COCIN Devotional TOPIC: HIS COMMANDS ARE HOLY 9TH FEBRUARY 2024

SUB-THEME: CALL TO HOLINESS.

1. And God spoke all these words:

2. “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.

3. “You shall have no other gods before me.

4. “You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below.

5. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,

6. but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.

7. “You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God, for the LORD will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.

8. “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.

9. Six days you shall labor and do all your work,

10. but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your animals, nor the alien within your gates.

11. For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

12. “Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.

13. “You shall not murder.

14. “You shall not commit adultery.

15. “You shall not steal.

16. “You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

17. “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant or maidservant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

FRIDAY 9TH FEBRUARY 2024- COCIN Devotional TOPIC: HIS COMMANDS ARE HOLY.

MESSAGE:

God called Israel into a covenant relationship. God laid down Ten Commandments to regulate their lives. The first four speak about their relationship with God. They must remain loyal to God and abhor any sort of idolatry. The last six concern their social and interpersonal relationships. The Ten Commandments are not obsolete. Jesus emphasized that he has not come to abolish the commandments. He condensed them into two, and that is, to love God with all your heart and soul, and to love your neighbour as yourself. As a holy people, how much attention do you give to God’s command? Endeavour to love unconditionally.

REFLECTION: It is rewarding to keep God’s commands.

Help me to obey your commands, Lord. Amen..

TODAY’S BIBLE READING PLAN: LEVITICUS 23-24.