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GOLDEN ITNT-Thou shalt love the
Lord thy God with all thy heart
Luke lUsxS.

ALHWa
GOLDEN TENT-Thes shalt love b
Lord Thy God with all thy heart
Luke I0sx..
OUTLINE OF SCRIPTURE SECTION
Water from the cck....---.....Ex- I.i-s-
Attack upon the Amaiekites---.Ex L-s-l@
Sanct.fying the p~ople.-.-----EA Bl--s-
First table q the law-.-----..Ex DILL
TIME-B- q. 1851
PLACES-Meribah. Rephidim. Mount
o. God" and SINAI
PARALLEL Observation-Disclosures
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NOTES AND COMMENTS
The Tables of the Law.-Ihe Ten
commandments present a summary Of
mans duties. first TO God. and then TO
man They are wonderfully brief.
simple anc comprehensive. They en-
Join nothing TO which the monitor in
every mans breast does not respond
The Jaw a. presented BY them was writ
ten in mans heart before il was writ
ter GA tables Of Conscience pro-
nounces them 10 be holy. and righte-
Gus. and good Rom. 7.12).
The First Table Of the Law--Com-
pare Deut- 5:6-2I. and note the differ
rrces. Most Biblical scholars believe
that the commandments. or Ter
Words as they are more properly
called. stood originally upon the tables
81 stone IN their simplest and most
terse form. az 6. : and : now sta nd. and
that the explanatory comments were
added later OF course this is ~conjec-
ture. but il Is extremely probable in
viex Of the fact that the Ten Words
are ampiifed differently in Deut- 5:6-21
and in Ex- e0:1-1-- Some slight adjust
ment must clearly be made. /. Thou
shalt have no other gods before fbe-
s.Gesb me- The Hebrews had come
out - a country Of many gods; they
were going into n country Of many
gods. Let us not seek 10 find all re
hnvah does not say. There Is but one
God He SAYS. -Thon shalt have but
one God. II was Gods method not TO
teach the people monotheism by pre-
cepf 20 much as To- prove il by expert
erre. .. Thou shalt not make unto
thee a craven image ,The reason
NAV or may not be plain. but God never
commands without a reason. I'm this
case the reason could not have seemed
r.ain. but God j. a ~spirir--an the use
~ any image would De a misrepresen-
.atiorl. and a materializing II the con-
ceprioa. 3. "Thou shalt not ia Ike the
name II Jehovah thy God in VAIN
Gof-S name. TO the Hebrews was a
VERY sacred part of Gods self. fSee
nert- 1885. Prov. 1s-i0. etc. The orig
inai force of the command was not
against profanity in The modern sense.
Hypocrisy or the hearing Of Gods
name without being hi~ az heart. hear
ing IL meaninciesSly On vain). and also
i~rrevererce. and the taking Of Gods
name in vain in false swearing. are
nearer to the meaning Of the command.
q -Eememberthe Sabbath day. token
n holy:- The Sabbath was made
FOR man not mans body. NOT mans
sririt. but. for man including both.
We need the Sabbath. On TO break the
rest from work az az a day for home
love and fellowship. t4l as a day for
increasing our intelligent interest in
the progress ~ the great causes ~
humanity and religion. f5l for the op-
portunity II brings Us 10 worship pub
iic'v. (6l for the opportunity II brings
n he stili and commune with God and
draw near 70 Christ As a personal
Savior. s. Honor thy father and thy
rnther:- To the Hebrews the honor
ing ~ parents Is not simply a neigh
bcrly- virtue. The parent stands to
the child as the representative Of God.
and 80 this command was put on the
first table with the religious laws
rather than on the second with those
regarding our relations 70 our fellow
ren. The old Hebrew idea ~ rever-
erce and honor 10 parents as n relig-
ions duty J. too much neglected in this
q ofirrevcrence.
PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS
The first table n the law can bt kept
only bv loving God With al your heart
and all your soul
III Co. fills your heart nothing un-
worthy and debasinr can enter into IL.
Tire more one loves God. the better
a man he i mentally. morally. and
usually even physically
The greatest dishonor cab be done
Gods name by claiming 70 be his child,
aud yet acting contrary TO his Law.
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