Chapter 6. 5
Ten Commandments
Revisited
Two Sets of stone tablets - Engraved with
the finger of God
Sabbath Day or the Lord's Day -
Qualifications for Heaven
I am the LORD
your God, who brought you out of Egypt,
out of the land of slavery. Exodus 20:2
First Word
I
believe the Ten Commandments (The Decalogue) stand alone and
are already clear to the reader and need no further explanation, but I felt a
need to amplify the thoughts to increase the impact not only on your thinking,
but on your actions.
These
commandments proclaim Yahweh’s unconditional will and were unique to
the Hebrews.
These Laws were
the only laws that were written by the finger of God. The other 613 laws written in the Torah by
Moses have their foundation in these Laws.[1]
As Christians we are under the New
Covenant Laws and are no longer under the Old Covenant Laws, however I strongly
believe that we would all do well to keep the commandments that God Himself “ENGRAVED IN STONE” TWICE; once for the Old Covenant and once for
the New Covenant. These were later
placed by Moses in the “Ark of the Covenant”. (Ark of the
Testimony)
Note:
Traditionally these two tablets were small enough to be placed inside a
robe. They were a little larger than the
size of a man’s large wallet which would be placed in the inside pocket of his
dress coat. They were not three feet
tall as seen in the movies.
1st
Set Exodus 32:15-16 – God writes on front and back of two
tablets.
15 Then Moses
turned and went down from the mountain with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand, tablets that were written on both
sides; on
the front and on the back they were written.
16 The tablets were the work of
God,
and the writing was
the writing of God, engraved on the tablets.
(ESV)
Exodus 32:19 – Moses
breaks the first set of Tablets
19 And as soon as he came near the
camp and saw the calf and the dancing, Moses’ anger burned hot, and he threw the tablets out of his hands and broke them at
the foot of the mountain.
(ESV)
2nd
Set Exodus 34:1 I will write on two tablets again
1 The LORD said to Moses, “Cut for yourself two tablets of
stone like the first, and I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first
tablets, which you broke.(ESV)
A Little Background
Originally the Ten Commandments WERE SPOKEN by the Divine Voice of
God from the top of Mount Sinai in the hearing of ALL OF ISRAEL who were gathered at the foot of the mountain[2]
and then God followed up with a copy in stone and with a broken
duplicate[3] that He still has.
Side Bar: Many students of the
Book believe that the Two Tablets of stone were actually identical with the
same commandments engraved on both of them; an original
and a copy to prevent tampering. (SELAH; something to ponder)
The Arabs called the peak of Mount Sinai; “Jebel Musa” which means Mount Moses. The breaking of the stone tablets
by Moses symbolized the people breaking the covenant of God which they had
already heard audibly by His voice. Interestingly Sinai
comes from the word “sina” meaning “a
bush”; referencing the burning bush that Moses encountered.
The Torah; the first five books of the OT
embodies the will and wisdom of God and points to His grace that brought them
out of the bondage of Egypt.[4]
These Laws are often referred to as the Decalogue
which from the Greek means “Ten Words”
The laws of Israel were built on God’s own laws so
that when an offense occurred against the community, it was also an offense
against God. The Laws originated from
God’s eternal character therefore their moral value cannot change.
The Ten Commandments engraved by the finger of God were proclaimed on the third moon or
the month Sivan (June) about three days after Israel arrived at Mount Sinai; scholars believe
that this day falls on the “Day of Pentecost”
Festival. This was a special COVENANT between God and Israel that they
would be His treasured possession[5]…
IF they obeyed His commandments. Have you ever thought of yourself as “God’s treasured possession”. SELAH; ponder that
The commandments were NOT a set of regulation to earn salvation, but a perpetual reminder of His
deliverance. They were intended to be memorized and publicly
recited by the Hebrew community
using the TEN FINGERS of both hands.
All the Commandments were negative except
the fourth toward God and the fifth toward man. Although spoken in the
negative, they are a positive call to Godliness. All are spoken to us as
individuals and allow us to enter into a life of joyful fellowship with our
Redeemer. With the exception of Sabbath
Keeping, all are repeated in the NT.
