THE BENEFITS OF TEN COMMANDMENTS

by UCHENNA C OKONKWOR

God's commandments have come to be viewed as stone tablets filled with restrictions on our fun. In truth, they were given to protect, rather than prohibit, our happiness. God wants you to be truly safe to enjoy a happy and fulfilled life by knowing Him. "The man who says, "I know Him," but does not do what He commands is a liar, and the truth is not in him." (1 John 2:4) The Biblical holiday Shavuot occurs fifty days after Passover, and is sometimes known as Pentecost, which is a Greek word meaning 'the holiday of fifty days. Christ's disciples did celebrate Shavuot, which commemorates the anniversary of the giving of the Ten Commandments/Torah to Moses on Mount Sinai. Celebrating Shavuot has but one custom and that is to stay up the entire night studying the Torah. However, Paul quoted his teacher Gamaliel, who spoke the same words in the Talmud (not really worth reading) about what day we should celebrate the Sabbath of Shavuot in Romans 14:5 saying, "One man considers one day more sacred than another; another man considers every day alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind." I, however, celebrate all days the same. We need to honor the Shavuot, or the day of the giving of the Law, by studying and living God's Word daily.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Uchenna C.Okonkwor is a man of God with great apostolic gifts to teach and explain Bible mysteries in another way that marvels the people. He is a prophet and an anointed minister of God with great healing gifts. God is using him in changing lives and redirecting souls back to Himself. He is married with two children, Izunna and Onyinye and a native of Isuanaoma. He is married to Sister Ngozi. They are blessed and are living happily in Cotonou-Republic of Benin from where they supervise their global outreach for Jesus Christ. He can be contacted on 0022996320987 and ziccint@yahoo.co.uk. He believes in giving to the poor instead of sharing wealth with the rich that are capable of giving back to him. He is a prophet that looks into all manner of problems of the people of God and directs on working solution to them by bringing out time like Prophet Daniel to seek the mind of God concerning all issues with love and care.

(2010, paperback, 140 pages)