1-3 Then God spoke all these words, saying, “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. You shall have no other gods before Me.

4 You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath.

5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,

7 You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain,

8…10 Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy… but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work

12 Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

13-16 You shall not murder. You shall not commit adultery. You shall not steal. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

17 You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

— Exodus 20:1-3, 4-5, 7-8, 12, 13-16, 17

Thoughts on Today’s Reading

Grace, mercy and love from Christ to you.

Mount Sinai revealed what sin is. It exposed the gap. It showed how far we have fallen from the glory of God. It said, “You shall not…” ten times over, cutting through every excuse, every justification, every mask. Mount Sinai was the wake-up call, the mirror, the moral earthquake that still shakes culture today.

But the Mount of Beatitudes didn’t ignore sin. The Beatitudes show what life looks like after grace touches it. Jesus didn’t erase Mount Sinai. He fulfilled it. And then from another mountain He offered a new path, not one of perfectionism, but of poverty in spirit; not one of external control, but of inward transformation. It’s like this that Mount Sinai says, “You shall not covet.” The Beatitudes say, “Blessed are the pure in heart.” Here is the same God but different depth because here’s Jesus ,the Word of God, the truth, who fulfills God’s requirements of righteousness and fulfills God’s heart’s desires for us.