Disciples of Christ Church - Edenvale
2025 06 01 - Murder, Adultery, Theft

  • Previously on DO Christ

    Number 5 in the 10 Commandments Series.
    Last week we heard about how the 5th commandment is the basis of the first 5 commandments.

    Today on DO Christ

    Dig into the 5th Commandment and the importance of Family.
    Discuss the 6th Commandment.
    BIG IDEA, How honoring your parents is not just pleasing God, but is good for us as a people.
    text for Today
    Exodus 20:12 KJV 1900
    Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

    Reason and Reward

    This Commandment is unique:
    Only commandment with a reason and reward, Promise Ephesians 6:2 “2 “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise),” Deuteronomy 5:16 ““ ‘Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God commanded you, that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.”
    Only commandment asking us to honor.
    This and Sabbath are the only ones telling us to do something.
    Deuteronomy 5:16 ESV
    “ ‘Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God commanded you, that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
    Reason is that the that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. What does this mean.
    Long Life?
    Going to give us Land for a long time?
    Longevity of your people?
    Not Long life. Not Land. It means that Your people, your language, your traditions, your religion, your culture last long on the land.

    That thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. LET US TEST THIS PROMISE

    God gave these commandments almost 4000 years ago to 80’000 Israelites. The first commandment was I am the Lord, your God.
    2000 years ago, Jesus gave us a job that would take centuries to fulful, so we had Mothers and Fathers handing it down to their children.
    Matthew 28:19–20 NIV
    19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
    2000 years ago, Paul took the good news as far as he could walk warned us promised us that it will not be easy but, like Jesus said, God is with us till the end of age.
    2 Corinthians 4:8–10 NIV
    8 We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; 9 persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. 10 We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.
    We carry the sacrifice and atonement of Jesus in our Body. The Holy spirit is in us so that Jesus’ life can show in our bodies.
    For Thousands of years Jews and their off-shoot Christians were
    killed on crosses, Fed to animals,
    oppressed
    kicked out of countries,
    holocaust.
    Forced to pay protection taxes
    prevented from taken certain jobs or even owning land.
    TODAY, THROUGH A RELAY FROM PARENTS TO CHILDREN,
    2.5 Billion Christians and Jews in the World.
    Those Jews and Christian spread The Word of God all over the land.
    Same God,
    Same Commandments,
    Same Sabbath
    So powerful that the whole world uses our calendar. Its 2025, because we started the clock from zero when a Jewish carpenter was Born in Bethlehem.
    HOW AMAZING. God keeping his promise, giving all this land to his chosen people, for 4000 years.
    The Opposite is true, If you dont do this, our days on this land will be short.
    The opposite is a key to taking over a country.
    What happens, when Family is the foundation of society. When Family does not come first and Children do no Honour their parents
    How do you go into a land and, in a few years, change:
    their language,
    their culture,
    their religion,
    their names,
    everything?
    You break the link between parents and children.
    We do not have to go very far, just look at South Africa as an example.
    Colonisation by breaking the link between children and parents.
    Merchants, Missionary, Military. Military was clean up, Missionaries are central, they come to break down the family so that the children grow up to be loyal to them, not their parents.
    Your Language was gone and second. They teach the children are tought in the new language.
    They give you a Christian name. So you are not who you were born to be. You are another person.
    Your parents were not top of your list on earth, Mission was.
    You call the priest in that Catholic Church? Father. Why, Coz these new children are his children, and the Priest is your father.
    Your days as a people will be long upon your earth.
    If you say your are Swazi, but you hate your Country, do not Speak your language, do not observe your cultures… Are you really Swazi?
    If you say you are Zulu but dont speak it .
    Once Honor for parents is gone, your people will be gone too. Whether they are alive or dead, your children will no longer be your people. They will be the children and people of their new parents, their new government, new country, new ideas. .
    See what happens when we do not honor our parents. We lose ourselves and But the world is changing: The Devils also has his own We are being Colonised by new Evils.

