On a Nairn Academy filing cabinet a magnet states, “The Ten Commandments are NOT a multiple choice”.

In every area of life man requires direction and laws – even when driving. They are for his welfare, well-being and safety. Can you imagine how our road system would be even more chaotic if there were no laws and rules?

Some protest that the Commandments are negative and ‘it is bad psychology to be too negative’. What absolute nonsense!

Even in sport, when the ball goes over the line, the game must stop – ‘no matter how well I thought I was playing’.

It is when we live within the limitations, which God has set, that we enjoy liberty.

For society to have a healthy morality it is important to define what is wrong as well as what is right. Both are essential.

Another objection is that God’s Commandments are ‘antiquated’ or old fashioned, being 3,000 years old.

Well, as the doctor said, “You came into this world in an old fashioned way and you will leave it in an old fashioned way!”

The Commandments help define sin. You can tell if a wall is crooked by hanging a plumbline, or placing a spirit-level against it. The straight edge of God’s Law reveals how crooked we are, and until a man realises he is crooked he will not want to be straightened.

It has been suggested that they are Old Testament and Jewish.

Jesus Christ was a Jew. The one who died for me on the cross, shedding His blood to wash away my sin, was the King of the Jews. It was He who was raised from the dead three days later and it is He who is coming back to this world to put right what has gone wrong.

Until a man knows he has a disease he will not seek the cure.

Sandy Shaw
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