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<h1><span style="font-size: large; font-family: 'times new roman', times; color: #0000ff;">Ten Commandments in the New Testament</span></h1>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><strong>Paulinism teaches that God's Ten Commandments were abolished - nailed to the cross with Jesus Christ and that they are no longer required to be kept under the New Covenant. Is this what Jesus and His 12 Apostles taught? Did they continue to teach and observe the commandments?</strong>&nbsp;<strong>What does the Bible say?</strong></p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;">&nbsp; &nbsp;In Matthew 5:17, Jesus declared, "<strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">Think NOT</span></strong> that I am come to destroy the Law . . ." &nbsp;</p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;">So WHY is it that this is what people think? &nbsp;Jesus clearly said DO NOT EVEN THINK THIS, yet ministers and Bible "scholars" alike go ahead and GO AGAINST Jesus' clear teaching by saying that we do not have to keep God's Law.&nbsp;</p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;">&nbsp; &nbsp;The apostle John taught throughout his writings that the law is still to be observed by God's people. &nbsp;You could read in John 5:14 &amp; 8:11 where Jesus told people to "sin no more".&nbsp;WHAT IS SIN? &nbsp;I Jn 3:4 states, " . . . <em><strong>sin is the transgression of the law</strong></em>". SIN IS THE BREAKING OF GOD'S COMMANDMENTS! &nbsp;Jesus said&nbsp;<span style="text-decoration: underline;">not</span>&nbsp;to break them anymore!! John said that we don't even know Jesus IF WE DON"T keep the commandments (I Jn 2:3-6). &nbsp;He continued to show that we are to keep the commandments in the book of Revelation. &nbsp;Rev 12:17 says, "And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which<em><strong> keep the commandments of God</strong></em>, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ." &nbsp;Now&nbsp;read Rev 14:12, "Here is the patience of the saints: here&nbsp;<em>are&nbsp;</em>they that<em><strong> keep the commandments of God</strong></em>, and the faith of Jesus." &nbsp;Rev 22:14 states: "Blessed&nbsp;<em>are</em>&nbsp;they that <em><strong>do His commandments</strong></em> . . . "</p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;">Let's now take a survey of the New Testament and make a list of the Ten Commandments as they appear throughout it. &nbsp;We'll list each of the commandments as they appear in Exodus 20 first, followed by their New Testament counterparts.</p>
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<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;" align="Center"><strong>NO ONE/NOTHING BEFORE GOD</strong></p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;">1st Commandment OT:<strong>&nbsp;</strong><span style="color: purple;">"I&nbsp;<em>am</em>&nbsp;the LORD thy God, Which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before Me."&nbsp;</span><span style="color: black;">(Ex 20:2,3)</span></p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;">1st Commandment NT:&nbsp;<span style="color: red;">" . . . Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and&nbsp;<strong>him only shalt thou serve</strong>. "&nbsp;</span><span style="color: black;">(Matt 4:10/Luke 4:8)</span></p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: red;">"No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other.<strong>Ye cannot serve God and mammon</strong>."&nbsp;</span><span style="color: black;">(Mt 6:24)</span></p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;" align="Center"><strong>IDOLATRY</strong></p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;">2nd Commandment OT:&nbsp;<span style="color: purple;">"Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness&nbsp;<em>of any thing</em>&nbsp;that&nbsp;<em>is</em>&nbsp;in heaven above, or that&nbsp;<em>is</em>&nbsp;in the earth beneath, or that&nbsp;<em>is</em>&nbsp;in the water under the earth; Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God&nbsp;<em>am</em>&nbsp;a jealous GOD, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fouth&nbsp;<em>generation</em>&nbsp;of them that hate Me; And shewing mercy unto thousands who love Me, and keep my commandments."&nbsp;</span><span style="color: black;">(Ex 20:4-6)</span></p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;">2nd Commandment NT:&nbsp;<span style="color: red;">"But that we write unto them, that they&nbsp;<strong>abstain from pollutions of idols</strong>&nbsp;. . . "&nbsp;</span><span style="color: black;">(Acts15:20)</span></p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: red;">"Little children, keep yourselves from&nbsp;<strong>idols</strong>."&nbsp;</span><span style="color: red;">(1Jn 5:21)</span></p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: red;">"And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and&nbsp;<strong>idols&nbsp;</strong>of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk."&nbsp;</span><span style="color: black;">(Rev 9:20)</span></p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: red;">"But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and&nbsp;<strong>idolaters</strong>, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death."&nbsp;</span><span style="color: black;">(Rev 21:8)</span></p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: red;">"For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and&nbsp;<strong>idolaters</strong>, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie."