Some years ago, I heard of the wag who said, "I've learned two things in this life--(1) there is a God, and (2) I'm not Him. Looking to the First Commandment, we are reminded of this yet again.

We are living in a day when God’s Word has become the object of political and judiciary battles. This week, at First Baptist Church of Mulberry Grove (www.fbcmulberrygrove.com), we will begin to look at the Decalogue (the Ten Commandments). We do this not to join into the argument and the political fray, but to see what God’s Word says and how it applies to our lives. Having said this, I believe that if we can actually find ourselves abiding by the Commandments and even growing in our Christian lives when we can wrap our hands around Number One—God is God and nobody else is.