It is significant, indeed, that right on the heels of the commandment that declares the sanctity of life is another that affirms the sacredness of marriage. Scriptures for Study: What is the price of sexual sin in the following verses: Proverbs 6:25–27; 1 Corinthians 6:9–10; James 1:14–15?
How significant it is that this command appears here! It is the first one that speaks exclusively of our dealings with all other men in general. Man is made in God’s image, making murder a direct attack upon Him. Scriptures for Study: What do the following verses say about the…
Having presented four “words” that address what man’s relationship should be to Him, God turns to what our relationship should be to our fellow men. The first “word” concerns authority in the family. Scriptures for Study: Read and prayerfully consider the verses listed in endnote 273 above.
Having presented four “words” that address what man’s relationship should be to Him, God turns to what our relationship should be to our fellow men. The first “word” concerns authority in the family. Scriptures for Study: Read the following verses in Proverbs, noting what each adds to our study: 6:20–24;…
Fourth Commandment: The Law Concerning Time (2) – Heb. 10:25: “Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.” Scriptures for Study: How do the following verses challenge us in light of today’s…
Fourth Commandment: The Law Concerning Time (1) – Ex. 20:8-10: “Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work . . .”…
Third Commandment: The Law Concerning Reverence – Ex. 20:7 – “Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.” Scriptures for Study: What does Leviticus 19:12 and 24:11–16 promise?
Second Commandment: The Law Concerning Worship – Ex. 20:4 – “Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. Scriptures for Study: What…
The Law Concerning Religion (Ex. 20:3): Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Scriptures for Study: What do the following verses tell us about this first commandment: Deuteronomy 6:14; Joshua 24:18–24; Psalms 73:25; 81:9?
The Moral Law, therefore, stands forever as the very foundation of right behavior, that which we can never keep perfectly, since we are still in the flesh (Rom. 7), but ever strive to emulate. Scriptures for Study: To prepare for our study, read Exodus 20:1–26.
