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Did God or Moses write the Ten Commandments? Were the
Ten Commandments first given at Mt. Sinai or in the very
beginning in Eden? Were the Ten Commandments written
into stone by God’s own finger? What did God instruct
Moses to build to hold the stone tablets? Are the Ten
Commandments a part of the New Covenant? Did Jesus teach
the Ten Commandments? Were the Ten Commandments only
temporary until Jesus came? Did the early Church observe
them? Is it necessary to keep the Commandments in order
to be saved? Is it necessary to keep all the
Commandments. Is there teaching in the New Testament
Scriptures which show a change in Commandment
observance? Why did God give the Ten Commandments? Are
the Ten Commandments a part of the Gospel message? Does
faith in Christ make the Commandments void? Is the Devil
pleased when he sees New Testament Christians keep the
Commandments? Bible
Translation: NASV
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
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1. Love God, and have no other gods before Him
2. Do not make or worship an idol
3. Don’t take God’s Name in vain
4. Remember the Sabbath Day to keep it holy |
5. Honor and Obey your Parents
6. Do not commit murder
7. Do not commit adultery
8. Do not steal
9. Do not lie or falsely accuse someone
10. Do not covet what belongs to another |
Jesus
said that the Ten Commandments were based upon love
toward God and love toward our fellow man. The first
four Commandments show man’s obligation to God, and the
last six show man’s obligation to man. Jesus taught that
all the Commandments were summed up in loving God with
all our heart, and loving our neighbor as we love
ourselves. Does God expect Christians to live by this
standard?
DEFINITIONS
Idol: Usually
a graven or carved image which represents a perceived
god. According to Scripture, an idol can be anything
which one puts before the true God. For example, the
Bible says that greed is a form of idolatry.
Vain: As
in taking God’s Name in vain. In its broadest sense it
means to take lightly. To use God’s Name in an
irreverent way. God has revealed His character and
nature through His Names. It is through His Names that
we understand that He is. . .our Savior, . . .our
Sacrifice,. . .our Deliverer, . . .our Healer, . . .our
Provider, etc. Therefore, to take His salvation,
sacrifice, healing, etc, lightly, is to take His Name in
vain.
Covet: To
wish that something which belongs to another belonged to
you. To covet is an unlawful desire which is motivated
and driven by selfishness which is the enemy of love.
Ark of the Covenant: A
wooden box overlaid with gold which God instructed Moses
to build to hold the two tablets of stone. Its top,
called the “Mercy Seat” represented the Throne of God
and was made of pure gold. “Ark of the Covenant” simply
means a “box to hold the terms of a Covenant.”
Covenant: A
covenant is an agreement between two or more parties.
When you purchase a house or perhaps an automobile you
enter into an covenant agreement with the seller. He
agrees to certain terms of the sale and you agree to
certain terms of the sale. If either party violates the
terms of the agreement they can be held liable. In this
case the contract is ratified by the signature of both
parties. In the Case with the Sinai Covenant and the 613
Laws written upon animal skins, it was ratified by the
blood of sacrificed animals. In the case of the New
Covenant (Abraham’s Covenant), it was ratified by the
sacrificial blood of Jesus.
DID THE COMMANDMENTS EXIST BEFORE
SINAI?
