Ten Commandments

Ten Commandments	Created Date: 14-Feb-2020
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1	The Ten Commandments	2	Are there Related Commandments?
3	Are We Under the Laws of the Old Testament?	4	We are now under a new law?

The Ten Commandments

In Exodus 20:1-17 and also in Deuteronomy 5:7-21, the list of Ten Commandments are:

Exodus 20 Verse:	Commandment
Verse 1-2		1 And God spoke all these words, saying, 2 I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery."
3	1	You shall have no other gods before me."
4-6	2	4 You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. 5 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, 6 but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments
7	3	You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain."
8 - 11	4	8 Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates. 11 For in six days the Lord made heaven* and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy."
12	5	Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you."
13	6	You shall not murder."
14	7	You shall not commit adultery."
15	8	You shall not steal."
16	9	You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor."
17	10	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.

* Heaven here is the Hebrew word "hassamayim" which means the universe.

Are there Related Commandments?

Yes, there are several commandments which are related to one another.

The First and Second are related to one another. We are not to worship false gods and make images of what we would perceive is the real God or any false god to worship. Jesus Christ, when He was on the earth, did not set up images of Himself or even God the Father. Additionally, in the entirety of the scriptures, there was never any images or statues set up to have worship directed towards because that would have people's attention going to the wrong place.

The Third, Fourth and Fifth are related to one another. We are to be ambassadors of God and must act accordingly.

Excerpt from the Third Commandment topic:

It seems that the Third Commandment in Exodus 20:7 is not entirely understood by most Christians.

The common interpretation is to not use profanity and God's Name in a term of inflicting damnation. Most of us would agree that profanity is a form of ignorance. Additionally, using God's name in profanity is suggesting that God should damn someone or something is wrong. Clearly, we are never to put ourselves in the place of God by assuming authority over someone else in damnation and judging.

An paramount example is the Archangel Michael did not curse or make condescending comments against Lucifer (the "devil" Satan) in Jude 1:9 when Lucifer wanted to desecrate Moses' body after Moses had died.

Jude 1:8-10

8 Yet in like manner these also in their dreamings defile the flesh, and set at nought dominion, and rail at dignities. 9 But Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing judgment, but said, The Lord rebuke thee. 10 But these rail at whatsoever things they know not: and what they understand naturally, like the creatures without reason, in these things are they destroyed.

The correct meaning is referring to how we conduct ourselves in public life because we took on Jesus Christ's name when we asked Him to be our Savior. Another way of understanding the commandment is when you become a Believer, you are now an ambassador of God so you must conduct yourself accordingly, reflect the change and do not deny the works by Him in your life.

The Sixth commandment is paired up with the Eighth commandment. Committing murder is a form of stealing the future of everything that the murdered person would have created, experienced, given and all actions to honor God and benefit God's purposes.
The Seventh commandment is paired up with each of the Eighth, Ninth, Fifth and Tenth commandments. When a person commits adultery, they are:
(a) Stealing sexual intimacy and time.
(b) Slandering (false witness) both of the adulterers victim's spouses.
(c) Dishonoring their parents, even if the parents have already passed away.

Are We Under the Laws of the Old Testament?

This is an excerpt from the topic under the Laws of the Old Testament:

Paul explains the law to us, in the book of Romans, was established to make us aware of our sins and more than that. We learn that Paul is also telling us that the law was set so that we would sin more. This seems like an oxymoron comment but mankind's sinful nature makes us curious and desirous to explore opportunities to sin without the Holy Spirit's influence. By all of mankind's sins, then the purpose of the law makes the abundance of God's GRACE more clear as a necessary gift from God along the paramount need of a Savior!

Romans 3:20	because by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified in his sight; for through the law cometh the knowledge of sin.
Romans 5:20-21	20 And the law came in besides, that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace did abound more exceedingly: 21 that, as sin reigned in death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Romans 7:13	Did then that which is good become death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might be shown to be sin, by working death to me through that which is good; that through the commandment sin might become exceeding sinful

Many Christian Speakers and Christians like to state that we are no longer under the law because of Galatians 3:25 without reading the full intent of the scriptural message and other scriptures. Notice sin as a tutor and the use of Grace in the references listed:

Galatians 3:24-28

24 Therefore the Law has become our tutor to lead us to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith. 25 But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor. 26 For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus 27 For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

Romans 6:14

For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under law, but under grace.

The gift of the Holy Spirit, which started at Pentecost, made every Christian that accepts Jesus Christ as their Savior a new Creature (Son of God) where our goal it to be conformed to the behavior and likeness of Jesus Christ through the Holy Spirit's help. While we are not following the 613 laws of the Old Testament, we are following the guidance of the Holy Spirit.

1 John 4:13	By this we know that we abide in Him and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit.
Acts 5:32	"And we are witnesses of these things; and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him."

We are now under a new law?

The following is an excerpt from Law topic:

Jesus Christ summarized the facets of the new law many times as He spoke, which are recorded in the scriptures. In this author's opinion the best is Matthew 22:36-40 (part of Deuteronomy 6:4-7), where we are to submit ourselves in loving God foremost, and then our neighbor as ourselves. When we do these two things 100% completely, then it is impossible to sin against God. Obviously, we are all a work-in-progress.

Matthew 22:36-40

36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law? 37 And he said to him, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' 38 "This is the great and foremost commandment.' 39 The second is like it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. 40 Upon these two commandments hang the whole Law and the Prophets.

In John 14:15-24, Jesus Christ gives us the wonderful news that the Holy Spirit will guide and reveal Himself to all of us who love Him.

John 14:16-24

16 I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, so that He may be with you forever; 17 the Helper is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him; but you know Him because He remains with you and will be in you.

18 I will not leave you as orphans; I am coming to you. 19 After a little while, the world no longer is going to see Me, but you are going to see Me; because I live, you also will live. 20 On that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you are in Me, and I in you. 21 The one who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and the one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will reveal Myself to him.

23 Jesus replied, Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. 24 Anyone who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me.

As stated above the Matthew 22:36-40 scriptural passage is the same as Deuteronomy 6:4-7, which is part of scriptural exponential consistency. The important point, as detailed in this topic, is the Mosaic Laws were replaced but many aspects were still relevant and to be done.

Deuteronomy 6:4-7

4 Hear, O Israel: Jehovah our God is one Jehovah: 5 and thou shalt love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. 6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be upon thy heart; 7 and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

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