&nbsp;</span><span style="color: black;">(Rev 22:15)</span></p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;" align="Center"><strong>VAIN USE OF LORD'S NAME</strong></p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;">3rd Commandment OT:&nbsp;<span style="color: purple;">"Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh His name in vain."&nbsp;</span><span style="color: black;">(Ex 20:7)</span></p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;">3rd Commandment NT:&nbsp;<span style="color: red;">"Our Father which art in heaven,&nbsp;<strong>Hallowed be thy name</strong>."&nbsp;</span><span style="color: black;">(Mt 6:9/Lk 11:2)</span></p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: red;">"I say unto you, That&nbsp;<strong>every idle word</strong>&nbsp;that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment."&nbsp;</span><span style="color: black;">(Mt 12:36)</span></p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: red;">"This people&nbsp;<strong>draweth nigh unto me with their mouth</strong>, and&nbsp;<strong>honoureth me with their lips</strong>; but their heart is far from me. But&nbsp;<strong>in vain</strong>&nbsp;they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men."&nbsp;</span>(Mt 15:8,9)</p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: red;">"And&nbsp;<strong>call no man your father&nbsp;</strong>upon the earth:&nbsp;<strong>for one is your Father, which is in heaven</strong>."&nbsp;</span>(Mt 23:9)</p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;" align="Center"><strong>SEVENTH DAY SABBATH</strong></p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;">4th Commandment OT:&nbsp;<span style="color: purple;">"Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work: But the seventh day&nbsp;<em>is</em>&nbsp;the Sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that&nbsp;<em>is</em>&nbsp;within thy gates: For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them&nbsp;<em>is</em>, and rested the seventh day; wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it."&nbsp;</span><span style="color: black;">(Ex 20:8-11)</span></p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;">4th Commandment NT:&nbsp;<span style="color: red;">"For the&nbsp;<strong>Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath</strong>&nbsp;day."&nbsp;</span><span style="color: black;">(Mt12:8/Lk 6:5) [So the Sabbath is the TRUE Lord's Day]</span></p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: red;">" . . . it is lawful to do well on the&nbsp;<strong>sabbath</strong>&nbsp;days."&nbsp;</span><span style="color: black;">(Mt12:12)</span></p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: red;">"But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the&nbsp;<strong>sabbath&nbsp;</strong>day."</span><span style="color: black;">(Mt 24:20 speaking of the time of tribulation just before His second coming)</span></p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: red;">" . . . they went into Capernaum; and straightway on the&nbsp;<strong>sabbath&nbsp;</strong>day he&nbsp;(Jesus) entered into the synagogue, and taught."&nbsp;</span><span style="color: black;">(Mk1:21)</span></p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: red;">"And he said unto them, The&nbsp;<strong>sabbath was made for man</strong>, and not man for the sabbath: Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath."&nbsp;</span><span style="color: black;">(Mk 2:27,28) [Notice: The Sabbath is NOT just for Jews, or Israelites,&nbsp;</span>or Hebrews, or Semites (descendants of Shem), but FOR ALL MANKIND]</p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: red;">"And when the&nbsp;<strong>sabbath&nbsp;</strong>day was come, he began to teach . . . "&nbsp;</span><span style="color: black;">(Mk 6:2)</span></p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: red;">"And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and,&nbsp;<strong>as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath</strong>&nbsp;day . . . "&nbsp;</span><span style="color: black;">(Lk 4:16)</span></p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: red;">" . . .&nbsp;<strong>(Jesus) taught them on the sabbath days</strong>."&nbsp;</span><span style="color: black;">(Lk 4:31)</span></p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: maroon;">AFTER JESUS' DEATH, HIS DISCIPLES OBSERVED THE SABBATH:</span></p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: red;">"And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid. And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and&nbsp;<strong>rested the sabbath day according to the commandment</strong>."&nbsp;</span><span style="color: red;">(Lk 23:55,56) <span style="color: #000000;">[This occured after Jesus' death obviously, which is when the false teachers claim the law was done away. They say the law was "nailed to the cross," but His disciples obviously didn't believe that, as we see here; instead they "rested the Sabbath day according to the commandment"]</span></span></p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: red;">" . . . when they (the apostles) departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the&nbsp;<strong>sabbath</strong>&nbsp;day."&nbsp;</span><span style="color: black;">(Acts13:14)</span></p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: red;">"And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next&nbsp;<strong>sabbath</strong>."&nbsp;</span><span style="color: black;">(Acts13:42)</span>&nbsp;[Notice: the Gentiles (non-jews) wanted to hear the word of God on the next Sabbath. Paul DID NOT tell them, "Come back tomorrow, the first day of the week, because that's the day us Christians keep." He had them return the following SABBATH.]