    New Evils wish to get between children and parents:

    Remove Father from the Household.
    We saw what happened with Moses and Jesus.
    If they remove boys and fathers they remove soldiers, protectors, providers, leaders.
    What do you think happens to Children without Fathers:
    Increased risk of crime and gang involvement.
    Emotional and psychological struggles.
    Lack of discipline, guidance, and purpose.
    Higher school dropout rates.
    Greater Risk of Poverty.
    There is no Father in Heaven.
    If there is no God, then who do you follow above your parents? Governments and World Ideas. They become God.
    Children must decide who and what they are.
    They decide if they are a boy or girl.
    Where they want to stay.
    Who they want as their parents.
    Chaos.
    Children are the boss in the House.
    it is what they like and want that rules.
    A group of people which is led by Children
    What is Honour and How to do it.
    Verb - Something to do.
    HONOUR - Bring Honor to them and your family name. Make them proud to be your parents.
    OBEDIENCE - Listen and Obey
    NEXT GEN - Preserve their good teachings, Language, and your religion for the next generation.
    O' CLOCK - To do that will take time. So you have to make time for them.
    US FIRST - Blood is thicker than water. Protect and progress our people.
    RESPECT - Show them High Respect Privately and Publically. Treat them as important and special people.
    Honour your parents to obey God. Honour them so that it may go well with you. Honour them to you and your people may live on forever.
    If we do not, us, our religion, our people and traditions will be history.
    AMEN.
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  • Text Word for today

    Exodus 20:13–15 ESV
    Text Word for today “You shall not murder. You shall not commit adultery. You shall not steal.”

    In divine Structure, Second Tablet, Public, Apodectic

    We are on second tablet. The First 5 are Vertical, These are horizontal.
    Others are personal and private, these are about other people. You and God vs You and your neighbour.
    These 3 are Apodictic, They are the ones that are obvious accross all societies.
    In Older English we say. You shall not Murder. Was Thou Shall’t not Kill.
    In hebrew, it is just 2 words. Lo Tir-tsach No Murder, No Adultery (Lo Tin-Ach), No Stealing (Lo Ti g’nov).

    What is murder

    Unlawful and intentional causing of death of a human being.
    Unlawful meanns that there was no good reason to do it.
    Self Defence
    Private Defence
    War
    Intenional means you knew that you actions could or will kill a person - but you still went ahead. Also covers causing by delay like beating you and leaving you for dead.
    of a Human Being.

    Why all the Fuss? Why can I kill a cow, but not a human being?

    This is obvious but it also tells us why. not apply to cows and sheep.
    (LOUDER) Human beings are made in the image of God, so Killing a human being is Killing a representation of God on earth.

    Killing an innocent person is killing an Effigy of God

    When you attack a soldier who is wearing Amercan Uniform you are attacking america. When you attack an ambassador of El Salvador, you are attacking the nation of El Salvador. When you attack an innocent human being who is the image and likeness of God, you are attacking God.

    To kill a person is to kill a commandment of God

    (LOUDER) God gave them life by a commandment. Just like he said let there be Light, he also said let there be Tracy. Before Tracy was in her Mother’s womb, he knew her and had a plan for her.
    When you kill Tracy you disobey God because he said Let there be Tracy, and you say let there not be. He made her for this purpose and you cut her time short. He made Tracy in his image, his Brand, his trademark, his company, you cancel that image and throw it in the dirt.

    You shall not murder.

    Exodus 20:14 ““You shall not commit adultery.”

    Adultery is treating someone else wife or husband as your own. Taking their husband or wife.
    In this Commandment he is warning us not to break out of - or break into that relationship between husband and wife because family life is very important to God.
    Family is important to God, that is why there are 4 our of the 10 commandments deal with protecting and preserving family life. 40%.
    There are more commandments in the 10 which are immediately related to Family life than there are immediately related to Honouring God - THAT SHOULD TELL YOU SOMETHING. HOW IMPORTANT FAMILY IS TO GOD.

