Proclamation:
“I am The Lord 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 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.” Exodus 20:2-17 (NIV)
Explanation:
These are the words of God which were written by Moses under
the influence of The Holy Spirit of God.
After the Israelites had crossed the wilderness and come to the mountain of God , they camped near it. (Exodus 18:5
and 19:1) Moses went up into the mountain of God and came back down with messages for
the people several times. (Exodus 19:3-7, 19:8, 19:14, and 19:20-22) In addition to the Ten Commandments, The Lord
God gave Moses instructions and laws for the Israelites regarding idols and
alters (Exodus 20:22-26), Hebrew servants (Exodus 21:1-11), personal injuries
(Exodus 21:12-36), protection of property (Exodus 22:1-15), social responsibility
(Exodus 22:16-31), justice and mercy (Exodus 23:1-9), and the Sabbath (Exodus
23:10-13) The Ten Commandments were
written on tablets of stone. (Exodus 24:12)
The last time that Moses went up into the mountain of God ,
he stayed for forty days. (Exodus 24:15-18)
Application:
When The Lord God gave the Ten Commandments to Moses, He
knew that the people then and now would not be able to keep them. We were to use them as a mirror to show ourselves
that we were sinners who fell short of God’s Word. (Romans 3:23) We sin with our actions and words, and even when
we have sinful thoughts we have committed a sin. (Matthew 5:28) Additionally, The Bible teaches us that if we
have broken one of these commandments, we are just as sinful as if we had broken
all of them. (James 2:10) The Ten
Commandments are that we should: have no other gods (Exodus 20:2-3), not make
any images of God (Exodus 20:4-6), not use God’s name in vain (Exodus 20:7), remember
to keep the Sabbath day holy (Exodus 20:8-11), honor our father and mother
(Exodus 20:12), and that we should not kill (Exodus 20:13), should not commit
adultery (Exodus 20:14), should not steal (Exodus 20:15), should not lie
(Exodus 20:16), and should not covet anything that belongs to our neighbor.
(Exodus 20:17) We needed the Ten
Commandments because we had to be shown that we were lost sinners and that we
needed a savior.
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