The Ten Commandments (Exodus 20 & Deuteronomy 5)
And God spoke all these words:
“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.
“You shall have no other gods before me.(1)
“You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing love to a thousand [generations] of those who love me and keep my commandments.(2)
“You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.(3)
“Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your animals, nor the alien within your gates. For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.(4)
“Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.(5)
“You shall not murder.(6)
“You shall not commit adultery.(7)
“You shall not steal.(8)
“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.(9)
“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant or maidservant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”(10)
When the people saw the thunder and lightning and heard the trumpet and saw the mountain in smoke, they trembled with fear. They stayed at a distance and said to Moses, “Speak to us yourself and we will listen. But do not have God speak to us or we will die.”
Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid. God has come to test you, so that the fear of God will be with you to keep you from sinning.”
Mark’s Analysis: When you read the Exodus version and then the Deuteronomy version you realize God had made the event personal for them. He added their recent exodus out of Egypt experience as a special note on why they should observe the Sabbath day. God told them to remember and recall what he had done for them recently so they would stay on the correct path and not stray away and start sinning again. Here are God’s own words: “Oh, that their hearts would be inclined to fear me and keep all my commands always, so that it might go well with them and their children forever!”
SPECIAL NOTE for those wanting to go deeper into Gods word:
Just as God told them to look back and remember what he had done for them. When
Jesus finally came in the fullness of time and died on the cross and rose again the 3rd day these events were pivotal in the history of mankind and Gods plan to restore paradise lost. Thus the disciples changed to Sabbath from Saturday which God has established back at the creation of the mankind (Adam & Eve) to Sunday in recognition of Jesus supreme greatness and fulfillment of old testament prophecy. Only an event of this magnitude God becoming flesh and becoming the ultimate sacrificial lamb of God to buy back spiritual life for all mankind (past, present, & future). That’s what I call power! I can apprehend such greatness, but I cannot fully comprehend it. Its beyond the can of mortal man. Jesus fulfilled the old testament law and we are now under the new covenant sealed and activated by his shed blood and broken body on the cross of Calvary. The result is that we now live under GRACE not law. Those who come to Jesus and surrender their lives by faith and trust in who he is and what he did on the cross immediately become a child of God grafted into the seed of Abraham; child of god; part of the kingdom of God destined for eternity with God in the new heaven and new earth. The Holy Bible says it this way 1 Cor 2: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him”—but God has revealed it to us by his Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the man’s spirit within him? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. We have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us. This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words.The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned. The spiritual man makes judgments about all things, but he himself is not subject to any man’s judgment: “For who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct him?” But we have the mind of Christ.
Just as God told them to look back and remember what he had done for them. When
Jesus finally came in the fullness of time and died on the cross and rose again the 3rd day these events were pivotal in the history of mankind and Gods plan to restore paradise lost. Thus the disciples changed to Sabbath from Saturday which God has established back at the creation of the mankind (Adam & Eve) to Sunday in recognition of Jesus supreme greatness and fulfillment of old testament prophecy. Only an event of this magnitude God becoming flesh and becoming the ultimate sacrificial lamb of God to buy back spiritual life for all mankind (past, present, & future). That’s what I call power! I can apprehend such greatness, but I cannot fully comprehend it. Its beyond the can of mortal man. Jesus fulfilled the old testament law and we are now under the new covenant sealed and activated by his shed blood and broken body on the cross of Calvary. The result is that we now live under GRACE not law. Those who come to Jesus and surrender their lives by faith and trust in who he is and what he did on the cross immediately become a child of God grafted into the seed of Abraham; child of god; part of the kingdom of God destined for eternity with God in the new heaven and new earth. The Holy Bible says it this way 1 Cor 2: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him”—but God has revealed it to us by his Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the man’s spirit within him? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. We have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us. This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words.The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned. The spiritual man makes judgments about all things, but he himself is not subject to any man’s judgment: “For who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct him?” But we have the mind of Christ.
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