There are no Christian values. The Lord says: “Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold.” (Exodus 20:23) When the Children of Israel, tired of waiting for Moses to return from the mountain of Sinai where he was kept for forty days to receive The Ten Words, made themselves a molten calf and said this was the god having brought them up of the land of Egypt, Moses, when returning, became so furious he smashed the two tables he had received, on which the ten words were written, into the mountain. ”And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.” (Exodus 32:16) The Lord himself told Moses The Lord would let his wrath rise against the people, to consume them. Moses, though, prayed for them, and The Lord did not fulfil The Lord’s intention.
What the Children of Israel by building the calf did was to take a value and make it a god. They let a motif be holy unto them saying this was what had brought them out of Egypt. We know The Lord our God says: There are no Christian values. The Lord our God says: “You shall have no other gods before me.”
Jesus said: “Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.“ (Matthew 5:3-10) But these are not values. These are human natures.
ReplyDeleteThe Ten Commandments might be values if laid out what the values mean. Those should not be. The commandments are all qualifying, for the righteous being. Only one thing is neccessary, and that is to be righteous, as such to have a nice starting point.
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