The Ten Commandments | Laws of Love and Liberty
The Ten Commandments | God's Laws of Love and Liberty
Exodus 20: 1-17; Luke 16: 17
God's laws do not take away our freedom, they are there to protect our liberties. It is important to focus on understanding the incredible power and importance of the law of God.
The Ten Commandments are suffering an identity crisis are they merely antiquated relic of an ancient culture, or do they still have meaning, purpose, and application for people living today? Pastor Doug Batchelor explores the amazing riches that can be mined from each and every commandment, revealing that God's law is still a treasure trove of wisdom that offers incredible, proven solutions to the real-world problems of everyday life.
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The Ten Commandments | God's Law
(See Also Deuteronomy 5: 6-21)
1.) And God spake all these words, saying,
2.) I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
3.) Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
4.) Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: 5.) Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; 6.) And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
7.) Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
8.) Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9.) Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: 10.) But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: 11.) For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
12.) Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
13.) Thou shalt not kill.
14.) Thou shalt not commit adultery.
15.) Thou shalt not steal.
16.) Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
17.) Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.
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God's Law for Our Happiness
Exodus 20: 1-17
God has given us His holy precepts, because He loves mankind. To shield us from the results of transgression, He reveals the principles of righteousness... God desires us to be happy, and He gave us the precepts of the law that in obeying them we might have joy...
Since “the law of the Lord is perfect,” every variation from it must be evil. Those who disobey the commandments of God, and teach others to do so, are condemned by Christ. The Saviour's life of obedience maintained the claims of the law; it proved that the law could be kept in humanity, and showed the excellence of character that obedience would develop. All who obey as He did are likewise declaring that the law is “holy, and just, and good.” Romans 7: 12. On the other hand, all who break God's commandments are sustaining Satan's claim that the law is unjust, and cannot be obeyed. Thus they second the deceptions of the great adversary, and cast dishonor upon God. They are the children of the wicked one, who was the first rebel against God's law. To admit them into heaven would again bring in the elements of discord and rebellion, and imperil the well-being of the universe. No man who willfully disregards one principle of the law shall enter the kingdom of heaven. ~ The Desire of Ages, Page 308-309
