In following the Ten Commandments we show that we fear, love and trust in God.
The Lord said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain and be there; and I will give you tablets of stone, and the law and commandments which I have written, that you may teach them.”
John 14:15
If you love Me, keep My commandments.
John 15:14
You are my friends if you do what I command you.
Mark 3:35
Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.
The Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:2-17)
1. I am the LORD your God: you shall not have strange Gods before me.
Love God more than anyone or anything else; for anything we love more than God becomes our God instead of Him.
2. You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain.
Do not curse, swear, lie, or deceive by His name, but call upon His name at times of trouble, worship, praise, and give thanks.
3. Remember to keep holy the LORD'S Day.
God rested on the seventh day after His six days of work when He created the heavens and the earth, therefore God instructed His people not to work and rest on the Sabbath day.
4. Honour your father and your mother.
Do not despise or anger our parents, elders and with higher authority, but honour, serve, obey, love and cherish them.
5. You shall not kill.
No to take someone's life, not only by murdering but also when we anger someone and wish that the person will die.
6. You shall not commit adultery.
Avoid all sexual sins and sexual acts outside of marriage.
If you love Me, keep My commandments.
John 15:14
You are my friends if you do what I command you.
Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.
The Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:2-17)
1. I am the LORD your God: you shall not have strange Gods before me.
Love God more than anyone or anything else; for anything we love more than God becomes our God instead of Him.
2. You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain.
Do not curse, swear, lie, or deceive by His name, but call upon His name at times of trouble, worship, praise, and give thanks.
3. Remember to keep holy the LORD'S Day.
God rested on the seventh day after His six days of work when He created the heavens and the earth, therefore God instructed His people not to work and rest on the Sabbath day.
4. Honour your father and your mother.
Do not despise or anger our parents, elders and with higher authority, but honour, serve, obey, love and cherish them.
5. You shall not kill.
No to take someone's life, not only by murdering but also when we anger someone and wish that the person will die.
6. You shall not commit adultery.
Avoid all sexual sins and sexual acts outside of marriage.
7. You shall not steal.
Unjustly taking, using or damaging worldly things belonging to someone else.
8. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour.
Never say anything about another person that isn't true, or gossip about others.
9. You shall not covet your neighbour's wife.
Do not envy (desire) the living forms (of flesh and blood) that belongs to another.
10. You shall not covet your neighbour's goods.
Do not envy (desire) the worldly things (goods) that belongs to another.
Unjustly taking, using or damaging worldly things belonging to someone else.
8. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour.
Never say anything about another person that isn't true, or gossip about others.
9. You shall not covet your neighbour's wife.
Do not envy (desire) the living forms (of flesh and blood) that belongs to another.
10. You shall not covet your neighbour's goods.
Do not envy (desire) the worldly things (goods) that belongs to another.
Revelation 21:8
But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”
Matthew 19:16-17
Then someone came to him and said, “Teacher, what good deed must I do to have eternal life?” And he said to him, “Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. If you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments.”
Romans 13:9
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.”
Therefore faithfully keep the Commandments, let us often reflect on them, on the duties they impose upon us, and examine our conscience as to how we observe them, in what points we transgress them, and how we may avoid further transgressions. Let us imitate David, who loved the Commandments, because he loved God; who constantly meditated upon them, in order to be guided and ruled by them. He exclaims: "O how have I loved thy law, O Lord!
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