    Adultery - Breaking the all important family.

    Family is important to GOD.
    God sees us and treats us like his Children and he is our Father.
    If you break up the family, the kids tend to go with the Mother so you are removing the Father from that household.
    When you remove my earthly father, it become difficult for me to learn how to relate to my heavenly father.
    You are leaving those children at a disadvantage.

    Adultery Link to Other Commandments

    How is the family at a disadvantage? .
    Because Family is also where we learn to practice obeying the commandments.
    How honouring your Parents and holding them above you, helps you learn how to honour God. Because God is our heavenly Father. He says The way you are respecting and honouring that man (who is in my image and likeness), I want nothing Less. He is your father, and I am your father too, I AM THE BIG DADDY.
    Family loves and cares for you without reward, especially from your mom is just like God will do for you.
    The protection and discipline you get, especially from father is coz he wants you to do better. Prov 3:12
    Proverbs 3:12 NIV
    because the Lord disciplines those he loves, as a father the son he delights in.
    Hebrews 12:8 in the New Testament goes further and says.
    Hebrews 12:7–8 KJV 1900
    If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
    If you are taking someones wife, it means you do not respect their family or family life that is so important to God.
    Leave your wife and marry me, come live with me and my kids - Steal Father.
    God gave these specific kids to these specific parents when he gave them life. When you leave your family you are becoming a Step father to your own children, and you become a father to children that God didn’t give you.
    If you are a married woman and you have a child with another man’ in secret, you are making it impossible for your child to honour their real father and your are lying to the innocent father.
    If you can’t control yourself, how will you stay faithful when people press you to steal, to lie, to murder?
    (LOUDER) If you cannot respect a contract or covenant between people (who you can see here on earth), how are you going to respect a contract between them and God (who you cannot see). You Cannot and you will be the one who leads them into temptation.
    They will be praying about you when they say Do not lead us into temptation and Deliver us from the Evil One. They will be talking about you.
    If you want to go face to face with God and the Lord’s Prayer commit adultery.

    But, to be safe, You shall not commit adultery.

    Exodus 20:15 “You shall not steal.”

    Taking something that is not yours without permission.

    “Steal” is not particular or limited to things

    Thinking about stealing in such a broad way is good because the Hebrew Ti-gnov does not say “What you are not allowed to steal”. It just says no stealing.
    Dups or Fakes - No stealing of other peoples designs.
    Like to take credit for things you did not do - No stealing of other people’s work or credit.
    kidnapping or slavery - Stealing people
    Selling secrets to the competition - Stealing private information. This is a fundamental commandment as it covers most other commandments.
    If you do not acknowledge God, use his name in vain, or raise others above him you steal his glory and reputation.
    If you do not Remember the Sabbath or Honour your parents, you steal rest and family time and respect to your parents.
    If you kill you steal a life, If you lie you steal the truth and if you commit adultery, you steal a husband or a wife.
    It is also linked to the last commandment not to covet or desire things of another person because you will not steal if you do not want those things.

    You shall not steal

    These Commandments are the basics. Jesus teaches us to do better as a People.

