Exodus 20:3 You shall have no other gods before me. I. FOUR THINGS ARE HERE REQUIRED. 1. That we must have a God — against atheism. 2. That we must have the Lord Jehovah for our God — which forbids idolatry. 3. That we must have the only true God the Lord Jehovah alone for our God. 4. It requires that all these services and acts of worship, which we tender unto the true and only God, be performed with sincerity and true devotion. This is implied in that expression "before Me," or in My sight. And this forbids both profaneness on the one hand and hypocrisy on the other. II. IT FORBIDS US FOUR THINGS. 1. Atheism, or the belief and acknowledgment of no God. 2. Ignorance of the true God. 3. Profaneness, or the wretched neglect of the worship and service of God. 4. Idolatry, or the setting up and worshipping of false gods. (Bp. E. Hopkins.) Parallel Verses KJV: Thou shalt have no other gods before me. |
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