1 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:08,719 Speaker 1: Life Audio The Bible Study Podcast, Episode nine seventy nine. Today, 2 00:00:08,760 --> 00:00:12,360 Speaker 1: The Bible Study Podcast continues the study of the Book 3 00:00:12,400 --> 00:00:24,239 Speaker 1: of Exodus with chapter twenty, the Ten Commandments. Welcome to 4 00:00:24,280 --> 00:00:27,240 Speaker 1: the Bible Study Podcast. I'm your host, Chris Kristensen. We're 5 00:00:27,240 --> 00:00:29,560 Speaker 1: going to talk about the Ten Commandments today on the 6 00:00:29,560 --> 00:00:33,000 Speaker 1: Bible Study Podcast. But first a word from this sponsor. 7 00:00:34,720 --> 00:00:36,680 Speaker 1: These may be familiar to you, and I would be 8 00:00:36,720 --> 00:00:39,760 Speaker 1: surprised if they are not. This is a section that 9 00:00:40,440 --> 00:00:44,640 Speaker 1: isn't actually labeled in the text itself as the Ten Commandments, 10 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:48,040 Speaker 1: but that's certainly what we call it by and it 11 00:00:48,159 --> 00:00:51,239 Speaker 1: is not the full law. There were whole books that 12 00:00:51,280 --> 00:00:53,480 Speaker 1: are going to be written about that here coming up. 13 00:00:53,960 --> 00:00:58,800 Speaker 1: But it's a nice summary of things that God cares about, 14 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:01,200 Speaker 1: and we would have I have to say that God 15 00:01:01,280 --> 00:01:07,200 Speaker 1: cares about these things, maybe over some other things. And 16 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:10,240 Speaker 1: it starts like this, and God spoke all these words. 17 00:01:10,840 --> 00:01:12,800 Speaker 1: I am the Lord, your God, who brought you out 18 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:15,839 Speaker 1: of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. You shall 19 00:01:15,880 --> 00:01:18,840 Speaker 1: have no other gods before me. You shall not make 20 00:01:18,880 --> 00:01:21,200 Speaker 1: for yourself an image in the form of anything in 21 00:01:21,240 --> 00:01:24,880 Speaker 1: heaven above, or on earth beneath, or in the waters below. 22 00:01:25,440 --> 00:01:27,920 Speaker 1: You shall not bow down to them or worship them. 23 00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:31,160 Speaker 1: For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous god, 24 00:01:31,560 --> 00:01:34,319 Speaker 1: punishing the children for the sin of the parents to 25 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:37,160 Speaker 1: the third and fourth generations of those who hate me, 26 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:40,640 Speaker 1: but showing love to a thousand generations of those who 27 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:45,720 Speaker 1: love me. And keep my commandments. You shall not misuse 28 00:01:45,760 --> 00:01:48,000 Speaker 1: the name of the Lord your God. For the Lord 29 00:01:48,200 --> 00:01:53,160 Speaker 1: will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name. Remember 30 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:56,320 Speaker 1: the Sabbath by keeping it holy. Six days you shall 31 00:01:56,400 --> 00:01:59,840 Speaker 1: labor and do all your work. But the seventh day 32 00:01:59,880 --> 00:02:03,080 Speaker 1: is the Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it 33 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:06,160 Speaker 1: you shall not do any work, neither you nor your 34 00:02:06,200 --> 00:02:09,760 Speaker 1: son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor 35 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:13,680 Speaker 1: your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns. For 36 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:16,320 Speaker 1: in the six days the Lord bade the heavens and 37 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:19,000 Speaker 1: the earth, the