“#Listen, my friends, I’m here to tell you…We’ve got #trouble..Trouble right here in River City” (famous line from the ‘Music Man’) My friends, I believe we have even more turmoil today than yesterday! Why? Because the Bible tells me so and sheds some light on our distress. The Lord made us in His own image and then gave us some statutes (personal laws) to observe/keep/respect. Our society seems to delight in breaking any resemblance of obedience to order. God gave us commands for our own good and the good of others. I have observed our society does not know or care to know God’s Word or to obey the word ‘no‘. I see people that are proud of breaking rules and living any way they choose. God’s personal laws for us are recorded in Leviticus 19. “You shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another. You shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shall you profane the name of thy God: I AM the LORD. You shall not curse the deaf, or put a stumbling block before the blind, but shall fear thy God: I AM the LORD. You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment….You shall not go up and down as a gossip against your neighbor: I AM the LORD,…You shall love your neighbor as thyself: I AM the LORD. You shall keep my STATUTES (obey my laws) You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks upon you: I AM the LORD. You shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence (honor) my sanctuary: I AM the LORD. Do not turn to mediums or spiritists: do not seek them out to be defiled by them. I AM the LORD YOUR GOD. You shall not rise up against the greyheaded , but honor the aged and you shall revere your God: I AM the LORD. . . . You shall observe all MY STATUTES, and all My ordinances, and do them: I AM THE LORD” God has red and green lights depicted in His word for us to follow His directions for our journey through life, but He gives us the choice to STOP or GO.
