Indifference

Just as the Israelites were indifferent so many times to God's law. I think that many of us are today also indifferent to the same laws as they were. Just because we are not under the law, dose not mean that we are not to obey God's law. For example

ONE: 'You shall have no other gods before Me.' We all have things that occupy our time, such as TV, PCs and many sports that we play such as golf, etc. We must be very careful that these things do not come before God. Many times they indeed do. It takes our minds off our prayer life, and we stop listening to hear the tender voice of God as He tries to speak to us.

TWO: '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.' We are a civilization that have all kind of nik,naks, sitting in our homes, in our offices, etc. Angel fingerings set in most of our homes. Crosses hand on walls, necks and even are tattooed into people's flesh. We most be careful that we serve the Lord and not these representations of Heavenly beings.

THREE: 'You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain.' There's not many days that go by that I don't hear some one taking our God's name in vain. We must be careful of these mouth's of ours to only honor the name of God.

FOUR: 'Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.' We are suppose rest on the seventh day, only in an emergency are we to do any work. I see farmers working in their fields in the summertime most every Sunday morning. Whether or not, it's an urgent matter to work their fields on Sunday, I couldn't say. But we must be very careful to give God his day.

FIVE: 'Honor your father and your mother.' I think we all see disrespect from our younger generation more and more. We must teach our children to respect us and others.

SIX: 'You shall not murder.' Our prisons are over crowded with persons that have murdered others. For all different reasons, a society with no morals nor conscience.

SEVEN: 'You shall not commit adultery.' More than fifty percent of marries end each year because of a mate committing an act of betrayal.

EIGHT: 'You shall not steal.' At one time people were not in the lease afraid to leave their doors unlocked, But in today's world, it would be very foolish to do so. There are all kinds of thieves, from those that enter into your home and take things, to those that go on the Internet to rob others of their very identity. If it can be stole, some one has figured out how to steal it.

NINE: 'You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.' It's not ever funny how many people there are that tell one lie after the other. reasons from trying to get out of trouble to just wanting to boost their e-goes. I would not feel uneasy to say that ninety percent of Americans lie on a daily basic.

TEN: '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.' We all know the saying keeping up with the Jones. We have a tendency to want any and all of what others have, we feel left out if we don't. If Mr. Jones has a boat we feel that we too must have one. Jealously we keep watch on our neighbors property to make sure that we keep up.

So friends, as you can see. We are no better that the Israelites in disobeying God. The only difference is that we have Jesus Christ, Who died so that all our sins may be forgiven, when we repent, and except Him as LORD and SAVIOR

Until next time God Bless and remember, We as Christians are not under the law. But still we are to keep ourselves from these sins.