God loved the People so much that God showed them the Ten Best Ways to live. These ways are often called the Ten Commandments. (Exodus 20:2+)
As the People of God traveled across the desert after leaving Egypt, they began to complain: “There’s not enough food! There’s not enough water!” And God used Moses to help them find food and water.
Then the People came to a great mountain, covered with fire and smoke. Moses climbed up into the fire and smoke to meet God. There on the mountain, Moses came so close to God, and God came so close to him, that Moses knew what God wanted him to do. God wanted him to write the Ten Best Ways to live on stone tablets and bring them down the mountain for the People.
So on Mount Sinai God gave the Ten Commandments to Moses. Moses gave them to the people and they gave them to us. You can sum these 10 best ways to live this way…
Love God…
Love people…
God loves us…
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1. Don’t serve other gods.
2. Make no idols to worship.
3. Be serious when you say my name.
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4. Keep the Sabbath holy.
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5. Honor your mother and father.
6. Don’t kill.
7. Don’t break your marriage.
8. Don’t steal.
9. Don’t lie.
10. Don’t even want what others have.
I know. These are all hard. God did not say that these are the “ten easy things to do.” They are the Ten Best Ways to Live, the Ten Commandments. They are hard, perhaps impossible, but we are supposed to try. They mark the best way - like stones can show a path for us to walk.
Love God…
Love people…
God loves us…
At Thanksgiving, give thanks to God for all that God has done for you and your family, and remember the ten best ways to live - to Love God, to love others just as you love yourself, and to remember that God always loves you. Amen.
(Based on the Ten Best Ways by Jerome Berryman, found here)
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