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Part One - The Ten Commandments The First Commandment Traditional: Thou shalt have no
other gods before me. Q. What does this mean? A. We must respect, love, and trust God more than anything else. The Second Commandment A. We must respect and love God, so that we will not use God's name to curse, swear, cast a spell, lie or deceive, but will use it to call upon God, pray to God, praise and thank God in all times of trouble The Third Commandment Traditional:
Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. A. We must respect and love God, so that we will not look down on preaching or God's Word, but consider it holy, listen to it willingly, and learn it. The Fourth Commandment Traditional: Thou shalt honor
thy father and thy mother, that it may be well with thee, and thou
mayest live long on the earth. Q. What does this mean? A. We must respect and love God, so that we will neither look down on our parents or superiors nor irritate them, but will honor them, serve them, obey them, love them, and value them. The Fifth Commandment Traditional:
Thou shalt not kill. A. We must respect and love God, so that we will neither harm nor hurt our neighbors' bodies, but help our neighbors and care for them when they are ill. The Sixth Commandment Traditional: Thou shalt not
commit adultery. Q. What does this mean? A. We must respect and love God, so that our words and actions will be clean and decent and so that everyone will love and honor their spouses. The Seventh Commandment Traditional: Thou shalt not
steal. Q. What does this mean? A. We must respect and love God, so that we will neither take our neighbors' money or property, nor acquire it by fraud or by selling them poorly made products, but will help them improve and protect their property and career. The Eighth Commandment Traditional: Thou shalt not bear
false witness against thy neighbor. Q. What does this mean? A. We must respect and love God, so that we will not deceive by lying, betraying, slandering or ruining our neighbors' reputations, but will defend them, say good things about them, and see the best side of everything they do. The Ninth Commandment Traditional: Thou shalt not
covet thy neighbor's house. Q. What does this mean? A. We must respect and love God, so that we will not attempt to trick our neighbors out of their inheritance or house, take it by pretending to have a right to it, etc., but help them to keep and improve it. The Tenth Commandment Traditional: Thou shalt not
covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor
his cattle, nor anything that is thy neighbor's. Q. What does this mean? A. We must respect and love God, so that we will not release our neighbors' cattle, take their employees from them or seduce their spouses, but urge them to stay and do what they ought to do. The Conclusion to the Commandments Q. What does God say to us about all these commandments? A. This is what God says: ``I am the Lord Your God. I am a jealous God. I plague the grandchildren and great-grandchildren of those who hate me with their ancestor's sin. But I make whole those who love me for a thousand generations.'' (Exodus 20:5b-6 and Deuteronomy 5:9b-10) Q. What does it mean? A. God threatens to punish everyone who breaks these commandments. We should be afraid of God's anger because of this and not violate such commandments. But God promises grace and all good things to those who keep such commandments. Because of this, we, too, should love and trust God, and willingly do what God's commandments require.
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