sea, and all that is in them. 38 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:22,440 Speaker 1: But he rested on the seventh day. Therefore, the Lord 39 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:25,919 Speaker 1: blessed the sabbath day and made it holy honor your 40 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:28,680 Speaker 1: father and your mother, so that you may live long 41 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:32,480 Speaker 1: in the land the Lord your God is giving you. 42 00:02:32,480 --> 00:02:35,400 Speaker 1: You shall not murder, you shall not commit adultery. You 43 00:02:35,440 --> 00:02:38,959 Speaker 1: shall not steal. You shall not give false testimony against 44 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:42,240 Speaker 1: your neighbor. You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You 45 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:45,480 Speaker 1: shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his male or 46 00:02:45,480 --> 00:02:49,560 Speaker 1: female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs 47 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:53,320 Speaker 1: to your neighbor. When the people saw the thunder and lightning, 48 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:55,919 Speaker 1: and heard the trumpet, and saw the mountain in smoke, 49 00:02:56,320 --> 00:03:00,040 Speaker 1: they trembled with fear. They stayed at a distance and 50 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:03,880 Speaker 1: said to Moses, speak to us yourself, and we will listen. 51 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:06,680 Speaker 1: But do not have God speak to us, or we 52 00:03:06,720 --> 00:03:09,720 Speaker 1: will die. Moses said to the people, do not be afraid. 53 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:12,360 Speaker 1: God has come to test you, so that the fear 54 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:15,080 Speaker 1: of God will be with you to keep you from sinning. 55 00:03:15,520 --> 00:03:18,520 Speaker 1: The people remained at a distance while Moses approached the 56 00:03:18,639 --> 00:03:24,360 Speaker 1: thick darkness where God was. Then the Lord said to Moses, 57 00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:27,520 Speaker 1: tell the Israelites this you have seen for yourself, that 58 00:03:27,560 --> 00:03:29,839 Speaker 1: I have spoken to you from heaven. Do not make 59 00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:33,040 Speaker 1: any gods to be alongside me. Do not make for 60 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:36,520 Speaker 1: yourself gods of silver or gods of gold. Make an 61 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:39,240 Speaker 1: altar of earth for me, and sacrifice on it your 62 00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:42,760 Speaker 1: burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. Your sheep and goats and 63 00:03:42,800 --> 00:03:45,680 Speaker 1: your cattle. Wherever I cause my name to be honored, 64 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:48,280 Speaker 1: I will come to you and bless you. If you 65 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:50,640 Speaker 1: make an altar of stones for me, do not build 66 00:03:50,640 --> 00:03:54,760 Speaker 1: it with dressed stones, for you will defile it if 67 00:03:54,760 --> 00:03:57,160 Speaker 1: you use a tool on it. And do not go 68 00:03:57,400 --> 00:04:00,960 Speaker 1: up to my altar on steps or or private parts 69 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:04,480 Speaker 1: may be exposed. That last one is a little weird, 70 00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:08,440 Speaker 1: But I read on past the ten Commandments there. But 71 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:11,480 Speaker 1: this is the whole chapter of chapter twenty. But let's 72 