THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (PART 3)
Exodus 20:3-17, Deut. 5:7-21
Taken as axiomatic:
- personhood (ours derived, God’s not).
- personal bodily integrity & autonomy.
- sanctities revealed by a holy God.
- honour & respect (worship God).
#1 W Worship
#2 I Idolatry
#3 V Vanity
#4 S Sabbath
#5 P Parents
#6 M Murder
#7 A Adultery
#8 T Theft
#9 L Lying
#10 E Envy
GOD AND HIS LAW Closeness (Proximity) is TaughtMAN (Earthly Children)
(Deuteronomy 30 11)
GOD AND HIS LAW DistanceMAN (Earthly Children)
‘Put into effect’ by Angels!
Deuteronomy 33:2 (KJV).
(‘PUT INTO EFFECT’ BY ANGELS)
Deut 33:2 - thousands of “holy ones”
Acts 7:53 disposition of angels (diatageis).
Gal. 3:19 ordained by angels (diatageis).
Heb. 2:2 binding – the Word delivered by, or ‘declared’ by, angels (bebaios).
Exodus 20 (Deut. 5:7-21) 1 And God spake all these words, saying, 2 I am the Lord thy God….
Exodus 31:18, Deut.9:10
Perspectives
Relationships
Priorities
Responsibilities
Sanctities- TIME PESONHOOD PROPERTY
Hierarchy - GOD PARENTS NEIGHBOURS
Dualities-
The INNER Life- Worship Envy
The OUTER life-Lying Theft
EXODUS 20 (see also Deuteronomy 5)
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.
Exposition of Commandment #1
When do I worship? Job 1
Job 13:15 Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him …
GOD + a physical representation of the True God’
Who I worship GOD
Hosea 4:12
Matthew 5 34
A form of C3 is extended by Jesus and He extended C9 to ‘keep your word’ 8 Remember the sabbath day to keep it holy. (C #4)
(Commandment #5) 13 Thou shalt not kill.
(C #6) 14 Thou shalt not commit adultery.
(C #7) 15 Thou shalt not steal.
(C #8) 16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. (Commandment #9) 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 donkey, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.
(Commandment #10) Hosea 5:10 “The leaders of Judah have become like those who displace a boundary marker; on them I will pour out My anger like water.” (See also Micah 2:2)
I Timothy 6. 6 But godliness ….
The two commandments that trump them all. Matthew 22 35 Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying, 36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law? 37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. Leviticus 19 18 Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the Lord. 34 But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.
