Jan 13 2009
The Ten Commandments
My Grade 3 teacher, though many were against him, taught me a lot and many of my pathfinder skills I learned from him. When he left I have never learned any more skills.
Anyway, he asked us to memorize the Ten Commandments and I owe it to him because until now I still remember them by heart.
Thou shalt not have no other gods before me.
Thou shalt not have any graven image.
Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.
Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.
Honor thy father and thy mother.
Thou shalt not kill.
Thou shalt not steal.
Thou shalt not commit adultery.
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbors.
Thou shalt not covet.
These are just the summary. Following these commands to the letter does not guarantee a ticket to heaven. The Pharisees were known to be the strictest followers of the commandment yet Jesus called them hypocrites for they failed to understand the most important part of the commandments. Jesus then magnified these ten commandments and made the people understand and see the other side of the coin.
One on ocassion, a rich young ruler came to ask Jesus how he could enter heaven. Jesus pointed him to obeying the commandments which the rich man claimed he had strictly followed them from birth and never stumbled on even one of them. Jesus then told him to go dispatch of his wealth and follow him. Of this, the rich man turned and walked away. And Jesus said that certainly, it is easier for a camel to get through a needle’s eye than for a rich man to enter heaven.
Is God’s kingdom really seem impossible to attain?
Well, if we try to get there on our own, then it is. But God provided a way for us through Jesus Christ.