1. Did people know the
Ten Commandments from the beginning of creation? 1
John 3:4 / Romans 6:23 / Romans 5:12, 17-19 / Genesis
2:1-3 / Genesis 4:1-7 / Romans 1:18-25 / Genesis 6:5-13
/ 2 Peter 2:5 / Genesis 7:5 / Genesis 9:1 / 2 Peter 2:5,
6 / 2 Peter 2:6-8 / Jude vs 7
Answer_______________
❖ What is God’s definition of sin? _______________________________
Scripture__________
❖ What are the wages of sin? __________
Scripture__________
❖ Why has everyone died since the beginning? _________________
Scripture__________
❖ Did sin enter the world through Adam, the first man? __________
Scripture__________
❖ When do we first see the fourth Commandment in
Scripture? _________________
Scripture__________
❖ Did Adam’s son, Cain know it was a sin to murder his
brother Abel? __________
Scripture__________
❖ Paul told the Romans that man once knew God but
exchanged the truth of God for a _______
Scripture__________
❖ As result of this, did they begin to worship images of
created things? __________
Scripture__________
❖ Did God destroy the world with a flood? __________
Scripture__________
❖ Why did God spare Noah and his family? _____________________________
Scripture__________
❖ The Apostle Peter called Noah a preacher of _________________
Scripture__________
❖ Did Noah do all that God Commanded him to? __________
Scripture__________
❖ Is every living person today a descendant of Noah, who
was obedient and righteous? __________
Scripture__________
❖ Peter wrote that the flood came upon the ___________
Scripture__________
❖ Peter said that the flood was an example to those who
would _______ungodly_______thereafter
Scripture__________
❖ Righteous Lot was tormented by the __________ __________of
the citizens of Sodom
Scripture__________
❖ Jude wrote that these people indulged in __________ ____________
Scripture__________
❖ Lot was a righteous man living among sinners who
practiced lawlessness. God’s judgment was terrible
indeed as He rained down fire from heaven to destroy the
wicked inhabitants of the city. To practice “lawless
deeds” means that they had been defying a standard of
Law set by God. If Lot knew these Sodomites were
lawless, isn’t it reasonable to believe that they knew
that they were not trying to live in obedience to the
true God?_______
Commentary: By
these Scriptures alone, we see that God had revealed the
second, the fourth , the sixth and the seventh
Commandments long before He gave them to Moses at Mt.
Sinai. Isn’t it reasonable to assume that God had given
them the other Commandments to have “no other gods”, to
“honor and obey parents”, to “not falsely accuse”, etc,
as well? During Noah’s time the world was filled with
sin, so one must ask -“what righteous standard was Noah
preaching?” For 120 years he preached a message of
righteousness with a call for all sinners to repent and
be saved from the coming flood. Obviously, the
inhabitants of the earth were living contrary to the
standard which God had set for them. And one must ask,
-“What righteous standard were the inhabitants of Sodom
and Gomorrah violating?”
THE TEN
COMMANDMENTS IN THE O.T.
2. The Ten Commandments
in Old Testament Scripture. Exodus
20:1-17 / Exodus 31:18 / Deuteronomy 4:13-14 /
Deuteronomy 11:26-28 / Deuteronomy 13:18 / 1 Kings 3:14
/ 1 Kings 11:34 / Psalm 111:10 / Psalm 112:1 / Psalm
119:47 / Psalm 119:98 / Psalm 119:151, 172 /
Ecclesiastes 12:13 / Proverbs 3:1-2
❖ God first spoke the Ten Commandments to Israel at _____________
Scripture__________
❖ With what did God write the Ten Commandments into
tablets of stone? _____
__________
Scripture__________
❖ God shows __________ to
those who keep His Commandments
Scripture__________
❖ God declared to Israel ______ ____________. . . that
is, the Ten Commandments
Scripture__________
❖ God said Israel would be __________ if
they kept His Commandments and ___________ if not
Scripture__________
❖ Keeping His Commandments is doing ______ ___ ________
in the sight of the Lord
Scripture__________
❖ God told Israel that if they kept His Commandments he
would __________their
________
Scripture__________
❖ Why did God choose David to be king of Israel? ___________________________________
Scripture__________
❖ A ________
_______________ have
all those who do His Commandments
Scripture__________
❖ How blessed is the person who greatly _______________ in
His Commandments
Scripture__________
❖ Did David love and delight in God’s Commandments? __________
Scripture__________
❖ Do the Ten Commandments make the person who keeps them
wiser? __________