</p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: red;">"And the next&nbsp;<strong>sabbath</strong>&nbsp;day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God."&nbsp;</span><span style="color: black;">(Acts13:44)</span></p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: red;">"For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every&nbsp;<strong>sabbath</strong>&nbsp;day."&nbsp;</span><span style="color: black;">(Acts15:21)</span></p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: red;">"And on the&nbsp;<strong>sabbath</strong>&nbsp;we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was wont to be made."&nbsp;</span><span style="color: black;">(Acts16:13)</span></p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: red;">"And&nbsp;<strong>Paul, as his manner was</strong>, went in unto them, and&nbsp;<strong>three sabbath days</strong>&nbsp;reasoned with them out of the scriptures."&nbsp;</span><span style="color: black;">(Acts17:2)</span></p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: red;">"And he reasoned in the synagogue&nbsp;<strong>every sabbath</strong>, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks."&nbsp;</span><span style="color: black;">(Acts18:4)</span></p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: red;">"For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And&nbsp;<strong>God did rest the seventh day</strong>&nbsp;from all his works."&nbsp;</span><span style="color: red;">(Heb 4:4)&nbsp;</span></p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: red;">"There remaineth therefore a rest&nbsp;</span><span style="color: black;">[See margin: Greek word is "Sabbatismos" which means "<strong>Sabbath-keeping</strong>"]</span><span style="color: red;">&nbsp;to the people of God."&nbsp;</span><span style="color: black;">(Heb 4:9)</span></p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: red;">"For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain. And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and&nbsp;<strong>from one sabbath to another</strong>, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD."</span>&nbsp;(Isaiah 66:22,23) [I realize this is an OT scripture, BUT as you can clearly see here, this is dealing with the NEW heavens and earth (after Christ's return) and it states that <em><strong>ALL shall keep the Sabbath then</strong></em>. It seems quite preposterous that God would give the seventh day Sabbath to mankind at creation (Gen 2:1-3), re-introduce it to Israel BEFORE Sinai - after they lost sight of it in captivity (Ex 16:4,23,27-29), codify it at Sinai (Ex:20) having all His people observe it,&nbsp;<span style="color: red;">including Christ</span>, then change it to Sunday, just to change it back to the original Sabbath. THE SABBATH HAS NEVER CHANGED AND IS STILL TO BE OBSERVED!]</p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;" align="Center"><strong>HONOR YOUR PARENTS</strong></p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;" align="Left">5th Commandment OT:&nbsp;<span style="color: purple;">"Honor thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee."&nbsp;</span><span style="color: black;">(Ex 20:12)</span></p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;" align="Left">5th Commandment NT:<span style="color: red;">&nbsp;" . . . Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition? For God commanded, saying,&nbsp;<strong>Honour thy father and mother</strong>: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death."&nbsp;</span><span style="color: black;">(Mt15:3,4/Mk 7:10)</span></p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;" align="Left"><span style="color: red;">"<strong>Honour thy father and thy mother</strong>&nbsp;. . . "&nbsp;</span><span style="color: black;">(Mt 19:19/Mk 10:19/Lk18:20)</span></p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;" align="Center"><strong>MURDER</strong></p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;" align="Left">6th Commandment OT:&nbsp;<span style="color: purple;">"Thou shalt not kill (murder)."&nbsp;</span><span style="color: black;">(Ex 20:13)</span></p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;" align="Left">6th Commandment NT:&nbsp;<span style="color: red;">"Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time,&nbsp;<strong>Thou shalt not kill</strong>; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment."&nbsp;</span><span style="color: black;">(Mt 5:21,22 - see 1Jn 2:9) &nbsp;[Jesus says unjustified anger is equal to murder.]</span></p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;" align="Left"><span style="color: red;">" . . .&nbsp;<strong>Do not kill&nbsp;</strong>. . ."&nbsp;</span><span style="color: red;">(Mk 10:19)</span></p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;" align="Left"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span class="text Matt-19-16" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><span class="versenum" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 22px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;">16&nbsp;</span><span class="crossreference" style="font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px;" data-link="(&lt;a href=&quot;#cen-ESV-23776V&quot; title=&quot;See cross-reference V&quot;&gt;V&lt;/a&gt;)" data-cr="#cen-ESV-23776V"></span>And behold, a man came up to him, saying, &ldquo;Teacher, what good deed must I do to&nbsp;<span class="crossreference" style="font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px;" data-link="(&lt;a href=&quot;#cen-ESV-23776W&quot; title=&quot;See cross-reference W&quot;&gt;W&lt;/a&gt;)" data-cr="#cen-ESV-23776W"></span>have&nbsp;<span class="crossreference" style="font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px;" data-link="(&lt;a href=&quot;#cen-ESV-23776X&quot; title=&quot;See cross-reference X&quot;&gt;X&lt;/a&gt;)" data-cr="#cen-ESV-23776X"></span>eternal life?