OUR MORAL DUTY TOWARDS GOD; TABLE 1;
MATTHEW 22:36-38 [36], Master, which is the great commandment in the law? [37], Jesus said to him, YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND. [38], This is the first and great commandment.
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DEUTERONOMY 6:5 [5], And YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIGHT.
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1. NO OTHER GOD'S BEFORE ME
OLD TESTAMENT REFERENCE:
EXODUS 20:2-3 I am 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.
NEW TESTAMENT REFERENCES:
MATTHEW 4:10 Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. " (see also Luke 4:8)
MATTHEW 6:24 "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.Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
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2. DO NOT COMMIT IDOLATRY
OLD TESTAMENT REFERENCE:
EXODUS 20:4-6 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous GOD, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate Me; And shewing mercy unto thousands who love Me, and keep my commandments."
NEW TESTAMENT REFERENCES:
1 CORINTHIANS 5:11 I wrote unto you not to keep company, if any man that is named a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such a one no, not to eat.
CORINTHIANS 6:9-10 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God
1 CORINTHIANS 10:7 Neither be ye idolaters.
1 CORINTHIANS 10:14 Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry.
1 CORINTHIANS 12:2 Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led.
2 CORINTHIANS 6:16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols?
GALATIANS 5:19-21 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God
EPHESIANS 5:5 For this you know, that no fornicator, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
ACTS OF THE APOSTLES 15:20 But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollution of idols
ACTS OF THE APOSTLES 17:29-30 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device. And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commands all men every where to repent:
Note: This verse and the next both show the connection between covetousness and idolatry - when you covet something, it becomes your idol, and therefore your god (breaking the 1st commandment also)
COLOSSIANS 3:5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry.
1 THESSALONIANS 1:9 how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God.
1 JOHN 5:21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols.
REVELATION 9:20 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 idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk.
REVELATION 21:8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
REVELATION 22:15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loves and makes a lie.
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3. DO NOT USE GOD'S NAME IN VAIN
OLD TESTAMENT REFERENCE:
EXODUS 20:7 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that takes His name in vain.
NEW TESTAMENT REFERENCES:
MATTHEW 6:9 Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. (also Luke 11:2)
MATTHEW 12:36 I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
MATTHEW 15:8-9 This people draws nigh unto me with their mouth, and honors me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
MATTHEW 23:9 And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
1 TIMOTHY 6:1 that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed.
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4. REMEMBER THE SEVENTH DAY SABBATH TO KEEP IT HOLY
OLD TESTAMENT REFERENCE:
EXODUS 20:8-11 Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is 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 is within thy gates: For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day; wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it."
NEW TESTAMENT REFERENCES:
MATTHEW 12:8 For the Son of man is Lord even of the Sabbath day.
MATTHEW 12:12 It is lawful to do well on the Sabbath day
MARK 2:27 the Sabbath was made for man
Note: After the death and resurrection of Jesus when Jesus was telling the disciples what would happen before His second coming in the last days that Jesus still expected his disciples to still be keeping the Sabbath day according to God's 4th commandment.
MATTHEW 24:20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day.
LUKE 23:55-56 And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulcher, and how his body was laid. And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.
Note: This occurred 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, they "rested the Sabbath day according to the commandment"
ACTS OF THE APOSTLES 13:14 when they (the apostles) departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day.
ACTS OF THE APOSTLES 13:42 And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next Sabbath."
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
ACTS OF THE APOSTLES 13:44 And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God.
ACTS OF THE APOSTLES 15:21 For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every Sabbath day.
ACTS OF THE APOSTLES 16:13 And on the Sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was wont to be made.
ACTS OF THE APOSTLES 17:2 And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three Sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures.
ACTS OF THE APOSTLES 18:6 And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.
HEBREWS 4:1-4 Let us fear therefore, lest haply, a promise being left of entering into his rest, any one of you should seem to have come short of it. For indeed we have had good tidings preached unto us, even as also they: but the word of hearing did not profit them, because it was not united by faith with them that heard. For we who have believed do enter into that rest; even as he hath said, As I swear in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. For he hath said somewhere of the seventh day on this wise, And God rested on the seventh day from all his works
HEBREWS 4:9 There remains (left behind) therefore a Sabbath rest [See margin: Greek word is "Sabbatismos" which means "Sabbath-keeping"] to the people of God."
NEW EARTH
ISAIAH 66:22-23 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 from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD.
I realize this is an OT scripture, but as you can clearly see here, this is dealing with the new heavens and new earth (after Christ's return) and it states that all of Gods' people shall keep the Sabbath then. It therefore seems quite preposterous, that God would give the seventh day Sabbath to mankind at creation (Genesis 2:1-3), re-introduce it to Israel BEFORE Sinai - after they lost sight of it in captivity (Exodus 16:4-23; 27-29), codify it at Sinai (Exodus 20:1-17) having all His people observe it, including Christ, then change it to Sunday, just to change it back to Friday sunset - Saturday sunset in the new earth.
