PASTOR JOHN COLLINS, BRINGING BACK GOD, says that the old is new again. So much of what is in the Holy Bible from the Old Testament to the New Testament to right now is appropriate and new again. It is wisdom from the ages that is never too old to follow or understand. The first five books of the Holy Bible in the Old Testament are books of Moses. The Ten Commandments were given by God to Moses and it's described in the book of Exodus 20: 2-17. Moses speaks of the Ten Commandments again in Deuteronomy 5: 7-21. These laws are to live by for all of us, then and now. To break one is to sin, and one is just the same as the other. Murder=adultery=idolatry=covet=lies. In Proverbs, 6:16-19, it speaks of the seven deadly sins-again pride, lies, murder, slander these are the same and God will reject you from fellowship because of these acts. In the New Testament, Jesus constantly preaches to those who come to hear him and to his disciples to follow these commandments, and clarifies that man is to love the Lord thy God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength-the first commandment. He also teaches to love others as yourself. Put others first, do things for others that you would want done for you. In Matthew 15: 4-6 and 18-19, Jesus speaks of evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies-all references back to the writings from Moses. Paul in Colossians 3: 5-10 emphasizes the same thing after Jesus' crucifixion. These are appropriate for today, what is old is new, as PASTOR JOHN COLLINS, BRINGING BACK GOD, teaches in his sermons. We still have issues with murder-its on the news every day, using the Lord's name in vain-speaking of God in an empty manner, lies, adultery, idolatry, fornication-which is lust and looking at others with desire not love, stealing goes hand in hand with coveting-if you want it, take it?! All of these and more go directly back to the original Ten Commandments.
All God wants for us is to follow his laws. His laws are a basic guideline to being a good person. Jesus' teachings tell us how to be Christian in addition to following God's commandments. God sent Jesus to us to try to fix our sins since we had a difficult time following them in the first place! We as a society, whether in the USA or elsewhere, need to find our way to the cross, to be a better people, to help each other not stomp all over each other on our way to where----Hell? Jesus preached to help one another. PASTOR JOHN COLLINS preaches that we need to give a hand up, not a hand out. All we need to do is let Jesus into our hearts. Repent our sins and mean it. Then act like a Christian-our deeds and works show we are Christian. This is our way to the cross and to eternal life-which is what we want, right?
The old is new again. If you want to hear more from PASTOR JOHN COLLINS, go to www.bringingbackgod.com, or listen to him on www.blogtalkradio.com/pastorjohncollins. You can email him at [email protected].
God bless you.