Ten Commandments - First Commandment

God's first commandment of the Ten Commandments is "Thou shalt have no other gods before me."

Our Father God which art in heaven wants our respect! He is our creator. Do your want the love and respect of your own children? Do you want your own child worshipping and clinging to every word of their best friends father? Would you want your son to say, Tommy's dad is better than you. So I am only going to listen to him.

Any loving father or mother would not want their child to disregard them and love, respect and worship another parent more than them. This is exactly how our Heavenly Father feels. He wants us to worship him only. We must give him our best love, respect and worship.

God gave the Israelites and Egyptians eleven events to prove there are no other gods or person greater than him. God performed eleven amazing events to get the Pharaoh of Egypt to set the Israelites free from slavery. The events recorded in the book of Exodus 7 through 12 are:

1) Turned a rod into a serpent. (Exodus 7: 9-12)
2) Turned the river into blood. (Exodus 7: 17-25)
3) Filled the land of Egypt with frogs. (Exodus 8: 2-8)
4) Turned the dust of the land of Egypt into lice. (Exodus 8: 16-19)
5) Swarm of flies into the houses of the Egyptians. (Exodus 8: 21-24)
6) Sent an infectious disease to the animals that only the Egyptians owned. (Exodus 9: 3-6)
7) Turned ashes of the furnace into boil spreading through the land of Egypt. (Exodus 9: 8-11)
8) Sent hail and fire through out the land of Egypt. (Exodus 9: 22-26)
9) Sent a swarm of locust into the land of Egypt. (Exodus 10: 4-15)
10) Three Days of Darkness over the land of Egypt. (Exodus 10: 21-23)
11) Sent a plague upon Egypt, called the LORD's Passover. (Exodus 11 - 12)

Through out these events the children of Israel were not touched. God set them apart from these events. These eleven events proved to both Egyptians and Israelites that God is "I Am" there is only one god and that is the God which art in heaven, the creator of heaven and earth.

As if these eleven events were not enough. God performed one more amazing event after the Israelites left Egypt so the Egyptians would know that God is the LORD. God harden the heart of Pharaoh so he would follow the Israelites out of Egypt to bring them back into slavery. Pharaoh and his army of over 600 men went after the children of Israel and caught up with them by the Red Sea.

The Israelites were so afraid, that they cried out to the LORD. Moses answered with the instructions from God. Told the children of Israel to not fear, stand still and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will show you today. You will see the Egyptians no more after today. The Lord will fight for you and you will have peace. (Exodus 14: 13-14)

God divided the Red Sea for the children to cross on dry land. God blinded the vision of the Egyptians with a cloud so they could not see the Israelites moving and crossing the sea at night. Once they started to cross God lifted the cloud so the Egyptians could gather themselves and follow them and cross at the sea. As the Egyptians were in the midst of the sea, God gave the command to Moses to stretch out his hand over the Red Sea to close it back up. The Red Sea returned to its strength natural flow and killed every Egyptian of Pharaoh's army that pursued. (Exodus 14: 19 - 30)

What an awesome event. God completed what he said he would do. He brought honor to his name and proved to the Egyptians that he is the LORD. There is nothing Greater than GOD. Even the children of Israel after this event feared the LORD, and believed the LORD, and his servant Moses. (Exodus 14: 31)

God said the following words three months after he set the children of Israel free from slavery. "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." (Exodus 20: 2-3) Read the first commandment of the Ten Commandments in the book of Exodus chapter twenty verse three.

Ten Commandments – Are They Important To Be Godly

Is Living By The Ten Commandments Important To Be Godly Today?

Ten Cmmandments

Yes! Jesus says so. Jesus came to fulfill the commandments of God, which are the Ten Commandments. In Matthew chapter 5 versus seventeen through nineteen (Matthew 5:17-19 KJV) Jesus says;

"Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven."

Since Day one after God gave the Israelites the Ten Commandments, they continued to fall short of being obedient of God's law. Therefore God sent Jesus to fulfill the law and as a pure sacrificed so that we could continue to live.

To Be Godly, Why Are We Believing The Ten Commandments Are Not Important?

Our lack of understanding God's heart is why we fall short of the commandments of God. When we understand God's heart, we will understand the reason for his commandments. Jesus illustrates this point in Matthew 5:21-24 KJV.

"Ye have heard that is was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill: and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; Leave there thou gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift."

Jesus also gives another example using the commandment thou shalt not commit adultery. In Matthew 5: 27-28 KJV Jesus says;

"Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart."

You see the commandments of God are to keep us safe and pure. God created us in his image. We have the ability to turn a thought into reality. God created the heaven and earth and all living things from a thought. So you see, God knows if we think it, then it can happen. So he doesn't want us to think it.

So yes, today the Ten Commandments in its entirety are relevant to live Godly. The commandments of God will continue to be relevant until heaven and earth pass.

Here are the Ten Commandments in entirety listed in the book of Exodus and Deuteronomy.

Define Godly - 15 Scriptures That Define Godly

"Please help me God understand how to live Godly. I want to live a Godly life, but I do not know exactly how. Please define Godly for me. Make it clear and plain so I can follow. Thank you God, In Jesus Name. Amen"

This is the prayer I say often these days. Looking for true understanding and revelation of God. I desire to seek God, as we all should. In my search to understand my role in God's kingdom the answer is always, Read God's Word. Read the Bible for understanding.

Several years ago, my Pastor showed me how to study the Bible, by using a concordance.  A concordance is a biblical dictionary. It lists every word in the Bible along with corresponding scriptures. In addition, it contains Hebrew and Greek dictionaries.

Sure enough when I open Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible to Godly, I see several scriptures listed; specifically a total of fifteen.

Scriptures That Define Godly

Psalm 4:3	2 Corinthians 7:9	2 Timothy 3:12
Psalm 12:1	2 Corinthians 7:10	Titus 2:12
Psalm 32:6	2 Corinthians 7:11	Hebrews 12:28
Malachi 2:15	2 Corinthians 11:2	2 Peter 2:9
Corinthians 1:12	1 Timothy 1:4	3 John 6

The first scripture we will discuss to define Godly is Psalm 4. I encourage you to read Psalm 4 before reading the next post.

I encourage you to leave comments and questions. Hopefully, we can learn to live a Godly life together.