TEN COMMANDMENTS FOR GODLY RELATIONSHIPS - BY DR. HESPEY

​TEN COMMANDMENTS FOR GODLY RELATIONSHIPS

PART 1

SEEING GOD AS THE PLANNER, SOURCE OF STRENGTH & WISDOM

WRITTEN BY DR. HESPEY

In this first part of the commandments, the Fundamental Starting Point For All Other Relationships Is One’s Relationship With God. What you must know is that If Our Relationship With God Is Wrong, The Foundation Has Been Laid For All Other Relationships To Be Fundamentally Flawed.

The Essence Of A Wrong Relationship With God Is To Place Greater Value On Anything Or Anyone Than The Value One Recognizes In God.

I Once Had A Young Man Admit That He Had Been Living A Self-centered Life, Declaring That He Was Going To Abandon This Approach. In Response To This Declaration, I Thought, “good.” He Proceeded To State, “I Am Going To Live To Please My Wife And Daughter.”

To This, I Thought, “not Good,” and I replied him saying, Unless You Live To Please God Supremely, Your Wife Will Never Have The Husband God Wants Her To Have And Your Daughter Will Never Have The Father God Wants Her To Have.”

So the main key that must be noted is that Proper Relationship With God Is The Foundation For Approaching All Other Relationships Properly.

A Right Relationship With God Is Based On The Recognition And Full Embrace Of His Intrinsic Supremacy. It Is Not Based On Using God As A Means Of Furthering One’s Selfish Interests, but rather it is Giving God Permission To Take You To Heaven, Bless You, “save” You Or Any Other Variation Of A Self-centered Proposition.

Jesus Stated, “if Anyone Wishes To Come After Me, He Must Deny Himself, And Take Up His Cross And Follow Me. For Whoever Wishes To Save His Life Will Lose It; But Whoever Loses His Life For My Sake Will Find It” (Mt.16:24-25).

I Find It Hard To Believe That There Is A General Assumption That Correcting One’s Relationship With God Is A Simple Matter Of Saying A Few Magical Words Or Merely Asking For Forgiveness When, In Fact, One’s Heart Has Never Changed, Requesting Religious Party-favors For A Supremely Selfish Motive.

It Is Significant To Understand That God Desires That We Have A Right Relationship With Him, Not Because He Is Ultimately Self-centered And Egotistically Wants Personal Recognition (Glory). He Knows That The Only True Foundation For Love, Blessing, Peace And Prosperity To Exist In Any Other Area Of Life Is Under His Loving Guidance.

Therefore, We Must Do Our Best To Preach, Teach And Declare An Accurate Message Of Repentance Towards God And Faith In The Lord Jesus Christ.’

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© ODERINDE TAIWO JOEL

     DR. HESPEY (2017)

(Author of Building The Godly Youth)

(Founder of Godly Relationship & Advocate Ministry)