&rdquo;</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"></span><span id="en-ESV-23777" class="text Matt-19-17" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><span class="versenum" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 22px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;">17&nbsp;</span>And he said to him,&nbsp;<span class="woj">&ldquo;Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good.&nbsp;<span class="crossreference" style="font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px;" data-link="(&lt;a href=&quot;#cen-ESV-23777Y&quot; title=&quot;See cross-reference Y&quot;&gt;Y&lt;/a&gt;)" data-cr="#cen-ESV-23777Y"></span>If you would enter life, keep the commandments.&rdquo;</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"></span><span id="en-ESV-23778" class="text Matt-19-18" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><span class="versenum" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 22px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;">18&nbsp;</span>He said to him, &ldquo;Which ones?&rdquo; And Jesus said,&nbsp;<span class="woj"><span class="crossreference" style="font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px;" data-link="(&lt;a href=&quot;#cen-ESV-23778Z&quot; title=&quot;See cross-reference Z&quot;&gt;Z&lt;/a&gt;)" data-cr="#cen-ESV-23778Z"></span>&ldquo;You shall not murder, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness,</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"></span><span id="en-ESV-23779" class="text Matt-19-19" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><span class="woj"><span class="versenum" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 22px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;">19&nbsp;</span>Honor your father and mother, and,&nbsp;<span class="crossreference" style="font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px;" data-link="(&lt;a href=&quot;#cen-ESV-23779AA&quot; title=&quot;See cross-reference AA&quot;&gt;AA&lt;/a&gt;)" data-cr="#cen-ESV-23779AA"></span>You shall love your neighbor as yourself. <span style="
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;" align="Left"><span style="color: red;">"For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also,&nbsp;<strong>Do not kill</strong>. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet&nbsp;<strong>if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law</strong>."&nbsp;</span><span style="color: black;">(James 2:11)</span></p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;" align="Left"><span style="color: red;">"But let none of you suffer as a&nbsp;<strong>murderer</strong>, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters."&nbsp;</span>(1Pet 4:15)</p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;" align="Left"><span style="color: red;">"We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that&nbsp;<strong>no murderer hath eternal life</strong>&nbsp;abiding in him."&nbsp;</span><span style="color: black;">(1Jn 3:14,15)</span></p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;" align="Center"><strong>ADULTERY</strong></p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;" align="Left">7th Commandment OT:&nbsp;<span style="color: purple;">"Thou shalt not commit adultery"</span><span style="color: black;">&nbsp;(Ex 20:14)</span></p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;" align="Left">7th Commandment NT:&nbsp;<span style="color: red;">"Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time,&nbsp;<strong>Thou shalt not commit adultery</strong>: But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart."&nbsp;</span><span style="color: black;">(Mt 5:27,28) [Lustful fantasies are equal to adultery]</span></p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;" align="Left"><span style="color: red;">"I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit&nbsp;<strong>adultery</strong>: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced&nbsp;<strong>committeth adultery</strong>."&nbsp;</span><span style="color: black;">(Mt 5:32)</span></p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;" align="Left"><span style="color: red;">"Thou knowest the commandments,&nbsp;<strong>Do not commit adultery</strong>&nbsp;. . ."&nbsp;</span><span style="color: black;">(Mt 19:18/Mk 10:19/Lk 18:20)</span></p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;" align="Left"><span style="color: red;">"Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another,&nbsp;<strong>committeth adultery&nbsp;</strong>against her. And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she&nbsp;<strong>committeth adultery</strong>."&nbsp;</span><span style="color: black;">(Mk 10:11,12)</span></p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;" align="Left"><span style="color: red;">"Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another,&nbsp;<strong>committeth adultery</strong>: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband&nbsp;<strong>committeth adultery</strong>."&nbsp;</span>(Lk 16:18 )</p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;" align="Left"><span style="color: #ff0000;">". . . &nbsp;this woman was taken in&nbsp;<strong>adultery</strong>, in the very act. &nbsp;. . . Jesus said unto her, . . .&nbsp;<strong>go, and sin no more</strong>."