The 10 Commandments
of the Bible
 thought I would draw this article up in
order to give you a complete list of the 10 commandments.
Most Christians do not have all of them memorized.
I will give you the specific verse from
Scripture where the 10 commandments are being given to us,
along with some of the additional statements that God makes
under some of these commandments that you usually do not see on
the little tablets of the 10 commandments at your local
Christian bookstore.
Before I give you this verse, consider one thing. Even
though the 10 Commandments are from the Old Testament, all of
these commandments still apply to everyone in this day and age.
No exceptions! I call each of these commands "stone
commandments."
The fact that God the Father would manifest 10
specific commandments on a tablet of stone tells me that He
is very serious about these specific commandments!
This was one big huge event when it happened in the story of
Moses. The fact that God would go this far in manifesting these
special 10 commandments on a real live tablet of stone tells me
that these commandments should never be taken lightly or for
granted.
Most Christians have heard all about these 10 commandments
while going through grade school and high school and the story
as to how they came about. As a result, I feel that many
Christians take these ten for granted and really do not realize
the power and authority that is on these special ten.
The 10 commandments come from Exodus 20:1-17. Here is the
verse:
And God spoke all these words, saying: "I am
the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt,
out of the house of bondage.
- You shall have no other gods before me.
- You shall not make for yourself any carved image, or
any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that
is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the
earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For
I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the
iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and
fourth generations of those who hate me, but showing mercy
to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My
commandments.
- You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in
vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes
His name in vain.
- Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days
you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day
is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it you shall do no
work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your
manservant, nor your maidservant, nor your cattle, nor your
stranger who is within your gates. For in six days
the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all
that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the
Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.
- Honor your father and your mother, that your days
may be long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving
you.
- You shall not murder.
- You shall not commit adultery.
- You shall not steal.
- You shall not bear false witness against your
neighbor.
- You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall
not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his
maidservant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that
is your neighbor’s."
The above commandments need no explanation. They mean
exactly what they are saying. It’s quite amazing how many of
these commandments are being broken on a regular basis, even by
Christians themselves. If you look very closely at each of
these commandments, they really do cover a broad spectrum as to
what God is expecting from each one of us.
They are good, basic laws that will help keep us right
before God, and also help keep us out of trouble with
ourselves, our families, our friends and our neighbors. God
knows what is best for all of us and He simply wants all of us
to stay out of trouble in order that we may be able to live in
peace and harmony with Him and one another.
The fact that God would go so far as to have these 10 basic
commandments manifested on a stone tablet
really tells me that they are very important, and that
each Christian should know what they are and do their best to
abide by them. Feel free to pass this list of the 10
commandments onto your friends and family.
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