A beautiful 4-color image with inset adorns this cover. I am the Lord your God → I am the Lord thy God; You shall have no other gods before me → Thou shalt have no other gods before me; You shall not make for yourself an idol → Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image; Remember the Sabbath and keep it holy → Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy; Honor your father and your mother → Honour thy father and thy … And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might" and Leviticus 19:18 "Thou shalt not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD. Thou shalt have no other gods but me!” Ten commandments, 10, idolaters, child, earthly pleasures, decision. All Broadman bulletins are sold in packages of 100 bulletins. Audio Player. Do not turn to mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out to be defiled by them. Bible Gateway Recommends. Martin Luther describes the first commandment as prohibiting both the literal honoring of other gods as well as trusting in idols of the heart: money, good works, superstition, etc. 2. For I, the LORD your God, will hold your right hand, Saying to you, ‘Fear not, I will help you.’. [28] In his commentary on the first commandment, Calvin describes superstition as akin to a wife committing adultery in front of her husband. Free UK delivery on eligible orders. Who could not love him when contemplating the treasures of goodness and love he has poured out on us? 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I think it needful to add a few questions here, which the reader may answer between God and his own soul. You shall have no other gods before me. Go forth from Babylon! visiting. "I am the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery. 4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: iii:14). “For I AM the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour:” (v.3). Other people worship Aphrodite, the goddess of sex. There will be no other God…nor was there from eternity any other existing …but He who made and disposed all this universe. The stranger who resides with you shall be to you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt; I am the LORD your God. Thou shalt not have strange gods before Me (Exodus, Chaps. Who could not place all hope in him? 00:00. Anything you give your time, heart, and soul to, becomes your god. Therefore the heathen really make their self-invented notions and dreams of God an idol, and put their trust in that which is altogether nothing. But their error is this that their trust is false and wrong for it is not placed in the only God, besides whom there is truly no God in heaven or upon earth. Psalm 37:4 Yahweh thus establishes his position relative to the Israelites, who are expected to render complete submission, allegiance, and obedience to him. Nothing is too difficult for me. Malachi 2. 1174-1175, The Jewish Study Bible, Oxford University Press, 2004, pp. For I am the LORD your God, who takes hold of your right hand and tells you: Do not fear, I will help you. 1.Because God is the Lord, Jehovah, self - existent, independent, eternal, and the fountain of all being and power; therefore he has an incontestable right to command us. This verse also serves as the motive clause for the following imperatives. 4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. Good News Translation "I am the LORD, the God of all people. You shall have no other gods before Me..." Maimonides interpreted this as a command requiring one to know there is a God. I am the Lord thy God: | "|I am the thy God|" (|KJV|, also "|I am Yahweh your God|" |NJB|, |WEB|) is the opening p... World Heritage Encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias available, and the most definitive collection ever assembled. As it was pointed out in our last study, Joseph Rotherham, in his Emphasized Bible , always translates LORD as “Yahweh.” The last of the Old Testament references of “I AM The LORD” is found in Malachi 3:6; “For I am the LORD , I change not : therefore ye sons of Jacob are consumed.” Hence the formula God employs in the Scripture at the beginning and end of his commandments: “I am the LORD.”. You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot have a part in both the Lord's table and the table of demons. 