Jesus declared His stamp of approval on
the Laws by declaring that He did not come to destroy the Laws, but to fulfill
them.[6]
The first four commandments deal chiefly with
the relationship of God
1st Commandment – No other gods
The original text says
that “there
shall not be to you other gods before Me”; meaning that these other
gods only existed in the worshipers’ minds; there
are no other gods. Satan temped Jesus on this very point.[7] Note: Temptation is not sin; giving in is the sin. The intent of the heart is to put God first
and others will see what God’s character is like through our actions.
The name God is not a “class term”, but is a proper name; it is singular,
absolute and an exclusive deity. Having
another god is idolatry; when something consumes your thinking and actions, you
are literally worshiping it. Idolatry
is the “Blanket
Sin”; ever sin that man commits can be boiled down to idolatry, an
action that places something in front of God’s commands.
When
I was in my 20’s, I was consumed with collecting Lionel Trains; so
much that I would take the Sunday paper and skip Sunday School and Church just
so I would be the first one to purchase the trains. I put collecting in front of God; I had made
Trains my god. Although it took a while, I realized what I
was doing and went back to putting God first in my life. Sixty
years later I still love to collect Lionel trains, but with very limited zeal; (sort of)
Take a moment to ponder what you think about most of the time; take a
look in your checking account, your debit and credit cards; FOLLOW THE
MONEY.
Exodus 20:3 – You shall have NO other gods
3 You shall have no other gods
before me.
(ESV)
2nd Commandment - Images
God has never been a tangible or
visible being; [8]
“I am that I am,” I will become
whatever I will become; maybe even a burning bush or smoke and thunder.
Graven or carved images are an abomination
to God. Every image that has been made
is made from various metals, gold, silver, wood, stone and other by-products of
the earth. Carved or engraved images
show a devotion to the creation, not the creator, therefore no visible or material
representation of His True Deity is possible.
This is not a general prohibition of
having pictures or art in your home which you do not pay homage or reverence. Statues of the
Virgin Mary and various other saints found in the Bible are the norm now
being found in the home as well as the yards.
In the Catholic Church's opinion, "the honor paid to
sacred images is a 'respectful veneration', not the adoration due to God
alone".
The Cross is the identifying mark or
symbol of those that follow Jesus Christ. Protestants display the cross without the
image of Jesus hanging on it.
In the Catholic Bible this
second commandment has been omitted and the tenth commandment has been split
into two in order to make the Commandments Ten again. The 2nd commandment for the Catholic Church is “do not take God’s name in vain”, with graven images becoming a part of the 1st
Commandment; however, in all fairness it must be pointed out that we were never
instructed on how we were to group the Ten Commandments.
As Christians, WE
are a form and image of God’s will so that we can express His wondrous works in
the form of worship and praise as well as be an extension of His Love to our “neighbor”. His Word went forth and created us, carving His name in our mind and soul.
Exodus 20:4 – Carved Idols; Catholic Bible
4 You shall not carve IDOLS for yourselves in the shape of anything in
the sky above or on the earth below or in the waters beneath the earth.
(New Catholic Edition)
Exodus 20:4-6 – Carved Images; Protestant Bible
4 You shall not
make for yourself a carved IMAGE, or any likeness of anything that is in
heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under
the earth.
5 You shall not
bow down to them or serve them, for I the LORD
your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children
to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me,
6 but showing
steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.
(ESV)
3rd Commandment – His Name
God’s Name and His character are
inseparable. Taking God’s
name in vain is the norm in America; to use it in common speech for worthless
reasons, for no good purposes, irresponsibly.
It’s played out on TV and in real life with terms like OMG or Oh My God spoken as
an explanation point; or using God’s name to DAMN someone or
something in an attempt to wield power. His name is not to be exploited or manipulated
for personal interest or for the trivial or the magical.
This also applies to hypocritical worship using His name in meaningless
prayer and praise. In my early days of
Real Estate, because of my vernacular, my associates called me “Praise the Lord
Paul”. Sometimes I find myself meaninglessly commenting “Praise the Lord”
when I probably should have just said “thank you” to
someone. My close friend sold produce
and customers called his place of business; “Praise the Lord Produce” because a
portion of his sign had the words Praise the Lord. We had a lot in
common.
The Believer who bears God’s name, should not allow His Honor to be
defiled by their conduct. All through the OT, the name of God was so reverenced
by the Hebrews that they would use words like “heaven” to refer to God,
but never ever utter His name.
