View source for Ten Commandments

[[File:10.jpg|thumb|Decalogue parchment by Jekuthiel Sofer 1768]]We see the [[Ten Commandments]] listed off in the Old Testament.


== The Ten ==

Do we keep them?

Do we understand what they actually mean?

Do we know the consequences to individuals and their societies when the people choose to neglect or stray from [[the way]] and policies they describe?

[[Exodus 20]]:1 ¶ And God spake all these words, saying,
: 2  I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
: 3  Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
: 4  Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
: 5  Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
: 6  And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
: 7  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.
: 8  Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
: 9  Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
: 10  But the seventh day is the [[Sabbath|sabbath]] of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
: 11  For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

: 12 ¶  Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
: 13  Thou shalt not kill.
: 14  Thou shalt not commit adultery.
: 15  Thou shalt not steal.
: 16  Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
: 17  Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.

{{Template:10table}}

{{Ten Commandments or Statements}}

Jesus did make some direct statements too. One of my favorites and commonly ignored is: 

: [[Luke 22]]:25 "And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called [[benefactors]]. But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve."


This of course was when he [[appoint]]ed the kingdom<Ref>[[Luke 22]]:29 And I [[appoint]] unto you a kingdom, as my [[Father]] hath appointed unto me;</Ref> to the [[apostles]] like he said he was going to do back in [[Luke 12]]:32 "Fear not, little flock; for it is your [[Father]]’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom."


So these [[apostles]] were supposed to be the leaders of his government at hand and [[Benefactors]] of the people but were told not to exercise authority over them. 

That is what used to be a Pure  [[Republic]]  where leaders were not rulers but the leaders of the government were still [[titular]].

What Christ was doing was teaching and appointing an all voluntary government that operated by the  [[Perfect law of liberty]] in [[Free Assemblies]] through [[Faith]], [[Hope]] and [[Charity]] by way of [[Freewill offerings]] of the people, for the people and by the people.

This is what [[Moses]] was doing also. The ten commandments were the  [[The Ten Laws]] and not redundant once we understand them. 

You would think that would be easy.

No one seems to get it that you cannot [[covet]] your neighbor's goods, land, labor or anything that is his which cuts all [[Socialism]] out of the Christian equation. With these two items alone all forced taxes and social  [[Welfare]] supported by forced contributions ends immediately if the nation is a Christian nation.

The [[Pharisees]] read the [[Torah]] and thought that it was telling them to pile up [[stones]] to make [[altars]]  and burn up sheep and kill doves and that would make God happy.

The Essenes read the same book and did not do any of that. We know the Pharisees had it wrong so what were the  [[Essenes]] doing and what did they have to do with Christ?
What [[Sophistry]] has been accepted in place of the truth?

Did the original [[Torah]] tell us to pile up stones, kill sheep and set them on fire or '''was that view the result of [[Sophistry]]?'''

If it did not say to do those things, what else did we get wrong?
* Was the  [[Golden calf]] a central bank?
* Was the [[Red Heifer]] even a bovine at all or foreign aid?
* Were the [[Altars]] piles of stone or people and institutions of charity?
* What did  [[Religion]] mean back then or just a few hundred years ago?

Does anyone today even know what  [[Pure Religion]] was?

[[James]] told you, but people just float right by it as if they were blind or under a [[Strong Delusion]].

What do you think they were doing in the [[Temples]] of [[Rome]]?

Are we any different than [[Rome]]?
[[Rome vs US]]

Have we made [[gods]] of men?

Instead of everyone being afraid to see things a new and repent why don't we seek the truth and the [[righteousness]] of God instead of self righteous [[Bible]] thumpers who do not even know what the [[Bible]] was trying to tell you.


{{Template:Commandments}}


{{Template:Bible‏‎}}

At another location, we have further discussion which may help to [[Apply Ten Commandments|apply the content of the Ten Commandments]].


== Footnotes ==

<references/>