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:13,880 Speaker 1: jump back to the ten Commandments. First of all, we've 73 00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:18,160 Speaker 1: got to put this into context. In my country. In 74 00:04:18,240 --> 00:04:20,919 Speaker 1: the US, we talk a lot about the importance of 75 00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:24,000 Speaker 1: the Ten Commandments, and there's debate whether we should have 76 00:04:24,040 --> 00:04:27,560 Speaker 1: ten commandments and schools and ten commandments in courtrooms and 77 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:32,320 Speaker 1: all of those things. And I do believe the Ten 78 00:04:32,360 --> 00:04:35,760 Speaker 1: Commandments give us an idea of what pleases and displeases God. 79 00:04:36,279 --> 00:04:40,840 Speaker 1: So leaving the politics out of it for a moment, 80 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:43,240 Speaker 1: whether it's appropriate or not to put it in schools 81 00:04:43,279 --> 00:04:46,560 Speaker 1: and courts and things like that, let's just look at 82 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:50,200 Speaker 1: what these were four and then how they apply to 83 00:04:50,320 --> 00:04:54,560 Speaker 1: us as predominantly gentile Christians. So most of the people 84 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:58,560 Speaker 1: who listen to me here are not Jewish. And we 85 00:04:58,640 --> 00:05:02,640 Speaker 1: have to remember that at some point when the Church 86 00:05:03,480 --> 00:05:07,120 Speaker 1: was given a sign from God that it was okay 87 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:10,720 Speaker 1: to be gentile and Christian. We're talking about Acts ten. 88 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:12,600 Speaker 1: You can go back to the study we did on 89 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:17,320 Speaker 1: Acts to read more about that. They said you didn't 90 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:21,200 Speaker 1: have to be Jewish to be Christian. They understood that 91 00:05:21,279 --> 00:05:28,840 Speaker 1: God was revealed to gentiles, and they basically exempted gentiles 92 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:33,400 Speaker 1: from whole portions of the levitical law, which I think 93 00:05:33,440 --> 00:05:37,240 Speaker 1: we're going to get to here coming up. But the 94 00:05:37,320 --> 00:05:40,120 Speaker 1: thing I need you to know is that basically the 95 00:05:40,240 --> 00:05:45,040 Speaker 1: Church understood at that time and sense that you don't 96 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:47,279 Speaker 1: have to be Jewish to be Christian, and therefore a 97 00:05:47,320 --> 00:05:51,120 Speaker 1: lot of the laws may not apply. Now. There was 98 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:57,080 Speaker 1: no specific instructions from the Council of Jerusalem when they 99 00:05:57,320 --> 00:06:00,440 Speaker 1: tried to figure out what gentiles needed to do that 100 00:06:00,520 --> 00:06:03,400 Speaker 1: we needed to follow the Ten Commandments. That was not 101 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:06,400 Speaker 1: the one rule they came up with. They came up 102 00:06:06,440 --> 00:06:09,080 Speaker 1: with the rule is don't eat meat, sacrifice to idols. 