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- What are the Ten Commandments?
- The Ten Commandments are the laws given to Moses and the people of Israel.
- What do we learn from these commandments?
- We learn two things: our duty to God, and our duty to our neighbors.
- What is our duty to God?
- Our duty is to believe and trust in God;
- To love and obey God and to bring others to know him;
- To put nothing in the place of God;
- To show God respect in thought, word, and deed;
- And to set aside regular times for worship, prayer, and the study of God’s ways.
- What is our duty to our neighbors?
- Our duty to our neighbors is to love them as ourselves, and to do to other people as we wish them to do to us;
- To love, honor, and help our parents and family; to honor those in authority, and to meet their just demands;
- To show respect for the life God has given us; to work and pray for peace; to bear no malice, prejudice, or hatred in our hearts; and to be kind to all the creatures of God;
- To use our bodily desires as God intended;
- To be honest and fair in our dealings; to seek justice, freedom, and the necessities of life for all people; and to use our talents and possessions as ones who must answer for them to God;
- To speak the truth, and not to mislead others by our silence;
- To resist temptations to envy, greed, and jealousy; to rejoice in other people’s gifts and graces; and to do our duty for the love of God, who has called us into fellowship with him.
- What is the purpose of the Ten Commandments?
- The Ten Commandments were given to define our relationship with God and our neighbors.
- Since we do not fully obey them, are they useful at all?
- Since we do not filly obey them, we see more clearly our sin and our need for redemption.
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