JUL 20

Psalm 19:7-14
Memorise Psalm 119:1-8
“The law of the LORD is perfect”

DOES YOUR COUNTRY KEEP THE LAW?

We who live under the justice of a good Government in Singapore must remember the British who gave us our law. But, how did the British possess such good laws? Where did they get it? From the Bible and from the Law of Moses.

In contrast with little Israel, there is that gigantic country China, the land of our ancestors. For hundreds of years until the Manchu Dynasty she had sunken into the depths of poverty and misery, of backwardness in science and technology. And all this because our ancestors had departed from the Creator God, being devoid of His Law. Our ancestors were steeped in idolatry, not knowing the Living and True God. Hence flourished all the social evils that outgrew from their sin without restraint. As recent as the last two generations, the Chinese people did not enjoy such a divine right of man as the weekly Sabbath. The weekly Sabbath had been enjoyed in the West with the advent of Christianity from time immemorial. The keeping of Sunday as a Holy Day was particularly strong in the days of the Puritans in Great Britain. How both man and beast rested from their servile work in the Light of God’s Law! This is but one blessing to mention that comes to the whole world from Israel, yea, even from the Law of Moses. How is it we have no need to go to office or factory when Sunday, our Christian Sabbath, comes around? We in Singapore today are enjoying the blessings of a Law which God first gave to Israel! This law that distinguished Israel from the Gentiles that made Israel great!

However in recent years, what we see is a sad departure from God’s holy law. Instead of honouring the Sabbath, Sunday has now become a day to have tuition and enrichment classes, go shopping, or recover from hangovers. The state is also beginning to take a more liberal view on matters such as gambling, prostitution and homosexuality. More and more so, as we imbibe the carnal attitudes of the west, we are moving further and further away from God and the His perfect law. As Christians in this carnal age, we can do little to change the law of the land, but we must do all we can to ensure that our churches and our families continue to abide by God’s perfect law. To us it must always be the statutes that rejoice the heart, enlightens the eyes, and are more to be desired than gold.

Thought: Any nation that truly keeps the Ten Commandments shall be great.
Prayer: Pray for your nation to keep the Ten Commandments.