“Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.” – First Corinthians 6:19,20
“Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you? If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is sacred, and you are that temple.” – First Corinthians 3:16,17
Today is not the first time that I see this advertisement in one of our local papers ( Doubtless Bay Times, Wednesday, 2 November, 2011):
A family consists of a Father, a Mother and children.
A Christian family consists of a Father who fears God, a Mother who fears God and children who fear God.
Families who fear God are strong families. Families who do not fear God are not strong families.
What is the meaning of “Fear of the Lord” or “Fear of God?”
“Reverential trust with a hatred of evil.” – Dr. C. I. Scofield.
“Gather Me the people together, and I will make them hear My words, that they may learn to fear Me all the days that they shall live upon the earth.” – Deuteronomy 4:10
“Failure to comply with playground safety rules may result in eviction from the play area.” That is rule number six of the “Playground Safety Rules”.
When I looked at the six “Playground Safety Rules” at Lynn Mall in Auckland, New Zealand, I was reminded of the World Safety Rules.
I hope there are not very many people who have not heard of the Ten World Safety Rules. We find the Ten World Safety Rules in “The Book of Books”.
Another word for them is DECALOGUE. What are the Ten World Safety Rules? The answer is:
“A comprehensive formulation of the basic laws that govern man’ s relation to God and his fellow men.” – 20th Century Bible Dictionary
And here are the ten laws: (Deuteronomy 5:6-21)
1. “You shall have no other gods before me.” – Deut. 5:7
2. “You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below.” – Deut. 5:8
3. “You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.” – Deut. 5:11
4. “Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the LORD your God has commanded you.” – Deut. 5:12
5. “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.” – Deut. 5:16
6. “You shall not murder.” – Deut. 5:17
7. “You shall not commit adultery.” – Deut. 5:18
8. “You shall not steal.” – Deut. 5:19
9. “You shall not give false testimony against your neighbour.” – Deut. 5:20
10. “You shall not covet your neighbour’s wife. You shall not set your desire on your neighbour’s house or land, his manservant or maidservant, his ox or donkey or anything that belongs to your neighbour.” – Deut. 5:21
I woud like to see the Ten Commandments on TV every hour for a certain time supported by prayer. But such a campaign costs lots of money.
Please remember the last rule of the Playground Safety Rules: “Failure to comply with Playground Safety Rules may result in eviction from the playarea.”
When I read “WHAT YOU FEED YOUR PET DIRECTLY AFFECTS HOW LONG THEY LIVE AND THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE” (Retirement Today, Issue 6, page 5) to someone today I was told that it is the same with humans.
Question number one:
What do you feed your body? A very important question.
Question number two:
What do you feed your mind? That question is even more important.
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.
“If my life is surrendered to God, all is well. Let me not grab it back, as though it were in peril in His hand but would be safer in mine!” – Elisabeth Elliot
When I read “WHAT YOU FEED YOUR PET DIRECTLY AFFECTS HOW LONG THEY LIVE AND THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE” (Retirement Today, Issue 6, page 5) to someone today I was told that it is the same with humans.