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meaning of the 10 commandments
Question | Answer |
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What is the 4th commandment? | Honor your father and mother. |
What does the 4th commandment mean? | We should fear, love, and trust God so that we don't despise or anger our parents and other authorities, but honor them, serve and obey them, love and cherish them. |
How does God rule on earth? | authorities |
What is honor? | high respect, recognition, or esteem |
Who do we honor? | God, parents, husband/wife, brother/sister, teachers, pastor, government & officials |
What is the fifth commandment? | You shall not kill |
What does the fifth commandment mean? | we should fear and love God so that we do not hurt nor harm our neighbor in his body, but help and support him in every physical need |
Who is our neighbor? | every person whom God has created, and especially anyone in need of our help and assistance |
What can we do to follow and honor the fifth commandment? | defending our neighbor treating our neighbor with respect |
What is the sixth commandment? | You shall not commit adultery |
What does the sixth commandment mean? | We should fear and love God so that we lead a sexually pure and decent life in what we say and do, and husband and wife love and honor each other. |
Why did GOD give us the sixth commandment | so that we would lead a sexually pre and decent life |
What is marriage? | created by God the lifelong union of a man and women for mutual help, joy, procreation, and nurturing of children |
mark 10:6 | 9 there fore the two will become one flesh |
What are the blessings of marriage? | husband and wives blessed with companionship, security, and sex within marriage children within marriage |
What is the seventh commandment? | You shall not steal |
what does the seventh commandment mean? | We should fear and love God so that we do not take our neighbor's money or possessions, or get them in any dishonest way, but help him to improve and protect his possessions and income. |
How can you help and protect the earthly goods of your neighbor? | defend and support them |
how do we follow the seventh commandment? | by not stealing, not being lazy, and by not acquiring goods in a dishonest way |
how does GOD provide for us? | bounty of the earth |
how are we suppose to use our earthly goods? | family, others, church, and creation |
What is the eighth commandment? | You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor |
What does the eighth commandment mean? | we should fear and love God so that we do not tell lies about your neighbor, betray him, slander him, or hurt his reputation, but defend him, speak well of him, and explain everything in the kindest way |
What does it mean to give a false testimony? | lie under oath, rumor |
What reflects a good reputation? | being nice, good student, cleanliness |
What reflects a bad reputation? | bully, lies, disloyal |
What are ways we can follow the eighth commandment? | defending, looking at the good, looking for the positive |
What are ways we don't follow the eighth commandment? | telling lies, betray, slander, |
How do we treat rumors? | we do not keep spreading, tell the truth, and defend the person |
What is the ninth commandment? | You shall not covet your neighbor's wife |
What does to covet mean? | the sinful desire in our hearts to want something we don't have or own |
What is contentment? | Knowing that God has given me everything that I need, especially my Savior Jesus Christ |
How to can I follow the ninth and tenth commandments? | by not plotting to acquire our neighbors possessions way from him and by not plotting to lure or neighbors friend/employee/spouse away from them |
what is coveting in the ninth commandment | wanting our neighbors things |
what is coveting in the tenth commandment | wanting our neighbors relationships |
Why did GOD give us the 10 commandments? | for our good and to show us a need for a savior |
How carefully does God want us to keep his commandments? | perfectly in thought, word, and deed |
Can anyone be saved by keeping the commandments? | NO |
Where alone can we find rescue from the condemnation of GOD | in the cross |
JOHN 3:16 | For God so loved the world that he gave his only son that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have everlasting life. |
the tenth commandment | You shall not covet your neighbor's goods. |
First Commandment | I am the Lord your God: you shall not have strange gods before me. |
Second Commandment | You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain |
Third Commandment | Remember to keep holy the Lord's Day. |
Fourth Commandment | Honor your father and mother, that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth. |