THURSDAY MARCH 28TH, DO NOT COVET!”; PASTOR CECIL A THOMPSON, DAILY E - VOTIONAL
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BLESSINGS FROM THE HEART
Pastor Cecil A. Thompson
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March 28, 2019
“DO NOT COVET!”
Exodus 20:17
“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.”
You will notice that the tenth commandment is the one that deals with wanting something that belongs to someone else. It does not matter if it is cash, computer, or car - - some people see it, covet it, and try to get their hands on it.
In Joshua chapter 7 we read the tragic saga of a man named Achan, who kept plunder from Jericho in direct violation of what God had commanded. When his sin was revealed he finally confessed that he had seen these wonderful items (a garment, silver, and gold) and had desired them, took them, then buried them. He and his family paid the ultimate price.
Years later we read how King David peered over the walls of his palatial home, saw Bathsheba bathing, lusted for her, took her into his bed, then tried to hide his sin by arranging for her husband, Uriah, to be killed in battle.
How are we to deal with this tendency to covet and thus violate the tenth commandment? Paul gives us the answer in Philippians 4:12-13; “I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound. Everywhere and in all things I have learned both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” ALWAYS OBEY THE LORD!
Blessings dear hearts! Walk with God today and be a blessing!
- - - Pastor Cecil
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