THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

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THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
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You Shall Have No Other Gods

• The First Commandment

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• We should fear, love and trust in God above all
  things.
• -Martin Luther

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• There is only one true God, and we should be
  faithful in all ways of life. Love God with all
  your heart the way he loves all of us.

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• God created us and gave us all we have and we
  should worship him and trust him with our whole
  hearts to guide us through life.

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• I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of
  Egypt, out of the house of bondage
• Exodus 201-2
  

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You shall not take the name of the Lord your God
in vain

• The second commandment

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• We should fear and love God, and so we should
  not use his name to curse, swear, practice magic,
  lie or deceive, but in every time of need call
  upon him, pray to him, praise him and give him
  thanks.
• - Martin Luthers Explanation

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Prayer requires more of the heart than the
tongue. - Adam Clarke
Prayer is the way and means God has appointed for
the communication of the blessings of His
goodness to His people. - Arthur W. Pink
Prayer enlarges the heart until it is capable of
containing God's gift of himself. - Mother Teresa
Prayer is not asking. Prayer is putting oneself
in the hands of God, at His disposition, and
listening to His voice in the depths of our heart.
Seven days without prayer makes one weak. -
Allen E. Varlett
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Remember the Sabbath Day and keep it Holy

• Third Commandment

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• We should fear and love God, and so we should
  not despise his Word and the preaching of the
  same, but deem it holy and gladly hear and learn
  it.
• - Martin Luther

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• To come and understand God as a community will
  help us overcome our fears and live together as
  one under God.

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• We should come to church together as Gods
  children to come worship and love God as a whole
  body of Church.

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Honor Your Father and Your Mother

• The Fourth Commandment

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• We should fear and love God, and so we should
  not despise our parents and superiors, nor
  provoke them to anger, but honor, serve, obey,
  love and esteem them.
• - Martin Luther

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• There are many different ways to fulfill the
  fourth commandment Honor Your Father and Your
  Mother. And although there are many different
  explanations of honor and family, there is one
  universal action that shows honoring. This action
  is love. Loving your father and your mother is
  the greatest thing to do that shows them how much
  you respect, adore, and honor them.

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You Shall Not Kill

• The Fifth Commandment

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• We should fear and love God, and so we should
  not endanger our neighbors life, nor cause him
  any harm, but help him and befriend him in every
  necessity of life. - Martin Luther
  

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• You should try to help your community, not
  destroy it. Instead of using violence, reach out
  and lend a hand to someone in need.

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• Human life is sacred because from its
  beginning it involves the creative action of God
  and it remains for ever in a special relationship
  with the Creator, who is its sole end. God alone
  is the Lord of life from its beginning until its
  end. -
  Unknown

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You Shall Not Commit Adultery

• The Sixth Commandment

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• You should fear and love God, and so we should
  lead a chaste and pure life in word and deed,
  each one loving and honoring his wife or her
  husband.
• - Luthers Explanation

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You should stay faithful to your spouse as you
stay faithful to god. Love your spouse forever
and they will love you back.
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• Do to others what you would have them do to
  you. Matthew 712
• The best proof of love is trust
• Joyce Brothers

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You Shall Not Steal

• The Seventh Commandment

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• By respecting and protecting the rights and
  property of others, by not wanting or taking what
  belongs to others, and by working to help people
  get what they need in order to live. God wants us
  to respect the right of others we should not take
  money or anything else that does not belong to
  us.

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• We should love and fear God, and so we should
  not rob our neighbors of his money or property,
  nor bring them into our possession by dishonest
  trade or by dealing in shoddy wares, but help him
  to improve and protect his income and property.
• - Luthers Explanation

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You shall not bear false witness against your
neighbor

• The Eighth Commandment

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• We must fear and love God, so that we will not
  deceive by lying, betraying, slandering or
  ruining our neighbor's reputation.
• - Martin Luther

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• But you will defend him, say good things about
  him, and see the best side of everything he does.
  
• - Martin Luther

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• "If I had to choose between betraying my country
  and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the
  guts to betray my country." - E. M. Forster

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You Shall Not Covet

• The 9th and 10th Commandments

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You Shall Not Covet Your Neighbors House

• To Covet To desire inordinately, to desire that
  which it is unlawful to obtain or possess in a
  bad sense (Websters 1828).Coveting is corrupting
  the image of God secretly.

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• You should love and fear God, and so we should
  not seek craftiness to gain possession of our
  neighbors inheritance or home, not to obtain
  them under pretext of legal right, but be of
  service and help to him so that he may keep what
  is his.
• - Martin Luther

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You Shall Not Covet Your Neighbors wife, or his
manservant, or his maidservant, or his ox, or his
donkey, or anything that is your neighbors

• Q Whats forbidden by the 10th commandment?
• A Avarice (immoderate desire for wealth
  cupidity envy) and unjust desires for goods and
  property of others.

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• We must fear and love God, so that we will not
  release his cattle, take his employees from him
  or seduce his wife, but urge them to stay and do
  what they ought to do.
• - Luthers Explanation

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