from that which was beyond himself.
Fallen men have continued in the futility of Cain since working to form an image and likeness that if submitted to will give them protection, providence, success, love, fertility, strength, wealth, or power.
In our modern world we have become our own idols. We work to make ourselves look, speak, and act in such a way that if we bow ourselves to this image we will gain all which idol worshipers have always tried to gain by their false way.
At the foot of Mount Sinai the children of Israel made a golden calf in the very presence of God. They said this is the God that led you out of Egypt.
In the same way the modern church teaches how to love, have faith, to do what is right saying this is God.
In trying to make ourself godly; we have forgotten that God is our Maker. He creates faith in us, He makes us to love, He forms righteousness in us.
So dearly beloved of the Lord whenever any teacher tells you to receive God's blessings and promises you must do thus and so then remember the words of our Lord and flee idolatry.
Trust in God and the life he is placed in you and he shall make you into exactly what he has promised.
Fallen men have continued in the futility of Cain since working to form an image and likeness that if submitted to will give them protection, providence, success, love, fertility, strength, wealth, or power.
In our modern world we have become our own idols. We work to make ourselves look, speak, and act in such a way that if we bow ourselves to this image we will gain all which idol worshipers have always tried to gain by their false way.
At the foot of Mount Sinai the children of Israel made a golden calf in the very presence of God. They said this is the God that led you out of Egypt.
In the same way the modern church teaches how to love, have faith, to do what is right saying this is God.
In trying to make ourself godly; we have forgotten that God is our Maker. He creates faith in us, He makes us to love, He forms righteousness in us.
So dearly beloved of the Lord whenever any teacher tells you to receive God's blessings and promises you must do thus and so then remember the words of our Lord and flee idolatry.
Trust in God and the life he is placed in you and he shall make you into exactly what he has promised.
The joy of the third commandment:
For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
Exo 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.
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.
Ask most people what it means to take the Lords name in vain and they would say to use his name in the form of a curse or with no true regard and respect.
While these things should not be done they miss the idea conveyed in the third commandment of Moses. The language of this command is marriage language; so taking his name is to come into covenant with him.
When a young lady married a man, in bible culture and time, she left her own family and Fathers work. The husbands family and work became her own.
So it is with the body of Christ.
When we leave the family of the world and the work of the father of flesh; Adam.(self) We are to take as our family those born of heaven and the work of our Father in heaven to save all who would accept.
If we have Christian acquaintances and worldly friends or if our life is about self fulfillment, worth, realization etc.; then we have taken his name in vain.
We can not expect to reap the benefits of having his name without the covenant relationship of loosing self and becoming one with his life.
be blessed
While these things should not be done they miss the idea conveyed in the third commandment of Moses. The language of this command is marriage language; so taking his name is to come into covenant with him.
When a young lady married a man, in bible culture and time, she left her own family and Fathers work. The husbands family and work became her own.
So it is with the body of Christ.
When we leave the family of the world and the work of the father of flesh; Adam.(self) We are to take as our family those born of heaven and the work of our Father in heaven to save all who would accept.
If we have Christian acquaintances and worldly friends or if our life is about self fulfillment, worth, realization etc.; then we have taken his name in vain.
We can not expect to reap the benefits of having his name without the covenant relationship of loosing self and becoming one with his life.
be blessed
The peace of the fourth commandment.
Exo 20:8-11
8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
Mat 11:28
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
Mat 11:28
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Mat 22:44
The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool?
The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool?
Eph 2:6
And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
meaning of sabbath
And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
meaning of sabbath
Strong's Definition: Intensive from [[H7673]]; intermission, that is, (specifically) the _Sabbath: - _ (+ every) sabbath.
The lesson of the fourth commandment is that the Holiness of God is not to be found in a mans labor but in Gods rest for man.
In the grace and truth of this command we see that a mans labor is only the lesson ... a mans life can only be found as he rest in Christ
allowing Christ to work in us.
We are told to be hidden in Christ...crucified(dead) in Christ...seated in Christ. In none of these states are we to be at work...but "the sabbath of YHWH thy Elohim in it thou shalt not do any work..."
It is God who is to both will and perform his will in us. I would imagine that all Christians have tried to do what is right in their own strength (I know I have)... to prove their love for God, or their change of life, or that they are good , or obedient, or submitted.
God will not accept our labor any more than that of Cain who brought the best of his labor. It is necessary that we present to God a innocent victim for our guilt...a life with out sin for our stained life.
The only man who ever lived a life without sin is Jesus...it is his life we must give unto God. How do we give another's life...by faith we must trust when he said he gave His life for us it was true.
only when we give up our own life(self) and trust in the life that he is giving us can we ever find peace with God... for our carnal man is enmity with God.
This is our faith that He is abiding in us and the only life we have is His life.
In the grace and truth of this command we see that a mans labor is only the lesson ... a mans life can only be found as he rest in Christ
allowing Christ to work in us.
We are told to be hidden in Christ...crucified(dead) in Christ...seated in Christ. In none of these states are we to be at work...but "the sabbath of YHWH thy Elohim in it thou shalt not do any work..."
It is God who is to both will and perform his will in us. I would imagine that all Christians have tried to do what is right in their own strength (I know I have)... to prove their love for God, or their change of life, or that they are good , or obedient, or submitted.
God will not accept our labor any more than that of Cain who brought the best of his labor. It is necessary that we present to God a innocent victim for our guilt...a life with out sin for our stained life.
The only man who ever lived a life without sin is Jesus...it is his life we must give unto God. How do we give another's life...by faith we must trust when he said he gave His life for us it was true.
only when we give up our own life(self) and trust in the life that he is giving us can we ever find peace with God... for our carnal man is enmity with God.
This is our faith that He is abiding in us and the only life we have is His life.