3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. The conventional "the LORD" in English translations renders .mw-parser-output .script-hebrew,.mw-parser-output .script-Hebr{font-family:"SBL Hebrew","SBL BibLit","Frank Ruehl CLM","Taamey Frank CLM","Ezra SIL","Ezra SIL SR","Keter Aram Tsova","Taamey Ashkenaz","Taamey David CLM","Keter YG","Shofar","David CLM","Hadasim CLM","Simple CLM","Nachlieli",Cardo,Alef,"Noto Serif Hebrew","Noto Sans Hebrew","David Libre",David,"Times New Roman",Gisha,Arial,FreeSerif,FreeSans}יהוה in the Hebrew text (transliterated "YHWH"), the proper name of the God of Israel, reconstructed as Yahweh. But whoever embraces it or kisses it or honors it or sprinkles on it or washes it or anoints it or dresses it or puts shoes on it, transgresses a negative commandment. If only you had paid attention to My commandments! God asserts his own authority to enact this law in general: "I am the Lord who command thee all that follows." They are here bound to obedience. Deuteronomy 6:15 (For the LORD thy God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth. It follows that we must necessarily accept his words and have complete faith in him and acknowledge his authority. [13] Just as in the Hebrew Bible, where sacrificing to other gods is portrayed as sacrificing to demons,[14] idolatry is connected with the worship of demons in the New Testament, and God is described as jealous regarding idolatry. [4] The covenant logic establishes an exclusive relationship in which the subject population may have only one sovereign, as expressed explicitly in thou shalt have no other gods before me. In his exposition of Exodus 20 on the “Thru The Bible” radio program,[33] J. Vernon McGee, quotes Romans 1:21-25 and Colossians 3:5 to support his assertion that the idolatry forbidden by the first commandment includes not only the worship of idols and foreign gods, but also idols of the heart such as greed, alcohol, and sexual immorality. the Lord. i am the lord thy god in Jewish Gematria equals: 876: i 9 0 a 1 m 30 0 t 100 h 8 e 5 0 l 20 o 50 r 80 d 4 0 t 100 h 8 y 400 0 g 7 o 50 d 4 i am the lord thy god in English Gematria equals: 1104 : i 54 0 a 6 m 78 0 t 120 h 48 e 30 0 l 72 o 90 r 108 d 24 0 t 120 h 48 y 150 0 g 42 o 90 d 24 For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee. The essence of the commandment [forbidding] the worship of false gods is not to serve any of the creations, not an angel, a sphere, or a star, none of the four fundamental elements, nor any entity created from them. International Standard Version "Look, I am the LORD, the God who rules over all flesh. God asserts his own authority to enact this law in general: "I am the Lord who command thee all that follows." Malachi 3:6 in all English translations. This Broadman bulletin is designed for general worship services and features the scripture Isaiah 43:2-3b, from the KJV. [GR] > The Number 153 - I am the Lord Thy God: For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.. Isaiah 43.3. Nor have we trusted in any other (for there is no other), but in Him in whom you also have trusted, the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob. Exodus 34:7 Are we stronger than he? The first commandment establishes God with his proper name, Yahweh, setting him apart from other gods which had come before (e.g., the gods of Egypt). 2 I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. ( I Corinthians 2:9 KJV ) “But as it is Written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which GOD hath Prepared for them that LOVE HIM.”!! Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me? The idolater - it doesn't matter whether one commits idolatrous worship or makes a sacrifice or burns incense or pours a libation or prostrates oneself or accepts it as a god or says "you are my god." John Wesley uses the first commandment in Deuteronomy 5 as a motivation to pose a list of introspective questions. 2 I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Use Up/Down Arrow keys to increase or decrease volume. [7][8][9][10], The text follows an ancient royal treaty pattern, where the speaking monarch begins by identifying himself by name and notable deeds. New Testament accounts Gospel of Matthew. John Calvin viewed “I am the LORD thy God” as a preface to the Decalogue and “have no other gods” as the first commandment. I am the Lord. Though that covenant of peculiarity is now no more, yet there is another, by virtue of which all that are baptized are taken into relation to him as their God, and are therefore unjust, unfaithful, and very ungrateful, if they obey him not. 19, 20). (The Lord Thy God), The Lord Thy God, (He's in the midst of us), He's in the midst of us, (He's mighty), He's mighty, (So mighty), so mighty. Deuteronomy 5:6-22 King James Version (KJV). "Do not make an image or any likeness of what is in the heavens above..." This prohibits the construction or fashioning of "idols" in the likeness of created things (beasts, fish, birds, people) and worshipping them. You shall rise up before the gray headed and honor the aged, and you shall revere your God; I am the LORD. They are here bound to obedience by a threefold cord, which, one would think, could not easily be broken. Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I AM He: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. In the Hebrew text the "the Lord" portion of the first commandment is romanized as Yahweh. He was their God; a God in covenant with them; their God by their own consent. Dost thou experimentally know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he hath sent? The words, “before me,” go to increase the indignity, God being provoked to jealousy whenever we substitute our fictions in his stead; just as an unfaithful wife stings her husband’s heart more deeply when her adultery is committed openly before his eyes. Your descendants would have been like the sand, And your offspring like its grains; Their name would never be cut off or destroyed from My presence. 2 I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron: 3 And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the LORD, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel. Flee from the Chaldeans! And the Lord spoke these words: I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 19, 20). "I am the LORD thy God" (KJV, also "I am the Lord your God" NJB, WEB, Hebrew: אָֽנֹכִ֖י֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֑֔יךָ ’Ānōḵî Adonai ’ĕlōheḵā) is the opening phrase of the Ten Commandments, which are widely understood as moral imperatives by ancient legal historians and Jewish and Christian biblical scholars. …the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God, and I do not want you to be participants with demons. 45 And I will remember my former covenant, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, in the sight of the Gentiles, to be their God. 4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. Establishing his identity through the use of the proper name, Yahweh, and his mighty acts in history distinguishes Yahweh from the gods of Egypt which were judged in the killing of Egypt's firstborn (Exodus 12) and from the gods of Canaan, the gods of the gentile nations, and the gods that are worshipped as idols, starry hosts, or things found in nature, and the gods known by other proper names. https://grailmessage.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/11/01-The-First-Commandment.mp3. Dost thou love God? 6 I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. The phrase "I am the LORD your God" אנכי יהוה אלהיך appears a number of times in the Hebrew Bible outside of the Decalogue. Ibn Ezra interpreted this as a command to believe that Yahweh alone is God. Contextual Overview 1 And the Lord spoke all these words, saying: 2 I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. I am the LORD your God, which have brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me.”They now worship at the altar of Trump. Nothing is too hard for me. "I am the LORD thy God" (KJV, also "I am the Lord your God" NJB, WEB, Hebrew: אָֽנֹכִ֖י֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֑֔יךָ ’Ānōḵî Adonai ’ĕlōheḵā) is the opening phrase of the Ten Commandments, which are widely understood as moral imperatives by ancient legal historians and Jewish and Christian biblical scholars.[1][2]. [15] God commands "all people everywhere to repent. The prophet Joel looks forward to future blessing through which God's people will know that Yahweh is their God through his wondrous deeds on their behalf. And thus, Christ, having rescued us out of the bondage of sin, is entitled to the best service we can do him. It was fit those should be put first, because man had a Maker to love before he had a neighbour to love, and justice and charity are then only acceptable to God when they flow from the principles of piety. Thus, for example, the heathen who put their trust in power and dominion elevated Jupiter as the supreme god; the others, who were bent upon riches, happiness, or pleasure, and a life of ease, Hercules, Mercury, Venus or others; women with child, Diana or Lucina, and so on; thus every one made that his god to which his heart was inclined, so that even in the mind of the heathen to have a god means to trust and believe. Those who eat food sacrificed to idols are rebuked. "I am the Lord thy God, thou shalt not have any strange gods before Me.” “Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.” Lord, let us not worship false gods and help us be monotheism, believing in one God. [19][20][21] The teaching of Moses and the experience of Israel when they departed from it are used to support the insistence that believers abstain from idolatry and sexual immorality.[22]. 8 Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth: Dekalog 1: 'I am the Lord thy God, Thou shalt have no other God but me' Film. 7 Thou shalt have none other gods before me. Henry explains the preface and the first commandment from a covenant viewpoint: God delivered Israel from Egypt, and they belong to him by mutual agreement, so they are bound to obey his covenant stipulations. Malachi 4. Herein, 1. Herein, God asserts his own authority to enact this law; and proposeth himself as the sole object of that religious worship which is enjoined in the four first commandments. Thou shalt not have strange gods before Me (Exodus, Chaps. The four first commandments, concern our duty to God (commonly called the first - table.) In a similar manner, Leviticus 19 gives additional commands regarding separation from mediums and spiritists, the honoring of the aged, and kindness to foreigners. 