1.WHAT IS THE SUMMARY OF THE LAST SEVEN COMMANDMENTS, OR OF THE
SECOND
TABLE OF THE LAW ?
THE BIBLE SAYS -
*Matt. 22:39. Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
Matt. 5:44. Love your enemies.
FROM THIS WE LEARN -
The last seven commandments demand of everyone of us perfect
love to all our fellow men.
The Fourth Commandment
* THOU SHALT HONOR THY FATHER AND THY MOTHER THAT IT MAY BE WELL
WITH THEE AND THOU MAYEST LIVE LONG ON THE EARTH.
2. WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS COMMANDMENT ?
THE BIBLE SAYS -
(a) Prov. 30:17. The eye that mocketh at his father,
and
despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it
out,
and the young eagles shall eat it.
(a) Rom. 13:2. Whosoever therefore resisteth the power
(government),
resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to
them
selves damnation.
(b) Col. 3:20. Children, obey your parents in all things:
for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
(b) Matt. 22:21. Render therefore unto Caesar the things
which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's.
(b) 1 Pet. 2:18. Servants, be subject to your masters with
all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
(b) Acts. 5:29. We ought to obey God rather than men.
FROM THIS WE LEARN -
(A) We should NOT despise or disobey our parents and all
others who by God's ordinance are placed over us in the home, the
church,
the state, at school, or at the place where we work.
(B) We SHOULD honor our superiors as God's representatives
and willingly obey them in all things in which God has placed them over
us. (Separation of Church and state.)
The Fifth Commandment
* THOU SHALT NOT KILL
3. WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS COMMANDMENT ?
THE BIBLE SAYS -
(a) Gen 9:6. Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his
blood be shed: for in the image of God made He man.
(a) Matt. 26:52. All they that take the sword shall perish
with the sword.
(a) Rom. 13:4. He (the government) beareth not the sword
in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath
upon
him that doeth evil.
(b) Rom. 12:19. Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but
rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is Mine; I
will
repay, saith the Lord.
(c) 1 John 3:15. Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer:
and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
(d) Rom. 12:20. If thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he
thirst,
give him drink, for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his
head.
(e) Eph. 4:32. Be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted,
forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
FROM THIS WE LEARN -
We should NOT
(A) Take the life of a fellow man (murder, lynching, killing
the unborn) nor our own life (suicide): (The government has the right
to
inflict the death penalty and wage just wars.)
(B) Do or say anything which may destroy, shorten, or
embitter
our neighbor's life
(C) Bear anger or hatred in our heart against him.
We SHOULD
(D) Help and befriend our neighbor in every bodily need;
(E) Be merciful, kind, and forgiving towards him.
The Sixth Commandment
* THOU SHALT NOT COMMIT ADULTERY.
4. WHAT DO THE SCRIPTURES TEACH OF MARRIAGE ?
THE BIBLE SAYS -
(a b) Gen. 2 18-24. (Read this passage.)
(b) Mark 10:8. And they twain shall be one flesh.
(c) Matt. 1:18-20. (Read this passage. Note: "Espoused" and
"before they come together", yet "her husband" and "thy wife".)
(c) Col. 3:20. Children, obey your parents in all things.
(c) Gen. 24:58. And they called Rebekah, and said unto her,
Wilt thou go with this man ? And she said, I will go. (Read the whole
chapter.)
(c) Lev. 18:6. None of you shall approach to any that is near
of kin to him.
(d) 1 Tim. 4:5. It is sanctified by the Word of God and prayer.
(e) Gen. 1:28. And God blessed them, and God said unto them,
Be fruitful, and multiply.
(e) Gen. 2:18. It is not good that the man should be alone;
I will make him an helpmeet for him.
(e) 1 Cor. 7:2. To avoid fornication, let every man have
his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
(f) Rom. 7:2. The woman which hath an husband is bound by
the law to her husband so long as he liveth.
(g) Eph. 5:24, 25. As the Church is subject unto Christ,
so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything.
Husbands,
love your wives, even as Christ also loved the Church, and gave Himself
for it.
FROM THIS WE LEARN -
(A) Marriage is a holy estate, having been instituted by God
Himself.
(B) It is a union of one man and one woman unto one flesh.
(C) Marriage should be entered into willingly, and with
parental
consent, only with those who are eligible and are not close
relatives.
[Note: Unlike our modern engagement, an espoused couple were legally
man and wife. However, they were expected to remain celibate until the
groom took the bride to his home, usually with a procession that was
followed by a feast.]
(D) Christians desire to have their marriage ceremony
sanctified
with the Word of God and prayer, and therefore have it performed by the
pastor of their church.
(E) The purpose of marriage is the rearing of children, mutual
helpfulness and companionship, and the prevention of fornication.
(F) Marriage is a lifelong union.
(G) Married people are to love and honor each other, the
husband
his wife as his God-given helpmeet, and the wife her husband as her
God-given
head.
5. WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT ?
THE BIBLE SAYS -
*(a) Matt. 19:6. What therefore God hath joined together,
let not man put asunder.
*(a) Matt. 19:9. Whosoever shall put away his wife, except
it be for fornication, and shall marry
another, committeth adultery.
(a) 1 Cor. 7:15. If the unbelieving depart, let him
depart.
A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases.
(b) Matt. 15:19. Out of the heart proceed evil thoughts,
... adulteries, fornications.
(b) Matt. 5:28. Whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after
her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
(b) Eph. 5:3, 4. Fornication, and all uncleanness, or
covetousness,
let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; neither
filthiness,
nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather
giving of thanks.
(c) 1 Tim. 5:22. Keep thyself pure.
(d) Gen. 39:9. How then can I do this great wickedness, and
sin against God ?
(d) Ps. 51:10. Create in me a clean heart, O God.
(d) Prov. 23:31-33. Look not thou upon the wine when it is
red, when it giveth his color in the cup, when it moveth itself
aright.
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter
perverse
things.
(e) 1 Cor. 6:18, 19. Flee fornication ... Know ye not that
your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye
have
of God, and ye are not your own ?
(e) Prov. 1:10. My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou
not.
FROM THIS WE LEARN -
We should NOT
(A) Break the marriage vow by unfaithfulness, desertion,
or unscriptural divorce; (In the case of adultery or malicious
desertion
the innocent party may protect himself, or herself, by getting a
divorce.)
(B) Defile ourselves with impure thoughts, desires, words,
and deeds.
We SHOULD
(C) Lead a chaste and decent life in thoughts, desires, words,
and deeds, and to this end
(D) Fight against, and over come, all impure thoughts and
desires with God's Word and prayer, work, and temperance; and
(E) Flee and avoid all opportunity for unchasteness.
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FILL OUR Work Sheet No. 8.
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READ Genesis, chapter 50, to Exodus, chapter 6.
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