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Text Box: deadly sin, for obvious reasons.) When we understand these sins, God’s assistance system assists us to avoid and to overcome these sins. We must also understand and practice the four moral virtues which we actually are able to acquire through application of innate character traits which God has made common in all humans, as a part of human nature. These moral virtues are: Prudence, Justice, Fortitude and Temperance. We must also pray that we be given the Divine Virtues, also known as the infused theological virtues because they are gifts from God, namely: Faith, Hope and Charity. Once acquired the Divine Virtues must be exercised so-as-to become strengthened. And we should understand that the Beatitudes actually are promises of the rewards which await those who attempt with some measure of success to follow The Way taught by Christ, the Beatitudes being: 1. Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven; 2. Blessed are the meek, for they shall possess the land; 3. Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted; 4. Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after justice, for they shall be filled; 5. Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy; 6. Blessed are the clean of heart, for they shall see God; 7. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God; 8. Blessed are they that suffer persecution for justice' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. First, look closely at the Ten Commandments: 1st. I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt not have strange gods before me. Thou shalt not make to thyself a graven thing, nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, nor of those things that

Text Box: are in the waters under the earth. Thou shalt not adore them, nor serve them. (Condensed: I am the Lord thy God; thou shalt have no strange gods before Me.) 2nd. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain. 3rd. Remember thou keep holy the Sabbath day. 4th. Honor thy father and thy mother. 5th. Thou shalt not kill. 6th. Thou shalt not commit adultery. 7th. Thou shalt not steal. 8th. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor. 9th. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife. 10th. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's goods. Application of The Ten Commandments is not restricted to the strict administration of the words which constitute each Commandment. Application is made in the spirit of each Commandment individually and collectively. I am the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not have strange gods before me. Obviously worshiping anything other than the real, true God, is forbidden. It is applicable to anything whether it be some thing which really exists or something imaginary or a representation of something real or imaginary other than the one, real, true God. Many people are so concerned with power, money, respect and acclaim, sex, their own physical appearance or image, reputation, legacy and how history will treat them, so-as-to actually make these concerns more important in their lives than they make God. Such concerns thus become gods which are placed before or ahead of the true God in importance. When teenagers attain of state of over exuberance when they see a celebrity - especially musicians - they commit a form of idolatry. God because He is God must be worshiped and anyone who neglects to

Text Box: worship God or who places anything in a position of importance anywhere near to the importance God must command has committed a form of idolatry. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain. Reference to God must only be made in matters of importance. When a play, movie, or television show has a “Valley Girl” say, “Oh my God!” the name of the Lord has been “taken in vain,” it has been used improperly. When someone takes an oath in court and then lies, that individual has taken the name of the Lord in vain, even if the oath has not been, “so help me God”. When someone utters a curse using God in the curse, such as saying, “God damn it!” the name of the Lord has been taken in vain. Reference to God should always be made in a respectful manner and only when it is actually, really, and truly intended and meant. God must also be given credit for that which He does, such as when a soldier survives a battle, or an individual is cured from a disease for which there is no real cure, or for the beauty of your carefully tended garden or crops, and for the forest, mountains, plains, seas, the sky and stars, and all of creation. Remember thou keep holy the Sabbath day. This is not just a requirement to be present in church or if that is impossible, to think about God for a few minutes or say a few prayers on Sunday. It is a two main facetted instruction: first, to worship God in a manner more thorough, full, and complete than on other days; second, to rest from the toils and cares which are associated with our material well being, with our work, in a manner exemplified by God’s resting on the seventh day of His making all of creation. We will not discuss the right of the Church to change the Sabbath from Saturday, the seventh day, to Sunday, the Eighth Day, the day of the Resurrection of the Lord other than to

Text Box: We also must, absolutely MUST, attain an understanding and comprehension of what those instructions are designed to accomplish, how those instructions are designed to effect the accomplishments, and why the accomplishments

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