By happenstance I tuned to a movie called “Bruce Almighty” with the name
YAHWEH
floating on his computer screen. I could
not believe the blasphemy that I was seeing and turned it off. - Morgan Freeman
the actor who Played God in this movie has publically said “Has anybody ever
seen hard evidence? (of God) An unbeliever
playing the role of God
YHWH
is God’s unpronounceable name in Hebrew and for us to be able to say it we add
the vowels to get YAHWEH which comes from the verb that means “to be”,
“become”,
or “come to
pass”. Moses asked God his
name and He said; “I AM THAT I
AM”
or I will become whatever I want to become. [9] God
will not hold the person guiltless who takes His name in vain.[10] SELAH
4th Commandment – The Sabbath
The
Sabbath is a Sign of the Covenant between God and Israel and comes from
the Hebrew word Shabbat; meaning to cease and desist; an abstention from work.[11] Many students of the Book believe it goes
further than that, it means an abstention from any activity.
God’s creation work was for six days and
then He rested on the Seventh.[12] The
7th day Sabbath was specifically given to Israel, not to the Church;
the Church was born on Sunday the 1st day of the week when Jesus
Christ rose from the dead. Whether
observed on Saturday celebrating a Finished Work or
on Sunday
celebrating a Finished
Redemption, both serve man
physically and spiritually. This
encompasses the belief that Israel’s “Time” and “Land” ultimately belongs to God.
Webster: The Sabbath; The Seventh day
of the week (Saturday), set aside by the fourth commandment for rest and worship
and observed by Jews and some Christian sects, with Sunday, the first day of
the week as the usual Christian day of rest and worship.
The Sabbath began at sunset on Friday
evening and lasted till sunset on Saturday evening. God bound Israel to follow His law and no
other; “The Law” demanded reverence,
obedience and service; to record, study, remember and obey under penalty of
being “stoned to
death”. With that said; you
could say; they took the Sabbath Day very seriously.
The
Fourth Commandment: The Sabbath is a Holy
day on which man should rest
from any work and cause no one else under his authority to work,[13] the penalty was death. Don’t buy anything from anyone on the Sabbath
causing them to work. It’s in the Book
We are commanded to work six days and rest
on the seventh. Being busy does not
equate to being spiritual. This
commandment stands as a barrier against endless self-destructive human
greed. Man was NOT made for The Sabbath; the Sabbath was made for
man to enjoy a day of REST. [14]
Nehemiah 10:31 –
Don’t GO SHOPPING on the Sabbath
31 "When the neighboring peoples bring merchandise or
grain to sell on the Sabbath,
WE WILL NOT BUY
FROM THEM ON THE SABBATH or on any holy day. NIV
(Wikipedia 13th Century France)
Sabbath Rabbit Trail
After
the Resurrection of Christ, the early Christians began to observe the
day that Jesus was resurrected from the grave as the new covenant; the new
way. They observed the Sabbath or “Lords Day”
on “Resurrection
Sunday” which was the first day of the week; a new beginning.
The Jews continued to observe Saturday as
the Sabbath and the Christians set apart Sunday to be observed as “The Lord’s Day”
which we also commonly call our Sabbath.
The Sabbath
actually refers to the Jews and “The Lord’s Day” refers to the Christians.
(I understand many will disagree with this.)
The Lord’s Day is a weekly
memorial to Christ’s resurrection from the dead; a celebration of a new
creation; God making all things new, a day of triumph and glory. The
tomb is empty, rejoice in “The Lord’s Day” for He is risen; He is risen
indeed.
We have transitioned from the
Sabbath to the Lord’s Day which began on the first Easter. Christ honored the disciples by manifesting
Himself multiple times on the first day of the week. The feast of harvest was seven weeks long; 49
days; the 50th day was Pentecost; Sunday, the first day. The Holy Spirit descended on the day of Pentecost,
the first day of the week. Some scholars have calculated that Jesus ascended to
Heaven on the first day of the week.
NOTE: The day
of rest became “most noted” for Christians when Emperor Constantine in the
fourth century A.D. designated Sunday as a Holy Day for the entire Roman
Empire. No Old Testament Sabbath
regulations or observances were transferred to “the Lord’s Day” to make it a
“Christian Sabbath.”
