“Street Tribe” and “Teach me the rules and I’ll show you how to break them,” I saw written today on T-shirts worn by teenagers.

All this is from memory of course and as you well know, if you want to read stuff that is written on T-shirts, you must look hard, not to miss it. That’s why I am intending to go into a T-shirt shop to have a proper look at the writings on T-shirts. Should be quite interesting.

When I read “Teach me the rules and I’ll show you how to break them”, the ten commandments (Exodus* chapter 20- Exodus 20:1-17) came to my mind straight away and also chapter 28 of the book of Deuteronomy**, the Word of the Living God. In chapter 28 it talks about the Blessings of Obedience and the Curses of Disobedience. Deuteronomy 28:1-68

I think chapter 28 of the book of Deuteronomy is one of the most powerful chapters in the whole of the Word of God. Go and read it now for yourself!

But listen to what it says at the beginning of chapter six in the book of Deuteronomy about the commandments of the Lord: Deuteronomy 6:4-9

— The commandments are to be upon our hearts.

— We are to impress them on our children.

— We must talk about them, when we sit at home.

— We must talk about them, when we walk along the road.

— We must talk about them, when we lie down.

— We must talk about them, when we get up.

— We must tie them as symbols on our hands.

— We must bind them on our foreheads.

— We must write them on the doorframes of our houses.

— We must write them on the gates of our houses.

WE MUST WRITE THEM ON THE FRONT OF OUR T-SHIRTS! WE MUST WRITE THEM ON THE BACK OF OUR T-SHIRTS!

But we are doing the opposite and harming ourselves. Read Deuteronomy 10:12-13

…, and to observe the Lord’s commands and decrees that I am giving you today FOR YOUR OWN GOOD?

*Exodus means “exit” or “departure.” Deuteronomy means “second law.”