    Setting out the worst you can do. They are Grade 2, if Genesis is Grade one. Jesus comes along and makes it clear that we must grow as Christians and do much better.
    We should not even Get to murder.
    Killing is going over the edge of the Cliff. If you do not want to go over the cliff, do not play close to it.
    Before the cliff, there is Violence. Before Violence, there is Hate and Anger.
    Because the Murder does not start with the Murder. Murder does not start with pulling the trigger or giving the poison. Murder does not even start with the plan. It starts in the heart, with Anger.
    Matthew 5:21–22 ESV
    “You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder; and whoever murders will be liable to judgment.’ But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council;.
    He also says.
    Matthew 5:5–15 ESV
    “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. “ “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy. “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.
    You see, do not aim to avoid falling over the edge. Aim to stay away from it.
    Stealing is also the edge. Does not start with taking the thing. Not with planning. But with greed and Gluttony (inordinate/uncontrolled desire) and Envy.
    Adultery does not start with the deed, nor the planning. Nor even meeting the person. It starts in the heart with Lust. Jesus teaches us to stay for away from it.
    Matthew 5:27–28 ESV
    “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
    So stay far away from these things by not only focusing on the killing, the stealing, or adultery. Try to avoid the Anger, the Greed, the Jealousy, the lust.
    The easiest way to do that, is to Love your neighbour as you love yourself.
    Romans 13:8–10 ESV
    Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
    Amen

      • Exodus 20:13–15ESV

      • Proverbs 3:12ESV

      • Hebrews 12:7–8ESV

      • Matthew 5:21–22ESV

      • Matthew 5:5–15ESV

      • Matthew 5:27–28ESV

      • Romans 13:8–10ESV

  • Text Word for today

    Exodus 20:13–15 ESV
    Text Word for today “You shall not murder. You shall not commit adultery. You shall not steal.”

    In divine Structure, Second Tablet, Public, Apodectic

    We are on second tablet. The First 5 are Vertical, These are horizontal.
    Others are personal and private, these are about other people. You and God vs You and your neighbour.
    These 3 are Apodictic, They are the ones that are obvious accross all societies.
    In Older English we say. You shall not Murder. Was Thou Shall’t not Kill.
    In hebrew, it is just 2 words. Lo Tir-tsach No Murder, No Adultery (Lo Tin-Ach), No Stealing (Lo Ti g’nov).

    What is murder

    Unlawful and intentional causing of death of a human being.
    Unlawful meanns that there was no good reason to do it.
    Self Defence
    Private Defence
    War
    Intenional means you knew that you actions could or will kill a person - but you still went ahead. Also covers causing by delay like beating you and leaving you for dead.
    of a Human Being.

    Why all the Fuss? Why can I kill a cow, but not a human being?

    This is obvious but it also tells us why. not apply to cows and sheep.
    (LOUDER) Human beings are made in the image of God, so Killing a human being is Killing a representation of God on earth.

    Killing an innocent person is killing an Effigy of God

    When you attack a soldier who is wearing Amercan Uniform you are attacking america. When you attack an ambassador of El Salvador, you are attacking the nation of El Salvador. When you attack an innocent human being who is the image and likeness of God, you are attacking God.

    To kill a person is to kill a commandment of God

    (LOUDER) God gave them life by a commandment. Just like he said let there be Light, he also said let there be Tracy. Before Tracy was in her Mother’s womb, he knew her and had a plan for her.
    When you kill Tracy you disobey God because he said Let there be Tracy, and you say let there not be. He made her for this purpose and you cut her time short. He made Tracy in his image, his Brand, his trademark, his company, you cancel that image and throw it in the dirt.

    You shall not murder.

    Exodus 20:14 ““You shall not commit adultery.”

    Adultery is treating someone else wife or husband as your own. Taking their husband or wife.
    In this Commandment he is warning us not to break out of - or break into that relationship between husband and wife because family life is very important to God.
    Family is important to God, that is why there are 4 our of the 10 commandments deal with protecting and preserving family life. 40%.
    There are more commandments in the 10 which are immediately related to Family life than there are immediately related to Honouring God - THAT SHOULD TELL YOU SOMETHING. HOW IMPORTANT FAMILY IS TO GOD.

    Adultery - Breaking the all important family.

    Family is important to GOD.
    God sees us and treats us like his Children and he is our Father.
    If you break up the family, the kids tend to go with the Mother so you are removing the Father from that household.
    When you remove my earthly father, it become difficult for me to learn how to relate to my heavenly father.
    You are leaving those children at a disadvantage.

