No Other Gods

From the Pastor: M. J. Seymour, Sr.

It is written: “I am the LORD thy God, … Thou shalt have no other gods before me.” (Ex. 20:2, 3) This is the first commandment!

The context of the scripture reveals that the command is not a blanket command to the world, for He is not the God of everyone without exception in this world. The command is to His people. If He is your God, then you are not to have any other god, or multiple gods in addition to Him. Despite this command, church folk, like the nation of Israel, have been “defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.” (Ps. 106:39) They have ignored the command of God and unashamedly have brought other gods into their lives. In the pursuit of their other gods, they have left the worship of the only true and living God. Oh yes, I realize many will not own up to their evil deeds, but it is just as so as if they confessed their sins. Fact is fact, confessed or not!

Now, what are some of those works and inventions they have gone a whoring after? Some of their gods include sports, holidays, recreations, self-appeasements, leisure, family, jobs, and money in general. Is it not amazing how “sports” have become the new god on the block? Notice how many church families have been pulled from church to attend sporting activities. Holidays keep being connected with the weekend so that families can take a three-day weekend away from the House of God. The fancy of all kinds of recreations are far more enticing to some than the preaching of the word of God. Church folk have invented all sorts of self-appeasements to justify their abandonment of the worship of God.

Can any of their inventions give them eternal life? Can these distractions wash away their sins? They appease the flesh, but can they appease the God of heaven unto the saving of the soul? “Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation.” (Judges 10:14) Ask your invented god to save your eternal soul, and what will be its reply? It is easy to forsake a God you have not known! But, come to know the true God, and you will never be able to invent anything that will ever replace Him. There is no God but One, and He is the God of the saints. He is the hope of all their desires. He is their all in all. The saints need no other gods!!!