The
“Sabbath”
relates to the Old
Covenant and
the
“Lord’s Day”
relates to the New
Covenant.
The 5th
– 10th commandments deal with
relationships
between each other
5th Commandment – Honor Parents
Parents are honored to be
God’s surrogates; a kind of co-creatorship, a co-rulership in the
governing of their children. Honoring
your parents by the way you live your life is a blessing not only to your
parents, but to you and all those around you.
The parent’s duty was to train up their children in God’s Law; the way,[15]
and to provide all the necessary things that were needed including the love and
warmth of a caring home. Later on in the
NT the followers of Christ’s sect became known as “THE
WAY”. [16]
When the parents grow old and cannot do for themselves, we as children
are to provide the same love and devotion that we received and as a bonus, God
has promised that our days of life will be extended.
NOTE: The Old
Testament statues for abandoning this respect was harsh since it eroded the
moral fiber and social fabric of the nation; to curse or defy your parents was considered
a “capital offense”,
you
were stoned to death.[17]
Exodus 20:12 – Honor your Mom & Dad;
live longer
12 HONOR YOUR FATHER AND YOUR MOTHER
that
your days may be long in the land that
the LORD
your God is giving you. (ESV)
6th Commandment – Murder
This law reveals God’s
attitude toward people created in His very own Image. Man is God’s Image bearer and to murder is to
take away a man’s indispensable possession and to destroy God’s image in which
he was created.
The original text says “Do Not Kill”, but the spirit of the intent was to
not murder. Murder is the unlawful killing of another human
being with Malice of Forethought. The term murder is
extended to include, euthanasia, abortion, suicide, assisted suicide,
sacrificial suicide, drugs and slander. It is a most serious crime worthy of the
harshest of punishment, under the justification that commission of murder is
highly detrimental to good order within a society.
In most countries,
a person convicted of murder is typically given a long prison sentence,
possibly a LIFE SENTENCE where permitted, and in some countries
for such an act, the DEATH
PENALTY may be imposed.
Jesus points out the spiritual KINSHIP of a murderer
to the Devil who
was a murderer from the beginning.[18] Jesus extended the commandment to include
anger and verbal insults to a brother in Christ and suggested anger
management, forgiveness
and reconciliation
of an issue so that it would not become a CANCER that might result in the unnecessary taking of a life.[19]
Although we are no longer under the OT Laws, we have Two
Commandments of LOVE[20] that are given to us by Jesus Christ that will
make us want to keep the Ten Commandments.
Murder: Christ
specifically mentioned Murder when he said “Love your neighbor as yourself”;
that love does no harm to its neighbor;[21] premeditated Murder is a SIN.
Exodus 20:13 –
Don’t premeditate taking a life
13 You shall not
murder. (ESV)
What does God say
about killing in war? If you
are in the army, you have an oath of loyalty to the governing authorities who
have been placed over you by God to protect the homeland, your family and to keep
the peace.[22] We are NOT forbidden to
kill in war, it is our scriptural duty to
defend our land and our families from those who would seek to do us harm and
that includes Terrorist
by any name. If a thief breaks into my home; threatens
my family; am I justified in shooting to KILL?
The
Bible says YES, if a thief breaks into your home… SHOOT HIM… You have God’s
permission; you have a God given right to protect your family and home. Consider getting a Concealed
Weapons Permit and
learn the safety
and responsibility
of gun ownership as well as your liability. [23]
Go practice taking
the thief out at the shooting range.
It’s NOT a sin; it’s a public service.
Exodus 22:2 –
SHOOT THE THIEF
2 If a thief is caught breaking in
at night and is struck
a fatal blow, THE
DEFENDER is
NOT GUILTY of bloodshed; (NIV2011)
7th Commandment - Adultery
You can only commit Adultery
when you are prepared to HURT others, to
enjoy yourself at the expense of others. This commandment places a “Hedge of Protection” around the Home and
Family.[24]
It assures the legitimacy of children
and the proper transfer of the family legacy. Note: because
of the Virgin birth of Jesus, they questioned who his father was.[25]
The human desire for sex is strong for both sexes; sometimes the passion
is so great that you can’t escape it, sometimes it is forced; RAPE
While immoral behavior is only one of the Ten Commandments, it is by far
one of the strongest as it spins off; lies, emotional distress, broken families, disease and
sickness and sometimes murder.
