Rev. Bellsmith's new look at the ten commandments is not very good either. These ten commandments, written on two tablets of stone by the finger of God, symbolize their permanence and relevance for all time.

As such they are to be obeyed through all time as well.

The fourth commandment says in part "remember the Sabbath to keep it Holy, six days shalt thou labour and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God . . . "

It does NOT say if the people in Ontario don't like it they do not have to keep it and to keep on seeding or harvesting or having their stores open ETC on Sunday.

The commandments mean what they say. Sunshine or rain during hay or harvest time come from God's fatherly hand. He knows what is best for us.

Isaiah 58: 13, 14, admonishes us to keep the Sabbath and delight ourselves in the Lord, then we shall prosper also materially.

When we transgress any of the 10 commandments openly and publicly, in order to be forgiven the transgressors must confess their wrongs before God and His Church.

That is not an occasion to humiliate us but it is part of repentance and seeking to heal the broken relationship between God and man. This repentance and confession is cause for thankfulness and joy.

The 10 commandments are indeed like a mirror showing us how for we are off the mark of God's standards.

The underlying purpose of the law is for us to show the love of God, Jesus summarizes this in Matthew 22: 37-49. In summary it is to love the Lord our God above all and your neighbour as yourself.
Ron Bosman
Orangeville