Showing posts with label idols. Show all posts
Showing posts with label idols. Show all posts

Wednesday 8 November 2017

Only six of ten commandments of God still important to British Christians

A YouGov pol has revealed that only six of the ten commandments of God are still important to British Christians.
Not to our surprise most Britain's the four which have fallen by the wayside are the requirement not to worship idols, use the God His name in vain, to worship no other God, and to keep the Sabbath day holy.

Concerning the Sabbath or the Sunday since the 2012 ruling by a High Court judge - the first on the issue in nearly a decade - Christians have no right to decline working on Sunday as it is not a “core component” of their beliefs. The fact that some Christians were prepared to work on Sundays meant it was not protected, the court said.
In 1994, when Sunday trading in England was liberalised shopworkers were given a guarantee that working would be strictly voluntary, but the guarantee did not apply to people in other sectors.
The Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations, published in 2003, say employers must justify Sunday working as a “legitimate business need” and does not give a blanket right to Christians not to work.
If employers fail to treat staff fairly and proportionately, the employee may be able to claim discrimination, the rules add.
The last ruling by judges was when a quarry worker claimed his Christian beliefs had been treated with “contempt” by employers who tried to force him to work on Sundays in 2003.
Stephen Copsey lost his case at the Court of Appeal in 2005, with judges ruling his employer had “compelling economic reasons” for insisting that he worked on Sundays.{Christians have no right to refuse to work on Sundays, rules judge}
When we look at lots of Christians and see what they do on Sabbath and / or on the Sunday it is no surprise courts consider it not of any religious importance.

Keeping the Sabbath Day holy is seen as the least relevant of the Commandments in the modern era. Fewer than one in five (19%) Britons say keeping Sundays holy is still an important principle to live by, including fewer than a third of Christians (31%) and 7% of the non-religious. Almost half of Catholics said they supported keeping the Sabbath day holy nut by that they mostly mean keeping the Sunday as rest day. Just 29 per cent of Protestants said they felt the same. 

Concerning the first commandment a real Christians must recognise that the majority of Christians do worship more than one god and mostly do not even know the Name of the Holy Father. As such they do not mind swearing or using one of more tittles of God to make their words stronger or to show their disgust over something.
Just under a quarter (23%) of the overall population say that you may not use the word "God" in or as a curse, including 38% of Christians and just 7% of the non-religious.

Less than one in three Christians believe in preserving Sunday as a day of rest, with 38 per cent against using the Lord's name in vain and 43 per cent condemning the worshipping of idols, though lots of them do not worry to bow down in front of graven images or statues and pictures of gods and saints.

On Tuesday the Archbishop of Canterbury signalled support for a day of rest, tweeting that he was "encouraged" by the Chief Rabbi's campaign for people to spend time offline over the Sabbath.
While almost half of Catholics said they supported keeping the Sabbath day holy, just 29 per cent of Protestants said they felt the same.
The Bishop of Chelmsford, Stephen Cottrell, said: " In an age as busy, frantic and feverish as ours I would have thought that keeping the Sabbath, or at the very least observing a balance between work and rest and play was more important than ever.
Sabbath is both a radical idea and a practically useful idea for it simply acknowledges that we need to rest and we need to play. Indeed, it says this is what we are made for."

The Rt Rev David Walker: 'Believers and non-believers alike support the simple, ancient statements which continue to provide the foundations of our legal system and our shared sense of right and wrong.'
The Rt Rev David Walker: 'Believers and non-believers alike support the simple, ancient statements which continue to provide the foundations of our legal system and our shared sense of right and wrong.' Credit: Martin Rickett/PA
He also lamented Christians' abandonment of the commandment about idolatry, saying:
 "Whether it is celebrity, wealth, a certain designer label pair of jeans jeans or a make of car, we have all construct a sense of worth in the desire to own and possess certain things that we believe will give value.
Today we do find lots of christians spending more time on their idols than on the Divine Creator God. In the United States we see a similar trend having 'money' or 'wealth' having become the most important god. There even in mega-churches people have special services to offer them more wealth.

Fewer than a third of Britons (31%) say that people should not worship idols (defined in the survey as statues or symbols). Christians are split on whether they still consider this to be an important commandment, with 43% saying it is and 44% saying it is not. Meanwhile, only one in five non-religious Brits (20%) say it is still an important rule, though most, not to say all, of the respondents who claim to be Christian worship a triune god and as such go in against the first commandment of God.

