Scripture in Motion | The Grace Preceding the First Commandment

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When you fully grasp that the Almighty God of the universe is your God, the First Commandment stops reading like a restriction and starts reading like a declaration of independence. "You shall have no other gods before me" becomes a promise that we no longer have to serve the exhausting, fickle masters of this world.
10 Jul English South Africa Christianity

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