PROCLAMATION
“For thou
shalt worship no other god; for The Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous
God.” “Thou shalt make thee no molten
gods.” Exodus 34:14 and 34:17 (KJV)
EXPLANATION
These are
the words of God which were revealed to and written by Moses under the
influence of The Holy Spirit of God. After The Lord God gave Moses
specific instructions for the Israelites regarding the Sabbath Day, He gave him
two tablets of stone on which were inscribed with the Ten Commandments. (Exodus
31:18) However, because Moses stayed on the mountain of God for such a
long time, the people made themselves a god, an idol cast in gold, in the shape
of a calf, and worshiped it. (Exodus 32:1-8) When Moses came down from
the mountain of God and saw the golden calf and the people drinking and
dancing, he threw the stone tablets at them and then he destroyed the golden
calf. (Exodus 32:19-20) Then he said, “Whoever is for The Lord, come to
me.” All those who did not come to him were killed. (Exodus
32:26-29) Then Moses chiseled out two smooth stone tablets, like the one
he had broken, and went back up to the
APPLICATION
The first
of the Ten Commandments is: “You shall have no other gods before Me.” (Exodus
20:3) In His explanation of the second of the Ten Commandments He said,
“… for I, The Lord your God, am a jealous God …” (Exodus 20:5) Here in
this text, He is reiterating that He is jealous, and that He wants nothing to
be worshiped but Him. Unfortunately, today some people worship other
gods, and some people worship other people as their god. Some people
worship their spouse, their loved one, their children, or their grandchildren.
Some people even worship their cars, their homes, or some other material object
which they possess. Worship of anything other than The Lord God is a sin,
and that offends His jealous nature.
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