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FEBRUARY 16, 1919 TH E T E N C O M M A N D M E N T S Text: “Thou sh alt love th e Lord thy God w ith all thy h ea rt and w ith ail thy soul, and w ith all thy streng th , and w ith all thy mind- and thy neighbor as thyself.” Lu. 10:27. . lny Ex. 20:1-17. LESSON' TEXT (1) And God spoke all th ese words, saying, (2) I am th e LORD th y
w o rk ; (10) B u t th e sev en th day is - th e sa b b a th of th e LORD th y God; Jh it th o u sh a lt n o t do an y w ork thou,_ n o r th y son, n o r th y d a u g h te r, th y m an serv an t, nor th y m aidserv- a n t, n o r th y cattle, nor th y stra n g e r th a t is w ith in th y g a te s: (11) F o r ln ^ 1X th e LORD m ade heaven and e arth , th e sea, and all th a t in iri??1 aii£ r ®sted th e sev en th day: J S + ! H * e- LORD blessed th e sa b b ath day, and hallow ed it. (12) Hon- ?h£ soT,=f a th e r van ,<1 th y m o th er: th a t J ong u P°n th e land w hich th e LORD th y God g lv eth Tuf6' i l l Thou sh a lt no t kill. (14) tb o u sh a lt n ot comm it ad u ltery . (15) Thou sh a lt no t steal. (16> Thou sh a lt no t b ear false w itn ess a g a in st th y neighbour. (17) Thou sh a lt no t cov et th y n e ig h b o u r’s house, thou sh a lt no t covet th y n e ig h b o u r’s'w ife , nor his m an serv an t, n o r his m aid serv an t no r his ass, no r a n y th in g th a t is th v n e ig h b o u r’s. must have, not only first place, b u t first and only place. He will not sh are the worship which is His due, w ith any other. Remember th a t th e people to whom these words were first spoken, had ju st (come up out of idolatrous Egypt and th a t they were going into a land where they would see idolatry w ith all its cruelty and beastiality on every hand. Every man has some ru l ing passion, or some purpose th a t dom inates his life,— th a t is his god. Many a man carries his god around in his pocket. How much th e believer owes to Jehovah for revealing H imself to him , adopting th e believer into his fam ily as one of H is sons (Jno. 1:12; 1st Jno. 3:1, 2). The second commandment forbids all idolatry. An idol is any visible rep re sentation of the object of worship. Idols are made to image m an’s ideas. God gave th e world no pictu re or photo graph or sta tu e of H imself or Christ.
God, w hich b ro u g h t th ee o u t-o f the land of E g ypt, ou t of th e house of bondage. (3) .Thou sh a lt have no o th er gods before Me, (4) Thou sh a lt no t m ake un to th ee an y g ra v en im age, or an y lik en ess of an y th in g th a t is in heaven above, o r th a t is in th e e a rth beneath, or th a t is in the w a te r u n d e r th e e a rth : (5) Thou ■sh a lt no t bow dow n th y se lf to them , nor serve th em : fo r I th e LORD th y God am a jealo u s God, v isitin g th e in iq u ity of th e fa th e rs upon th e ch il dren un to th e th ird and fo u rth g en eratio n of them th a t h a te m e; (6) sh ew in g m ercy unto th ousands of them th a t love me an d keep my comm andm ents. (7) Thou sh a lt not ta k e th e nam e of th e LORD th y God in v ain ; fo r th e LORD w ill n o t hold him g u iltless th a t ta k e th his nam e in vain. (8) R em em ber th e sab b ath a ay ’ to keep it holy. (9) Six days sh a lt th o u labour, and do all th y I. The Law Giver. Back of all law, th ere m ust be a law giver, or a law-making power. The giver of the ten commandments is a real person. Our lesson sta rts out w ith “ God spake all LESSON these words.” See EXPOSITION th e surroundings olf J . H. H u n ter th e ceremony of th e giving of th é law, as related in Deut. 5:22-29. The Law Giver is a powerful person. The God who gave Israel th e ten laws, was th e same person who had destroyed th e ir enemies, and brought them up out of Egypt. He was also a loving person. He had provided for th e ir every need, in addition to delivering them out of Egyptian bondage. His love was ju st as tru ly m anifested in these laws, th a t He now gave them , as it had been mani fested in His previous dealings w ith them . “God is love,” and all His laws come to us ou t of H is loving heart. H . The Laws T h at W ere Given.
He would have nothing sensuous be- The first commandment. Jehovah tween us and Him. He desires to re-
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