103 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:14,520 Speaker 1: I don't think that means that these are not valid 104 00:06:14,839 --> 00:06:17,280 Speaker 1: or that these are not still things that please God 105 00:06:17,360 --> 00:06:22,800 Speaker 1: or displease God. But just remember that context here is 106 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:27,800 Speaker 1: we're saved by grace through Jesus, and not by doing 107 00:06:27,960 --> 00:06:32,679 Speaker 1: or even not damned by not doing these. But these 108 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:37,119 Speaker 1: are the things that please God. And so we start 109 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:38,720 Speaker 1: with I'm the Lord your God that brought you out 110 00:06:38,760 --> 00:06:40,560 Speaker 1: of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. You shall 111 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:43,279 Speaker 1: have no other gods before me. That is the most 112 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:45,839 Speaker 1: important one, and that is the one that we have 113 00:06:45,920 --> 00:06:49,760 Speaker 1: the most trouble with. Here in the Book of Exodus 114 00:06:50,240 --> 00:06:55,239 Speaker 1: and in the Bible, and probably in our lives, we 115 00:06:55,400 --> 00:06:58,640 Speaker 1: can easily put other things before God. In our lives. 116 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:01,560 Speaker 1: It's not likely to be an idol. It's not likely 117 00:07:01,640 --> 00:07:04,640 Speaker 1: to be a ball or an asher a pull, as 118 00:07:04,680 --> 00:07:07,360 Speaker 1: it's going to be with the Jewish people who start 119 00:07:07,400 --> 00:07:09,760 Speaker 1: interacting too much with their neighbors once they come in 120 00:07:09,800 --> 00:07:13,640 Speaker 1: the Promised Land. But it can easily be money or 121 00:07:14,640 --> 00:07:20,280 Speaker 1: fame or other things that get more important. How people 122 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:23,680 Speaker 1: see us can be more important. That can become a 123 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:28,240 Speaker 1: god to us. So God number one in all things 124 00:07:28,720 --> 00:07:33,000 Speaker 1: is the first one. No other gods before me, not 125 00:07:33,360 --> 00:07:36,720 Speaker 1: just religions and things like that. But nothing else is 126 00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:40,240 Speaker 1: more important. Love the Lord your God with your whole heart, 127 00:07:40,600 --> 00:07:45,880 Speaker 1: your mind, your strength. Okay, and then you shall not 128 00:07:45,960 --> 00:07:48,600 Speaker 1: make yourself an image in the form of anything in 129 00:07:48,640 --> 00:07:51,160 Speaker 1: heaven above or on the earth below. You should not 130 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:53,200 Speaker 1: about in and worship them for the Lord your God. 131 00:07:53,200 --> 00:07:55,400 Speaker 1: I'm jealous God. So that's really we can say that 132 00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:59,040 Speaker 1: kind of part of that first one. Here. No graven images. 133 00:07:59,520 --> 00:08:01,600 Speaker 1: How you know these? Remember they weren't numbered in the 134 00:08:01,680 --> 00:08:04,320 Speaker 1: original version here, so you might group them differently than 135 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:08,680 Speaker 1: I would. Doesn't really matter. The numbers are not important. 136 00:08:09,200 --> 00:08:12,800 Speaker 1: The ten is not important in the Ten Commandments, is 137 00:08:12,880 --> 00:08:17,040 Speaker 1: not in the text. It's something we added later, So 138 00:08:17,080 --> 00:08:19,840 Speaker 1: don't get hung up on it because it's not important. 139 00:08:20,280 --> 00:08:22,920 Speaker 1: But what we learn from here is that God doesn't 140 00:08:22,960 --> 00:08:25,560 Speaker 1: want us worshiping other gods, right, doesn't want us worshiping 141 00:08:25,560 --> 00:08:30,040 Speaker 1: other things either. Right, You can't make for yourself. Oh, 142 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:33,719 Speaker 1: let's say a golden calf, just in case that might 143 00:08:33,760 --> 00:08:37,280 Speaker 1: come up here in the future and worship it as 144 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:39,640 Speaker 1: a god, because that would be wrong. That would be 145 00:08:39,640 --> 00:08:42,680 Speaker 1: putting something else before God. Now we talk all about 146 