Only one in five Britons (20%) still believe that the Christian God’s monopoly on worship is still relevant in modern Britain (including 36% of Christians and just 5% of non-religious Brits).


The survey shows that believers and non-believers alike support the simple, ancient statements which continue to provide the foundations of our legal system and our shared sense of right and wrong.

Having been central tenets of Biblical teaching for several millenia 6 from the 10 commandments are still considered of value today.

"Thou shalt not kill" receives 93% of the votes. Most Brits think it is still important to live by this and by the command "thou shalt not steal". In the case of both Commandments, they were seen as still important by 94% of Christians and 93% of those with no religion.

Being honest about certain matters seems surprisingly still important for 87%, though we can see a lot of boasting and hear lots of fake stories and hear a lot of people not telling the truth.
Not bearing false witness (telling lies) about others came third among all groups, with 87% of all Brits, 90% of Christians, and 86% of those without a religion saying that it is still important to live by.

Honesty has also to do with how we treat others and how we behave ourselves in relationships. Though we hear a lot about people having good fun with different people of the opposite or even same sex, close to three quarters (73%) of the population at large say that not committing adultery is still a top life principle, including 69% of non-religious Brits and 76% of Christians. Which is strange that it is so high on the roster because we encounter lots of divorces and mixed families.

Today we also find lots of elderly people left alone in homes. Police also often have to come to help by violence against parents. Though the poll shows that "Honouring thy father and thy mother" is still an important rule to follow for 69% of all Britons, including 78% of Christians and 60% of the non-religious.



The Bishop of Manchester, David Walker, said:
 "This survey shows that the practical morality which has lain at the heart of the Judeo Christian tradition for the last 3500 years still finds favour with most British people today, even where explicitly religious commandments gain less support. 



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Additional reading

  1. A New Reformation
  2. The Anti-Reformation in Todays Evangelical Church
  3. Let us make sure we now believe
  4. Hoogdag voor vele protestanten
  5. Gewortelden in Christus en factoren voor het succes van de reformatie
  6. Relevantie van de de Tien Geboden bij Britten anno 2017
  7. Zijn Beelden een Gevaar of de Redding voor het Geloof?
  8. Hedendaagse protestanten tegenover Katholieken of de Antichrist

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Friday 29 May 2015

Bible sayings about God

To get to know who God is and what exactly is being said about Him, we may well depend on what is written in the Holy Scriptures or the Bible.

If we are talking here about God, we mean the Creator God who is the God of gods and may be called as One True God we all must recognise as such. The works of creation provide evidence of the existence of an intelligent God Who created everything and directs everything. The Elohim Hashem Jehovah, the True God, is Almighty and All-Knowing. It is important to know his name and use it. According to the Holy Scriptures or the Bible there are other creatures, including angels and people called god. Among those gods there are people in high positions [like Pharaoh, men of God (like Moses), "gods"] (John 10:34) but also false gods (1 Corinthians 8: 5; Jeremiah 10: 14-15) or creatures that are wrongly considered to be highly regarded and worshipped (like idols). However worship belongs to the One True God. Worthless or false gods are powerless to help worshippers. This only the Supreme God is capable of doing so. (Habakkuk 2:18; Jeremiah 14:22)

Jehovah Himself is Justice and not the cause of wickedness. (Psalm 145: 17; Revelation of the Apostles 15: 3). The Created human being is made in the image of God and endowed with freedom of choice. (Genesis 1: 26-27; Genesis 4: 6-7; Genesis 5: 3; Genesis 9: 6; Joshua 25:15; Acts 13:48)



“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” (Genesis 1:1 NHEB)

 “When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said to him, "I am El Shaddai. Walk before me, and be blameless.” (Genesis 17:1 NHEB)

 “2 God spoke to Moses, and said to him, "I am the LORD; 3 and I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as El Shaddai; but by my name the LORD I was not known to them.” (Exodus 6:2-3 NHEB)

 “Who is like you, LORD, among the gods? Who is like you, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?” (Exodus 15:11 NHEB)

 “Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods because of the thing in which they dealt arrogantly against them."” (Exodus 18:11 NHEB)

 “He said, "You cannot see my face, for man may not see me and live."” (Exodus 33:20 NHEB)

 “4  Hear, Israel: the LORD is our God, the LORD is one. 5 And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might. 6 These words, which I command you this day, shall be on your heart; 7 and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up. 8 You shall bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall be for symbols between your eyes. 9 You shall write them on the door posts of your house, and on your gates.” (Deuteronomy 6:4-9 NHEB)

