10 Commandments

**iyulchik** · Oct 27th 2008, 02:47 PM

Without looking at your Bible, what're the 10 commandments as you know them?

***Firefighter*** · Oct 27th 2008, 03:14 PM

Love God and Love your neighbor as you love yourself.

***Literalist-Luke*** · Oct 27th 2008, 03:34 PM

Originally Posted by iyulchik

Without looking at your Bible, what're the 10 commandments as you know them?

Why do you ask? I smell a set up.....

***Literalist-Luke*** · Oct 27th 2008, 03:35 PM

Originally Posted by Urban Missionary

Love God and Love your neighbor as you love yourself.

Oh, good answer.

**RJ Mac** · Oct 27th 2008, 04:13 PM

Love the Lord your God with all:

Your heart - no other gods before Me. - Because I am omniscient
Your soul - no images - Because I am omnipotent
Your mind - use not My name in vain - Because I am omnipotent
Your strength - keep Sabbath holy - Because I am omnibenevolent

Love your neighbor (what we do to others)
Honor you mother and father
Do not murder
Do not commit adultery

As yourself (what we do to ourselves)
Do not steal
Do not lie
Do not covet

RJ Mac

Emanate · Oct 27th 2008, 04:27 PM

Originally Posted by Literalist-Luke

Why do you ask? I smell a set up.....

I second the motion.

***RogerW*** · Oct 27th 2008, 06:35 PM

Originally Posted by iyulchik

Without looking at your Bible, what're the 10 commandments as you know them?

Greetingd Iy,

Welcome to the community! This question has been asked at Christian conferences, "Do you believe in the ten commandents?" Answer almost unanimously was "yes"! Then the follow up question, "Can you recite the ten commandments?" Most of those questioned could recite only a few, and of those most did not remember #2, and only a small percentage of those questioned could recite them in order. Conclusion: It's kind of hard to obey His commandments when you can't remember them.

1. Thou shalt have no other god before me
2. Thou shalt make no graven image, nor bow down to them
3. Do not use the Lord's name in vain
4. Remember the Sabbath Day
5. Honor your father and mother
6. Thou shalt not murder
7. Thou shalt not commit adultery
8. Thou shalt not steal
9. Thou shalt not lie
10. Thou shalt not covet

The summary of the law is this: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, mind and strength, and love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two hang all the law and the prophets.

Many Blessings,
RW

**Chimon** · Oct 27th 2008, 08:37 PM

I'm not sure that the middle ones are in the right order, but this is what I got:

I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, you shall have no other gods before me.

You shall not make for yourself a graven image or any idols.

Do not use the name of the Lord your God in vain.

Honor the Sabbath day and keep it holy.

Honor your father and your mother, that it may go well with you, and you may live long in the land.

Do not committ adultery.

Do not murder.

Do not steal.

Do not give false testimony against your neighbor.

Do not covet anything that your neighbor owns.

**Chimon** · Oct 27th 2008, 08:43 PM

I think it's worth noting that the 9th commandment is not really 'do not lie' but 'do not give false testimony against your neighbor.' This may seem the same, but sometimes people in the Bible are comended for lying, such as when Rahab lies to protect the Israeli spies, or when David's wife lies to protect David from Saul. If the 9th commandment were 'do not lie' the Bible would be contradictory, but it's not.

**tt1106** · Oct 27th 2008, 09:42 PM

I like David Guznik's commentary on Taking the Lord's name in vain which reads:
We can break the third commandment through profanity (using the name of God in blasphemy and cursing), frivolity (using the name of God in a superficial, stupid way), and hypocrisy (claiming the name of God but acting in a way that disgraces Him).

Good stuff.

Partaker of Christ · Oct 28th 2008, 12:50 AM

Originally Posted by RogerW

Greetingd Iy,

Welcome to the community!

1. Thou shalt have no other god before me
2. Thou shalt make no graven image, nor bow down to them
3. Do not use the Lord's name in vain
4. Remember the Sabbath Day
5. Honor your father and mother
6. Thou shalt not murder
7. Thou shalt not commit adultery
8. Thou shalt not steal
9. Thou shalt not lie
10. Thou shalt not covet

The summary of the law is this: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, mind and strength, and love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two hang all the law and the prophets.

Many Blessings,
RW

I agree!!

***RogerW*** · Oct 28th 2008, 12:58 AM

Originally Posted by Chimon

I think it's worth noting that the 9th commandment is not really 'do not lie' but 'do not give false testimony against your neighbor.' This may seem the same, but sometimes people in the Bible are comended for lying, such as when Rahab lies to protect the Israeli spies, or when David's wife lies to protect David from Saul. If the 9th commandment were 'do not lie' the Bible would be contradictory, but it's not.

Thanks Chimon,

That's an excellent point!

Many Blessings,
RW

**Esperanza32** · Oct 28th 2008, 11:37 AM

Did you know that Catholics and Lutherans number the commandments differently from other Christians? It's true. I learned the 10 commandments in a Methodist church, and when (as an adult) I heard kids at a Lutheran church reciting them numbered "wrong" I about had a conniption fit. (They're not numbered in the Bible.)

Wikipedia has a decent article about it.

**iyulchik** · Oct 28th 2008, 01:32 PM

I was just wondering because I remember seeing the 10 commandments written outside a church one day and I was shocked that the church had them wrong. They had left out the 2nd one and had split the last one into 2. I've heard a lot about the Catholic Church recently and from what I've heard, I don't believe in the Catholic Church. But I didn't want to just take what other people said as automatic truth, so I looked up their beliefs and they'd changed the commandments, too. So I was just wondering how other people had learned them.

As I know them (not with the wording from the Bible, but it's the same idea)

1. God should be first in your life.
2. Graven images are a no-no. Don't make idols.
3. Don't take God's name in vain.
4. We have six days to work, but on the seventh day we are to celebrate Sabbath and to rest and worship.
5. Honor your father and your mother.
6. Don't kill.
7. Don't commit adultery.
8. Don't steal.
9. Don't lie.
10. Don't covet - don't want what belongs to other people.

Oh! Also, another question. What is "Sabbath" to you?

***Literalist-Luke*** · Oct 28th 2008, 02:58 PM

Originally Posted by iyulchik

I don't believe in the Catholic Church.

Trust me - it really does exist. I've seen the parish building down the street from here.

Originally Posted by iyulchik

Oh! Also, another question. What is "Sabbath" to you?

The day during which people who are trying to conform to the Mosaic Law have to spend doing no work. Most Jews of today consider Saturday to be the Sabbath. I consider believers in Christ to be under no Sabbath requirement.