Thinx 84: Following the Crowd

“You must not follow a crowd in doing evil things; in a lawsuit you must not offer testimony that agrees with a crowd so as to pervert justice,

— Exodus 23:2 (NET)

Even if the crowd has important people in it; even if men and women in lab coats with doctorates say it's a good thing; even if the law of the land sanctions what God forbids; Even if your parents or your spouse or your children think it's OK or least socially acceptable.

I fear God. I know he's not to be trifled with.

© Copyright Bruce M. Axtens, 2015

Thinx 73: Before

“You shall have no other gods before me.

— https://www.bible.com/search/bible?q=exodus+20%3A3&version_id=107

The word before is significant, implying not replacement but rather putting YHWH at the bottom of the barrel and stacking deities on top which you work through slowly, only very rarely getting to the bottom.

Thought about that in context of Jeremiah 12:2b

They always talk about you, but they really care nothing about you.

— https://www.bible.com/search/bible?q=jeremiah+12%3A2&version_id=107

© Copyright Bruce M. Axtens, 2015