Rose Publishing - The Ten Commandments

The printed version of this eBook is The Ten Commandments pamphlet, ISBN-13: 9781596360617

Scripture taken from THE HOLY BIBLE: KING JAMES VERSION and THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIOAL VERSION. NIV. 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. All rights reserved.

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• Shows both the traditional and contemporary wording of each of the 10 Commandments, making them easier to understand in less than 30 minutes.
• Covers each commandments meaning, explains its key principle, and supplies biblical examples illustrating the commandment.
• Includes what Jesus taught about each commandment and why the commandments are still important to our lives today.

The set of rules, the Ten Commandments, are the code of law given by God directly to Moses on Mount Sinai. After the exodus, when God delivered the Israelites from slavery in Egypt, his chosen people almost immediately lost sight of Gods power and goodness to them. Theyresented their hardships and began to complain. They became quarrelsome and difficult to govern. Moses sought Gods help on Mount Sinai (Exodus 1518) .

God himself engraved his will for the people on two tablets of stone. The first group of commandments laid out the rules to protect theharmony between God and people. The second group was designed to maintain respect between people. It was vital to the stability of the forming tribal nation that everyone act in a trustworthy manner. Selfishness risked the communitys survival. When a person broke a commandment, he had to pay a penalty, repay the person he had injured, and make a sacrifice to restore peace with God.

The law must be viewed as a great, gracious gift from the God of Israel to his people. Unlike all the other ancient near eastern gods, the Lord God revealed his will and made it very clear how to please him and how to properly conduct ones life in order to get along in society. Despite thegift of these divine commands for governing relationships, the people set up idols and worshiped them, they lied, and stole from one another.Many of their leaders were corrupt, and they refused to honor God. Over the next 1,400 years, the law was often forgotten and the worship of the true God was abandoned. God called to the people. Sometimes they would return to God and be restored. Other times, they would ignore him and suffer devastating hardships.

God sent a Savior, Jesus Christ, to live a perfect life and take the penalty for sin through his death on the cross. Through his sacrifice, he madeforgiveness and friendship with God possible, and made us perfect in Gods eyes through faith (Romans 3:20; Galatians 2:16; 3:914). Jesus came to fulfill the law, and taught that the spirit of the law was as important as the letter of the law (Matthew 23:23). (Jeremiah 31:31-33).

God sent a Savior, Jesus Christ, to live a perfect life and take the penalty for sin through His death on the cross. Through His sacrifice, He made forgiveness and friendship with God possible, and made us perfect in Gods eyes through faith (Romans 3:20; Galatians 2:16, 3:9 14) . Jesus came to fulfill the law, and taught that the spirit of the law was as important as the letter of the law. (See also Matthew 23:23.)

By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and observe His commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments; and His commandments are not burdensome.

I John 5:2-3 NASB

And God spoke all these words: I am the L ORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.

You shall have no other gods before me.

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 L ORD 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.

You shall not misuse the name of the L ORD your God, for the L ORD will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.

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 L ORD 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 L ORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the L ORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the L ORD your God is giving you.

You shall not murder.

You shall not commit adultery.

You shall not steal.

You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

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. (NIV)

Put God first and give him our devotion. God should always be our highest priority, over everyone and everything. A god is anything a person allows to rule his or her life. Other gods could include: deities of other religions, superstitions, horoscopes, money, possessions, career, personal comfort, family, friends, addictions, fame, power, security, romance, sex, church, extreme patriotismanything that comes before God.

• Abraham proved that God was his first priority by being willing to give up his own son (Genesis 22:1-14) .
• The people of Israel were worshiping other gods, so the prophet Elijah challenged the prophets of those gods to a contest. Elijah prayed that God would answer him so all would know that the Lord is God. The Lord answered and proved His superiority (1 Kings 18:20-40) .
• God commanded the prophet Hosea to marry a prostitute who was unfaithful to him, so that Hosea might understand how God feels when His people turn to other gods (Hosea 13) .
• Daniel and his three friends, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, risked their lives because they remained devoted to the Lord as their only God (Daniel 1; 3; 6) .

• When asked, Which is the greatest commandment in the Law? 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 (Matthew 22:26-38) .
• In the Sermon on the Mount Jesus said, No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money (Matthew 6:24) .
• Jesus said, Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only (Luke 4:8) .