Preparing to Meet the Lord
Exodus 19:7-25
Key Verse: 19:10
Date: Feb. 27, 2017
Question
What does the tenth commandment forbid?
Answer
The tenth commandment forbids any dissatisfaction with what belongs to us, envy or grief at the success of others, and all improper desire for anything that belongs to someone else.
Reference Passages
1
1 Corinthians 10:10
10 nor grumble, as some of them did and were destroyed by the Destroyer.
James 3:14-16
14 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth. 15 This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. 16 For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice.
2
Galatians 5:26
26 Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.
Colossians 3:5