{"id":3147,"date":"2021-04-07T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T23:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/?p=3147"},"modified":"2021-03-28T20:39:54","modified_gmt":"2021-03-29T02:39:54","slug":"the-big-ten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/?p=3147","title":{"rendered":"The Big Ten"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I was reading Deuteronomy (\u201csecond law\u201d ) when I discovered one of only three places where the phrase \u201cthe Ten Commandments\u201d is used (the others are Exodus 34.28<\/a> and Deuteronomy 10.4<\/a>). Moses is talking:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then the LORD spoke to you out of the midst of the fire. You heard the sound of words, but saw no form; there was only a voice. And he declared to you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, that is, the Ten Commandments, and he wrote them on two tablets of stone. (Deuteronomy 4.12, 13, ESV)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just 10. Do you know what they are? If not, or if you want an easy way to remember and teach them, here is a version I learned from John Schmidt, now pastor of CenterPoint Fellowship Church<\/a> in Prattville, Alabama. I don\u2019t know whether these are original with John or if he borrowed them. Just 33 words:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. No other gods<\/li>
  2. No idols<\/li>
  3. Honor God\u2019s name<\/li>
  4. Honor God\u2019s day<\/li>
  5. Honor your parents<\/li>
  6. Don\u2019t take your neighbor\u2019s life<\/li>
  7. Don\u2019t take your neighbor\u2019s wife<\/li>
  8. Don\u2019t take your neighbor\u2019s stuff<\/li>
  9. Don\u2019t lie<\/li>
  10. Don\u2019t covet<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    It\u2019s a good list. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    A friend of mine was telling me one day that now we are under grace, the law doesn\u2019t apply. I said, \u201cOf the Ten, which is not worth keeping today?\u201d The only one he could come up with was the fourth – the Sabbath. I said, \u201cSo you want to work all the time? Not take a weekly break?\u201d Keeping the law isn’t for earning salvation or favor with God, but which of the Ten would you want to break?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.\u00a0For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished.\u00a0Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. (Matthew 5.17 – 19, ESV)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    I was reading Deuteronomy (\u201csecond law\u201d ) when I discovered one of only three places where the phrase \u201cthe Ten Commandments\u201d is used (the others are Exodus 34.28 and Deuteronomy 10.4). Moses is talking: Then the LORD spoke to you out of the midst of the fire. You heard the sound of words, but saw … Continue reading The Big Ten<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8X9bo-OL","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3147"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3148,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3147\/revisions\/3148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}