&nbsp;</span>(Jn 8:4-11)</p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;" align="Left"><span style="color: red;">"Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to&nbsp;<strong>fornication</strong>, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire."</span>&nbsp;(Jude 1:7)</p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;" align="Left"><span style="color: red;">"And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not. Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit&nbsp;<strong>adultery</strong>&nbsp;with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds."&nbsp;</span><span style="color: black;">(Rev 2:21,22)</span></p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;" align="Center"><strong>THEFT</strong></p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;" align="Left">8th Commandment OT:&nbsp;<span style="color: purple;">"Thou shalt not steal."&nbsp;</span><span style="color: black;">(Ex 20:15)</span></p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;" align="Left">8th Commandment NT:&nbsp;<span style="color: red;">"<strong>Thou shalt not steal</strong>&nbsp;. . "&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #000000;">(Mt 19:18)</span></p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;" align="Left"><span style="color: red;" data-mce-mark="1">"<strong>Do not steal&nbsp;</strong>. . . "&nbsp;</span><span style="color: red;" data-mce-mark="1">(Mk 10:19/Lk 18:20)</span></p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;" align="Left"><span style="color: red;">"But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a&nbsp;<strong>thief</strong>, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters."&nbsp;</span>(1Pet 4:15)</p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;" align="Left"><span style="color: red;">"Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their&nbsp;<strong>thefts</strong>."&nbsp;</span><span style="color: black;">(Rev 9:21)</span></p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;" align="Center"><strong>LYING / BEARING FALSE WITNESS AGAINST ANOTHER</strong></p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;" align="Left">9th Commandment OT:&nbsp;<span style="color: purple;">"Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor."&nbsp;</span><span style="color: black;">(Ex 20:16)</span></p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;" align="Left">9th Commandment NT:&nbsp;<span style="color: red;">" . . . &nbsp;every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned."</span>&nbsp;(Mt 12:36,37)</p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;" align="Left"><span style="color: red;">"For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts,&nbsp;<strong>false witness</strong>, blasphemies: These are the things which defile a man."&nbsp;</span><span style="color: black;">(Mt 15:19,20)</span></p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;" align="Left"><span style="color: red;">" . . .&nbsp;<strong>Thou shalt not bear false witness</strong>&nbsp;. . ."<span style="color: #000000;"></span></span><span style="color: #000000;">(Mt 19:18)</span></p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;" align="Left"><span style="color: red;" data-mce-mark="1">" . . .<strong>Do not bear false witness</strong>&nbsp;. . . "&nbsp;</span><span style="color: black;" data-mce-mark="1">(Mk10:19/Lk 18:20)</span></p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;" align="Left"><span style="color: red;">"Ye are of your father&nbsp;<strong>the devil</strong>, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him.&nbsp;<strong>When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.</strong>"&nbsp;</span>(John 8:44)</p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;" align="Left"><span style="color: red;">"But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and&nbsp;<strong>all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire</strong>&nbsp;and brimstone: which is the second death."&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #000000;">(Rev 21:8)</span></p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;" align="Left"><span style="color: red;">"For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and&nbsp;<strong>whosoever loveth and maketh a lie</strong>."&nbsp;</span><span style="color: black;">(Rev 22:15)</span></p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;" align="Center"><span style="color: black;"><strong>COVETOUSNESS/LUST</strong></span></p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;" align="Left">10th Commandment OT:&nbsp;<span style="color: purple;">"Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that&nbsp;<em>is</em>&nbsp;thy neighbour's."&nbsp;</span><span style="color: black;">(Ex 20:17)</span></p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;" align="Left">10th Commandment NT:&nbsp;<span style="color: red;">"And he said unto them, Take heed, and&nbsp;<strong>beware of covetousness</strong>: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth."&nbsp;</span><span style="color: red;">(Lk 12:15)</span></p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;" align="Left"><span style="color: red;">"Let your conversation&nbsp;<strong>be without covetousness</strong>; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee."