I am the Lord your God.
1) Thou shalt have no other gods before me
God exists. This is good news. God seems mysterious to human beings. If you experience God through another deity, it’s best not to forget God. That deity knows of the universal God and worships the universal God, or they are not divine.
2) Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image
This commandment talks about how the God of Israel was not expressed during the time of Moses using devotional art. Monotheism and polytheism were in conflict often around this time. A syncretic model that puts gods under God is one way to harmonize monotheism and polytheism. If you connect with God through an object somehow, it’s best not to forget God.
3) Thou shalt not take the name of thy Lord in vain
God and human vanity have a difficult relationship. God must take precedence over vanity. God has very little patience for toxic vanity. When you claim that you are like God or the godly without it being true, your vanity is getting in your way. When you speak of God as if God doesn’t matter, your vanity is getting in your way.
4) Remember the Sabbath Day, to keep it holy
It’s a good idea to set aside time for God. It’s a good idea to recenter your life around God periodically.
5) Honor thy father and thy mother
Good and honorable families are beloved of God. The people who make and maintain those kinds of families deserve respect. We need good and honorable people. Do not revolt against that which is both familiar and righteous simply because it is familiar.
6) Thou shalt not murder
It is wrong to kill an innocent person. God hates it. Your inner being hates it.
7) Thou shalt not commit adultery
It is wrong to misuse sexuality (or romance) so that it ruins the righteous relationships you want to keep, including with God, including with yourself. God hates child sexual abuse. God hates incest.
8) Thou shalt not steal
It is wrong to steal and wrong to take maliciously or deceptively. It hurts someone immensely to take that which they cannot afford to lose (and will most likely require fair restitution). It hurts your relationship with God to take unfairly.
9) Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor
It is wrong to lie about anything serious without clear justification. Lying unjustly about another person is especially hated by God.
10) Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s house nor thy neighbor’s wife (nor husband) nor his sins nor his assets nor anything of him (or her, etc.)
Toxic envy can ruin your entire life. God is grieved to see people doing this, and God does not tend to side with them.
──── by Lync Dalton ────
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