Week 58, Day 1: The 10 Commands

Today’s Reading:  Deut 5:1-33

Some thoughts from today’s reading…

Moses reminds the people of the covenant that God made with them at Horeb (vs. 3).  He restates the 10 commandments for them.  I want to list these out as a reminder for us.  But I also want to remind each of us that the Law of Moses included all the ordinances and statutes that God gave them at Horeb (Mt. Sinai) (4:44).  Today many make the mistake of thinking of the law of Moses as only being the 10 commandments.  They then try to classify the other ordinances as a Levitical law and civil law, etc.  They will then argue that what was done away with through Christ was the Levitical law (sacrificial law) but not the law of Moses (the 10 commandments).  Be careful that you do not fall into this trap.  One example to consider.  In John 10:34 Jesus says, “has it not been written in your Law” and then it quotes from the book of Psalm.  Jesus refers to the book of Psalm as part of their “law”.  Thus lumping this book in with the Law of Moses. 

The 10 commandments                                                                                                                                                                                               1.  You shall have no other gods before Me (7)                                                                                                                                                2.  You shall not make for yourself an idol (8-10)                                                                                                                                            3.  You shall not take the name of God in vain (11)                                                                                                                                         4.  You shall keep the Sabbath day holy (12-15)                                                                                                                                               5.  You shall honor your father and mother (16)                                                                                                                                              6.  You shall not murder (17)                                                                                                                                                                                  7.  You shall not commit adultery (18)                                                                                                                                                                8.  You shall not steal (19)                                                                                                                                                                                           9.  You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor (20)                                                                                                              10.  You shall not covet (21)

Question:  Why do you think that some of the 10 commandments are accompanied with explanations or additional comments and some are not?

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