Aug 3 Divine Service

You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s. 

Exodus 20:17 

Where are we in the Bible? 

The 10 Commandments are viewed as either the original kernel or a summarization of the Mosaic Law which God gave the Israelites at Sinai (recorded in Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 5). But, are they for us as well? Since the beginning the church has taken the Decalogue (the “ten words”), with some modifications, to also be of importance for Christians. New Testament writers quoted them, church fathers appealed to them, Reformation catechisms taught them, and in more modern times they have been printed in prayer books and posted on walls in many churches and homes. 

We can see God’s nature through the 10 Commandments, expressed as moral imperatives, embedded in the actions and interactions of daily life. Embedded in the law is godly love, as it is the defining ordinance of relationships in the kingdom of heaven. The commandments provide boundaries, yet give freedom. They are words of prevention, but also protection. They are both foundational and profound, inner-directed and outward-reaching. They affirm our dependence on God and each other. 

What are the key themes based on the Bible verse, its context, and the DSG? 

1. What does the word “covet” mean? 

2. Desiring rightly versus unhealthy cravings 

3. A call to contentment and celebration 

   
   

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