TEN COMMANDMENTS (1)

1. Bible Topic

a) To learn what the Bible has to say on a variety of topics affecting our everyday lives, we may find what we are looking for here.

2. Ten Commandments

a) The law of God contains ten commandments. It's in the Bible, Exodus 20:1-17, NIV. " And God spoke all these words: 'I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.

[1] You shall have no other gods before Me.

[2] You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate Me, but showing love to thousands who love Me and keep My commandments.

[3] You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses His name. 

[4] Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your animals, nor the alien within your gates. For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but He rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

[5] Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.

[6] You shall not murder. 

[7] You shall not commit adultery.

[8] You shall not steal.

[9] You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

[10] You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his manservant or maidservant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.'"

b) God's law is summed up in love - love for God, and love for others. It's in the Bible, Matthew 22:37-40, NIV. "Jesus replied: 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."

c) When you love others, obeying the commandments is natural. Romans 13:9-10, NKJV. "For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not bear false witness," “You shall not covet,” and if there is any other commandment, are all summed up in this saying, namely, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.