Scripture__________
❖ David said, “All Your Commandments are __________”
Scripture__________
❖ David said, “All Your Commandments are _______________”
Scripture__________
❖ According to Solomon, what is the whole duty of man? _______ ____
____________
Scripture__________
❖ Solomon said that this applied to __________ ___________
Scripture__________
❖ Those who keep the Commandments ensure length of days,
and ________ will
be added to them
Scripture__________
❖ God also promised to add __________ to
their lives if they obeyed His Commandments
Scripture__________
JESUS, AND THE
COMMANDMENTS
3. Did Jesus replace the
Commandments with Grace through Faith? Matthew
5:17-19 / Matthew 15:1-9 / Matthew 19:16-26 / John
14:13-15, 21 / John 15:10
Answer_______________
❖ At the beginning of His ministry Jesus said “Do not
think I have come to __________the
Law”
Scripture__________
❖ Did Jesus say that the Law of Commandments would be in
force until earth passed away? ______
Scripture__________
❖ Those who relax even the least of them will be ranked
___________ in the Kingdom
Scripture__________
❖ Were some in Jesus’ day transgressing the Commandments
for their tradition? __________
Scripture__________
❖ Jesus declared this kind of worship to be __________ _______________
Scripture__________
❖ Jesus told the young rich ruler to _______ _____
______________ if he wished eternal life
Scripture__________
❖ Was Jesus referring to the Ten Commandments? __________
Scripture__________
❖ Jesus said, -“If you __________ Me
you will __________ My _________________”
Scripture__________
❖ How does a person abide in God’s love? ____________________________________
Scripture__________
THE GOSPEL AND THE
COMMANDMENTS
4. Is Commandment
keeping a part of the Gospel Message? Matthew
28:16-20 / John 15:10 / Revelation 11:15-19 / Hebrews
9:2-6 / Romans 3:31 / James 2: 8-13
❖ When Jesus sent them out with the Gospel, He said
-“make ______________ of
all nations”
Scripture__________
❖ Then He told His disciples to “ __________ them
to ____________ all that I Commanded you”
Scripture__________
❖ Did Jesus teach His disciples to keep the
Commandments? __________
Scripture__________
❖ Is the teaching of Commandment keeping a part of the
Great Commission? __________
Scripture__________
❖ When Jesus comes in glory the Temple in Heaven opens
and what appears? ______________
Scripture__________
❖ Is the appearance of the Heavenly Ark connected with
the judgment of the saints? __________
Scripture__________
❖ What is inside the Ark of the Covenant? __________________________________
Scripture__________
❖ Does Faith in Christ make God’s Commandments void? __________
Scripture__________
❖ Christians are to be judged by the _____________ Law
of _____________
Scripture__________
THE CHURCH, AND
THE COMMANDMENTS
1 Corinthians 7:19 / 1 John 2:3-6 / 2 John vs 6 /
Revelation 12:7-17 / Revelation 14:12 / 2 Corinthians
3:2-9 / 1 John 3:7-10 / Revelation 22:14 (KJV)
❖ Circumcision or uncircumcision means nothing but what
matters is_______ ____ ___________
Scripture__________
❖ The one who says “I know God” yet keeps not His
Commandments, is a __________
Scripture__________
❖ “This is the _______ of
_________, that we keep His Commandments”
Scripture__________
❖ According to John, what is love? ______________________________
Scripture__________
❖ The Dragon is angry with those who hold the testimony
of Jesus and _____
____ __________
Scripture__________
❖ Commandment keeping and faith in Jesus, is the _________________of
the ____________
Scripture__________
❖ Are these End-Time Christians identified as
Commandment keepers? __________
Scripture__________
❖ God changed the location of where He writes them, and
now writes them into human __________
Scripture__________
❖ Do the Children of God practice transgressing the Law? __________
Scripture__________
❖ Only those who keep God’s Commandments will have
access to the _______ of
________
Scripture__________ KJV
Commentary: The
Ten Commandments were known from the beginning of
creation, long before God gave them to Moses at Sinai.
God spoke the Ten Commandments directly to the people,
where as He sent the Book of the Law through Moses.
Jesus taught that whoever relaxes even the least of the
Commandments would be ranked least in the Kingdom, and
told His followers that if they loved Him to keep the
Commandments. The true Christians living during the
Tribulation are those identified as holding the
testimony of Jesus and Keeping the Commandments of God. |
