Ponder the Path

This week we will focus on the first two of the ten commandments. 1) Thou shalt have no Gods but Me 2) Before No Idols Bow thy Knee During the time that the ten commandments were given the religions of the ancient world were entirely made up of false gods and idol worship of those gods. The first two commandments in the law seem to be directly related to the practice of idol worship, so are these commandments relevant to us in a modern time when idol worship is far less common? Yes. We have just as many, maybe more, false gods in our days and the same wicked impulses tempt us to worship them. To examine these commandments are their relevance in our times, let’s think of them as representing matters of the heart and our behaviors. Thou shalt have no Gods but me – A matter of heart, desire, and thought Before No Idols Bow they Knee – A matter of action  The natural man tendencies that so easily beset us cause incongruence between our thoughts and our actions. We are just as capable a...