00:08:42,760 --> 00:08:46,000 Speaker 1: these graven images things this that you can't make an 147 00:08:46,040 --> 00:08:48,079 Speaker 1: image in the form of anything in heaven above or 148 00:08:48,120 --> 00:08:52,320 Speaker 1: earth below. I have drawn pictures of my house, even 149 00:08:52,360 --> 00:08:56,760 Speaker 1: in kindergarten. I'm not concerned about that offending God, even 150 00:08:56,800 --> 00:08:59,360 Speaker 1: though that is an image of something on earth beneath, 151 00:08:59,679 --> 00:09:03,160 Speaker 1: because really the point of this is you shall not 152 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:05,160 Speaker 1: bow down to worship them for either Lord your God. 153 00:09:05,160 --> 00:09:07,160 Speaker 1: I'm a jealous God, right, That is the whole point 154 00:09:07,160 --> 00:09:11,160 Speaker 1: of this. Is no other gods, which is why we 155 00:09:11,240 --> 00:09:16,640 Speaker 1: lump this as part of that first commandment. And then 156 00:09:16,640 --> 00:09:19,080 Speaker 1: you shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God, 157 00:09:19,120 --> 00:09:21,719 Speaker 1: for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses 158 00:09:21,800 --> 00:09:26,720 Speaker 1: his name. This one, I think is more subtle and 159 00:09:26,800 --> 00:09:31,600 Speaker 1: more dangerous and more confusing than we take it to be. 160 00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:35,640 Speaker 1: So we talk about it as if it means I 161 00:09:35,720 --> 00:09:39,520 Speaker 1: shouldn't use Jesus name, for instance, as a swear word. Well, 162 00:09:39,520 --> 00:09:43,120 Speaker 1: I don't think you should, but I think it means 163 00:09:43,440 --> 00:09:47,840 Speaker 1: more than that. Let's say we have two people, one 164 00:09:47,880 --> 00:09:52,680 Speaker 1: young man who is cursing and he is using Jesus 165 00:09:52,760 --> 00:09:55,680 Speaker 1: as a swear word. Don't think that that pleases God. 166 00:09:56,760 --> 00:10:01,880 Speaker 1: And somebody else who is a minister or a religion 167 00:10:02,200 --> 00:10:11,439 Speaker 1: person who is saying things that are wrong and misleading 168 00:10:11,880 --> 00:10:15,240 Speaker 1: and sending people in the wrong direction away from God. 169 00:10:15,720 --> 00:10:18,680 Speaker 1: And says that I am telling you this in the 170 00:10:18,760 --> 00:10:22,160 Speaker 1: name of Jesus and telling you this because God revealed 171 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:25,800 Speaker 1: it to me. That would also be misusing the name 172 00:10:25,840 --> 00:10:28,760 Speaker 1: of the Lord. Which of those do you think would 173 00:10:28,800 --> 00:10:33,439 Speaker 1: be more important to God? I don't think it's just 174 00:10:33,559 --> 00:10:35,920 Speaker 1: that swearing thing. I think when we think of this 175 00:10:36,480 --> 00:10:41,520 Speaker 1: as swearing, we're really not getting the heart of the matter. Here. 176 00:10:43,080 --> 00:10:45,120 Speaker 1: Would I misuse the name of the Lord? If I 177 00:10:45,240 --> 00:10:48,040 Speaker 1: call in the name of the Lord, I present something 178 00:10:48,720 --> 00:10:52,960 Speaker 1: as being of God's authority, the name of somebody meant 179 00:10:52,960 --> 00:10:56,200 Speaker 1: their authority and power. Think of it as if God 180 00:10:56,240 --> 00:10:59,880 Speaker 1: were a king. Okay, so you've got rules against miss 181 00:11:00,200 --> 00:11:02,400 Speaker 1: using the name of the king. Okay, well, certainly that's 182 00:11:02,440 --> 00:11:05,600 Speaker 1: going to cover things like if I say, you know, 183 00:11:05,800 --> 00:11:08,000 Speaker 1: the King such and such should go to hell, that 184 00:11:08,040 --> 00:11:11,880 Speaker 1: would probably get me in trouble. But if I present 185 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:14,400 Speaker 1: myself as an ambassador to the king and I say 186 00:11:14,440 --> 00:11:18,880 Speaker 1: the King wants you to do this, and you do that, 187 00:11:19,120 --> 00:11:22,160 Speaker 1: and then you find out that the King didn't say that, 188 00:11:22,160 --> 00:11:25,760 Speaker 1: that's going to get me in all sorts of trouble. 