Exodus 20:3
"Thou shalt have no other gods before me."
The manifestation of His power and His love precedes the claim for reverence and obedience. This is a universal truth. God gives before He asks us to give. He is not a hard taskmaster, Even in that system which is eminently ‘the law,’ the foundation is a divine act of deliverance, and only when He has won the people for Himself by redeeming them from bondage does He call on them for obedience. His rule is built on benefits. He urges no mere right of the mightier, nor cares for service which is not the glad answer of gratitude. But God's first words made a tenderer appeal, and sought to found His right to command on His love, and their duty to obey showing gratitude.
The great gospel principle, that the Redeemer is the lawgiver, and the redeemed are joyful subjects because their hearts are touched with love, underlies the apparently sterner system of the Old Testament; "God opens His heart first, and then asks for man’s." God gave us His only begotten Son; Jesus' to die on Mount Calvary; a horrible death on a wooden cross. And now by the grace of God, and the Blood of Jesus Christ; all can have eternal life if they "Believe"!!
Amen!!
Reading: (Ex. 20:1-21)
May God Bless You
And Your Families
Minister Robert A. Lail
The Cross Life Ministry
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