The Ten Commandments

1. The Ten Commandments

3. The Law
of God

4. “The Law of the Lord is perfect, converting the
soul.” Psalm 19:7

5. “that you may fear the LORD your
God, to keep all His statutes and His
commandments which I command
you, you and your son and your
grandson, all the days of your life, and
that your days may be prolonged.
Therefore hear, O Israel, and be
careful to observe it, that it may be
well with you, and that you may
multiply greatly as the Lord God of
your fathers has promised you – ‘a
land flowing with milk and honey.’

6. “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God,
the LORD is One! You shall love the
Lord your God with all your heart,
with all your soul and with all your
strength. And these words which I
have commanded you today shall be
in your heart. You shall teach them to
your children, and shall talk of them
when you sit in your house, when you
walk by the way, when you lie down,
and when you rise up.”
Deuteronomy 6:2-7

7. The Ten Commandments

8. Exodus 20:1-17
1 And God spoke all these words:
2 "I am the LORD your God, who brought
you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.
3 "You shall have no other gods
before Me.

9. 4 "You shall not make for yourself
an idol in the form of anything in
heaven above or on the earth
beneath or in the waters below.
5 You shall not bow down to them or
worship them; for I, the LORD your God,
am a jealous God, punishing the children
for the sin of the fathers to the third and
fourth generation of those who hate Me,

10. 6 but showing love to a thousand
[generations] of those who love Me and
keep My commandments.
7 "You shall not misuse the Name
of the LORD your God, for the LORD
will not hold anyone guiltless who
misuses His Name.

11. 8 "Remember the Sabbath day by
keeping it holy.
9 Six days you shall labor and do all your
work,
10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to
the LORD your God. On it you shall not
do any work, neither you, nor your son or
daughter, nor your manservant or
maidservant, nor your animals, nor the
alien within your gates.

12. 11 For in six days the LORD made the
heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that
is in them, but He rested on the seventh
day. Therefore the LORD blessed the
Sabbath day and made it holy.
12 "Honor your father and your
mother, so that you may live long
in the land the LORD your God is
giving you.

13. 13 "You shall not murder.
14 "You shall not commit adultery.
15 "You shall not steal.
16 "You shall not give false
testimony against your neighbor.
17 "You shall not covet your
neighbor's house. You shall not covet your
neighbor's wife, or his manservant or
maidservant, his ox or donkey, or anything
that belongs to your neighbor."

14. “Do not think that I have
come to abolish the Law or
the Prophets; I have not
come to abolish them, but to
fulfil them. I tell you the
truth, until heaven and earth
disappear, not the smallest
letter, not the least stroke of
a pen, will by any means
disappear from the Law …

15. Anyone who breaks one of the least of
these commandments and teaches others
to do the same will be called least in the
Kingdom of Heaven, but whoever practises
and teaches these commands will be called
great in the Kingdom of Heaven.”
Matthew 5:17-19

16. “’And you shall love the Lord your
God with all your heart, with all your
soul, with all your mind and with all
your strength.’ This is the first
commandment. And the second, like
it, is this: ’You shall love your
neighbour as yourself.’ There is no
other commandment greater than
these” Mark 12:30-31

18. “Jesus said ‘If anyone loves Me, he will
obey My teaching.’”
John 14: 23

19. The Ten Commandments Poem
Above all else love God alone.
Bow down to neither wood nor stone.
God’s Name refuse to take in vain.
The Sabbath rest with care maintain.
Respect your parents all your days.
Hold sacred innocent life always.
Be loyal to your chosen mate.
Steal nothing neither small nor great.
Report, with truth, your neighbour’s deed.
And rid your mind of selfish greed.

20. “Therefore the Law is holy, and the
commandment holy and just and
good.” Romans 7:12

21. “But he who
looks into the
perfect Law of
liberty and
continues in it,
and is not a
forgetful hearer
but a doer of the
work, this one
will be blessed in
what he does.”
James 1:25

22. Exodus 20:1-17 and Deuteronomy 5:6-21
Each command deals with a specific area.
Each command includes a prohibition.
Each command includes an implicit right.
Each command includes a call to action.

23. 4. Time
3. Speech
2. Worship
1. God
Remember the Sabbath
Day to keep it holy.
Do not take God’s Name in vain.
Do not bow to any idol.
Worship God alone.

24. 5. Authority
6. Life
7. Love Do not commit adultery
8. Property Do not steal.
9. Truth
10. Conscience
Honour your Father and
your Mother.
Do not commit murder.
Do not bear false witness.
Do not covet anything that
belongs to your neighbour.

25. Many would ask what the
Law has to do with
eternal life. The
Scriptures state that:
“The Law was our
tutor, to bring us to
Christ, that we
might be justified
by faith.” Gal 3:24

26. “The Law
of the
Lord is
perfect,
converting
the soul.”
Psalm 19:7

27. “The Law of the Lord is perfect, converting the
soul.” Psalm 19:7

28. “’And you shall love the Lord your
God with all your heart, with all your
soul, with all your mind and with all
your strength.’ This is the first
commandment. And the second, like
it, is this: ’You shall love your
neighbour as yourself.’ There is no
other commandment greater than
these” Mark 12:30-31

29. The Ten Commandments Poem
Above all else love God alone.
Bow down to neither wood nor stone.
God’s Name refuse to take in vain.
The Sabbath rest with care maintain.
Respect your parents all your days.
Hold sacred innocent life always.
Be loyal to your chosen mate.
Steal nothing neither small nor great.
Report, with truth, your neighbour’s deed.
And rid your mind of selfish greed.

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