189 00:11:26,440 --> 00:11:31,880 Speaker 1: That's treason. That's not a you get lashed kind of offense. 190 00:11:31,960 --> 00:11:34,600 Speaker 1: Even in the Middle Ages. That's a you get strung 191 00:11:34,679 --> 00:11:37,800 Speaker 1: up kind of offense. So which of those do you 192 00:11:37,840 --> 00:11:41,840 Speaker 1: think is more important to God? Remember the sap day 193 00:11:41,880 --> 00:11:43,520 Speaker 1: and keep it holy. Here's another one. We have some 194 00:11:43,600 --> 00:11:48,640 Speaker 1: trouble with what does it mean to keep the Sabbath? Now? 195 00:11:48,800 --> 00:11:53,800 Speaker 1: The Jewish scholars spend a lot of time thinking about this, 196 00:11:54,320 --> 00:11:56,840 Speaker 1: And if you have a friend who is conservative Jewish, 197 00:11:57,480 --> 00:12:01,679 Speaker 1: then they have rules that have been handed down to 198 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:04,679 Speaker 1: them in terms of light switches that can't be turned 199 00:12:04,720 --> 00:12:08,440 Speaker 1: on or off on Saturday, the Sabbath. And you might 200 00:12:08,520 --> 00:12:13,880 Speaker 1: have these days things that go into automatic mode on 201 00:12:13,920 --> 00:12:16,360 Speaker 1: the Sabbath, like elevators that go up and down because 202 00:12:16,400 --> 00:12:18,560 Speaker 1: nobody is allowed to push a button to call them. 203 00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:24,040 Speaker 1: You might see these in Israel or someplace like that. Okay, 204 00:12:24,440 --> 00:12:29,400 Speaker 1: So Jesus had some trouble in fact with how people 205 00:12:29,559 --> 00:12:33,520 Speaker 1: understood the Sabbath, and we have to remember that when 206 00:12:33,520 --> 00:12:36,920 Speaker 1: we look at this, because what he said was the 207 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:41,400 Speaker 1: Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. 208 00:12:42,200 --> 00:12:44,360 Speaker 1: I'm say it again because Jesus said it. So it's 209 00:12:44,400 --> 00:12:48,120 Speaker 1: important the Sabbath was made for man, not man for 210 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:51,960 Speaker 1: the Sabbath. And so what he was saying is the 211 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:57,160 Speaker 1: big point of this is that you need rest. That 212 00:12:57,280 --> 00:13:01,319 Speaker 1: Sabbath is something that is good for you. So all 213 00:13:01,360 --> 00:13:03,600 Speaker 1: those little rules about what you can and you cannot 214 00:13:03,600 --> 00:13:07,880 Speaker 1: do might be missing the point. It's not saying that 215 00:13:07,920 --> 00:13:10,760 Speaker 1: you should do everything on the Sabbath, but that you 216 00:13:10,880 --> 00:13:16,520 Speaker 1: need rest. Now, Christians started celebrating on Sunday and not Saturday, 217 00:13:17,040 --> 00:13:20,760 Speaker 1: and that was their holy day because Jesus rose from 218 00:13:20,760 --> 00:13:25,360 Speaker 1: the dead on Sunday. Were they violating the Sabbath by 219 00:13:25,480 --> 00:13:29,520 Speaker 1: not worshiping on Saturday, Well, they didn't think so. They 220 00:13:29,520 --> 00:13:33,040 Speaker 1: were still getting rest. They were still worshiping God. And 221 00:13:33,120 --> 00:13:38,199 Speaker 1: that is the heart of this commandment, is that we 222 00:13:38,280 --> 00:13:42,520 Speaker 1: worship God. We set aside time to worship God, and 223 00:13:42,559 --> 00:13:47,520 Speaker 1: that we also rest, that we take a break. We 224 00:13:47,640 --> 00:13:51,600 Speaker 1: need breaks. It's something that we need and God knows, 225 00:13:52,280 --> 00:13:57,800 Speaker 1: and so that think of this commandment that way. The 226 00:13:57,800 --> 00:14:01,200 