AntiChrist RZ 12/02 - Tomorrow's World

The First Commandment
And so God began speaking the Ten Commandments—
revealing to His people the laws of life that bring success
and happiness and peace with God and with man. In our
day of human reason, of agnosticism and of creeping materialism,
it is important to notice that the Almighty spoke first not about
the “brotherhood of man,” but about obedience and worship to
God—the Creator and Ruler of heaven and earth—and the personal
God of those who serve and obey Him! “And God spoke all
these words, saying, ‘I am the LORD your God, who brought you
out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. You shall
have no other gods before Me’” (Exodus 20:1–3). That is the first
and, as we shall see later, greatest commandment. Study the wording
of this commandment carefully—and meditate on it as David
did! “I am the LORD your God” is a more revealing phrase than at
first meets the eye. The “I” who was speaking with such tremendous
power was quite evidently the great Creator of heaven and
earth. In His very manner of appearance, He had demonstrated
His power as Creator by sending forth thunder and lightning and
literally shaking Mount Sinai as if it were a wet dishrag!
The First Commandment and You
Now that we have seen the power and might with which God
revealed Himself when He spoke the Ten Commandments from
Mount Sinai, let us see how each one of them—beginning with
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