Many Christians see the 10 commandments as the regulations that they must follow to enter the Kingdom of Heaven...
Before coming into the Church of God World Mission Society, I thought that I kept them all. In the earthly since, I did good deeds to my neighbor--I was an upstanding citizen. I believed in God, and thought that I put God first.
After carefully studying the 10 commandments, I saw something in a different light...
What did God say concerning idolatry?
Exodus 20:4-6
Before coming into the Church of God World Mission Society, I thought that I kept them all. In the earthly since, I did good deeds to my neighbor--I was an upstanding citizen. I believed in God, and thought that I put God first.
After carefully studying the 10 commandments, I saw something in a different light...
What did God say concerning idolatry?
Exodus 20:4-6
4 "You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. 5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, 6 but showing love to a thousand {generations} of those who love me and keep my commandments.
Clearly God said that we cannot make idols; those that love God will keep even this commandment. At the time I first studied this at the Church of God World Mission Society, I had heard this commandment before, but I did not really know what it meant. I knew that I did not want to show hatred towards God, so I had to find out--
What is an idol?
What I was shown through the Bible shocked me.
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