    Adultery Link to Other Commandments

    How is the family at a disadvantage? .
    Because Family is also where we learn to practice obeying the commandments.
    How honouring your Parents and holding them above you, helps you learn how to honour God. Because God is our heavenly Father. He says The way you are respecting and honouring that man (who is in my image and likeness), I want nothing Less. He is your father, and I am your father too, I AM THE BIG DADDY.
    Family loves and cares for you without reward, especially from your mom is just like God will do for you.
    The protection and discipline you get, especially from father is coz he wants you to do better. Prov 3:12
    Proverbs 3:12 NIV
    because the Lord disciplines those he loves, as a father the son he delights in.
    Hebrews 12:8 in the New Testament goes further and says.
    Hebrews 12:7–8 KJV 1900
    If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
    If you are taking someones wife, it means you do not respect their family or family life that is so important to God.
    Leave your wife and marry me, come live with me and my kids - Steal Father.
    God gave these specific kids to these specific parents when he gave them life. When you leave your family you are becoming a Step father to your own children, and you become a father to children that God didn’t give you.
    If you are a married woman and you have a child with another man’ in secret, you are making it impossible for your child to honour their real father and your are lying to the innocent father.
    If you can’t control yourself, how will you stay faithful when people press you to steal, to lie, to murder?
    (LOUDER) If you cannot respect a contract or covenant between people (who you can see here on earth), how are you going to respect a contract between them and God (who you cannot see). You Cannot and you will be the one who leads them into temptation.
    They will be praying about you when they say Do not lead us into temptation and Deliver us from the Evil One. They will be talking about you.
    If you want to go face to face with God and the Lord’s Prayer commit adultery.

    But, to be safe, You shall not commit adultery.

    Exodus 20:15 “You shall not steal.”

    Taking something that is not yours without permission.

    “Steal” is not particular or limited to things

    Thinking about stealing in such a broad way is good because the Hebrew Ti-gnov does not say “What you are not allowed to steal”. It just says no stealing.
    Dups or Fakes - No stealing of other peoples designs.
    Like to take credit for things you did not do - No stealing of other people’s work or credit.
    kidnapping or slavery - Stealing people
    Selling secrets to the competition - Stealing private information. This is a fundamental commandment as it covers most other commandments.
    If you do not acknowledge God, use his name in vain, or raise others above him you steal his glory and reputation.
    If you do not Remember the Sabbath or Honour your parents, you steal rest and family time and respect to your parents.
    If you kill you steal a life, If you lie you steal the truth and if you commit adultery, you steal a husband or a wife.
    It is also linked to the last commandment not to covet or desire things of another person because you will not steal if you do not want those things.

    You shall not steal

    These Commandments are the basics. Jesus teaches us to do better as a People.

    Setting out the worst you can do. They are Grade 2, if Genesis is Grade one. Jesus comes along and makes it clear that we must grow as Christians and do much better.
    We should not even Get to murder.
    Killing is going over the edge of the Cliff. If you do not want to go over the cliff, do not play close to it.
    Before the cliff, there is Violence. Before Violence, there is Hate and Anger.
    Because the Murder does not start with the Murder. Murder does not start with pulling the trigger or giving the poison. Murder does not even start with the plan. It starts in the heart, with Anger.
    Matthew 5:21–22 ESV
    “You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder; and whoever murders will be liable to judgment.’ But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council;.
    He also says.
    Matthew 5:5–15 ESV
    “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. “ “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy. “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.
    You see, do not aim to avoid falling over the edge. Aim to stay away from it.
    Stealing is also the edge. Does not start with taking the thing. Not with planning. But with greed and Gluttony (inordinate/uncontrolled desire) and Envy.
    Adultery does not start with the deed, nor the planning. Nor even meeting the person. It starts in the heart with Lust. Jesus teaches us to stay for away from it.
    Matthew 5:27–28 ESV
    “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
    So stay far away from these things by not only focusing on the killing, the stealing, or adultery. Try to avoid the Anger, the Greed, the Jealousy, the lust.
    The easiest way to do that, is to Love your neighbour as you love yourself.
    Romans 13:8–10 ESV
    Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
    Amen