 “For I will proclaim the name of the LORD. Ascribe greatness to our God!” (Deuteronomy 32:3 NHEB)

 “Yours, LORD, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty! For all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, LORD, and you are exalted as head above all.” (1 Chronicles 29:11 NHEB)

 “The house which I build is great; for our God is great above all gods.” (2 Chronicles 2:5 NHEB)

 “Behold, God is great, and we do not know him. The number of his years is unsearchable.” (Job 36:26 NHEB)

 “Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth."” (Psalms 46:10 NHEB)

 “« a Song. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. » Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised, in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.” (Psalms 48:1 NHEB)

 “Your righteousness also, God, reaches to the heavens; you have done great things. God, who is like you?” (Psalms 71:19 NHEB)

 “Praise be to the LORD God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds.” (Psalms 72:18 NHEB)

 “that they may know that you alone, whose name is the LORD, are the Most High over all the earth.” (Psalms 83:18 NHEB)

 “There is no one like you among the gods, Lord, nor any deeds like your deeds.” (Psalms 86:8 NHEB)

 “For who in the skies can be compared to the LORD? Who among the sons of God is like the LORD,” (Psalms 89:6 NHEB)

 “How great are your works, LORD! Your thoughts are very deep.” (Psalms 92:5 NHEB)

 “3 For the LORD is a great God, a great King above all gods. 4 In his hand are the deep places of the earth. The heights of the mountains are also his. 5 The sea is his, and he made it. His hands formed the dry land. 6 Oh come, let’s worship and bow down. Let’s kneel before the LORD, our Maker, 7  for he is our God. We are the people of his pasture, and the sheep in his care. Today, oh that you would hear his voice! 8 Do not harden your heart, as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the wilderness, 9 when your fathers tempted me, tested me, and saw my work.” (Psalms 95:3-9 NHEB)

 “For you, LORD, are most high above all the earth. You are exalted far above all gods.” (Psalms 97:9 NHEB)

 “He has sent redemption to his people. He has ordained his covenant forever. His name is holy and awesome!” (Psalms 111:9 NHEB)

 “For I know that the LORD is great, that our Lord is above all gods.” (Psalms 135:5 NHEB)

 “Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised! His greatness is unsearchable.” (Psalms 145:3 NHEB)

 “but the LORD of hosts is exalted in justice, and God the Holy One is sanctified in righteousness.” (Isaiah 5:16 NHEB)

 “One called to another, and said, "Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts! The whole earth is full of his glory!"” (Isaiah 6:3 NHEB)

 “The LORD of hosts is who you must regard as holy. He is the one you must fear. He is the one you must dread.” (Isaiah 8:13 NHEB)

 “To whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare to him?” (Isaiah 40:18 NHEB)

 “I myself am the LORD; and besides me there is no savior.” (Isaiah 43:11 NHEB)

 “Do not fear, neither be afraid. Haven’t I declared it to you long ago, and shown it? You are my witnesses. Is there a God besides me? Indeed, there is not. I do not know any other Rock."” (Isaiah 44:8 NHEB)

 “For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: "I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.” (Isaiah 57:15 NHEB)

 “Who should not fear you, King of the nations? For it appertains to you; because among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their royal estate, there is none like you.” (Jeremiah 10:7 NHEB)

 “As a pleasant aroma will I accept you, when I bring you out from the peoples, and gather you out of the countries in which you have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you in the sight of the nations.” (Ezekiel 20:41 NHEB)

 “I will sanctify my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in their midst; and the nations shall know that I am the LORD," says the Lord GOD, "when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.” (Ezekiel 36:23 NHEB)

 “I will magnify myself, and sanctify myself, and I will make myself known in the eyes of many nations; and they shall know that I am the LORD.’” (Ezekiel 38:23 NHEB)

 “The king answered to Daniel, and said, "Surely your God is the God of gods, and the Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing you have been able to reveal this secret."” (Daniel 2:47 NHEB)

 “It will happen that whoever will call on the name of the LORD shall be saved; for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be those who escape, as the LORD has said, and among the remnant, those whom the LORD calls.” (Joel 2:32 NHEB)

 “For then I will purify the lips of the peoples, that they may all call on the name of the LORD, to serve him shoulder to shoulder.” (Zephaniah 3:9 NHEB)

 “Pray like this: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.” (Matthew 6:9 NHEB)

