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Commandment #2: No Idols!

Commandment #2: You shall not make for yourself an idol…  You shall not bow down to them or worship them.  For I the LORD am a jealous God… Everybody worships something.  It’s what we were made for.  The big question is what we will worship.  Worship isn’t necessarily what you sing about, or even what or whom you pray to.  Worship is…

Commandment Number 9: Do Not Lie

With all these commandments it is vital to remember that they were given to a people who had already been redeemed, not as a way of making them righteous.  The rescue from Egypt had already happened, the people were no longer slaves, but called to be God’s people.  These commandments set out how they should live as God’s people, in God’s land,…