      • Exodus 20:13–15ESV

      • Proverbs 3:12ESV

      • Hebrews 12:7–8ESV

      • Matthew 5:21–22ESV

      • Matthew 5:5–15ESV

      • Matthew 5:27–28ESV

      • Romans 13:8–10ESV

  • Text Word for today

    Exodus 20:13–15 ESV
    Text Word for today “You shall not murder. You shall not commit adultery. You shall not steal.”

    In divine Structure, Second Tablet, Public, Apodectic

    We are on second tablet. The First 5 are Vertical, These are horizontal.
    Others are personal and private, these are about other people. You and God vs You and your neighbour.
    These 3 are Apodictic, They are the ones that are obvious accross all societies.
    In Older English we say. You shall not Murder. Was Thou Shall’t not Kill.
    In hebrew, it is just 2 words. Lo Tir-tsach No Murder, No Adultery (Lo Tin-Ach), No Stealing (Lo Ti g’nov).

    What is murder

    Unlawful and intentional causing of death of a human being.
    Unlawful meanns that there was no good reason to do it.
    Self Defence
    Private Defence
    War
    Intenional means you knew that you actions could or will kill a person - but you still went ahead. Also covers causing by delay like beating you and leaving you for dead.
    of a Human Being.

    Why all the Fuss? Why can I kill a cow, but not a human being?

    This is obvious but it also tells us why. not apply to cows and sheep.
    (LOUDER) Human beings are made in the image of God, so Killing a human being is Killing a representation of God on earth.

    Killing an innocent person is killing an Effigy of God

    When you attack a soldier who is wearing Amercan Uniform you are attacking america. When you attack an ambassador of El Salvador, you are attacking the nation of El Salvador. When you attack an innocent human being who is the image and likeness of God, you are attacking God.

    To kill a person is to kill a commandment of God

    (LOUDER) God gave them life by a commandment. Just like he said let there be Light, he also said let there be Tracy. Before Tracy was in her Mother’s womb, he knew her and had a plan for her.
    When you kill Tracy you disobey God because he said Let there be Tracy, and you say let there not be. He made her for this purpose and you cut her time short. He made Tracy in his image, his Brand, his trademark, his company, you cancel that image and throw it in the dirt.

    You shall not murder.

    Exodus 20:14 ““You shall not commit adultery.”

    Adultery is treating someone else wife or husband as your own. Taking their husband or wife.
    In this Commandment he is warning us not to break out of - or break into that relationship between husband and wife because family life is very important to God.
    Family is important to God, that is why there are 4 our of the 10 commandments deal with protecting and preserving family life. 40%.
    There are more commandments in the 10 which are immediately related to Family life than there are immediately related to Honouring God - THAT SHOULD TELL YOU SOMETHING. HOW IMPORTANT FAMILY IS TO GOD.

    Adultery - Breaking the all important family.

    Family is important to GOD.
    God sees us and treats us like his Children and he is our Father.
    If you break up the family, the kids tend to go with the Mother so you are removing the Father from that household.
    When you remove my earthly father, it become difficult for me to learn how to relate to my heavenly father.
    You are leaving those children at a disadvantage.

