THE TEN COMMANDMENTS – 10

God recorded the 10th Commandment for us in Exodus 20:17: “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.” What the Lord said to Samuel when he was looking for

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS – 9

All lying is against God’s law, so it is sin. Lying is clearly labeled sin in Leviticus 6:2: “If a person sins and commits a trespass against the LORD by lying to his neighbor ….” This statute is popularly remembered as “thou shalt not lie,” and lying is forbidden in this commandment. That is not

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS – 8

Many human laws have been made to try to protect personal possessions and property from those who would seek to take them for themselves. There are laws against larceny, laws against embezzlement, laws against grand theft and petty theft, laws against robbery and armed robbery, laws against burglary, laws against receiving stolen property, laws against

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS – 7

Adultery is breaking the marriage commitment by having sex with someone else. The verse is straight-forward. It explicitly forbids the sin of having sexual intercourse, wanting to have intercourse, or imagining the act of sex with someone that is not your spouse. Marriage is a sacred ordinance from God, that reflects His desire for people

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS – 6

God values life highly. He tells us to choose life: “I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live” (Deuteronomy 30:19). God showed the value of human life by requiring capital

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS – 5

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you. We live in a culture that doesn’t like authority. You’ve seen the ubiquitous bumper sticker “Question Authority.” That may be an issue that you wrestle with. We also do not live in a culture

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS – 4

“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle,

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS – 3

“You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that takes His name in vain”. Let us take a fresh look at the 3rd Commandment and see for ourselves whether it is only speaking about “taking God’s name in vain” or whether it

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS – 2

“Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them nor serve them”: second of the Ten Commandments. This command is

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS – 1

I am the Lord your God. You shall not have strange gods before me. You shall not make to thyself any graven thing; nor the likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, nor of those things that are in the waters under the earth. You shall not adore them