Speaker 1: next one, I think is a little more obvious, as 227 00:14:01,320 --> 00:14:03,000 Speaker 1: are some of the rest of them. Honor your father 228 00:14:03,040 --> 00:14:05,400 Speaker 1: and your mothers so you'll live long in the land 229 00:14:05,440 --> 00:14:09,400 Speaker 1: the Lord is giving you. So treat your parents with 230 00:14:09,480 --> 00:14:13,400 Speaker 1: the respect they deserve. Now that's a tricky one because 231 00:14:13,400 --> 00:14:17,560 Speaker 1: you may think they don't deserve your respect. But because 232 00:14:17,600 --> 00:14:23,040 Speaker 1: they are your parents, they deserve some respect, and that's it. Period. 233 00:14:24,480 --> 00:14:29,080 Speaker 1: You shall not murder. That one we think is fairly obvious, 234 00:14:29,160 --> 00:14:34,960 Speaker 1: although Jesus said, remember, if you hate your brother, you're 235 00:14:34,960 --> 00:14:39,000 Speaker 1: really already slipped into murder. Do not commit adultery. If 236 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:40,960 Speaker 1: you look at a woman with lust, Jesus said, you've 237 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:45,440 Speaker 1: already committed adultery. So he made some of these more difficult. 238 00:14:46,120 --> 00:14:49,760 Speaker 1: But remember the point of these is a lot of 239 00:14:49,760 --> 00:14:54,360 Speaker 1: the things from twelve down have to do with not 240 00:14:54,600 --> 00:14:57,240 Speaker 1: our relationship with God, but our relationship with one another, 241 00:14:57,400 --> 00:14:59,760 Speaker 1: our relationship with the parents there in terms of honor, 242 00:14:59,800 --> 00:15:02,480 Speaker 1: your and your mother, and then obviously your relationship with 243 00:15:02,520 --> 00:15:05,600 Speaker 1: others is going to be affected if you're murdering, committing adultery, 244 00:15:05,640 --> 00:15:09,880 Speaker 1: or stealing. Right, if I take stuff from you, you're 245 00:15:09,920 --> 00:15:11,800 Speaker 1: not going to think as highly of me. We're going 246 00:15:11,880 --> 00:15:15,560 Speaker 1: to break that relationship. If I pledge myself to be 247 00:15:15,640 --> 00:15:18,000 Speaker 1: married and promise to be married for the rest of 248 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:20,200 Speaker 1: my life and then start sleeping with other women, I 249 00:15:20,240 --> 00:15:23,320 Speaker 1: guarantee you it will affect my relationship with my wife. 250 00:15:23,920 --> 00:15:26,000 Speaker 1: And I don't even mean if she knows about it. 251 00:15:26,160 --> 00:15:28,240 Speaker 1: I mean it's good affect it anyway and not in 252 00:15:28,280 --> 00:15:32,800 Speaker 1: a good way. You shall not give false testimony against 253 00:15:32,880 --> 00:15:38,800 Speaker 1: your neighbor. Does this just mean in court? Could it 254 00:15:38,920 --> 00:15:42,480 Speaker 1: also mean over the back fence when you're gossiping about somebody. 255 00:15:43,800 --> 00:15:47,880 Speaker 1: Could it mean on social media when you're saying somebody 256 00:15:47,880 --> 00:15:50,000 Speaker 1: did something and you really didn't even look it up 257 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:52,040 Speaker 1: to see if it was true and didn't spend any 258 00:15:52,080 --> 00:15:57,040 Speaker 1: time on it. Isn't that also false testimony? Because who 259 00:15:57,080 --> 00:16:02,000 Speaker 1: is my neighbor? Jesus drew that bound really wide when 260 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:04,200 Speaker 1: he was talking to a pharisee who wanted to know 261 00:16:04,240 --> 00:16:09,520 Speaker 1: who wasn't his neighbor. You shall not covet your neighbor's house. 