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Tenth Commandment   Exodus 20:17 “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”   The key word in this commandment is the word “covet,” and then we get a list of things… Read more »

Ninth Commandment   Exodus 20:16 “You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.”   Proverbs 6:16–19 “There are six things the Lord hates, seven that are detestable to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil, a… Read more »

Eighth Commandment   Exodus 20:15 “You shall not steal.”   John 7:24 “Stop judging by mere appearances, but instead judge correctly.”   So often our judgment is done through colored glasses. We bring our own prejudices, dislikes, likes, favoritism, etc. into our judgment. We often have our own agenda in what we believe. This is… Read more »

Seventh Commandment   Exodus 20:14 “You shall not commit adultery.”   Psalms 119:137-138 “You are righteous, Lord, and your laws are right. The statutes you have laid down are righteous; they are fully trustworthy.”   God’s laws fit human nature. Laws that our legislative branch makes should fit human nature and since human nature is… Read more »

The Sixth Commandment   Exodus 20:13 “You shall not murder.”   It was mentioned in the third Commandment regarding the negative aspect of the commandments that each one of the negative laws have a positive aspect to it. For example, this sixth Commandment not only prohibits murder, but it also affirms the sanctity of human… Read more »

Fifth Commandment   Exodus 20:12 “Honor your father and your mother so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.”   It is interesting to note with the Ten Commandments that in the first tablet the first four commandments deal with our relationship to God our Creator. The first Commandment… Read more »

Fourth Commandment   Exodus 20:8 “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.”   Basically the Sabbath is a day of rest both physically as well as spiritually, but there has always been some confusion regarding the Sabbath Day. God worked six days and He rested on the Sabbath and we are to do the… Read more »

Third Commandment   Exodus 20:7 “You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.”   David Kupelian says in his book Snapping of the American Mind: “It’s not much of an exaggeration to say that in today’s America, tens of millions… Read more »

Second Commandment   Exodus 20:4 “You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or the waters below.”   Psalm 81:8-10 “Hear me, my people, and I will warn you – if you would only listen to me, Israel! You shall have no… Read more »

First Commandment   Exodus 20:3 “You shall have no other gods before me.”   Martin Luther said: “The Decalogue is not of Moses, nor did God give it to him first. On the contrary, the Decalogue belongs to the whole world; it was written and engraved in the minds of all human beings from the… Read more »