WHY THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD STILL NEED TO BE YOUR FOCUS

3/3/2019

LONG, LONG AGO GOD CREATED US. HE MADE US IN HIS IMAGE. HE USED HIS AUTHORITY AND POWER TO COMMAND THE UNIVERSE, THE EARTH, AND ALL IN IT TO BE MADE. IT WAS MADE IN PERFECTION, WITH ORDER AND PRECISION. TAKE A LOOK AROUND YOU….ISN’T IT AMAZING HOW EVERYTHING HAS IT’S OWN UNIQUE SIGNATURE. THE SKY, THE OCEANS, THE MOUNTAINS, THE PLANTS AND ANIMALS. EACH SO UNIQUE IN APPEARANCE, AND PURPOSE. IT GIVES US THE ABILITY TO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS TRULY A GOD AND CREATOR. THESE THINGS DID NOT COME TO FRUITION THROUGH MERE CHANCE. EVEN MORE AMAZING, GOD CREATED US, YOU AND ME. INDIVIDUAL IN APPEARANCE AND EMOTION, UNIQUE IN TALENT, AND WITH PURPOSE….OUR OWN SPECIAL PURPOSE!

WERE WE MADE TO WANDER AROUND AIMLESSLY, NOT SURE OF WHAT TO DO, OR WHERE TO BE ? THE ANSWER IS NO. A RESOUNDING NO. GOD CREATED US IN THE GARDEN AND GAVE US COMMANDS FROM THE BEGINNING ON HOW WE WERE TO LIVE, AND WHAT WE WERE TO DO. WE WERE TO EXIST IN PARADISE, AND WE WERE TO TAKE CARE OF PARADISE, TENDING TO IT, AND WALKING IN RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD. FROM GENESIS TO REVELATION WE ARE GIVEN A TRUE PICTURE OF GOD AND HIS PURPOSE.

FOR A LONG TIME, I KEPT MY FOCUS ON THE NEW TESTAMENT, AND THE GOSPEL REVELATION OF JESUS. IT HAS HELPED ME IMMENSELY IN KNOWING JESUS, AND DEFINING SO MUCH ABOUT MY SALVATION. HIS TEACHING AND PARABLES HAVE GIVEN ME A TRUE PICTURE INTO HOW I SHOULD LIVE MY LIFE. BUT WHAT ABOUT HIS FATHER ? I KEPT FEELING LIKE I NEEDED TO SEE THINGS FROM THE BEGINNING. NOT JUST THE STORY OF ADAM AND EVE’S FALL, BUT DEEPER. WHAT TRULY HAPPENED, AND WHY ? I NEEDED TO EXPLORE GOD FROM THE BEGINNING, AND UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPTS AND COMMANDS THAT HE PUT IN PLACE FOR US. THESE CONCEPTS ARE FROM THE THE CREATOR, AND THEY NEVER CHANGE. EVER. IF I WAS TO TRULY LIVE FOR HIM, AND BE A PART OF HIS KINGDOM, I HAD TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HE WANTED, AND WHAT HAPPENED THAT SO MESSED UP OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM THAT HE WANTED TO DESTROY US WITH A GREAT FLOOD. THANKFULLY, ONLY BY HIS MERCY DID NOAH AND HIS FAMILY PROVIDE A FRESH START FOR HUMANITY. BUT MANKIND WAS STILL DAMAGED. DAMAGED FROM THAT MOMENT IN THE GARDEN, WHEN SIN FOUND IT’S SEED IN OUR HEARTS AND BEINGS…AND SIN TOOK SEED AGAIN.

