Controlling Our Desires We must carefully control what we most desire. Exodus 20:17 “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.” Deuteronomy 5:21 “‘And you shall not covet your ...
Guard Your Heart! What lodges in our hearts will rule our lives. Exodus 20:17 “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.” Deuteronomy 5:21 “‘And you shall not covet ...
The Beginning of Covetousness The tenth commandment links us back to the first. Exodus 20:17 “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.” Deuteronomy 5:21 “‘And you shall not ...
Coveting Is Idolatry What we most desire, we worship. Exodus 20:17 “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.” Deuteronomy 5:21 “‘And you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife. ...
Inside-Out Obedience to God’s Law must come from the heart. Exodus 20:17 “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.” Deuteronomy 5:21 “‘And you shall not covet your neighbor’s ...
Testify When Called All are required to stand for truth. Leviticus 5:1 “If anyone sins in that he hears a public adjuration to testify, and though he is a witness, whether he has seen or come to know the matter, yet does not speak, he shall bear his iniquity….” Anyone who witnesses a transgression ...
Witnesses The Law requires two witnesses at least. Deuteronomy 19:15-21 “‘A single witness shall not suffice against a person for any crime or for any wrong in connection with any offense that he has committed. Only on the evidence of two witnesses or of three witnesses shall a charge be established. If a ...
Honest Measures We must at all times use equal measures for all. Leviticus 19:35, 36 “You shall do no wrong in judgment, in measures of length or weight or quantity. You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin: I am the LORD your God, who brought you ...
The Unchanging Law God’s Law is not subject to changing times. Exodus 23:2, 3 “You shall not fall in with the many to do evil, nor shall you bear witness in a lawsuit, siding with the many, so as to pervert justice, nor shall you be partial to a poor man in his ...
False Reports False reports can be of various kinds. Exodus 23:1 “You shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with a wicked man to be a malicious witness.” False reports can take various forms. Gossip—unsubstantiated reports about others, or reports scattered in order to impugn or defame—is perhaps the most ...