Central to being a disciple of Jesus Christ is seeking to know the character and ways of God. This search is one way that differentiates the true disciple of faith from those who merely profess to belong to the Christian faith. When we desire to experience God in a personal, daily relationship, we’ll never again be satisfied by powerless religion.
The 6th Commandment, “Don’t Murder,” signals a shift of focus from how we love and honor God to how we love and honor our neighbor. But Jesus reveals that murder doesn’t start with an illegal act of violence, it begins in the heart.
The 5th Commandment, to honor our fathers and mothers, comes with a promise of long life. But honor wears many different faces as we move from childhood to adulthood!
In the 4th Commandment regarding the Sabbath, God continues to teach his people how to be human beings again instead of machines. Your value does not come from the work you do, but from the work God already did for you.
As human beings we are torn between this love of God’s Kingdom and a love for the trappings of the carnal world. One way God helps us grow in our relationship with Him is through tests and trials of our faith.
We grow up struggling against what the world says we are, defined and valued only by what we do. But Scripture paints a different picture of us than the one we often paint for ourselves. It is filled with God’s deep love for us and continual reminders of the worth He sees in us.
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