4 Thou shalt not make to thyself an idol, nor likeness of anything, whatever things are in the heaven above, and whatever are in the earth beneath, and whatever are in the … And the Lord spoke these words: I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have none other gods before me - Hast thou worshipped God in spirit and in truth? “There is no peace for the wicked," says the LORD. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Declare with the sound of joyful shouting, proclaim this, Send it out to the end of the earth; Say, “The LORD has redeemed His servant Jacob." [5] So distinguished, Yahweh demands exclusive allegiance from the Israelites. King James Bible. You shall not make for yourselves an idol, nor any image of anything that is in the heavens above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: you shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them, for I, Yahweh your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me, and showing loving kindness to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments. Genesis 17:7,8 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee… [11], Jesus quotes Deuteronomy when tempted to worship Satan in exchange for all the kingdoms of the world. 3 Thou shalt have no other gods beside me. Exodus 15:26 (KJV) 26 And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee. Anything that you give yourself to, especially in abandonment, becomes your “god.” Many people do not [explicitly] worship Bacchus, the cloven footed Greek and Roman god of wine and revelry of long ago, but they worship the bottle just the same…Whether or not folks realize it, they worship the god Bacchus. However, he also allowed for viewing “I am the LORD thy God” as the first commandment, provided one also allows it to serve as a preface to the whole Decalogue. [12], Jesus said to him, "Away from me, Satan! I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. It demands that God's people behave differently from the nations around them, lest they be destroyed in the same manner. By redeeming them, he acquired a farther right to rule them; they owed their service to him, to whom they owed their freedom. (2.) Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. 2. The New Testament asserts that God brings consequences to those who worship other gods. Is he the desire of thine eyes, the joy of thy heart? 2. Isaiah 45:5 Context. I am the Lord your God, or I am Yahweh your God, is the opening phrase of the Ten Commandments, which are widely understood as moral imperatives by legal scholars, Jewish scholars, Catholic scholars, and Post-Reformation scholars. 6 I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. Buy I AM The Lord Thy God: His Final Warning Illustrated by Ferris, Neil (ISBN: 9781479604081) from Amazon's Book Store. 2 I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thus you will know that I am in the midst of Israel, And that I am the LORD your God, And there is no other; And My people will never be put to shame. The language and pattern reflects that of ancient royal treaties in which a great king identified himself and his previous gracious acts toward a subject king or people.[4]. He was their God, a God in covenant with them, their God by their own consent; and, if they would not keep his commandments, who would? Dost thou love him with all thy heart, with all thy soul, and with all thy strength; so as to love nothing else but in that manner and degree which tends to increase thy love of him? Job 29:23 And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain. Exodus 20:2-6 King James Version (KJV) 2 I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thus it is with all idolatry; for it consists not merely in erecting an image and worshiping it, but rather in the heart, which stands gaping at something else, and seeks help and consolation from creatures, saints, or devils, and neither cares for God, nor looks to Him for so much good as to believe that He is willing to help, neither believes that whatever good it experiences comes from God. For I am the Lord their God. King James Version (KJV) Public Domain . You are to perform My judgments and keep My statutes, to live in accord with them; I am the LORD your God. For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God. The first commandment: “I am the Lord thy God! AskMe_idareyou: @gtconway3d Amazing how many White Evangelicals have forgotten the First Commandment:“I am the Lord thy God. The prophet Isaiah asserts that failure to