The
Ten Commandments
Does anyone know these anymore? Does anyone follow these?
Do you love God enough to keep these commands?
Moses
summoned all of Israel and said: Hear, O Israel, the decrees
and laws I declare in your hearing today. Learn them and
be sure to follow them. The Lord our God made a covenant
with us at Horeb. It was not with our fathers that the Lord
made this covenant, but with us, with all who are alive today.
And He said: (Deuteronomy 5)
1. "You shall have no other gods before me."
2. "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 Lord 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 a thousand generations
of those who love me and keep my commandments."
3. "You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your
God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless
who misuses his name."
4. "Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as
the Lord your God has commanded you. Six days
you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh
day is
a Sabbath to the Lord
your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither
you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant
or maidservant,
nor your ox, your donkey or any of your animals, nor
the alien
within your gates, so that your manservant and maidservant
may rest,
as you do. Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and
that the Lord your God brought you out of there with
a mighty
hand and an outstretched arm. Therefore the Lord your
God has commanded
you to observe the Sabbath day."
(Leviticus
23:12 - The Lord said to Moses - "There are six days when
you may work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of rest, a
day of sacred assembly. You are not to do any work; wherever
you live, it is a Sabbath to the Lord.")
5. Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your
God has commanded you, so that you may live
long and that it may go well with you in the land the
Lord your
God is giving you."
6. "You shall not murder."
7. "You shall not commit adultery."
8. "You shall not steal."
9. "You shall not give false testimony against
your neighbor."
10. "You shall not covet your neighbor's wife.
You shall not set your desire on your neighbor's house,
or land...or anything
that belongs to your neighbor.
Will
you follow God's commands now?