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Spiritual Laws:<\/span><\/strong>
\n\u2981 Obey God Almighty moment by moment (John 14:21).
\n\u2981 Witness for Christ by your life and words (Matthew 4:19; John 15:8).
\n\u2981 Trust God Almighty for every detail of your life (1 Peter 5:7).
\n\u2981 Holy Spirit – allow [listen to] Him to control and empower your daily life and witness — (Galatians 5:16,17; Acts 1:8).
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\nStatutes are divided into categories: (1) laws, (2) testimonies, and (3) decrees.<\/p>\n

Each of the commandments is a statute [laws].<\/strong><\/span>
\n\u2981 You shall have no other gods before Me. [God Almighty {Father}]
\n\u2981 You shall not make idols. — The concern was with images that were worshipped as gods in their own right or thought to embody the divine. As long as religious art isn\u2019t treated as an object of worship itself, it doesn\u2019t necessarily conflict with the second commandment.
\n\u2981 You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain. — In the ancient world, names were thought to carry the essence and authority of the person they referred to. To take God\u2019s name in vain meant to invoke it carelessly or for deceptive purposes. This could include making false oaths in God\u2019s name or using His name to lend credibility to ungodly actions.
\n\u2981 Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. [Jesus IS OUR Sabbath!] — Studies have linked regular Sabbath observance to a host of positive outcomes, including better physical health, mental well-being, and relationship quality. (ref) The principle of taking regular time to rest, recharge, and reconnect with God and others is just as relevant now as it was in ancient times.
\n1. Pick a weekly day and time.
\n2. Prepare beforehand to clear out the day\u2019s schedule.
\n3. Compile a Not-To-Do List. [work, etc.]
\n4. Engage in spiritual practices that help you draw close to God. Devote time to worship God.
\n5. Plan soul-restorative activities that help you rest and delight in God.
\n6. Celebrate together with your family, friends, or community.
\n\u2981 Honor your father and your mother. — While the commandment certainly includes obeying and respecting parents during childhood, its application extends beyond that. In the ancient world, honoring parents also involved caring for them in their old age and preserving their legacy after death.
\n\u2981 You shall not murder. [refers only to deliberate homicide, not to accidental killing, slaying in war, executing a criminal, or slaughtering an animal]
\n\u2981 You shall not commit adultery. [not even in your heart\/mind]. — It encompassed any sexual activity outside of the marriage covenant, whether by married or unmarried parties. So even if an unmarried person sleeps with someone else\u2019s spouse, both are guilty of adultery in biblical terms. The commandment isn\u2019t just about respecting your own marriage vows, but respecting the institution of marriage itself. It\u2019s a call to sexual purity and faithfulness that applies to everyone, regardless of marital status.
\n\u2981 You shall not steal.
\n\u2981 You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. — Tthe intent and consequences of a lie matter in evaluating its morality. The ninth commandment focuses on lies that unjustly harm others, not all falsehoods in any context.
\n\u2981 You shall not covet. — To covet in the biblical sense is to fixate on and plot to obtain something that rightfully belongs to another. It\u2019s not just admiring your neighbor\u2019s possessions, but resenting him for having them and scheming to make them your own.<\/p>\n

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Spiritual Laws: \u2981 Obey God Almighty moment by moment (John 14:21). \u2981 Witness for Christ by your life and words (Matthew 4:19; John 15:8). \u2981 Trust God Almighty for every detail of your life (1 Peter 5:7). \u2981 Holy Spirit – allow [listen to] Him to control and empower your daily life and witness — […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-religion-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ameighs-commixion.rhsaas-org.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ameighs-commixion.rhsaas-org.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ameighs-commixion.rhsaas-org.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ameighs-commixion.rhsaas-org.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ameighs-commixion.rhsaas-org.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2336"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/ameighs-commixion.rhsaas-org.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2339,"href":"http:\/\/ameighs-commixion.rhsaas-org.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2336\/revisions\/2339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ameighs-commixion.rhsaas-org.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ameighs-commixion.rhsaas-org.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ameighs-commixion.rhsaas-org.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}