How Not to Bow. Part [1] 07/13/2025 (Morning thought)

Exodus 20: 3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.

Because we live in an age of idolatry, and many may not seem to understand what it is, we must seek to learn what God is saying to us in those first passages when He commands us not bow down or serve gods and graven images. In most instances in our day, the protestant world does not literally bow down to any physical graven image or idol. Those days, for the most part, are for all intents and purposes behind us, speaking of the contemporary Christianity of the day.

However, there are other false gods, and idols which have replaced those of wood and stone from years gone by. And there’s a whole lot of bowing down in our day, that persons may not understand to be the very thing God speaks against in the law. And it is a fact that modern idolatry bears sway, the same as idolatry did in ancient times, and in certain instances it is even worse.

Thus, we should seek to understand the full extent of the commandment, so that it can be uprooted from our hearts through the power of The Holy Ghost, in cooperation with our freedom of choice. The commandment begins by forbidding persons to have any other gods except the One, and only true God. To have other gods means several things, such as to hold in reverence above God, or to deem more important than God, anything or anyone, and any of God’s created works, whether they are animate, or inanimate.

Exodus 20:5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; 6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.

May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!

Debunking Taboos About Sabbath And Sunday Part [14] 07/13/2025 (Evening thought)

Acts 5:29 Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, we ought to obey God rather than men. 32 And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.     

To put it plainly, we will have to practice not bowing when things are going smoothly, so that whenever the heat of the furnace is turned up several notches, we would have been in the habit of obeying God in good times and bad. The three Hebrew boys practiced not bowing on the issue of diet and foods, and since the Bible says that he that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much, they were primed for prime time when the big one came around.

Under no circumstances should you permit anyone to force you to do any secular work over the sacred hours, for if you do, you will become the sport of circumstances, and it will just be a matter of time before such persons buckle and fall. God is willing and able to keep us from falling, but He does not bypass our freedom of choice to force us to do right.

It’s always our own personal decision, and if we choose to willingly obey Him, He will grant us the needed strength to face any emergency. We therefore end with a passage of scripture which certifies this sacred truth and we hope and pray that all of us would be found faithful, even as disturbing developments are looming on the horizon.

Deuteronomy 11:26 Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse; 27 A blessing, if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you this day: 28 And a curse, if you will not obey the commandments of the Lord your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which you have not known.

May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!