&nbsp;</span><span style="color: black;">(Heb 13:5)</span></p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;" align="Left">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; In Matthew 22:37-40, it states" "Jesus said . . . , Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. &nbsp;And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets." (See also Luke 10:25-28). &nbsp;False teachers use these scriptures to say that the Ten Commandments are no longer required to be kept - that the only commandments are to love God and fellow man. &nbsp;Jesus clearly stated that "all the law" <em><strong>HANGS</strong></em> from these two commandments, meaning they are<strong><em> a source</em></strong> of all of His law. &nbsp;If you keep the Ten Commandments, you&nbsp;<span style="text-decoration: underline;">are</span>&nbsp;keeping the Two Great Commandments.</p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;" align="Left">&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;The Two Great Commandments summarize the Ten Commandments. &nbsp;The first five commandments deal with the "LORD thy God" and the second five with "thou" and "thy neighbour" -&nbsp;"For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery (7th), Thou shalt not kill (6th), Thou shalt not steal (8th), Thou shalt not bear false witness (9th), Thou shalt not covet (10th).</p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;" align="Left">&nbsp; &nbsp;<span style="text-decoration: underline;">If we love God</span>&nbsp;with all our heart, and mind, and being, we certainly would not want to place other gods before Him (ANYTHING we put before Him, becomes our god). &nbsp;We would not worship idols (this would break the first commandment also). &nbsp;Nor would we vainly use His name. &nbsp;Israel did this by placing His name on their idols and pagan customs they observed (Is 29:13; 42:8; Ezek 20:39), just as modern professing "Christians" place the name of Christ on their idols and pagan customs (man's holidays). Those who love God should observe His Sabbath, for it is the day HE set aside to spend with us to further our loving relationship with Him. &nbsp;It is the sign He gave that shows Him to be the True God - the Creator (Gen 2:3; Ex 20:11; 31:17). And if we really love Him, we would also honor him as our heavenly Father by obeying&nbsp;<span style="text-decoration: underline;">all</span>&nbsp;of His commands. &nbsp;If we would do these things He asks of us, we would show our love for Him.</p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;" align="Left">&nbsp; &nbsp;And&nbsp;<span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-mark="1">if we love our neighbours</span>, would we be murdering them, breaking marriage vows through adultery, stealing from them, lying to them or spreading lies about them, or coveting anything of theirs (which could lead to all of the previous things listed)? Of course not! The apostle John stated in I Jn 5:2,3, "By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and <em><strong>keep his commandments</strong></em>. For this is the love of God, that <em><strong>we keep his commandments</strong></em>: and his commandments are not grievous."</p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;" align="Left">&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;The origin of God's law is&nbsp;<strong>LOVE</strong>. He has set the guidelines for love in His commandments. They set the path for us to walk in love for God and fellow man. "He that loveth not, knoweth not God; for God is love." (I Jn4:8). &nbsp;His love is the source of His covenant with us (Jn 3:16). &nbsp;He is seeking those who will love Him in return. &nbsp;As stated above, we show Him love by obeying His voice.</p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;" align="Left">&nbsp; &nbsp;"This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them." (Heb 10:16). &nbsp;Far from abolishing the law, God said He would write His Laws in our hearts and minds. "My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee. Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart." (Prov 7:1-3, see also Prov 3:1-3.)</p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;" align="Left">&nbsp; &nbsp;Man was hardhearted and stiffnecked to God's law: "And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great . . . and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually." (Gen 6:5) &nbsp;Even when He set forth His Law at Sinai, He knew man's heart was against Him: "O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!" (Deut 5:29). &nbsp;God had to create in us a new heart and give us His spirit so we could overcome our evil ways and walk in His ways. &nbsp;"A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh." (Ezek 36:26; read also Ezek 11:19). With the new heart He puts in us we may say in truth, "I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart." (Ps 40:8).</p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;" align="Left">&nbsp; &nbsp;The Law was codified by God in tablets of stone on the day of Pentecost (Ex 19) at Mt Sinai. &nbsp;The spirit of God was sent on Pentecost (Acts 2). And with the gift of the holy spirit, we can overcome sin (lawbreaking) and walk in His law. &nbsp;</p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;" align="Left">&nbsp; &nbsp;As we have clearly seen, the Ten Commandments were kept by Christ, His 12 apostles, His disciples, their disciples - both Jew and Gentile, and that they are to be kept by Christians TODAY. We all must be overcoming our sinful (lawless) ways (Rev 2:7,11,17,26; 3:5,12,21; 21:7). REPENT, turn to God &amp; keep His commandments that He may heal you and you may have eternal life in His Kingdom.</p>
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<p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;" align="Center"><em>(Adapted from <a href="http://www.truthontheweb.org/nt10com.htm">article by Brian Hoeck</a>&nbsp;in case it disappears off Internet)</em></p> </td>
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