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Exodus chapter 20, verse 3.

You shall have no other gods before me.

This is the first of ten commandments given in this incredibly important chapter.

Not that every chapter is not important, but this is extremely significant.

It is the summation of God's law given to his people in the Old Testament.

And it all starts with this simple, clear, concise, significant,

primary, in a sense, command. You shall have no other gods before me. You even think about

when Jesus answers a question,

what's the greatest commandment?

What does he say?

To love the Lord your God with all your heart,

all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength.

That's the first and greatest commandment.

And here it is, you shall have no other gods before me.

You shall not worship anything or anyone else.

You shall give your heart completely over to God, not to your spouse, not to your children,

not to your job, not to money or pleasure or fame, nothing in this world holds in your

heart the supreme position other than God according to this command. He is supreme. You love him.

Jesus goes on to say in a way that makes your closest relationships in this world, Luke 14, look like hate in comparison. If you love your

father or mother, your wife, or husband, your brother, sister more than God, then you are not a follower of Jesus.

This is the commandment that drives us a heart that is totally fixed on the worship of God.

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