SO, WHAT IS SIN? IS IT DOING BAD THINGS? IS IT DOING PLEASURABLE THINGS THAT WE ENJOY, BUT GOD SAYS ARE BAD? IT SEEMS LIKE SIN IS JUST UNBEATABLE, AND WE JUST HAVE TO LIVE WITH IT. BETTER YET, WE CAN TRY TO MANAGE IT ! BEAR DOWN AND USE OUR WILLPOWER. CHANGE OUR HABITS, AND TRY TO ERASE ALL OUR TEMPTATIONS. THE TROUBLE IS, WE ALL HAVE EYES AND EARS, AND OUR THOUGHTS, AND WE ALSO HAVE AN ADVERSARY…..AND HE WHISPERS, GO AHEAD, IT’S OK, YOU ARE HUMAN, IT’S NATURAL FOR YOU TO DESIRE WHAT MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD. YOU KNOW YOU WANT IT, SO JUST DO IT. AND SO, WE FAIL, AND WE FEEL SHAME, ANGER, AND WE BECOME RESOLVED TO START MANAGING IT AGAIN….OR WE GIVE UP.

WHAT LUCIFER ACCOMPLISHED IN THE GARDEN WAS TO BRING INTO QUESTION THE COMMANDS THAT GOD HAD GIVEN MANKIND. TO PLANT DOUBT ABOUT THEIR MEANING, THEIR ABSOLUTENESS, THEIR TRUTH. HE QUESTIONED THEIR VALIDITY AND PAINTED ANOTHER STORY. DON’T WORRY, EAT, YOU WON’T DIE…IN FACT, YOU WILL BECOME GODS… SIN IS VERY SIMPLE AT IT’S CORE. IT IS DEFINED IN THE BOOK OF 1 JOHN AS THE VIOLATION OF GOD’S COMMANDMENTS. THERE WE GO AGAIN COMMANDMENTS.

WHEN I USED TO HEAR COMMANDMENTS, MY THOUGHTS WERE ALWAYS ABOUT MOSES AND THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. THOU SHALT NOT ! THEN THERE ARE THE OTHERS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT. ALTOGETHER THEY ADD UP TO 613. WOW, THAT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF THINGS NOT TO DO ! DO I REALLY WANT TO SPEND TIME GOING THROUGH THE TORAH AND TRY TO READ IT AND UNDERSTAND IT, OR AM I GOOD KNOWING THAT I HAVE THE GOSPEL AND I AM SAVED ? AND FOR ME, GOD MADE IT OH SO CLEAR. THESE ARE’NT A LIST OF THINGS NOT TO DO, THESE ARE THE LIVING WORDS THAT WATER YOUR LIFE. THEY SHOW YOU HOW TO LIVE A TRULY BLESSED, INCREDIBLE AND HAPPY LIFE. MY COMMANDMENTS DIRECT YOU IN CHARACTER, ACTIONS, HEALTH, AND BEHAVIOR. EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO BE A PART OF MY KINGDOM. I SENT MY SON TO SHOW YOU MY COMMANDMENTS AND LIVE IN THEM. I SENT HIM TO FULFILL THEM, AND DO AWAY WITH YOUR SIN AND FIND NEW LIFE. BORN AGAIN INTO MY KINGDOM. LIVING FULLY THE WAY YOU WERE MEANT TO BE. LIVING IN THE FULLNESS OF MY COMMANDMENTS. I AM THE SAME TODAY AS I WAS IN THE BEGINNING, AND I MADE YOU TO BE WITH ME !

SO I IMPLORE YOU TO START IN GENESIS, AND FIND OUT JUST WHAT GOD HAS IN MIND FOR US IN HIS COMMANDMENTS. AND DON’T LET ANYONE, INCLUDING PASTORS AND CHURCH LEADERS FROM ANY DENOMINATION TELL YOU THE COMMANDMENTS WERE DONE AWAY WITH THROUGH JESUS AND GOD’S GRACE…..JESUS CAME TO FULFILL THEM, AND WHEN HE RETURNS, WE WILL BE LIVING IN THE FULLNESS OF ALL OF THEM. JUST LIKE JESUS :)

DO NOT THINK THAT I HAVE COME TO ABOLISH THE LAW OR THE PROPHETS. I HAVE NOT COME TO ABOLISH THEM, BUT TO FULFILL THEM. Matthew 5:17

BE BLESSED JA