MESSAGES/AL SANDERS
COMMANDMENTS
THE TEN
desire more
w a it not
man wants God only as a being of his own convenience. Men and women are far more occupied with their own ma terialistic needs and goals. “Thou shalt not covet” strikes at the very root of man’s desires in life. Who can honestly say that he has never broken this Commandment? The word “covet” simply means to desire, to wish for —yes, often to lust. In using the word “lust,” however, we sometimes think of any immoral gratification or longing. But it deals with all lascivious grasping of the soul. It has well been said that the Ameri can way of life is to possess duplicates of that which our neighbors have — a better home, a better car, another TV* and the list goes on and on. The Holy Spirit directs this Com mandment to the heart of each child of God as the Lord emphatically de-
I n our study of the Decalogue, we come now to examine the last Com mandment — the Tenth. We have been looking at the various perfect laws and standards given by God to the Children of Israel on their wilderness march. These laws expose to us the deceitful ness of our hearts, the holiness of God, and His perfect statutes for life. Of interest is the fact that all of these Commandments we have thus far stud ied are now, or have been, on the stat ute books of our Country. This last forceful decree, however, is not to be found engraven upon the laws of our city, state, or Nation for it is written only within the heart — it cannot be controlled except by the indwelling power of God’s Holy Spirit — “Thou shalt not covet.” We are living in an atheistic, cor rupt, and extremely selfish era in which
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