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LESSON FOR FEBRUARY 16
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.

LESSON TExT-Exodus 2ol-i1. s4hIT;S Ss34hhpEN TExT-Luke 1927. ! ADDlTlONAL MATER1AL-Ex. 19; Lev. 1S1l-is. s2-y7: Matt. sl7-4s PRIMARY ToPIC-osod gives his com msndmsnts to Moses. Memory verses-I John is. Luke i0:y. l JUNIOR ToPfC-Giving command ments 10 the people. Memory Verses | Matt. 22s7-l0
 INTERMEDIATES ToPIc-Jesus and the ten comffiandments. SENIOR AND ADULT TOPIC-The commandments in modern life. The ten commandments furnish us the worlds greatest moral code. l !. The First Commandment (2O :3).
 Thou shalt have no other gods be- fore me- Means literally, Thou shalt have no other gods before my face" This commandment enjoins the obligation of single-hearted wor- ship and service. It may be broken by dA living for one's self If life's activities center in self then one is an idolater. @ Making pleasure the goal Of living. (3) Being coyetous (CoL 3:5) Every one who is greedy for gold is an idoIater (4) Actually worshipping idols.
 II. The Second Commandment (20 :4-G).
 While the first commandment is di- rected against false gods, the second Is directed against the worship of the true God under false forms. It can be broken by CD the use of images in worship; CD putting sinful man fin the place of Christ; (3) putting Gods ordinances and institutions in the place which he alone should have.
 III. The Third Commandment (20:7).
 The Hebrew word "vain" translated means lying. deceptive, unreal. Guilt less" is from the word meaning clean, unpunlshed. The meaning is that God will not hold to be clean and will not allow to go unpunished him who uses his name in lying, hypoeritical man. her. This commandment may be bro- ken by CD profanity, CD perjury, (3) leyity and frivolity, (4) hypocrisy, which is protesting to live for God yet living for self.
 W. The Fourth Commandment (20 SID.
 The command to work six days is as binding as to rest on the seventh. The resting one day in seven applies to servants and horses as we'll as to the man and his family. This com mandment may be broken by CD liv- ing in idleness, (2) working on the day set apart for the worship of God, (3) engaging in carnal pleasures on the Lords day.
 V. The Fifth Commandment (20 :12).
 This commandment rests upon the fact that parents stand to their chll- dren in the place of God. It may be violated by CD disrespect to parents. @ disobsdience. (3) failure to give proper care in old age.
 VI. The Sixth Commandment (20 0:13).
 The sanctity of human life Is due to the fact that man was created in the likeness and image of God. This commandment mdy be broken by CD sinful anger (Matt. 5:22), CD hatred q John 3:15). (3) neglect of means to preserve life. (4 oppression of the weak, (5) suicide, (0 infanticide CD unriGhteous wars.
 VII. The Seventh Commandment (20:14).
 The sin which strikes at the home is most deadly, for it undermines the whole human fabric. IL may be bro ken by CD unclean imaginations, thoughts, and affections (Matt. 15 .19; 5:27, 2s), t2) unchaste conversation and wanton looks (Isa. 8 :1G; 2 Peter 2:14, (3) divorce, which is for the most part legalized adultery.
 VIII. The Eighth Commandment (20:15).
 This strikes at the sin of theft. Many things are legally right but mor- ally wrong. This commandment may be broken by CD taking what belongs to another, (2) false weights and measures, (3) extortion. t4) usury, (5) graft" (6) making assignments to escape payment of debts.
 TX. The Ninth commsndment (20 :16).
 The unfailing test of mans re- ligion is the use he makes of his tongue (James :26; 3:2-Sl. This commandment may be broken by CD open lying, (2) perjury, (3) islander, (4) talebearing, (5) breach of prom ise, (6) withholding truth. CD flat tery.
 x. The Tenth Commandment (20:17).
 This commandment strikes al the desire for things which belong to an other. It applies not merely to the open violation, but to the very pur- pose of the heart.