THE SABBATH HAS NEVER CHANGED AND IS STILL TO BE OBSERVED!
more to come from table two...
ALL GOD'S 10 COMMANDMENTS IN THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT (Continued)
OUR MORAL DUTY TOWARDS OUR NEIGHBOR; TABLE 2
MATTHEW 22:38-40 [39], And the second is like to it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. [40], ON THESE TWO COMMANDMENTS (LOVE TO GOD AND LOVE TO YOUR NEIGHBOR) HANG ALL THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS.
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LEVITICUS 19:18 [18], You shall not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF;: I am the LORD.
Note: JESUS says; On these two great commandments of LOVE; Hang ALL the LAW and the prophets.
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5. HONOR PARENTS
OLD TESTAMENT REFERENCE:
EXODUS 20:12 Honor thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God gives thee.
NEW TESTAMENT REFERENCES:
MATTHEW 19:19 Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition? For God commanded, saying, Honor thy father and mother: and, He that curses father or mother, let him die the death." (Mt15:3,4/Mk 7:10) "Honor thy father and thy mother (see also Mark 10:19; Luke 18:20)
ROMANS 1:29-32 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, Without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
EPHESIANS 6:1-3 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Honor thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise), that it may be well with thee, and thou may live long on the earth.
COLOSSIANS 3:20 Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
1 TIMOTHY 5:4 But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.
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6. DO NOT MURDER
OLD TESTAMENT REFERENCE:
EXODUS 20:13 Thou shalt not kill (murder).
NEW TESTAMENT REFERENCES:
MATTHEW 5:21-22 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; 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." (see 1 John 2:9) as Jesus says unjustified anger is equal to murder in our hearts.
MARK 10:19 Do not kill"
ROMANS 13:9 Thou shalt not kill
JAMES 2:11 For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law."
1 PETER 4:15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters.
1 JOHN 3:14-15 We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loves not his brother abides in death. Whosoever hates his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him."
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7. DO NOT COMMIT ADULTERY
OLD TESTAMENT REFERENCE:
EXODUS 20:14 Thou shalt not commit adultery
NEW TESTAMENT REFERENCES:
MATTHEW 5:27-28 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: But I say unto you, That whosoever looks on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart." [Lustful fantasies are equal to adultery]
MATTHEW 5:32 I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causes her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced commits adultery.
MATTHEW 19:10 Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery (see also Mark 10:19; Luke 18:20)
JOHN 8:4-11... this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act Jesus said unto her, go, and sin no more.
ROMANS 13:9 Thou shalt not commit adultery
1 CORINTHIANS 6:9-10 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
GALATIANS 5:19-21 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
HEBREWS 13:4 Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
REVELATION 2:21-22 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 adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.
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8. DO NOT STEAL
OLD TESTAMENT REFERENCE:
EXODUS 20:15 Thou shalt not steal
NEW TESTAMENT REFERENCES:
MATTHEW 19:18 Thou shalt not steal (see also Romans 13:9)
MARK 10:19 Do not steal (see also Luke 18:20)
1 CORINTHIANS 6:10 thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
EPHESIANS 4:28 Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needs.
1 PETER 4:15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters.
REVELATION 9:21 Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.
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9. DO NOT LIE
OLD TESTAMENT REFERENCE:
EXODUS 20:16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
NEW TESTAMENT REFERENCES:
MATTHEW 15:19-20 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornication, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: These are the things which defile a man.
MATTHEW 19:18 Thou shalt not lie
ROMANS 13:9 Thou shalt not lie
MARK 10 :19 Do not bear false witness (see also; Luke 18:20)
EPHESIANS 4:25 Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour.
COLOSSIANS 3:9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds
REVELATION 21:8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
REVELATION 22:14-15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loves and makes a lie.
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10. DO NOT COVET/LUST
OLD TESTAMENT REFERENCE:
EXODUS 20:17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbor's.
NEW TESTAMENT REFERENCES:
LUKE 12:15 And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
ROMANS 7:7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
ROMANS 13:9 Thou shalt not covet
EPHESIANS 5:3 "But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becomes saints;"
1 TIMOTHY 6:10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
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As shown through the scriptures above everyone of Gods' 10 commandments that give us the knowledge of good (moral right doing) and evil (moral wrong doing); sin (moral wrong doing) and righteousness (moral right doing) are repeated in the new covenant as the standard of good when obeyed through faith and sin when disobeyed.
May God bless you as you seek Him through His Words. Time to unlearn the lies.
God bless