 “Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good except one — God.” (Mark 10:18 NHEB)

 “For he who is mighty has done great things for me. Holy is his name.” (Luke 1:49 NHEB)

 “God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth."” (John 4:24 NHEB)

 “1  Jesus said these things, and lifting up his eyes to heaven, he said, "Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may also glorify you; 2 even as you gave him authority over all flesh, he will give eternal life to all whom you have given him. 3 This is eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ.” (John 17:1-3 NHEB)

 “I revealed your name to the people whom you have given me out of the world. They were yours, and you have given them to me. They have kept your word.” (John 17:6 NHEB)

 “25 Righteous Father, the world hasn’t known you, but I knew you; and these knew that you sent me. 26 I made known to them your name, and will make it known; that the love with which you loved me may be in them, and I in them."” (John 17:25-26 NHEB)

 “It will be, that whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.’” (Acts 2:21 NHEB)

 “For since the creation of the world his invisible attributes, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made. So they are without excuse.” (Romans 1:20 NHEB)

 “For, "Whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved."” (Romans 10:13 NHEB)

 “Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out!” (Romans 11:33 NHEB)

 “4 Therefore concerning the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that no idol is anything in the world, and that there is no God but one. 5 For though there are things that are called "gods," whether in the heavens or on earth; as there are many "gods" and many "lords"; 6 yet to us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things, and we for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we live through him.” (1 Corinthians 8:4-6 NHEB)

 “according to the Good News of the glory of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.” (1 Timothy 1:11 NHEB)

 “For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,” (1 Timothy 2:5 NHEB)

 “For Christ hasn’t entered into holy places made with hands, which are representations of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us;” (Hebrews 9:24 NHEB)

 “We know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.” (1 John 4:16 NHEB)

 “The four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within. They have no rest day and night, saying, "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come!"” (Revelation 4:8 NHEB)

 “saying: "We give you thanks, Lord God, the Almighty, the one who is and who was; because you have taken your great power, and reigned.” (Revelation 11:17 NHEB)

 “I heard the altar saying, "Yes, Lord God, the Almighty, true and righteous are your judgments."” (Revelation 16:7 NHEB)



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  7. Attributes to and titles of God
  8. Titles of God beginning with the Aleph in Hebrew
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  10. God of gods 
  11. God is One  
  12. The Trinity - the Truth 
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  14. History of the acceptance of a three-in-one God
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  17. Trusting, Faith, calling and Ascribing to Jehovah #2 Calling upon the Name of God
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  19. Trusting, Faith, Calling and Ascribing to Jehovah #5 Prayer #1 Listening Sovereign Maker
  20. Reasons that Jesus is not God
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  24. יהוה , YHWH and Love: Four-letter words
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  27. Lord or Yahuwah, Yeshua or Yahushua
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  30. Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name 
  31. God who knows the heart
  32. God should be your hope
  33. Praise the God with His Name
  34. For Jehovah is greatly to be praised
  35. Song of Praise for the Elohim Set-Apart
  36. Full authority belongs to God 
  37. Look for your Refuge by God
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  48. Trusting, Faith, calling and Ascribing to Jehovah #3 Voice of God #5 To meditate and Transform
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  51. The Word of God in print
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  53. Bible, God speaking words profitable for doctrine, for reproof and for correction
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  57. No prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation
  58. Eternal Word that tells everything
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  63. True God giving His Word for getting wisdom
  64. Words to inspire and to give wisdom
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  66. Bible a guide – Bijbel als gids 
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Friday 30 October 2009

Two states of existence before God


"There are only two states of existence before God: the flesh and the spirit, darkness and light, death and life. The unbeliever walks "according to the course of this world ... according to the spirit that worketh in the children of disobedience ... fulfilling the desires of the flesh ... and are by nature the children of wrath."
John Marshall,
The New Life
 


"This is a truth which must be courageously faced.
However good, in the worldly sense, however gentle or loving, the unbeliever is disobedient to God
- and it is He who judges, not we ourselves.
That is why Paul wrote: "do not unite yourself with unbelievers; they are no fit mates for you.
What has righteousness to do with wickedness? Can light consort with darkness?
Can Christ agree with Belial or a believer join hands with an unbeliever?
Can there be a compact between the temple of God and the idols of the heathen?
And the temple of the living God is what we are" (2 Corinthians 6:14-16, NEB).

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Dutch translation / Nederlandse vertaling > Twee staten van bestaan voor God
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