Thou shalt not have no other gods before Me.
EXODUS XX. 3 and DEUTERONOMY V. 7.
This is the first law of the Decalogue. It is usually interpreted as a prohibition of the worship of images (idolatry) and false gods. This it is; but there is another and broader truth underlying and embracing the more material explanation. Jesus said: "God is Spirit." (JOHN iv. 24.) Then the first commandment, as interpreted by him, would read: Thou shalt have no other gods before Spirit, (Science and Health, page 404.)
Under this interpretation the command would forbid us from putting the material first in any case, regardless of the shape in which it appears to present itself. Spirit is first, and must be so considered, without regard to consequences.
