The First and Second Commandments

What’s the Difference?

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Most people understand the First Commandment, but most people do not accurately understand the Second Commandment.  The confusion is illustrated by the fact that two major religions regard the First and Second Commandments as just one commandment.  The Second Commandment has many applications and is not relatively unimportant!  God uses almost as many words as the most lengthy Commandment—the Fourth Commandment.
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Donald Hooser

Don Hooser is a minister for the United Church of God. He lives in McKinney, Texas, a suburb of Dallas.  He and his wife Elsie had three children, and she died in August 2020.  Don married Judy in January 2022.  Mr. Hooser graduated in 1963 from Southern Methodist University with a degree in mechanical engineering, and graduated in 1966 from Ambassador College, Big Sandy, Texas.  For most of the time since then, he served as the pastor of churches in Ohio, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas, and Washington. From 2011 until his retirement in 2021, his primary responsibility was answering the many letters written to the Church.