If you have a question, query or story you’d like to share with 15 Thou shalt not steal [take what belongs to someone else]. Yahuweh knew if we were to make or have these objects, we would become attached to them, and that is a form of worshipping them. Pastor and author of the book ‘The This stronghold of idolatry is the inevitable outcome of this cause-and-effect relationship seen in the Second Commandment. truth about the Ten Commandments’ Kevin DeYoung puts it this way: “On the one hand we want to be careful when we talk about the Ten Commandments so that we don’t make them sound like the opposite of what Jesus said, saying, ‘You know the Ten Commandments are not important anymore. Usually, a picture flashes across your mind of a long-bearded Moses holding up “Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.” Matthew 5:17. It is interesting to note that remnants of Yahuweh’s Sabbath Day can be seen in all cultures down through history, and that the seventh day, is called ‘Sabbath’ [or some slight variation thereof] in many languages worldwide. As our first example, notice carefully the wording of the Second Commandment. The Ten Commandments were given to the Israelites after they had left Egypt (The Exodus), and before 40 years of wandering in the desert in an effort to reach the Promised Land. Even for those who have been saved and forgiven of their sins, continued sin thereafter blocks the intimate relationship that Yahushua desires of each of His children. about it. Through corruption of man-made doctrines, many Religious groups today have their own sabbath days, but Yahuweh’s Sabbath Day remains unchanged. This is idolatry in Yahuweh’s eyes. Those that must remain outside the City include those who had been redeemed by Messiah, but continued to be disobedient to the Commandments spoken by Messiah — which is all of Torah. (Psalms 89:27-33). These are shown first as Biblical Hebrew, then as the KJV listing, and finally the World English Bible. Instead, notice that the two ‘Love’ commandments above, quoted from the Torah by Messiah, are seen simply as categories or ‘headings’ from which all the other commandments descend or hang. I’d love to hear from you. Yahushua Messiah Himself did not sin, so we know He observed the true Sabbath Day of Yahuweh. Many today are asking what they are, and how are they to be obeyed. Taken together, all of Messiah’s statutes, commandments, precepts, laws, judgments, testimonies, words, and sayings, are eternal, and they speak of Father’s eternal, unchanging will. What verse 4 actually says is, “Do not make, acquire, or have” the described object. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website. Likewise it was Messiah who wrote these Words on tables of stone with His own finger — ‘the finger of God’ (Exodus 31:18; Luke 11:20), and gave the tables to Moses, to give to the people. The value of the commandments found throughout the Torah, is that they define for us what Yahuweh considers sin, unrighteousness, iniquity, and wickedness. Now let us look at another practical example of becoming aware of what sin is, as we look at the Fourth Commandment. Help me to follow your commands in whatever I do. In order to be saved, we must first realise that we are all sinners, and that we all have need of a Saviour to save us [rescue us] from our sins. If ye love me, keep my commandments. It was also on Mount Sinai that Yahuweh spoke to Moses by the Word of Yahuweh, who is Messiah (Num 3:16,51; 15:31; 36:5). “I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.” Psalm 40:8. ", Parchment from the Dead Sea Scrolls containing the oldest copy of the Ten Commandments (Courtesy of Wikipedia).