When you are horny, a kiss can melt you; even a toad frog will look like
a prince.[26]
Marriage is a covenant between a Man, a Woman
and God.[27]
When a man and woman come together for
the first time, there is blood; this is the sealing of the blood covenant
between the two of them and God. The two
are now ONE,[28]
they are not to be unfaithful to each other nor unfaithful to God.
Jesus took it a step further concerning
your thoughts. He said that just
thinking lustfully about someone; you will have already committed adultery in your heart; you have sinned.[29]
Exodus 20:14 - Adultery
14 You shall not
commit adultery. (ESV)
8th Commandment – Stealing
A man’s property is an extension of his
personality. Interestingly, you can
steal a marriage partner; a life as well as someone’s reputation. Stealing is a double sin; in that it breaks the commandment that
Jesus gave in loving your neighbor and it accuses God of not providing enough
for your needs.
The flip side of the coin is that a
neighbor with an abundance may not have met the needs of a neighbor who is in
want. [30]
Solomon wrote; Give me
neither poverty nor riches; don’t give me so much that I forget about You God
and so little that I am forced to steal and thereby profane your name.[31] Stealing can be fraud, dispossession,
withholding something that is due another man;[32]
withholding the tithe from God. (Ponder
that)
Maude was a
saint in
the Baptist Church and we all loved her, but her overgrown grandson Larry was a Bully whose delight was to hurt,
steal and destroy. In Grammar School, he
was just plain EVIL
and was so HATED
as well as feared by most of his classmates. Just after High School, Larry was killed in a
robbery; you would think that we would have all been very glad at the news;
that the world would now be better off, but it was SAD because he was unredeemed
and destined for Hell.
This
is sad to say, but the scriptures are written to a man that is seeking God’s
face and there are some whose spirit just rejects the things of God. Their father is Satan, the father of Lies; and
they will not only take your goods, they will take your very life.[33]
Jesus says “Let the thief
no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his own
hands, so that he may have something to share with anyone in need”.[34]
Exodus 20:15 - Stealing
15 You shall not
steal.
(ESV)
9th Commandment – False Witness
This of course smacks of
testifying falsely as a witness in a court of Law against someone else;
The Hebrew law required that you do to the False Witness as he
had meant to do to his brother. It shall be life for life, eye for eye, tooth
for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot.[35]
But let’s look at it a little more closely. This is also about assaulting someone’s
character, it carries the label of slander; defamation, back biting, tale toting, gossiping, pot
stirring and aggravating the circumstances, and worst of all; the attempt to raise your
own reputation.[36]
For the Hebrew, assaulting a man’s character, which is all that he had, was
like taking his life. If you called a
man a Fool you
were on dangerous ground with the Lord. In
the political area today, when you cannot find fault with your opponents
message, then you assault his character to in effect KILL HIM. Many times jealousy of someone else’s
achievements brings out snide remarks. This is so common today not only in politics,
but in the corporate world with one seeking to advance his own self above a
fellow employee.
Again this is written to the man of God, and just goes over the head of
an unbeliever and Make Believer. Before
you open your mouth, consider; does this lift up someone or push them down. In the 40’s, my father told me that “a man’s
word was his bond”, his word was only as good as his name; that is somewhat of
a joke today, particularly in the Political area.
I remember accepting a Job and later a
better offer came through. When I turned
the better offer down, they could not understand why… I said, I have already given my WORD.
Exodus 20:16 – False Witness
16 You shall not
bear false witness against your neighbor.
(ESV)
10th Commandment – Covet
Covet – This is the
chef root of man-ward sins; it is Action in
Rehearsal. It highlights the importance of wrong
appetites and intentions; craving for worldly satisfactions; setting one’s
heart on desire. Man’s ego becomes his God.
Envy is the very thread that corrodes the
fabric of our society. This envy runs
the gamut of coveting someone’s promotion; status, popularity, friends, house, wife or car. Jesus said to love your neighbor as
yourself.[37]
You will not covet, envy or harm someone
you care about. Blessed are those with a
pure heart for they shall see God.[38]
Exodus 20:17 – Don’t Covet neighbors Wife,
House, Car, Friends
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.”
