The God Standard

Wednesday. Exod. 20: 2-1 7.

Man needs a standard. The yardstick protects the seller from giving too much, and the buyer from getting too little. The ten practical Sinai Words give us the true standard of life on both positive and negative sides — what belongs in and what out. They begin with God and take in our neighbors and ourselves. Putting God first makes the whole life ring true. By his help we can keep him first, and so keep true.

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