Our Lord took the Ten Commandments and reduced them to only two with love at the center. Scriptures for Study: What do the following verses say about law and love: Romans 13:10; Galatians 5:14; James 2:8; 1 John 4:21? Continue

Instead of overt acts, this commandment addresses covert attitudes. One or more of the preceding sins, in fact, will often spring from this seed. Scriptures for Study: What do the following verses declare about today’s theme: Philippians 4:11–12; Hebrews 13:5; James 4:1–3? Continue

Lying is, by far, the most prominent sin of mankind. It permeates our nature and society. Lying is often used to cover up other sins and is, far more than people realize, so ingrained in our being, and therefore so imbedded in our practical living, that it takes the very… Continue

Lying is, by far, the most prominent sin of mankind. It permeates our nature and society. Lying is often used to cover up other sins and is, far more than people realize, so ingrained in our being, and therefore so imbedded in our practical living, that it takes the very… Continue

We cannot help but be amazed that God’s Moral Law addresses even the rights of personal property. While Socialism is nothing more than pilfering—it is a forced redistribution of what some have worked for to others who have not—God’s law protects such property. Scriptures for Study: What do the following… Continue

It is significant, indeed, that right on the heels of the commandment that declares the sanctity of life is another that affirms the sacredness of marriage. Scriptures for Study: What is the price of sexual sin in the following verses: Proverbs 6:25–27; 1 Corinthians 6:9–10; James 1:14–15? Continue

How significant it is that this command appears here! It is the first one that speaks exclusively of our dealings with all other men in general. Man is made in God’s image, making murder a direct attack upon Him. Scriptures for Study: What do the following verses say about the… Continue

Having presented four “words” that address what man’s relationship should be to Him, God turns to what our relationship should be to our fellow men. The first “word” concerns authority in the family. Scriptures for Study: Read and prayerfully consider the verses listed in endnote 273 above. Continue

Having presented four “words” that address what man’s relationship should be to Him, God turns to what our relationship should be to our fellow men. The first “word” concerns authority in the family. Scriptures for Study: Read the following verses in Proverbs, noting what each adds to our study: 6:20–24;… Continue

Fourth Commandment: The Law Concerning Time (2) – Heb. 10:25: “Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.” Scriptures for Study: How do the following verses challenge us in light of today’s… Continue