I think a lot of people fail to realize that the Lord's commandments are meant to bring us happiness in this lifetime - we don't have to wait.
What People Don't Realize
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Happiness cannot be obtained through following rules, but contentment can be gained.
In that despite one's life being in chaos, one can know that the right things have been done and one can rest in the assurance from God.
One might not be happy, but can be content.
Happiness is attained, I believe, by staying out of trouble.
Ronald Nolette
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It depends on which commandments you are talking about.
If you are talking about teh ten written in stone?
2 Corinthians 3:7
But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:
Certainly that is my experience with the Mrs!
Troublecan arrive in spadeloads and sometimes all one can do is cling on to the threads of one faith.
Happiness depends on contentment, we need Paul's contentment.
You probably think that the Kingdom of God is just a state of mind.
What God promises goes beyond our thoughts and involves a change in the real conditions around us: sickness and death will disappear from among mankind (Rev. 21:3,4).
I don't believe that no matter how hard one tries, one can be completely happy in a world where the innocent suffer and even the righteous get sick and die. Furthermore, Jesus made it clear that in this world, as long as the Kingdom of God is not completely established in a palpable way, things like the following will still be happening:
John 12:8 ... you always have the poor with you ...
Rev. 2:10 Do not be afraid of the things you are about to suffer. Look! The Devil will keep on throwing some of you into prison so that you may be fully put to the test, and you will have tribulation for ten days. Prove yourself faithful even to death, and I will give you the crown of life.
Well, yes, there is confusion about what constitutes a commandment. Not everything the Lord said would qualify as a commandment, I don't think. There are ordinances, decrees, statutes, and the like. Jesus refers to several commandments, so I think it's safe to concentrate on the Ten Commandments and the two great commandments. Jeremiah 31:33 sort of explains it, I think.
I believe the Lord's commandments will keep us out of serious trouble.
What good is heaven is we don't have peace of mind?
How do we achieve peace of mind? Here's how: Matthew 4:17
Aunty Jane
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This is a very important point, especially in our day.....Paul said we should ‘be content with the present things’, yet the world promotes discontent and a striving after the newest and latest gadgets of distraction.
I have heard that the art of contentment is simply.....”wanting what you have...not having what you want”.
In today’s world the majority have lost sight of what real contentment means......if we are happy with what we have, then there is no need for all the distractions....these are what make Christians lose focus on “the more important things”. The devil wants our focus to be anywhere but on God and living a godly life of simplicity.
We see that Jesus lived a modest life with parents who were by comparison to the wealthy Jews.....poor. Yet they were not destitute...they had what they needed to live a simple life of faith. Their lives revolved around their worship, not their livelihood or possessions.
Luke 12:15.....
“Then he [Jesus] said to them: “Keep your eyes open and guard against every sort of greed, because even when a person has an abundance, his life does not result from the things he possesses.”
We do well to keep those things in mind....acquiring many possessions can distract a person from what is really important in life.....and lose the most valuable thing we can possess....our relationship with God.
Ronald Nolette
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Well as the ten written in stone minister death, I do not think we should focus on those at all.
9of the 10 are carried over. Ordinances, decrees statutes and the like are all commands. Just with a different name.
I think Jeremiah 31:33 sheds some light on this. In my walk with the Lord, he has brought a few basic things to my attention. The twelve commandments I mentioned pretty much cover it.
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I can see that point you making, because.....This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success". (Joshua 1:8) "Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read". (Isaiah 34:16)
Let's take a look another scripture in Deu 30: 15 See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil; 16 in that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it. 17 But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them; 18 I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, and that ye shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest over Jordan to go to possess it. 19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
So yes, keeping the Lord's Commandments, statutes and judgments,will bring happiness, because doing the opposite will bring forth death.
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Brakelite
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Do you realize that this is the terminal generation?
2 Timothy 3:1
1 But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come:
Brakelite
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The wages of sin is death, and sin is the transgression of the law. It's only sinners who are subject to the curse of the law, and die. Those born again who are forgiven, who live according to the Spirit and obey the commandments by the power of God and trust in Christ as their substitute as the Lamb of God, and in whom the righteousness of the law is fulfilled, (Romans 8:5) are resurrected and live forever.
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