God's Precepts

You have laid down precepts that are to be fully obeyed.  Psalm 119:4
I am troubled by our world. Many think they do good as they protest and riot. They may have a political cause that they think is right. There is no area of life that God's precepts do not apply. I found it interesting some years back when the big company with 70,000 to 100,00 employees started putting every employee through ethics training every year after a Vice President and a Navy Official went to jail for breaking the law. At the time I thought, this is what I learned in Sunday School. Ethics matter in business. Our conduct in a marriage relationship matters. Our raising children matters and has long lasting effects good or bad.  Some one in a political discussion told me we Christians need to keep our beliefs behind closed doors. If we did we would be called hypocrites. If we leave our Christianity inside the church we might as well not go at all.  God's precepts, his commandments, his ways, his rules are to be obeyed fully. When you read the 119 Psalm you will see these different terms used, God's rules, his precepts, his ways, his commandments, and several other terms. These are eternal concepts God has laid out for us to follow generation after generation.
The sum of your word is truth, and every one of your righteous rules endures forever.         Psalm 119:160
Long have I known from your testimonies that you have founded them forever. Psalm 119:152
Your righteousness is righteous forever, and your law is true. PSALM 119:42
Your testimonies are righteous forever; give me understanding that I may live. Psalm 119:144
We live in an age when we seem to think it is more important to be politically correct than Godly correct. God's commandments have long ranging effects. His precepts are meant to be followed for life at its fullest. I was discussing the concept of forgiving and God's word makes it clear we must forgive. We are born in sin, and all of us have committed sin. When sin rules in our life, it has long ranging consequences. Eternal consequences if our sins are not forgiven. Our understanding has improved over the years. Knowledge is increased, medical treatments change for the better with more knowledge. One thing that does not change is God's ways, his commandments, his precepts, they are forever. Political systems change, we live in the best political government this world has ever seen. But there are those that would destroy it. It allowed our religious freedom to change our culture for the better. We are the primary country the rest of the world desires to come to. If this government does not survive, know this God's ways, his precepts, his commandments will not change.  Yes, we have been imperfect, I have been imperfect.   God is still sovereign, he molds and shapes us as he sees fit, if we allow him to. At the end of days, it is his ways, his rules, his commandments we will be judged by. He sent his son to die for our sins, and it will matter, what have we done with Jesus. All our accomplishments in this world will not matter if we have not asked to be forgiven for our sins. The precepts of God we follow here below make our life better, Jesus is our ticket to eternity. You can reap the benefits of following God's rules in this life, but eternity is gained only through Jesus Christ. I look at so much unrest and trouble in our world, and at the base of it you find sin, disobedience, unforgiveness, in many ways the exact opposite of God's ways. God bless, LVZ.