Deuteronomy 5:9-10
Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto 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,

And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.

Do you love or hate God?

For years I wondered if my life was such a mess because of my parents or grandparents sins and missdeeds.   I  am here to tell you an unequivocal; “maybe”.

My Dad and his parents were practicing Catholics,   they believed Jesus came to earth, God became man, died and rose again to save us from sin.

They never knew Him in a personal way.  In fact, did not believe anyone could know Him personally.   Why not?  They never understood the truth because it was never revealed to them.

Is this the fault of their priests or the fault of God Himself?

Since I came out of that background and found a relationship with Jesus, I must blame the people who sit under the teaching and do not look deeper themselves.

We are definitely affected by the beliefs of those before us….an unbeliever does condemn his children to deal with his sins.  We learn, act out and believe, what we have seen and received in our youth.

As a child growing up Catholic,  I believed in the Bible,  it just was not relevant in my life.   Jesus is in heaven.   Big deal,  the Spirit? ??

I don’t remember being taught much about the Spirit,  it is possible, a lot was said and not much remembered.   I  know the Spirit, was not something I believed in,  there may have been ghosts, black magic,  demons but nothing holy.

Where these believing Catholics saved?   “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. “

They believed and practiced those beliefs, so I  believe they are saved and living on the outskirts of heaven.  Why?  They believed.  Believe and be saved.   Is that all there is? Yes and no.

Yes it is all we need, believe;  no, in that there is so much more available.  It is up to us, individually to seek more of God, read His Word,  hunger and thirst for His Righteousness.

We can learn of Him,  by walking with Him,  spending time in Praise, Prayer, Fasting and Worship but most important of all, in obedience to Him. 

When we recognize His will; Act on it. Speak out against injustice,  feed the hungry, clothe the naked, heal the sick….Jesus healed all that were afflicted and told us to do the same and more,

According to your faith. ….look behind, anything following?

Lord, help us to know You, walk with You, be used by You. That You would be Glorified.

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Exodus 19
Two months after the Israelites left Egypt, they came to the desert of Sinai. 2 Israel had moved from Rephidim and had come into the desert of Sinai. They had set up camp there in front of the mountain.

3 Then Moses went up the mountain to Elohim, and Yahweh called to him from the mountain, “This is what you must say to the descendants of Jacob. Tell the Israelites, 4 ‘You have seen for yourselves what I did to Egypt and how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to my mountain. 5 If you carefully obey me and are faithful to the terms of my promise,[a] then out of all the nations you will be my own special possession, even though the whole world is mine. 6 You will be my kingdom of priests and my holy nation.’ These are the words you must speak to the Israelites.”

Yahweh said to Moses, “I am coming to you in a storm cloud so that the people will hear me speaking with you and will always believe you.” Moses told Yahweh what the people had said.

10 So Yahweh said to Moses, “Go to the people, and tell them they have two days to get ready. They must set themselves apart as holy. Have them wash their clothes 11 and be ready by the day after tomorrow. On that day Yahweh will come down on Mount Sinai as all the people watch. 12 Mark off a boundary around the mountain for the people, and tell them not to go up the mountain or even touch it.

16 On the morning of the second day, there was thunder and lightning with a heavy cloud over the mountain, and a very loud blast from a ram’s horn was heard. All the people in the camp shook with fear.

17 Then Moses led the people out of the camp to meet with Elohim, and they stood at the foot of the mountain.

18 All of Mount Sinai was covered with smoke because Yahweh had come down on it in fire. Smoke rose from the mountain like the smoke from a kiln, and the whole mountain shook violently.

19 As the sound of the horn grew louder and louder, Moses was speaking, and the voice of Elohim answered him.

20 Yahweh came down on top of Mount Sinai and called Moses to the top of the mountain. So Moses went up. 21 Yahweh said to him, “Go down and warn the people not to force their way through the boundary to see Yahweh, or many of them will die. 22 Even the priests who are allowed to come near Yahweh must set themselves apart as holy, or Yahweh will violently kill them.”

We have both voices of the Godhead recognized.

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