FOR THE MANY TYPES OF PEOPLE IN THE WORLD THERE ARE
ALMOST AS MANY VIEWS OF GOD.UNFORTUNATELY MOST OF THESE
VIEWS ARE DISTORTED VIEWS BASED ON PERSONAL OPINION
RATHER THAN BIBLICAL FACT.SOME OF THESE VIEWS ARE THAT:
1. GOD IS A COSMIC KILL JOY- HE DOESN’T WANT US TO
HAVE ANY FUN,AND HE JUST SEARCHES THROUGHOUT THE EARTH
WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO MAKE A MISTAKE SO HE CAN PRO-
-NOUNCE JUDGEMENT ON THEM.
2. GOD IS A GRANDFATHER FIGURE-HE UNDERSTANDS THAT WE
ARE JUST HUMAN SO HE OVERLOOKS OUR SINS AND JUST
EXPECTS US TO DO THE BEST WE CAN.
3. GOD IS LIKE THE FAIRY GRANDMOTHER. HE ONLY SHOWS
UP WHEN WE NEED HIM AND HE GIVES US ANYTHING WE WANT.
4. GOD IS AN ABSENTEE GOD-HE NO LONGER INTERCEDES IN
THE AFFAIRS OF MAN.HE CREATED US AND CHECKED OUT TO
LET US FEND FOR OURSELVES.
5. WE ARE ALL OUR OWN GODS AND WE DETERMINE OUR OWN
DESTINY.
THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE MANY VIEWS PEOPLE HAVE OF GOD,SOME DON’T EVEN BELIEVE IN HIS EXISTENCE.
AS WE HAVE ALREADY DETERMINED THESE ARE DISTORTED VIEWS
OF GOD AND HAVE NO BIBLICAL FOUNDATION,ONLY PERSONAL
OPINION.IF WE ARE TO KNOW GOD AS HE IS FIRST WE MUST
REALIZE THAT THERE IS ONLY ONE TRUE GOD.
DUET.4:39 KNOW THERFORE THIS DAY,AND CONSIDER IT IN
THINE HEART,THAT THE LORD HE IS GOD IN HEAVEN ABOVE,AND
UPON THE EARTH BENEATH:THERE IS NONE ELSE. THE NEXT
THING WE HAVE TO REALIZE IF WE ARE TO KNOW GOD IS THAT
WE CAN ONLY KNOW HIM THROUGH THE BIBLE.
DISTORTED VIEWS OF GOD COME FROM LACK OF KNOWLEDGE.
HOSEA 4:6 MY PEOPLE ARE DESTROYED FOR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE
BECAUSE THEY HAVE REJECTED KNOWLEDGE I WILL ALSO REJECT THEM.
PHIL.3:8 I COUNT ALL THINGS BUT LOSS FOR THE EXCELLENCY
OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF JESUS CHRIST MY LORD.
DUET.5: 1-21
GOD GAVE US HIS COMMANDMENTS TO SHOW US HIS LOVE FOR
US,HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU SAID TO YOUR CHILDREN-
"IF YOU KNOW WHATS GOOD FOR YOU ,YOU WILL DO WHAT I TELL YOU". GOD GIVES US THESE COMMANDMENTS TO SHOW
HIS LOVE FOR US, WE TELL OUR CHILDREN "DON’T TOUCH THE
STOVE IT WILL BURN YOU". "LOOK BOTH WAYS BEFORE YOU
CROSS THE STREET,SO YOU DON’T GET RUN OVER.
AS WE STUDY THIS PASSAGE I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE 5 POINTS
ABOUT WHY GOD GAVE US THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.
1.PROTECTION- FROM THE DANGERS OF SIN,
A) SIN HARDENS HEB.3;13 EXHORT ONE ANOTHER DAILY WHILE IT IS STILL CALLED TODAY,LEST ANY OF YOU BE
HARDENED THROUGH THE DECIETFULNESS OF SIN.
B) SIN HINDERS US, HEB.12:1 LAY ASIDE EVERY WEIGHT AND THE SIN WHICH DOTH SO EASILY BESET US--
C) SIN HARNESSES US.JESUS SAID IN JOHN 8:34 VERILY
VERILY I SAY UNTO YOU,WHOSOEVER COMMITTETH SIN IS THE
SERVANT OF SIN.
GOD GAVE US HIS COMMANDMENTS FOR PROTECTION
FROM SIN AND FOR THE
2.PROLONGING OF LIFE-DUET 5:16 5:33 AND 6:2
3.PREVENTION- THERE WAS NO LAW THAT COULD MAKE US LOVE
ONE ANOTHER SO HE COMMANDED US NOT TO KILL ONE ANOTHER.
DUET. 5:17
GOD GAVE US HIS COMMANDMENTS THAT BY OBEDIENCE
HE COULD-
4. PROSPER US- DUET.6:3 7:11-15
GOD GAVE US HIS COMMANDMENTS FOR
5. PROCLAMATION DUET. 6:6-9 6:20-24
WE MUST STILL REALIZE THAT BY THE WORKS OF THE LAW
NO MAN IS JUSTIFIED,
ROMANS 3: 10 THRU 20 IT BRINGS US TO THE KNOWLEDGE
OF SIN AND OUR NEED FOR JESUS CHRIST ROMANS 3: 21-31 AMEN.
