2 Peter 1
"For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
18And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.
19We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: 20Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the
scripture is of any private interpretation. "
A few points come to mind concerning this subject of stone tablets.
A. God spake unto Moses face to face as a man speaketh to his friend.
I often desire to have that same fellowship with God. Perhaps someday we too will become such good friends.
B. Moses was honored to be the one person upon the earth and throughput history to be entrusted those stone tablets written upon with the finger of God..
C. The first person to break those commandments was who?
The most humble man alive....Moses.
D. We no longer have the stone tablets or the ark of the covenant that contained them.
E. We have a MORE SURE WORD..
Our written, completed collection of God's Word , the Bible, is called more sure than even the very spoken words to Moses and later to His apostles at the transfiguration..
God not only inspired them, but supernaturally preserved and completed them.
F. One may think that the 10 commandments were sacred because they were written with the finger of God.
That is correct.
However, our Bible written upon paper and in a book is no less sacred.
E. We must've beware lest any man spoil us through philosophy and vain deceit after the rudiments of the world, after the traditions of men and not after Christ.
Colossians 2:8
That tells me that even the modern prophets like
Ellen White (link) are not holy men of old to whom God inspired. Why do I point out Ellen G. White? An Adventist family who I care about are calling while I write this post. Perhaps the Lord is wanting someone else to have the opportunity to learn a Bible truth that they might not be aware of? I don't know, but hope this outline is helpful to others as I go to return the call.
Happy Thanksgiving a few days early.
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