262 00:16:09,840 --> 00:16:12,120 Speaker 1: You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or as male 263 00:16:12,200 --> 00:16:15,160 Speaker 1: or female servant, or ox or donkey, or anything that 264 00:16:15,200 --> 00:16:19,880 Speaker 1: belongs to your neighbor. There's a bunch of commandments in there, basically, 265 00:16:20,720 --> 00:16:24,040 Speaker 1: be content with your stuff, with your life, with your lot, 266 00:16:25,400 --> 00:16:32,160 Speaker 1: because living with covetness, jealousy, wanting what you have sometimes 267 00:16:32,240 --> 00:16:34,160 Speaker 1: just because you have it. That's what it looks like 268 00:16:34,240 --> 00:16:36,800 Speaker 1: when you're three, right, My favorite toy is whatever toy 269 00:16:36,920 --> 00:16:40,160 Speaker 1: you've got, And sometimes as adults we act like three 270 00:16:40,240 --> 00:16:43,560 Speaker 1: year olds. It's not great when you see it in 271 00:16:43,600 --> 00:16:46,000 Speaker 1: a three year old. It is really, really, really not 272 00:16:46,080 --> 00:16:49,800 Speaker 1: great when you see it in an adult. And covetness 273 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:54,640 Speaker 1: can also break community when I can't be happy for 274 00:16:54,760 --> 00:16:59,400 Speaker 1: your success, whether it's because you won the spelling bee, 275 00:16:59,560 --> 00:17:03,840 Speaker 1: or you got the promotion, or you got the new car, 276 00:17:03,920 --> 00:17:11,560 Speaker 1: whatever it might be, that breaks the relationship and breaks community. 277 00:17:11,640 --> 00:17:13,840 Speaker 1: When people saw thunder and lightning and heard the trumpet 278 00:17:13,840 --> 00:17:16,960 Speaker 1: and saw the mountain, they trembled with fear. They basically say, 279 00:17:17,600 --> 00:17:20,480 Speaker 1: I don't really want to hear ton again. Could you 280 00:17:20,760 --> 00:17:24,200 Speaker 1: just be an intermediator for us, because this is scary stuff. 281 00:17:25,240 --> 00:17:28,359 Speaker 1: They're standing remember as this is happening at the foot 282 00:17:28,400 --> 00:17:31,560 Speaker 1: of the mountain Mount Sinai, and they don't want to 283 00:17:31,560 --> 00:17:37,880 Speaker 1: do it again. And Moses said, God's you know, don't 284 00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:41,040 Speaker 1: worry about it. God did this so that you will 285 00:17:41,160 --> 00:17:43,200 Speaker 1: be afraid of the Lord and will keep you from sinning. 286 00:17:43,760 --> 00:17:48,359 Speaker 1: And then again he talks about idols again, idols and altars, altars, 287 00:17:48,560 --> 00:17:50,840 Speaker 1: how to build them. We don't build altars these days, 288 00:17:50,840 --> 00:17:52,959 Speaker 1: but it's interesting. Don't make it out of cut stone 289 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:56,359 Speaker 1: because tools will deface it. We don't have to build altars, 290 00:17:56,400 --> 00:17:58,480 Speaker 1: so we don't worry about it. Don't have steps, or 291 00:17:58,480 --> 00:18:01,520 Speaker 1: your private parts may be exposed. Apparently underwear is not 292 00:18:01,600 --> 00:18:03,480 Speaker 1: a thing at this time, which I think is the case. 293 00:18:04,200 --> 00:18:07,560 Speaker 1: Just an important safety tip there. But the big thing 294 00:18:07,720 --> 00:18:13,280 Speaker 1: there is no other gods, nothing else more important than God. 295 00:18:13,880 --> 00:18:18,600 Speaker 1: Doesn't just mean idols in a traditional sense. And with that, 296 00:18:18,640 --> 00:18:21,120 Speaker 1: we're going to end this episode of the Bible Study Podcast. 297 00:18:21,160 --> 00:18:23,840 Speaker 1: If you have any questions, send an email to Chris 298 00:18:23,840 --> 00:18:26,640 Speaker 1: two x at gmail dot com, or better yet, leave 299 00:18:26,680 --> 00:18:29,720 Speaker 1: a comment on this episode at the Bible Study podcast 300 00:18:29,800 --> 00:18:33,800 Speaker 1: dot com. And as always, thanks so much for listening. 301 00:18:43,320 --> 00:18:45,000 Speaker 1: I want to take just a second to thank the 302 00:18:45,040 --> 00:18:47,679 Speaker 1: team at Life Audio for their partnership with us on 303 00:18:47,720 --> 00:18:51,359 Speaker 1: this podcast. 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