Whenever we think of sin, we usually have the Ten Commandments in mind as our benchmark as to how we measure up to God's holiness. It is the Law of God that the soul that sins must die. The person who does not seek a Savior does not understand the nature of sin in their existence. It is the function of God's Law to bring to our awareness in mind and conscience that we have fallen before a Holy God. The Law is given in the 20th chapter of the book of Exodus. The first commandment is simple...You shall have no other gods before me.
Jesus affirmed the lawyer's answer in Luke 10:27 about the most important commandment. It really sums up the first four commandments. You shall love your God with all your heart, your soul, your strength, and your mind. Unfortunately, there is no concrete way of measuring this for success. It is the first thing I say whenever I do reconciliation. As much as I try, I do not have the strength to give God everything I have all day long. I know I fail Jesus' words here.
Back to the first commandment however...many of us have many strange gods...the most common being money. Whatever we place in a higher position of God can be that. Who gets our time and attention? God or the Packers, God or our stomachs, T.V., computers, boyfriend or girlfriend, alcohol, drugs...you name it, if it is something we replace God in importance with, it is a strange god. Vince Lombardi had it right when he said to his players...men, there are three things important in your life...your God, your family, and the Green Bay Packers...in that order. God wants us to realize...nothing on this earth will get you to heaven and eternal life but God Himself in Jesus Christ. We can truly only find comfort in God. The term comfort food is like that false God that provides comfort for a brief time but ultimate destruction. We pray that we honor God and God only.
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