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Ten Commandments
Contributed by Jonathan Campbell on Jun 18, 2007 (message contributor)
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1. F.i.r.s.t.
Contributed on Jun 18, 2007
First commandment. Acrostic on the word FIRST.
Sunday 3rd June 7pm The Ten Commandments # 1 "Thou shalt have no other gods before me". F-I-R-S-T F - Fundamental ("no other gods"). I - Individual ("Thou"). R - Rational ("I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage"). S - ...read more
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2. Graven Images
Contributed on Jun 18, 2007
Second commandment. "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image".
Sunday 10th June 2007 7pm The Ten Commandments # 2 "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image". 1. THE COMMAND OF THE LORD "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image...Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them". Roman Catholicism is riddled with graven images. Just think of the ...read more
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3. Blasphemy
Contributed on Jun 18, 2007
Third commandment. "Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain".
"Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain". 1. THE SIN INVOLVED "Take the name of the LORD thy God in vain". Blasphemy. Using the name of Jesus as a swear word has become the norm in our society. Contrast ...read more
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4. Keep Sunday Special
Contributed on Jun 25, 2007
The Sabbath day. Remembrance, relevance, reverence, and resemblance.
The Ten Commandments (4) "Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy". 1. THE REMEMBRANCE OF THE SABBATH "Remember". God knows how quickly man is liable to forget Sunday. Many have forgotten it. Our time belongs to the LORD. He tells us how we are to use it. He allocates time for ...read more
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5. Home Sweet Home
Contributed on Jul 9, 2007
"Honour thy father and thy mother". Prominence, position, purpose, punishment, performance.
INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS *This is the only one of the Ten Commandments with a promise attached to it - "that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee". *Widespread breaking of it is a sign of the last days according to 2 Timothy 3 "This know also, that in the last days ...read more
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6. Murder Under The Microscope
Contributed on Jul 17, 2007
"Thou shalt not kill". Promotes, prohibits, proclaims.
INTRODUCTION It literally means "Thou shalt not murder". Certain things are not murder: capital punishment, accidental killing, killings that take place in a "just war”, killings that result from self-defence. Exodus 20:13 does not relate to these, it relates to murder. The sixth ...read more
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7. Uriah Had A Little Lamb
Contributed on Jul 23, 2007
"Thou shalt not commit adultery". Sermon focusing on the adultery between David and Bathsheba.
Exodus 20:14 and 2 Samuel 11 & 12 INTRODUCTION Adultery is big business. There are websites organizing adultery. Let’s name them and shame them. ‘IllicitEncounters’, ‘meet2cheat’, ’klub46’. There are others. Adultery is widespread in public life. Think of the affairs Prince Charles and Princess ...read more
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8. Confession Is Good For The Soul
Contributed on Jul 30, 2007
David’s prayer of confession after his adultery with Bathsheba. The fundamental doctrines of the gospel are contained in Psalm 51 - theology, hamartiology and soteriology.
INTRODUCTION Psalm 51 is one of the penitential Psalms or Psalms of Confession. There are six others - 6, 32, 38, 102, 130 and 143. David’s prayer reminds us of the publican’s in Luke 18:13 "God be merciful to me a sinner". 1. THEOLOGY The doctrine of God. Theology comes from two Greek words, ...read more
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9. Private Property
Contributed on Aug 7, 2007
"Thou shalt not steal". A sermon pointing out the ways in which the eighth commandment is broken. Stealing is more common today than we realize.
William Pattison Nicholson has been called the ’tornado’ of the pulpit. He was mightily used by God in Northern Ireland at the beginning of the 20th century. Nicholson was as Irish as the turf and as rugged as the hills of Donegal. But Holy Ghost power rested upon him. In the Belfast shipyard ...read more
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10. Lie Detector
Contributed on Aug 13, 2007
"Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour". No lying. A sermon about the breaking of this commandment by the members of the Sanhedrin. Contrasted with the truthfulness of the Lord Jesus Christ.
INTRODUCTION The tongue is just a little piece of muscle. It has 10 000 taste buds, it weighs 70 grams, it is essential in chewing, swallowing, licking and speaking. The tongue is very useful. But it is also very sinful. James 3:8 "The tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly ...read more
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11. Are You A Horseleach?
Contributed on May 26, 2012
Thou shalt not covet
Coveting is the opposite of contentment. Christians should be the most contented people on earth! Hebrews 13:5 "Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee." Are you content or are you a ...read more