Self-correcting The seventh commandment Exodus 20.14; Deuteronomy 5.18 “And you shall not commit adultery.” Psalm 119.59, 60 "When I think on my ways, I turn my feet to your testimonies; I hasten and do not delay to keep your commandments" Correcting a sinful heart. Each of us is responsible for what we allow to settle ...

Guard Your Heart The seventh commandment Exodus 20.14; Deuteronomy 5.18 “And you shall not commit adultery.” Proverbs 4.23 "Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life." Maintain vigilance over your heart. The heart is that facet of the soul which houses the affections. Along with the mind and the ...

The Heart is the Heart of the Matter The seventh commandment Exodus 20.14; Deuteronomy 5.18 “And you shall not commit adultery.” Matthew 5.28 “But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.” It begins within. The Law of God ...

Deadly Serious, Indeed The sixth commandment Exodus 20.13; Deuteronomy 5.17 “You shall not murder.” Leviticus 19.17 “You shall not hate your brother in your heart, but you shall reason frankly with your neighbor, lest you incur sin because of him.” 1 John 3.15 "Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that ...

A Judge of the Law? The sixth commandment Exodus 20.13; Deuteronomy 5.17 “You shall not murder.” Leviticus 19.17 “You shall not hate your brother in your heart, but you shall reason frankly with your neighbor, lest you incur sin because of him.” James 4.11 "Do not speak evil against one another, brothers. The one who ...

Hate Alarm The sixth commandment Exodus 20.13; Deuteronomy 5.17 “You shall not murder.” Leviticus 19.17 “You shall not hate your brother in your heart, but you shall reason frankly with your neighbor, lest you incur sin because of him.” Matthew 5.23 “But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will ...

The fourth commandment Exodus 20.8; Deuteronomy 5.12 “Remember, observe the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.” Isaiah 58.13, 14 “If you turn back your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on My holy day, and call the Sabbath a delight and the holy day of the LORD honorable; if you honor ...

The purpose of the Law Ezekiel 36.27 "And I will put My Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in My statutes and be careful to obey My rules." 1 Thessalonians 5.19-21 Do not quench the Spirit. Do not despise prophecies, but test everything; hold fast what is good. The Oxford English Dictionary supplies ...