This morning we bring our series on the Ten Commandments to a close. We may be surprised that God ends the commandments with one that many people feel is “benign and harmless”. Upon closer examination what we find is this: God closes the Ten Commandments with a final commandment that is the “motivating factor” to the breaking of many of the other commandments. Remember the Ten Commandments are not just “formal and physical” they are “internal and spirital”.
The tenth commandment again reminds us that God is concerned with the heart and cuts to the heart of the issue. So, let us not consider this last commandment as “benign and harmless” but let us guard against the spirit and attitude of all evil desire, lust and covetousness.
