The document discusses the Ten Commandments given by God to Moses and the Israelites. It provides background that the Ten Commandments were spoken directly by God and written by His hand, making them of divine origin. It explains that they were given to provide instruction and governance to humanity. The Ten Commandments have always existed and were based on the principle of love, covering people's duties to both God and others.

1. The Ten
The Ten
Commandments
Commandments
Of God
Of God
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2. The Ten Commandments were spoken
by God and written by His own hand.

3. They are of Divine
origin and not a
human
constitution.

4. Given to humanity for their
instruction and government.

5. Based on the great
fundamental
principle of love.

6. They are comprehensive and
authoritative, covering the duty of
humankind to God and to their
fellow-man.

7. The Law of God - the law of love
existed before the creation of
humans or else Adam and Eve
could not have sinned.

8. The principles of the law were not
changed after their
transgression.

9. They were
expressed to meet
humanity in their
fallen condition.

10. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God
with all thy heart, soul, and mind.
Thou shalt love thy neighbour as
thyself. Matthew 22:37, 39

11. Therefore, if our first parents had not
transgressed the moral Law of God, the
ceremonial law would never have been
instituted.

12. We can explain Christ’s
atonement only when
acknowledge the
binding claim of
the moral
law.

13. He came to mediate
between God and
humanity.

14. To make us one with God by
bringing us into allegiance to His
Law.

15. The knowledge of God's Law, and the Plan
of Salvation were given to Adam and Eve by
Christ Himself.

16. All was handed down
through successive
generations to Noah,
Abraham and Moses,

17. Revealing the
character of their
Author.

18. In proclaiming His Law
on the mountain,
Jehovah reveals Himself
as a majestic lawgiver.

19. God impressed His
people with
exhibitions of His
power and glory.

20. Not long before, He was also a
compassionate Guardian and
Deliverer to them who:

21. brought them forth
from Egypt, making a
way for them through
the sea, and overthrowing
Pharaoh and his hosts.

22. I am the Lord thy God, who has
brought thee out of the land of
Egypt, out of the house of
bondage. Exodus 20:2.

23. If ye will obey My voice indeed, and
keep My covenant, then ye shall
be a peculiar treasure unto
above all people: for all
the earth is Mine;

24. And ye shall be unto Me a
kingdom of priests, and an holy
nation. Exodus 19:5, 6

25. As God's Great Rule of right was
presented before them, they realized
as never before the offensive
character of sin.

26. Nevertheless, they were
accustomed in Egypt to
material representations
of Deity.

27. They returned to their old
superstitions.

28. The people gathered
themselves together
unto Aaron, and said
unto him: Up, make us
gods, which shall go
before us.
Exodus 32:1.

29. Moses saw the calf, and the
dancing and he cast the tables out
of his hands, and broke them
beneath the mount. Exodus 32:19

30. Nevertheless, he
promised to plead
once more with
God for them.

31. Oh, these people have sinned
a great sin

32. Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin;
and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of
thy book which thou hast written.
Exodus 32:31, 32

33. Moses received the
new set of tables like
unto the first.

34. And Moses made
haste, and bowed
his head toward the
earth, and
worshipped.
Exodus 34:8

35. I pray thee, go among us; for it is a
stiff-necked people; and pardon our
iniquity and our sin, and take us for
thine inheritance. Exodus 34:9

36. Before entering the Promised
Land, Moses was directed to
repeat to Israel the Ten
Commandments spoken from
Sinai.

37. If thou shalt hearken diligently unto
the voice of the Lord thy God, to
observe and to do all His
commandments...

38. in the city and the
field
the fruit of thy body,
ground, and cattle,
the increase of thy
kine, and flocks of thy
sheep
Blessed shalt thou be:

39. thy basket and store
when thou comest in and
goest out.
Deuteronomy 28:1-6

40. Those who here acknowledge God as
their ruler, by obeying the laws of His
government, will be accounted worthy of
a place in His family in Heaven.

41. Blessed are they that do His
commandments, that they
may have right to the tree of
life, and may enter in
through the gates into the
city.
Revelation 22:14.

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