Trust relies on the character of someone to tell the truth. Trust expresses confidence that what someone promises they will do. Trust implies a contract or an agreement or a covenant. Giving birth bonds a baby to the mother and father of the child. Marriage conveys a trust between a man and a woman that they will be faithful and be there for each other until death. A friendship forms when two or more people depend on each other to be there.
God calls on us to trust God. Jesus told us the greatest commandment states we should love God with all of our being (emotional, spiritual, physical, and rational). Moses gave God's command not to worship anyone but GOD. If anyone worshipped anyone or anything else, Moses declared they committed the sin of idolatry.
The correlation between the greatest commandment and the "Ten Commandments" shows God's will. God desires for us to live in loving relationships. The first four commandments in Exodus 20 concerns our relationship with God. Jesus clarifies these four commandments by declaring we are to love God with all of our being. When we fall in love with God, we enter into a trust relationship with God. This trust relationship continues until other things or persons takes God's place. As we drift away from God, we lose confidence and feel we can no longer rely on God. This can lead to complete and total denial that God is real. This is the path of idolatry. Idolatry is sin. Sin is a breach of the trust agreement or covenant with God.
Jesus told us the second greatest commandment is to love others as ourselves. The last six of the ten commandments deals with human relationships. God commands us not to murder, commit adultery, steal, give false testimony, and covet what others have and oh yes, we are to honor our parents. Jesus clarifies these commandments in the Sermon on the Mount. Jesus states adultery begins with lust and murder begins with anger. When we break the covenant of trust between us and others, we commit sin. Sin is not a popular word today, but we cannot ignore it. We prove our love for God how we treat others. When we do not show God's love in how we treat others, we sin.
May we all understand these words and seek to practice them daily. We can only do so as we learn to trust in God for God will show us the way.
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