The Basis for the Tenth Commandment – A Kingdom Catechism

The Basis for the Tenth Commandment

A Kingdom Catechism

God alone is Lord.

Q 128: What is the basis for the tenth commandment?

A 128: The basis for the tenth commandment is that God is Lord over all created things and dispenses them according to His good pleasure, and that He alone is sufficient for all our needs. (Ps. 24:1; Eph. 1:11; Matt. 6:32; Phil. 4:19)

By coveting things not our own we presume to judge the Lord for the way in which He has distributed His gifts among men. We allow unlawful longings and desires to displace contentedness and thanksgiving, so then we love ourselves rather than God. And we look with resentment on our neighbor, loving our own interests more than his. All sins grow from covetousness, for when we covet, we make ourselves, not God, the final bar of appeal in all matters of truth, justice, and love.

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In the Gates is a devotional series on the Law of God by Rev. T.M. Moore, editor of the Worldview Church. He serves as dean of the Centurions Program of the Wilberforce Forum and principal of The Fellowship of Ailbe, a spiritual fellowship in the Celtic Christian tradition. He is the author or editor of twenty books, and has contributed chapters to four others. His essays, reviews, articles, papers, and poetry have appeared in dozens of national and international journals, and on a wide range of websites. His most recent books are The Ailbe Psalter and The Ground for Christian Ethics (Waxed Tablet).

Scripture quotations in this article are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, (c) copyright 2001, 2007 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.