10th Commandment

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10th Commandment “THOU SHALT NOT COVET THY NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE, THOU SHALT NOT COVET THY NEIGHBOR'S WIFE, NOR HIS MANSERVANT, NOR HIS MAIDSERVANT, NOR HIS OX, NOR HIS ASS, NOR ANY

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THING THAT IS THY NEIGHBOR'S.”

What Is Coveting?

TO BEGIN UNDERSTANDING THE TENTH COMMANDMENT IN IT’S CLEAREST MEANING, WE MUST EXAMINE THE MEANING OF THE WORD COVET. TO COVET GOES BEYOND WANTING WHAT SOMEONE ELSE HAS. TO COVET IN THE TRUE SENSE OF THE WORD

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MEANS TO DESIRE WRONGFULLY OR INORDINATELY; TO WISH FOR, ESPECIALLY EAGERLY.

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TO COVET ENCOMPASSES ENVY. YES, I SAID ENVY. WHEN ONE IS FOCUSED ON ATTAINING OR REACHING THE STATUS, SUCCESS, OR POSSESSION’S OF ANOTHER, FEELINGS OF DISCONTENT, INADEQUACY, OR UNHAPPINESS MAY ARISE IN ONE’S SELF, ONE’S ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND ABOVE ALL A DISSATISFACTION WITH THE BLESSINGS FROM GOD ONE HAS RECEIVED.

Danger of Envy IF THESE FEELINGS ARE ALLOWED TO GROW AND TAKE ROOT, THEY CAN LEAD TO FEELINGS OF RESENTMENT OR ILL WILL TOWARDS ANOTHER PERSON WHICH CAN LEAD TO HATRED AND FEELINGS OF MALICE AND THE BREAKING OF THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT ‘THOU SHALT NOT KILL.’

Idolatry

WHEN FEELINGS OF COVETOUSNESS AND THE OBSESSION OF ATTAINING OR REACHING THE SUCCESS STATUS OR POSSESSIONS OF ANOTHER BECOMES A CENTRAL FOCUS OR DRIVING FORCE IN ONE’S LIFE ONE WILL BEGIN TO WALK DOWN THE PATHWAY OF BREAKING THE FIRST COMMANDMENT “THOU SHALT HAVE NO OTHER GOD’S BEFORE ME.” MATERIAL GAINS AND STATUS BECOME THEIR GOD BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT THEY LIVE FOR AND WORK TOWARDS. THIS IS IDOLATRY.

Please Understand PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS NO HARM OR SIN IN WANTING TO GET A GOOD EDUCATION, HAVE A GREAT JOB AND NICE HOME, AND TO ENJOY SOME OF THE PLEASURES SUCH AS A NICE VACATION OR SHOPPING ADVENTURE. ALL THESE THINGS AND THE WORK TO ACHIEVE THEM MUST NOT BE THE REASON WHY YOU LIVE OR THE DRIVING FORCE IN YOUR LIFE. THESE THINGS MUST NOT BE SOUGHT AFTER TO “KEEP UP WITH THE JONESES” OR TO FULFILL WHAT SOCIETY SAYS IS SUCCESS.

“Covet Not this World” THERE IS A SPIRITUAL HYMN THAT HAS THE VERSE “COVET NOT THIS WORLD’S VAIN RICHES…THAT RAPIDLY DECAY…SEEK TO GAIN HEAVENLY PLEASURES…THEY WILL NEVER PASS AWAY.” SEEK TO GAIN HEAVENLY PLEASURES IS WHAT WE SHOULD DESIRE AND WHAT SHOULD BE THE DRIVING FORCE IN OUR LIFE. MATTHEW 6:33 STATES...“BUT SEEK YE FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD, AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS…”

God Comes First GOD SHOULD BE FIRST IN OUR LIVES. HE HAS TO BE FIRST IN ORDER FOR US TO GAIN ETERNAL LIFE. GOD IS ALL AND KNOWS ALL. HE KNOWS THAT WE NEED FOOD, WATER AND SHELTER TO SURVIVE IN THIS WORLD. IN MATTHEW 6:25-33 GOD TELLS US TO THE FOLLOWING......

Matthew 6:25-27 “THEREFORE I SAY UNTO YOU, TAKE NO THOUGHT FOR YOUR LIFE, WHAT YE SHALL EAT, OR WHAT YE SHALL DRINK; NOR YET FOR YOUR BODY, WHAT YE SHALL PUT ON. IS NOT THE LIFE MORE THAN MEAT, AND THE BODY THAN RAIMENT? BEHOLD THE FOWLS OF THE AIR: FOR THEY SOW NOT, NEITHER DO THEY REAP, NOR GATHER INTO BARNS; YET YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER FEEDETH THEM. ARE YE NOT MUCH BETTER THAN THEY? WHICH OF YOU BY TAKING THOUGHT CAN ADD ONE CUBIT UNTO HIS STATURE?”

Matthew 6:28-30 “AND WHY TAKE YE THOUGHT FOR RAIMENT? CONSIDER THE LILIES OF THE FIELD, HOW THEY GROW; THEY TOIL NOT, NEITHER DO THEY SPIN: AND YET I SAY UNTO YOU, THAT EVEN SOLOMON IN ALL HIS GLORY WAS NOT ARRAYED LIKE ONE OF THESE. WHEREFORE, IF GOD SO CLOTHE THE GRASS OF THE FIELD, WHICH TO DAY IS, AND TO MORROW IS CAST INTO THE OVEN, [SHALL HE] NOT MUCH MORE [CLOTHE] YOU, O YE OF LITTLE FAITH?”

Matthew 6:31-33 “THEREFORE TAKE NO THOUGHT, SAYING, WHAT SHALL WE EAT? OR, WHAT SHALL WE DRINK? OR, WHEREWITHAL SHALL WE BE CLOTHED? (FOR AFTER ALL THESE THINGS DO THE GENTILES SEEK:) FOR YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER KNOWETH THAT YE HAVE NEED OF ALL THESE THINGS. BUT SEEK YE FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD, AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS; AND ALL THESE THINGS SHALL BE ADDED UNTO YOU.”

Closing Scripture COLOSSIANS 3: 2 & 4-6 “SET YOUR AFFECTION ON THINGS ABOVE, NOT ON THINGS ON THE EARTH…WHEN CHRIST, WHO IS OUR LIFE, SHALL APPEAR, THEN SHALL YEA ALSO APPEAR WITH HIM IN GLORY…MORTIFY THEREFORE YOUR MEMBERS, WHICH ARE UPON THE EARTH; FORNICATION, UNCLEANNESS, INORDINATE AFFECTION, EVIL CONCUPISCENCE, AND COVETOUSNESS WHICH IS IDOLATRY. FOR WHICH THINGS’ SAKE THE WRATH OF GOD COMETH ON THE CHILDREN OF DISOBEDIENCE.”

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THE END!

Special Thanks THE CONTENT IN THIS PRESENTATION WAS DEVELOPED BY: TAM WALLS

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