Soon people will not trust what you say.Ĭovet means to want something that belongs to someone else. When you tell a lie, you hurt yourself as well as others. Do not tell stories that are untrue about people. Not only is it God’s law but it is the basic law of the society we live in. No one is permitted to take something that belongs to another. Thou shalt not commit adultery. - This means husbands and wives should be faithful to one another. God wanted homes to be happy so he made this an important rule.Ħ. When you honor your parents you love and obey them because they are wiser.
Jesus changed this and said we should keep the Sabbath day to worship, remember creation, and rest so we could serve God and others. Remember the Sabbath day and keep it Holy.īack in the Old Testament, this meant they should not work on the Sabbath but they carried it too far and wouldn’t let people pick up something heavy. Be careful don’t allow it to take root in your heart.Ĥ. It can take root in our hearts and mind and begin saying it and don’t realize you did. Some people take God’s name in vain because others are doing it and we find ourselves saying these words that dishonor God. God’s name is Holy and it must be used only in a reverent way. We don’t like it if people call us bad names do we? They are being disrespectful. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain. We are pledging in these commandments our allegiance to be loyal, obedient and respect God.ģ. The Israelites needed them to become a strong nation amid all the people around them who worshipped idols. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven images.
You shall have no other God’s before me.Ģ. God was forming a Holy Nation prepared to live for and serve Him. He also provided the blueprint for building a Tabernacle. Moses then led them to Mount Saini where God gave Moses the Ten Commandments, as well as the other laws for right living.
God had chosen Moses to deliver his people from the bondage of slavery in Egypt by parting the Red Sea so the Israelites could cross to freedom.ġ Corinthians 7:31: For this world in its present form is passing away. The children in Weekday Religious Education are memorizing the Ten Commandments, written about in Exodus 20: 3-17.
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