Sermon 13: God’s Commandments – The Tenth Commandment

Ten laws from God were set in stone. Ten laws that God has commanded us to follow. These are the ten laws we must obey in order to stay on the path that leads to Heaven.

These ten laws have needed no amendments, no additions and no repeals. These ten laws were truly revealed to Moses by God.


God's Tenth Commandment


THOU SHALT NOT COVET THY NEIGHBOUR’S HOUSE.

THOU SHALT NOT COVET THY NEIGHBOUR’S WIFE, NOR HIS MAN-SERVANT, NOR HIS MAID-SERVANT, NOR HIS OX, NOR HIS ASS, NOR ANY THING THAT IS THY NEIGHBOUR’S.


This commandment spells out for us, in great detail, that God does not want us to suffer from jealousy. Your body one very important gift from God, as it is the vessel we inhabit while learning lessons during our earthly journey to Heaven. Jealousy is a very strong negative emotion and will damage our bodies and our minds. God wants us to keep our bodies healthy by experiencing positive emotions like happiness, and resisting negative emotions like jealousy.

Jealousy is so powerful, it can easily lead to breaking the other commandments, by lying about someone, by committing adultery, by stealing from someone, and, possibly, by killing someone. God loves us, so he is letting us know outright that we must not succumb to the temptation of jealousy. You do not need what others have, you need only what you truly earn, what God has determined that you need. One of the ways to build faith is to remember this commandment and not let ourselves greatly desire what someone else has. We must have faith that He will provide.

This commandment is also another reminder that God’s gift of Heaven is the important thing, not earthly possessions. Before being able to accept the perfection of Heaven, you must be able to stop your mind from creating jealousy. You do this by having faith that your path to Heaven must not be questioned. God knows what He is doing. You also do this by realizing that everyone else is on their own path to Heaven, learning lessons just like you. And you are not to interfere in their path, it is not your job.

So, live and let live. Love other people, don’t compete with them. Heaven is a place for everyone, where all are equal under God. Learning that will lessen the “bumps” of experience you will have in your life.



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Sermon 12: God’s Commandments – The Ninth Commandment

Ten laws from God were set in stone. Ten laws that God has commanded us to follow. These are the ten laws we must obey in order to stay on the path that leads to Heaven.

These ten laws have needed no amendments, no additions and no repeals. These ten laws were truly revealed to Moses by God.


God's Ninth Commandment


THOU SHALT NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS AGAINST THY NEIGHBOUR


This commandment is God’s warning to us about the damage that is caused by lying. You cannot know what the effect may be if you make up a lie about someone else. You could hurt other people beyond repair. A lie might even cause someone’s death. Maybe even your own – you know how these things can come back to haunt you.

A lie also will deter you from a straight, smooth path to Heaven. Heaven is a place of truth. so you must be truthful as you practice on earth to be the kind of person that can accept the goodness of Heaven. You can avoid many painful lessons by trying to be truthful at all times.

This commandment is also to remind us that we need to pay attention to our own path to Heaven and to be tolerant of everyone else while they follow paths of their own. It is not your job to interfere in someone else’s journey by uttering an untruth that may affect them. Only God is in charge of all of our paths. You are not to meddle with others.

Heaven is where everyone spends eternity in continual joyfulness and good will. You can’t be a liar there. Tell the truth or your pants may really end up on fire.


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Sermon 11: God’s Commandments – The Eighth Commandment

Ten laws from God were set in stone. Ten laws that God has commanded us to follow. These are the ten laws we must obey in order to stay on the path that leads to Heaven.

These ten laws have needed no amendments, no additions and no repeals. These ten laws were truly revealed to Moses by God.


God's Eighth Commandment


THOU SHALT NOT STEAL.


Everyone is on their own path to Heaven, just as you are on yours. You are expected to learn the lessons along your path, just as everyone else is learning lessons along theirs. This commandment is twofold in that it commands you not to take anything away from another person’s journey on earth, while commanding you to travel your path with only what you earn yourself, only what God gives you.

You may not think that stealing is quite the offense that murder is, but you will never know what consequences may come as the result of your theft. Because of this, you cannot justify yourself by saying, “Hey, I’m just a robber, not a murderer”. Maybe your theft of a dollar out of someone’s car causes that person to not be able to buy a bottle of juice that prevents them from going into diabetic coma. Maybe your theft of a family heirloom causes someone to sink into such a depression that they commit suicide. Maybe your bank robbery causes someone to have a heart attack. You must not steal from anyone, no matter how small the theft appears to you.

God is the One who gives you what you need to complete your journey to the acceptance of Heaven. You cannot decide to take something that you did not earn, and stay on a smooth path to Heaven. You should not take from others because each step of our path is a necessary learning experience, we must make our own way on earth.

Taking something undeservedly will set you back on your path because it gives you one more lesson to learn, another hurdle to overcome.

