The Decalogue, Part 3, Exodus 20
January 17, 2025

Exodus 20:12-17

12 “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
13 “You shall not murder.
14 “You shall not commit adultery.
5 “You shall not steal.
16 “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
17 “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.”

SERMON NOTES

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Commandment #5

Commandment #6

Commandment #7

Commandment #8

Commandment #9

Commandment #10


GROUP STUDY

READ

Exodus 20:12-17

REVIEW

What do the first four commandments address?

What do the final six commandments focus on?

Why is life sacred?

What was the direct prohibition of “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor?” And, how does that commandment relate to other realms of life?

REFLECT

How do you think one can express honor for his/her parents?

How does the marriage between a man and a woman reflect God’s plan of the ages?

What are some ways people “steal” today?

How does the tenth commandment encapsulate or summarize all of the commandments? And, how is it different from the others?

RESPOND

Which commandment do you struggle with the most? What can you do this week to overcome the temptation to break that commandment?

MEMORIZE

Galatians 3:24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. (KJV)