The Lord our God made a covenant with us at Horeb

Deuteronomy 5:1-21

The Lord our God made a covenant with us at Horeb. It was not with our ancestors that the Lord made this covenant, but with us, with all of us who are alive here today. 

You shall have no other gods before me. You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.

Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the Lord your God has commanded you. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God. 

Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live long and that it may go well with you in the land the Lord your God is giving you.

You shall not murder.

You shall not commit adultery.

You shall not steal.

You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife. You shall not set your desire on your neighbor’s house or land, his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.

Why?

These ten commandments are made with us, today. It is not for the ancestors.

Obey thus ten commandments is the way of blessing where we are going.

Do not steal, include steal the time with the Lord. The rule of these commandments is to focus on our God in our daily life and honor his Holy name.

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人的問題總是容易犯以前的錯誤。人也有可能把耶和華神像化，偶像化！所以神向人顯現時看不到形象。

人在那地住久了就痳痺了。如同每天呼吸，已經忘記空氣的存在。我們一直在神恩典中，容易忘記神的恩典?我們最容易在恩典中忘記神！當我們感覺不到神時，神可能給我們苦難，讓我們要尋求神的恩典。衣食足，知榮辱?不是！而是飽暖思淫慾！求順利沒有錯，但是更重要是求不忘記神，求神同在。神是忌邪的神，卻是不記仇的神！神允許人離開祂，離開神讓你吃了苦願意回到神面前。

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How?

Honor the name of the Lord with all my heart, my strength, and my mind.