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THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
A. The First Commandment
You must not have other gods.
Q. What does this mean?
A. We must fear, love, and trust God more than
anything else.
B. The Second Commandment
You must not misuse your God's name.
Q. What does this mean?
A. We must fear and love God, so that we will not use
His name to curse, swear, cast a spell, lie or deceive, but will
use it to call upon Him, pray to Him, praise Him and thank Him
in all times of trouble.
C. The Third Commandment
You must keep the Sabbath holy.
Q. What does this mean?
A. We must fear and love God, so that we will not look
down on preaching or God's Word, but consider it holy, listen to
it willingly, and learn it.
D. The Fourth Commandment
You must honor your father and mother. [So that things will
go well for you and you will live long on earth].
Q. What does this mean?
A. We must fear and love God, so that we will neither
look down on our parents or superiors nor irritate them, but
will honor them, serve them, obey them, love them and value
them.
F. The Sixth Commandment
You must not commit adultery.
Q. What does this mean?
A. We must fear and love God, so that our words and
actions will be clean and decent and so that everyone will love
and honor their spouses.
G. The Seventh Commandment
You must not steal.
Q. What does this mean?
A. We must fear and love God, so that we will neither
take our neighbor's money or property, nor acquire it by fraud
or by selling him poorly made products, but will help him
improve and protect his property and career.
H. The Eighth Commandment
You must not tell lies about your neighbor.
Q. What does this mean?
A. We must fear and love God, so that we will not
deceive by lying, betraying, slandering or ruining our
neighbor's reputation, but will defend him, say good things
about him, and see the best side of everything he does.
I. The Ninth Commandment
You must not desire your neighbor's house.
Q. What does this mean?
A. We must fear and love God, so that we will not
attempt to trick our neighbor out of his inheritance or house,
take it by pretending to have a right to it, etc. but help him
to keep & improve it.
J. The Tenth Commandment
You must not desire your neighbor's wife, servant, maid,
animals or anything that belongs to him.
Q. What does this mean?
A. We must fear and love God, so that we will not
release his cattle, take his employees from him or seduce his
wife, but urge them to stay and do what they ought to do.
K. The Conclusion to the Commandments
"I am the Lord Your God. I am a jealous God. I plague the
grandchildren and great-grandchildren of those who hate me with
their ancestor's sin. But I make whole those who love me for a
thousand generations."
Q. What does it mean?
A. God threatens to punish everyone who breaks these
commandments. We should be afraid of His anger because of this
and not violate such commandments. But He promises grace and all
good things to those who keep such commandments. Because of
this, we, too, should love Him, trust Him, and willingly do what
His commandments require.
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