obey the commandments is the reason for Israel's captivity and had the nation obeyed the commandments, they would have had peace like a river. He had laid himself under obligations to them by promise, and therefore might justly lay his obligations on them by precept. Adoring God, praying to him, offering him the worship that belongs to him, fulfilling the promises and vows made to him are acts of the virtue of religion which fall under obedience to the first commandment. Like Calvin, Matthew Henry considers “I am the LORD thy God” to be a preface. The implicit imperative is to believe that God exists and that his proper name is “Yahweh.” By invoking the exodus from Egypt, it also suggests the archetype of God as the redeemer and intervener in history. (1.) 5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; 6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. [6] “I am the LORD your God” occurs a number of other times in the Bible also. 00:00. So you shall keep My statutes and My judgments, by which a man may live if he does them; I am the LORD. servants. Therefore, if we are contented with one God, let us call to mind what was formerly observed, that all fictitious gods are to be driven far away, and that the worship which he claims for himself is not to be mutilated. So then in order the Ten Commandments were given. He who is able to read these words aright will doubtless already see in them the … Hast thou found happiness in God? If not, thou hast other gods before him. A free on-line template is available at www.bhpublishing group.com. [3] The translation "God" renders אֱלֹהִים (transliterated "Elohim"), the normal biblical Hebrew word for "god, deity". In their explanation of the first commandment, the Catechism quotes Justin Martyr's dialogue to support their teaching that Christians and Jews have trusted the same God. He had brought them out of the land of Egypt - Therefore they were bound in gratitude to obey him, because he had brought them out of a grievous slavery into a glorious liberty. I am the Lord your God → I am the Lord thy God; You shall have no other gods before me → Thou shalt have no other gods before me; You shall not make for yourself an idol → Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image; Remember the Sabbath and keep it holy → Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy; Honor your father and your mother → Honour thy father and thy … 3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. …we must beware of superstition, by which our minds are turned aside from the true God, and carried to and fro after a multiplicity of gods. "[16][17][18] Idols are described as “worthless things” and people are exhorted to turn away from them to the living God. (The Lord our God), The Lord our God, (He's in the midst of us), He's in the midst of us, (You're mighty), You're mighty, (So mighty), so mighty. Herein, 1. God says we are not to have any gods before Him. Buy I am The Lord Thy God by White, James H. (ISBN: 9781412019309) from Amazon's Book Store. Maybe these healing promises will help begin your search… 1. Thou Shalt LOVE the LORD thy GOD with all Thine HEART!! The first commandment embraces faith, hope, and charity. Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land full of great fishes, an hundred and fifty and three: and for all there were so many, yet was not the net broken.. John 21.11 Hast thou proposed to thyself no end besides him? Deuteronomy 5:6 I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. When we say “God” we confess a constant, unchangeable being, always the same, faithful and just, without any evil. Thou shalt not make to thyself a graven thing, nor the likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, nor of those things that are in the waters under the earth. Hast thou sought for any other happiness, than the knowledge and love of God? The preface of the Law-maker: ’’I am the Lord thy God,’’ v. 2. You shall not do what is done in the land of Egypt where you lived, nor are you to do what is done in the land of Canaan where I am bringing you; you shall not walk in their statutes. Nor do we think that there is one God for us [Christians], another for you [Jews], but that He alone is God who led your fathers out from Egypt with a strong hand and a high arm. Time Out says. "And God said unto Moses, I am, that I am: and He said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you" (Exod. When a stranger resides with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong. ( I Corinthians 13:13 KJV ) “And now Abideth FAITH, HOPE, CHARITY ( LOVE ), these Three; but… [7] This command prohibits belief in or worship of any additional deities: Whoever accepts a false god as true, even when he does not actually worship it, disgraces and blasphemes [God's] glorious and awesome name.
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