The Ten Commandments

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You shall have no other gods besides me.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">You shall not make for yourself any idols or graven images ... you shall not bow down to them.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">I am Jehovah your God and I am a jealous God.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">You shall not speak the name of the Lord your God in vain.</div> <bR> <div> <B>b.  STOPPING OURSELVES TO BE ONE WITH GOD</B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.  Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of the Lord your God.</div> <bR> <div> <B>c.  HONORING OUR SOURCE</B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Honor your father and your mother, that you days may be long in the land that the Lord your God gives to you.</div> <bR> <div> <B>d.   EXPRESSING THE DIVINE ATTRIBUTES IN HUMAN VIRTUES - love, purity, truthfulness, sympathy, satisfaction</B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">You shall not kill.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">You shall not commit adultery.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">You shall not steal.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">You shall not desire your neighbor's house, you shall not desire your neighbor's wife, nor his servants, nor his oxen, nor his ass, nor anything that is your neighbor's</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Return to <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="verdana" ><A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bible Study"><U>Previous Page</U></A></FONT></div> </td> </tr></table></body>