TODAY’S WORD FOR TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 22, 2015.
ETHICS
Rules of moral conduct; the body of moral principles or values held by or governing a culture group or individual; moral principles.
For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days says the Lord: I will put My laws in their mind and write them on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. Hebrews 8:10
You will be accepted if you do what is (ethical) right. But if you refuse to do what is (ethical) right, then watch out. Sin is crouching at the door, eager to control you, but you must subdue it and be near its Master. Genesis 4:7.
What is your guide for establishing ethics that you can live by? For some it is watching and listening to their parents. For some it is based on what their peers live by. For others it is just to do what I feel is right. That basically is what we call now the “ME” generation. This ethical standard has been prevalent for many years, possibly in cycles but always the way some people lived. In Judges 17:6 we read that long after the death of Joshua, all the people did whatever seemed right in their own eyes.
Have we forgotten that God gave Moses, to give to the Children of Israel and us today, The Ten Commandments (found in Exodus chapter 20)? He gave these for a reason. And that reason is that because of our sinful nature man has the ability to devise all sorts of evil. Laws and regulations, in God’s sight, are necessary to keep man’s evilness in check.
God created us and He wants what is best for us so He gave us the Ten Commandments as a guide to living an ethical, God fearing life style. These commandments are like a measuring stick to help us be what God wants us to be.
God took Moses up to the mountain top and gave him the most complete and important code of ethics that has ever been known to man. They literally cover every detail one needs to live a Christ centered life even today.
Jesus added to these ten when He was on this earth by giving us two more commandments. They are found in Matthew 22: 37-38. “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all Your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself?
God expects us to live by these standards of ethics and not by what we think is right or what someone else suggests. In Proverbs 14:12 we are told that there is a consequence for doing things our way. It reads, “There is a way that seems right to a man but in the end it leads to death.”
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Our memory verse for this week is found in Hebrews 11:6.
And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.
Help me each day to live a life based on the commandments that You have given us as a guide for living in today’s world. Help my family, friends, and neighbors to study your commandments and make them a vital part of their lives.
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