    Adultery Link to Other Commandments

    How is the family at a disadvantage? .
    Because Family is also where we learn to practice obeying the commandments.
    How honouring your Parents and holding them above you, helps you learn how to honour God. Because God is our heavenly Father. He says The way you are respecting and honouring that man (who is in my image and likeness), I want nothing Less. He is your father, and I am your father too, I AM THE BIG DADDY.
    Family loves and cares for you without reward, especially from your mom is just like God will do for you.
    The protection and discipline you get, especially from father is coz he wants you to do better. Prov 3:12
    Proverbs 3:12 NIV
    because the Lord disciplines those he loves, as a father the son he delights in.
    Hebrews 12:8 in the New Testament goes further and says.
    Hebrews 12:7–8 KJV 1900
    If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
    If you are taking someones wife, it means you do not respect their family or family life that is so important to God.
    Leave your wife and marry me, come live with me and my kids - Steal Father.
    God gave these specific kids to these specific parents when he gave them life. When you leave your family you are becoming a Step father to your own children, and you become a father to children that God didn’t give you.
    If you are a married woman and you have a child with another man’ in secret, you are making it impossible for your child to honour their real father and your are lying to the innocent father.
    If you can’t control yourself, how will you stay faithful when people press you to steal, to lie, to murder?
    (LOUDER) If you cannot respect a contract or covenant between people (who you can see here on earth), how are you going to respect a contract between them and God (who you cannot see). You Cannot and you will be the one who leads them into temptation.
    They will be praying about you when they say Do not lead us into temptation and Deliver us from the Evil One. They will be talking about you.
    If you want to go face to face with God and the Lord’s Prayer commit adultery.

    But, to be safe, You shall not commit adultery.

    Exodus 20:15 “You shall not steal.”

    Taking something that is not yours without permission.

    “Steal” is not particular or limited to things

    Thinking about stealing in such a broad way is good because the Hebrew Ti-gnov does not say “What you are not allowed to steal”. It just says no stealing.
    Dups or Fakes - No stealing of other peoples designs.
    Like to take credit for things you did not do - No stealing of other people’s work or credit.
    kidnapping or slavery - Stealing people
    Selling secrets to the competition - Stealing private information. This is a fundamental commandment as it covers most other commandments.
    If you do not acknowledge God, use his name in vain, or raise others above him you steal his glory and reputation.
    If you do not Remember the Sabbath or Honour your parents, you steal rest and family time and respect to your parents.
    If you kill you steal a life, If you lie you steal the truth and if you commit adultery, you steal a husband or a wife.
    It is also linked to the last commandment not to covet or desire things of another person because you will not steal if you do not want those things.

    You shall not steal

    These Commandments are the basics. Jesus teaches us to do better as a People.

    Setting out the worst you can do. They are Grade 2, if Genesis is Grade one. Jesus comes along and makes it clear that we must grow as Christians and do much better.
    We should not even Get to murder.
    Killing is going over the edge of the Cliff. If you do not want to go over the cliff, do not play close to it.
    Before the cliff, there is Violence. Before Violence, there is Hate and Anger.
    Because the Murder does not start with the Murder. Murder does not start with pulling the trigger or giving the poison. Murder does not even start with the plan. It starts in the heart, with Anger.
    Matthew 5:21–22 ESV
    “You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder; and whoever murders will be liable to judgment.’ But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council;.
    He also says.
    Matthew 5:5–15 ESV
    “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. “ “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy. “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.
    You see, do not aim to avoid falling over the edge. Aim to stay away from it.
    Stealing is also the edge. Does not start with taking the thing. Not with planning. But with greed and Gluttony (inordinate/uncontrolled desire) and Envy.
    Adultery does not start with the deed, nor the planning. Nor even meeting the person. It starts in the heart with Lust. Jesus teaches us to stay for away from it.
    Matthew 5:27–28 ESV
    “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
    So stay far away from these things by not only focusing on the killing, the stealing, or adultery. Try to avoid the Anger, the Greed, the Jealousy, the lust.
    The easiest way to do that, is to Love your neighbour as you love yourself.
    Romans 13:8–10 ESV
    Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
    Amen

      • Exodus 20:13–15ESV

      • Proverbs 3:12ESV

      • Hebrews 12:7–8ESV

      • Matthew 5:21–22ESV

      • Matthew 5:5–15ESV

      • Matthew 5:27–28ESV

      • Romans 13:8–10ESV

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