Bible Question (short): 1st commandment |
Question (full): My question today has to do with the first commandment. 1) You shall not have any other Gods before me. Here is a source I found from a website that talked about what this meant. " Is God first in your life? Do you love God above all else? Many years ago, I purchased a T.V. for our children, but the first evening we had it, I arrived home from work and found that they didn't even bother to greet me. They were too busy watching television. I turned it off and explained to them that if they ignored me because they preferred to watch T.V. they were setting their love on the gift rather then the giver, a wrong order of affections. In the same way, if we love anything--husband, wife, children or even our own lives--more than we love God, we are setting our affection on the gift rather than the Giver, which is a transgression of the First Commandment. (Matt. 10:37) So if we were to watch TV should we need to remember God or ask is okay to watch this and wait to see what he says? Thank You |