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What is my God? ...
Friday, May 3, 2019. Over the past days I have run several times into the first commandment: do not have other Gods! We were reading the letter of Paul to the Romans recently with our bible study group, and Paul talks about how mankind lives without God. He talks about those choosing their own Gods.
Also, life can point you to a particular topic. You realize that you have some categories in your mind. Things can be deep in your life, your feelings, in the way you look at the world. What are the Gods in YOUR life? I am realizing those in mine …
First Commandment …
The core point is summarized in the bible by a very old commandment. It is – until today – in the heart of faith, and in the heart of life. In 2nd Moses, also called the book of Exodus, chapter 20, it is written:
1 And God spoke all these words, saying, 2 “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. 3 “You shall have no other gods before [besides] me. (2 Moses 20, 1ff)
Life …
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