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Greetings to the Great Nation of India,
Several years ago I read an article in a magazine
telling of a Dr. who studied 55,000 young people in the
United States, ages 16 years old and younger who had
been in trouble with the law. The doctor asked each one
what they knew about the Ten Commandments. Out of 55,000
only 9,000 had even heard of them. He then went to a
public high school and found the percentages the same
only about 16% of the young people could write anything
at all about the Ten Commandments. This in a country
where the vast majority believe in the Bible.
After reading this article my wife and I realized we
didn’t have anything with the Ten Commandments on it to
hang on the wall, so I went to buy a copy for our home.
After going to several stores and finding nothing with
the Ten Commandments on it, to hang on the wall, we
decided to print them.
It seemed amazing to me, the only thing God wrote with
His own finger on tables of stone was not readily
available for all to see. We know they are in the Bible
but most people don’t know where to look to find them,
and of course many people don’t have a Bible.
The word ‘Law’ refers to the Ten Commandments, ‘By
Choice’ means we all have a choice whether or not we
want to consider keeping the Law of God or not, ’For
Freedom’ carries with it the understanding of freedom
from sin and the consequences of committing sin, which
is sorrow and a life of heartache if we don’t follow
God’s Law of liberty.
We have found that people all over the world recognize
the value of the Ten Commandments. They are talked about
in most Holy books of the world. The Ten Commandments
can be written on one page, they are understood by
everyone including small children, they cover every
aspect of our moral lives, they are a perfect document.
In the Bible they are referred to as the Word of God. Of
all the things God could have written with His own
finger this is it, short and to the point. The first
four cover our duty to God, the last six cover our duty
to our fellow man. In the Bible we are told of two great
laws that all the others hang on: love to God and love
to man.. The first four tell us how to express our love
to God and the last six tell us how to love our
neighbors, or fellow man.
When we visit with political leaders we explain to them
they should never try and pass laws enforcing the first
four commandments because these are between each person
and God. It is the last six our civil laws are based on,
our duty to each other; not to kill, steal, lie, to take
care of the old and weak among us, to protect the family
unit, and of course the tenth one is about coveting
which is internal, our minds and hearts..
In the Bible David said he beheld wondrous things out of
the law of God, he thought on it day and night. I have
found the same thing, it truly is the foundation of all
Truth. As
a Christian I believe the Ten Commandments became flesh
and dwelt among us in the person of Jesus Christ. In the
first chapter of the book of John it says the Word
became flesh and dwelt among us. Jesus is the
personification of the Ten Commandments and the Ten
Commandments are the codification of Jesus.
One of the keys to understanding the Ten Commandments is
found in the first sentence when it says: “I am the Lord
thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of
Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no
other gods before me.” It is by the power of God we find
deliverance from bondage, no matter what sin, or
bondage, we find
ourselves in God is able and willing to deliver us if we
want liberty, He can do it just like He brought Israel
out of the slavery of Egypt. He did it by having them
take a Lamb into there home for four days and then
killing it and putting the blood over the door and
eating the rest of the Lamb. With the blood of the lamb
covering them and the Lamb on the inside for strength,
they walked to freedom. All the power of there enemies
could not stop them. Jesus Christ is the Lamb of God
that takes away the sins of the world, He was slain for
us that we might live. He is that Word. When people say
the Ten Commandments were done away with they are saying
Jesus didn’t raise from the dead since He is the Word of
God. Jesus is alive and that makes the Ten Commandments
alive.
All people of the world have a right to have what God
wrote with His own finger, that is our goal, we, by
God’s Grace, are in the process of giving everyone in
the world a copy of the Ten Commandments. It will take a
lot of money to accomplish this. When we started we had
no money but God has enabled us to distribute million of
copies. People that are impressed to help are part of
this work. It is not owned by any group, the Word of God
is for all people. We have seen people changed just by
reading the Ten Commandments. Eccl 8:4 tells us: “Where
the word of a king is, there is power…”
What a simple way to change the world and bring the
kingdom of God to the hearts of the people. It is by
God’s power it is accomplished. He will write it on our
hearts. We just have to make it known so the people can
make a choice to follow God or not. The power is in
God’s hands to make the change in the lives of the
people. God bless you and all people of good will in the
great nation of India. Philipians 4:13 “I can do all
things through Christ which strengthens me.”
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