(ESV)
The Take Away
These Ten Fence Post commandments
provide a hedge of protection around the community against the beast of disorder,
confusion and bloodshed. If any one of
the fence posts collapses, chaos will break out within the community; survival
itself is at stake.
(SELAH; ponder where we are
in our community today)
Today God’s Laws have been written on the
heart of the Believer and we are to live according to the Spirit; doing so the
Law is fully met within us. “Those who
love God will keep His Ten Commandments and become the
Beneficiaries of His steadfast
love.[39]
If you want to
get closer to God,
you must first
agree with Him about SIN.
Sin must be
confessed.
[1] Exodus
34:27-28 – God gives Moses even more covenant laws -- Deuteronomy 10:5 – Put
the Ten Commandments into the Ark
[2] Deuteronomy 4:10 -13 – Ten Commandments originally SPOKEN by God to all of Israel at the foot of the mountain
[3] Exodus 31:18 – Two Tablets of the Testimony Written with the
finger of God-
[4] Exodus 20:2 – Grace of the Redeemer; The gift of deliverance out of Egypt
[5] Exodus 19:5 - You shall be my treasured possession
IF you obey my voice
[6] Matthew 5:17-18 – I have come to fulfill the
commandments
[7] Matthew 4:8-10 Satan tempted Jesus on this very point
[8] Deuteronomy
4:12 – God is not a visible or tangible being
[9] Exodus 3:13-14 – God’s name is; I am that I am
[10] Exodus 20:7 – Don’t use God’s name carelessly, the LORD will not hold him guiltless who
takes his name in vain
[11] Exodus 31:12-13 – The Sabbath is a Sign of the Covenant between Me
and you -- Exodus 31:16-17 – The Sabbath is a sign between God and the Israelites
forever
[12] Genesis 2:2-3 – God RESTED on the seventh day, so should man
[13] Exodus 20:8-11 – Remember the Sabbath Day to keep it Holy
[14] Mark
[15] Proverbs 22:6 – Train your children in THE WAY
[16] Acts 9:2 – THE WAY, the Followers of
Christ sect
[17] Proverbs 1:8 – Do not forsake your parent’s teachings -- Exodus 21:17 – Capital offense to curse your
parents; stoned to death
[18] John 8:44 – A murderer is KIN to the Devil;
SATAN
[19] Matthew
5:21-26 – Don’t be angry or insult your Hebrew brother
[20] Mark 12:28-31 – Two
Commandments of Love; love yourself and love your neighbor -- John
[21] Romans 13:8-10 – Love does no harm and is
the fulfillment of the Law
[22] Romans 13:1 – We are subject to those who govern us in War. -- Romans 13:4 – The army is God’s minister of
vengeance-- Romans 13:3 – Our Government authority is a terror to EVIL -- Romans 13:4 – The army is God’s minister
of vengeance -- Romans 13:2 – Resisting those in authority
resists the ordinances of God
[23] NOTE: If the thief is
retreating, your life is no longer being threatened; there is no need to take
his life.
[24] Job 1:10 – The Marriage Covenant is Hedge of Protection around your Home
[25] Matthew 13:55 - Is not this the carpenter's son
[26] Proverbs 27:7 –When
you’re horny, a TOAD FROG looks
like a prince.
[27] Malachi
[28] Genesis
[29] Matthew 5:28 – Just thinking about Adultery is Sin
[30] Galatians 5:14 – The Law; Love your neighbor as yourself
[31] Proverbs 30:8-9 – Give me
neither poverty nor riches
[32] Proverbs 3:27 – Don’t withhold what is due someone -- Malachi 3:8 – Will a man rob God of the Tithe?
[33] John 8:44 – Your father is Satan; a Liar and Murderer from the beginning.
[34] Ephesians 4:28 – Let the thief no longer steal; but labor and share
[35] Deuteronomy 19:16-21 – Do to witness as meant he meant to do
[36] Matthew 5:22 - Don’t insult someone’s name and integrity
[37] Matthew 22:39 – Love your neighbor as yourself
[38] Matthew 5:8 - Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see
God
[39] Exodus 20:6 – The Beneficiaries of God’s love are those who keep
commandments
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