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The 10 Commandments

(continuing from yesterday’s post)

7. “You shall not take the name of the Lord in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.

8.Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.

9. Six days you shall labour and do all your work.

10. 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.

11. For in six days the Lord made the heaves 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.

12. Honour your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

13. You shall not murder.

14. You shall not commit adultery.

15. You shall not steal.

1 6. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour.

17. You shall not covet your neighbour’s house, you shall not covet your neighbour’s wife, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbour’s.

 

The 10 Commandments.  (below is commandments  1 & 2 of the 10)

Exodus 20:1 And God spoke all these words saying:

2. ” I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.”

3.  “You shall have no other gods before Me.”

4. “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.”

5. “You shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me.”

6. “But showing mercy to thousands , to those who love Me and keep My commandments.”

 

Story of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego and the burning fiery furnace.

Part 2.

Then Nebuchadnezzar was full of fury and he was very angry with Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego.

The king ordered that the furnace be heated up seven times hotter than usual, and he called for some of the strongest men in the army to bind Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego and throw them into the fire.

So the army men bound them tight with ropes and threw them into the furnace fully clothed and bound with ropes.  And because the king was so angry and demanded that the furnace be seven times  hotter, the flames leaped out and killed the soldiers who threw them in.

Then as king Nebuchadnezzar was watching, he was astonished as he looked, and he jumped up in amazement and said to his magistrates and governors. “Did we not throw three men into the furnace? “True” they answered.

“Look” Nebuchadnezzar said, “I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire and they are not hurt, and the forth, is like the “Son of God.”

Then Nebuchadnezzar went near to the entrance of the burning furnace and spoke saying ” Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, servants of the Most High God, come out and come here.” Then Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego came out from the midst of the fire.

All the administrators, governors, counselors, captains and magistrates gathered around them, and saw that the fire hadn’t touched them, the fire had no power over their bodies – not a hair of their head was singed; their clothes was unscorched, and they didn’t even smell of smoke.

Then Nebuchadnezzar spoke saying, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, who sent His Angel and delivered His servants who trust in Him.”

They have defied the king’s law, and were willing to die, rather than serve or worship any god except their own God.”

“Therefore” said the king Nebuchadnezzar, “I make a decree that any people, any nation, or any language, who speaks anything against the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces and their houses made an ash heap, because there is no other God who can deliver like this.”

Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in the province of Babylon.

Our God, the true and living God delivered Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego from the burning fiery furnace, because they were obedient to Him and would not worship any graven image or any other gods.

Heavenly Father, thank You for being mighty to save and strong to deliver Your people. You are the only true and living God. The Great Creator and Sustainer of all life, the breath we breathe comes from You.  What an awesome God You are. We give You all the honour, and we praise and worship You. In Jesus name.  Amen.

 

 

Story of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego and the burning fiery furnace.

Daniel 3:16-18 Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter”

17. “If that is the case, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us from your hand, O king”

18. “But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we do not serve your gods, nor will we worship the golden image that you have set up.”

Part 1.

King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon ( now Iraq)  made a golden statue, 30 metres and 5 metres wide and set it up on the Plain of Dura , then he sent messages to all the magistrates, administrators, governors, counselors, judges and all the officials of all the provinces to come to the dedication of the image that he had set up.

So all the dignitaries gathered together for the dedication of the golden  image that king Nebuchadnezzar had made.

Then a herald cried aloud; “O people of all nations and languages, whenever you hear the sound of the harp, flute in symphony and the band strikes up and the music starts playing, that  everyone will fall down (bow down) and worship the golden image that king Nebuchadnezzar has set up.

And whoever does not bow down and worship the golden image shall be cast immediately into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.

So when all the people of Babylon heard the music started playing and the band strike up with all the symphony, that all the people, nations and languages bowed down and worshiped the golden image that king Nebuchadnezzar had made.

But some of the officials went to the king and accused certain Jews of not following the king’s order and refusing to worship the golden image.

They asked the king. “Your majesty, did you not make a law that  whenever we hear the band strike up and the music start playing, that everyone should bow down and worship the gold image that you have made, and that anyone who refuses will be thrown into the fiery burning furnace?

“Well, king, there are some Jews out there – Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who you have appointed over the affairs of Babylon, who are refusing to serve your gods, or to worship the image that you have set up.”

Then Nebuchadnezzar, in rage and fury, ordered that Shadrach, Meshach and  Abednego be brought before him. So they brought the three men before the king.

The king asked them, “is it true, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, that you are refusing to serve my gods, or to worship the golden image that I have set up. I will give you one more chance to obey my law, when the band strikes up, and you hear the music starts playing, you should bow down and worship the golden image that I have set up.

“If you refuse, you will be thrown in the fiery burning furnace in an hour, and who is the god that can deliver you out my hand.”

To be continued tomorrow.

 

 

Psalms 40:16 Let all those who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; let those who love Your salvation say continually, “The Lord be magnified.”

Psalms 48:1a God is great and greatly to be praised.

Psalms 113:3 From the rising of the sun to the going down of the same, the Lord’s name is to be praised.

Psalms 71:5 For You are my hope, O Lord God: You are my trust from my youth.

14. I will hope continually, and will praise You yet more and more.

146:5 Happy are those who have the God of Jacob for their help, whose hope is in the Lord their God.

31:24 Be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart, all you who hope in the Lord.

The fruit of the Holy Spirit.

Galatians 5:22 The fruit of the Holy Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, (patience) kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control.

The works of the flesh are evident, which are, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, fornication, adultery, uncleanness, lewdness, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you before, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Galatians 6:7 Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.

8. For whoever sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but whoever sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life.

Galatians 5:16. I say then; Walk in the Spirit, and you will not fulfill the lust of the flesh.

Daily abide in God’s love, joy, peace, longsuffering, (patience), kingness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control.

We need to pray and ask Jesus to help us to abide in His Holy Spirit, because we cannot do it of ourselves. Jesus is mighty to save us, and strong to deliver us from sinfulness

1 John 4:13 By this we know that we abide in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit.

Jesus said in Matthew,

Matthew 12:33 “Either make the tree good and it fruit good, or else make the tree bad and its fruit bad, for a tree is known by its fruit.”

34. ” Brood of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.”

35. ” A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things.”

36. ” But I say to that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgement.”

37. “For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”

Matthew 7:15 “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.”

20. “Therefore by their fruits you will know them.”

 

 

John 4:24 God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and in truth.

1 John 4:8 He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.

Jude 1:21 Keep yourselves in God’s love, as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.