The Tenth Commandment deals with evil desire or an illicit longing after something that someone else already owns or possesses. It is called coveting and reads thusly: You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or…
The actual rendering in most English versions of the Bible concerning the Ninth Commandment is, “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor” (Ex 20:16; Dt 5:20). But, bearing false witness against your neighbor amounts to lying about him or her with the express intent to cause mental, emotional,…
The eighth commandment also deals with relationships between humans, and of which they own as property, whether of their own identity or other things outside their immediate being. It is point-blank, straight forward, and simple. “You shall not steal” (Ex 20:15; Dt 5:19). Theft ranks right along with dealing falsely…
Probably one of the more familiar commandments that everyone is aware of is the Sixth Commandment: “You shall not murder” (Ex 20:13; Dt 5:17). The reason for this is that many assume that murder is the worst sin that a person could commit. Perhaps the idea of snuffing out the…
The fifth commandment shifts attention away from how humans are to relate to God to how humans are to relate to one another. More specifically, it starts out with how children are to relate to their parents. God wrote, “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be…
Sandwiched in between God’s command to refrain from creating idols, and then bowing down to them in worship, and keeping the Sabbath day holy, is the command concerning God’s name. It reads as follows: You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord…
The Second Commandment is closely related to the first in the sense that it still deals directly with honoring God as God by refraining from creating idols and then bowing before them in obeisance. God wrote (Dt 5:22), You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness…
Recently, the whole idea of posting The Ten Commandments in the public schools in Louisiana and Oklahoma has caused a great deal of angst among many pagans and degenerates. How dare anyone force their religion upon anyone, much less all those innocent little children. But, do those doing all the…
Tomorrow is the Fourth of July; a day when all Americans celebrate their independence as a free people. Now, let’s blow away the haze of all those fireworks and think about this just a little and see just how independent and free Americans truly are. Politically, we have a sitting…