One lesson that must be learned before you can accept Heaven is tolerance of the path’s of other people. You must let them have their own journey without your interference. You must not take what is theirs.

God loves you. He will give you everything you need, when you need it. You must not steal from others because God has given them those things along their own journey. When you steal from others, you are stealing directly from God. Don’t do it – you’ve been warned.



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Sermon 10: God’s Commandments – The Seventh Commandment

Ten laws from God were set in stone. Ten laws that God has commanded us to follow. These are the ten laws we must obey in order to stay on the path that leads to Heaven.

These ten laws have needed no amendments, no additions and no repeals. These ten laws were truly revealed to Moses by God.


God's Seventh Commandment


THOU SHALT NOT COMMIT ADULTERY


This commandment is important in two ways. One, it show you more of how important your family is and two, it shows you how much God loves you and wants to protect your happiness.

While Adam lived in the Garden of Eden, a paradise on earth, he remained unfulfilled until God created Eve. He was unfulfilled in two ways that a mate satisfied. One, was the ability to create offspring, which is absolutely necessary for the survival of the human race, God’s loving creation. Two, and this is the reason why God didn’t make it possible for man to continue his bloodline on his own, is that Adam needed companionship. Our desire for another human being is so intense, that a minimum of two people is vital to the survival of the human race for other reasons than the biological function of mating and producing children. We need close, constant contact with other human beings for our happiness, which keeps our body healthy on our earthly journey.

So, we must have love. We find that what fulfills that need is a partner through life, someone other than friends and casual acquaintances, someone to become a family with. God is commanding our loyalty to this family unit. That is why we are warned of the need to be committed to the person you choose to unite with as family. And, since our survival is God’s desire, it proves that to continue the human race, you must pass on a heritage of strong family ties. You must not stray from your family.

Loving someone creates great happiness. So, conversely, great pain can be caused by the ones you love the most. Adultery creates great pain. Not only from a loss of the close bond you had previously enjoyed with your partner, but from breaking the bonds of your family. And, the family unit is vital to your survival. God loves you and doesn’t want you to suffer with agonizing feelings of abandonment, betrayal, and self-worthlessness. He wants us to follow this rule so we understand that keeping our family happy, keeps us healthy by avoiding these hurtful feelings.

God created the commandment against adultery for our benefit, so we can concentrate on an undisrupted path to Heaven. You must treat your family unit as reverentially as you would another human being’s life. Do it and you will receive greater health and happiness in your life. God says so.



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Sermon 9: God’s Commandments – The Sixth Commandment

Ten laws from God were set in stone. Ten laws that God has commanded us to follow. These are the ten laws we must obey in order to stay on the path that leads to Heaven.

These ten laws have needed no amendments, no additions and no repeals. These ten laws were truly revealed to Moses by God.

God's Sixth Commandment


THOU SHALT NOT KILL.


This four word commandment is paradoxical in that it is much more complicated than it appears and yet is still as incredibly simple as it looks.

What makes this commandment incredibly simple is that it clearly conveys God’s purpose. Love life. God created our very existence out of His love. He has set us on a course of, first, an earthly life of learning, so that we can accept His ultimate gift of everlasting happiness in the paradise of Heaven. He loves His creations and He desires for humanity to continue. So, one of God’s commandments to us is to treat all life as important because it is God’s creation, it is God’s will. Do not destroy life.

Pretty easy, huh? Well, not so much. What makes it complicated is the fact that, in a literal sense, humans do kill. And reasons for killing vary and are not always clear-cut and obvious. But we have guidance from God in this regard.

We are important in God’s eyes. So important that everything you experience comes directly to you from God. And He loves you, and He wants you to join Him in Heaven’s paradise. So, we can be sure that one part of this commandment means that we must take care of ourselves. And our body is what we are given to carry us through earth’s important journey. What is right to do for God is to treat your body with the utmost respect – do nothing that promotes death to the cells that make up your body. Keep your body fed with the nutrients it needs and protect it.

So, when it comes to a choice of killing an animal or plant for vital food or protective clothing so that our body does not die, we choose our body’s needs. If our life is threatened, God has proven to us, through the discovery of our survival instinct, that we should protect ourselves, even if we must kill to do so. If the survival of humanity or the universe is threatened, we uphold God’s commandment by not taking our lives for granted and doing something about it. And, when it comes to a choice of treating a situation with positive emotions like tolerance and patience, rather than overreacting out of fear, anger or selfishness, we must protect our bodies by eliminating the negative thinking that leads to unhealthy bodily stress.

This commandment lets us know how high God values our life, and therefore, all life. So, we understand that we must also not take other’s lives for granted by promoting or contributing to death in unneeded ways – death of a vital natural resource, death of a race or a nation of people, or the death of any species. God gave us the earth we inhabit before the Heavens – it is our duty to keep it and all of us alive.

Promote life. Live and let live. God wants you to be responsible for this. In fact, He commands it.


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