The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-07-12
THE TEN
COMMANDMENTS
DUTIES TOWARD GOD
Sunday School Lesson Tor July l4.Iso7
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TIME-Flfty DAYS after leaving Egypt
,EN. 1911. 80, The day OF Pentecost tbs
feast OF first fruits. Some time in May.
1897 b G. or perhaps l9oO
fLACE-ln the plain at the base OF Mt
sinai IN the southern part OF the Sinai
TIC peninsula between the two northern
arms OF the Red Sea
SCRIPTURE REFERENCES.- TIA
bies Of Stone; Tx. 2al2: siis: Gi5-is:
81 peut. AS; ssh: lois / Kings So.
Heb s,t Read Psalms 10. lls.
Comment and Suggestive Thought.
Mt Sinai and Its Surroundings
The exact mountain is uncertain. but
Hastings Bible Dictionary inclines 10
tho traditional Jebel Mousa. Noun
tain OF Moses" 1903 feet above the
sea. In the wild. mountainous region
OF the glorious range OF granite noun
tains OF which Sinai is the nucleus
Az its northwestern base stretches
Er-Rahah, THE wilderness OF Sinai.
the only plain in the neighborhood
capable OF holding 100000 persons.
allowing square yard for each The
! camp itself Palmer was doubtless
more extensive. occupying the neigh.
boring glens and mountainsides. wher-
ever there was sufficient fertility 70.
the cattle. Fronting the plain is a
lofty and preoipitous blum. Ras-S ufsa-
feh. whence, probably. the law was
proclaimed
The Commandments Are Divine
lsws.-N. J. And God spake all
these words. in three ways: 90 by
his voice; l2) by writing them on the
tablets OF stone: and - he has writ
ten them on the very nature OF man.
We are not TO imagine that nothing
Of these commands was known before
Moses. They we're written on the
hearts and cor.ciences OF men from
the beginning We see them in the
early history They are lesson for
all mankind
Y. g. Thou shalt have no other
gods before me Side by side with
me, in addition 10 me. in my pres
ence.' and therefore in preference to |
me"
VS.. 4-6. This forbids making any
representation OF God as a means OF 1
worshiping him.
The First Reason is that all images
misrepresent God. They are not like
God. They do not represent God as
pictures Of friend represent him 10
us
The Second Reason. v 5. Il
am jealous Cod /. e.. not willing
that any other should be regarded as
his equal. or take his place in the az
fectons and worship OF his people:
because no other can take his place:
no other can love as he loves. or help
as he helps. Every idol god is moi
only useless. but leads TO Immortality.
The Third Reason. Visiting the
niquity OF the fathers upon the chs-
iren. The visitation here spoken OF
ian hardly be any other than that
which We are accustomed 10 witness
n the common experience OF life lex.
s4.'; Jer. 81. lS). IL is a statement
II the scientific doctrine OF hereditv.
y. q hou shalt not take the name
II the Lord thy God in vain"
lightly. carelessly. thoughtlessly. in
sincerely.
J. This forbids protesting TO be
iods people. in covenant relations
With him. and then acting in a man
Ter that dishonors God and misrepre-
ents him before the world IL dis
races religion. and drives men from
sod.
II forbids perjury. False
wearing is among the greatest in
ults that man can offer to God. and.
5 being such. is naturally forbidden ..
the first table. which teaches us our
uty TO God II is also destructive OF
wi society. and hence il is again
'rbidden in the second table ". ls. !,
'hieh defines our duties to our neigh :
or. "-Ellicott.
But II does not forbid what is :
allied taking an oath in court: for =
nat is simple affirmation in the sol !,
mn presence Of God TO tell the truth
hdlng with a prayer for help to do
The way these oaths are some
mes administered borders very close !,
on the breaking Of this command
= Il foTbids all profanity. the care
IS. irreyerent use OF Gods nama and
holy things. because il tends to de.
roy the power OF these things over a,
en- =
;. II enforces Christs internre,a. =.
on that all efforts to support our "a. -
riions OF a fact beyond the simple .,
'es or no repeated cometh a, -
H. i weakens the assertion itself -
;. All thoughtless worship comes -
der the I'm Of this commandment =,
v 8. Remember the Sabbath dav~ -
'member implies that the sabbath =
ready existed TO keep IL holv"
'ssibly We talk too much aboui VIVA,
Z 10 do on the Sabbath. Here is the
eat thing to do: worship; keen the Re
y sacred for religious duties and hi,
'piraiion. the culture OF the soul !, ret
urself and OF others. bu
The Covenant Of Love.
in the Old Testament there 40
II covenants. that with Noah !,
ich the rainbow was the sign nrom.
ng safety from destruction ~ au