The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-02-15
IMPROVED UNFoRM INTERNATIONAL
LESSON
LESSON FOR FEBRUARY is
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.
(By Rev. p. B. FITzwATER, d. D.,
Teacher Of English Bible in the Moody
Bible Institute of Chicago.)
Copyright, 1918. Western Newspaper Union.)


LESSON TEXT-Exodus S:1-17.
GOLDEN TEXT-Luke lo:N.
Lev. BILLS, 1921; Matt. 5:l7-4s.
PRIMARY ToPIC-God gives his COM
mandments to Moses. Memory Verses-I
John as; Luke 1927.
JUNIOR T~OPIC-Giving command
ments to the people. Memory Verses
Matt. 22:37-4O.
INTERMEDIATE ToPIc-Jesus n
the ten commandments.
SENIOR AND ADULT TOPIC-Ths
commandments in modern life.
The ten commandments furnish Us
the worlds greatest moral code.
/. The First Commandment 60 ~.
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. 1t may be broken
by (1) living for ones self. If Hfe's
activities center in self then one Is
an idolater. (2) Making pleasure the
goal of living. (3) Being c%ovetous
(Col. $3.50. Every one who is greedy
for gold is an idolater. az Actually
worshipping idols.
II. The Second COMMANDMENT
GO :4-6).
While the first commandment is d.
rected against false gods, the second
Is directed against the worship Of the
true God under false forms. It can
be broken by (1) the use of images
In u-orcbfD. roy p,,+t{pp o{DfuI man {rr
the place of Christ; (3) putting Gods
ordinances and institutions in the
place which he alone should have.
III. The Third Commandment
GOD. =
The Hebrew word vain" translated
means lying, deceptive, unreal. Guilt
less is from the word meaning clean,
unpublished. The meaning is that God
will not hold to be clean and will not
allow to go unpublished him who uses
his name in a lying, hypocritical NAM
ner. This commandment may be brG-
ken by (1) profanity, (2) perjury, (3S
levity and ~frivolity, (4) hypocrisy.
which is processing to live for God
yet living for self.
w. The Fourth Commandment
go SID. q;
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 well as to
the man and his family. This COM
mandment may be broken by ~ live
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 go :12E.
This commandment rests upon the
fact that parents stand to their chill
dren in the place of God. 1t may be
violated by (1) di%srespect to parentS
(2) d~isobedience, (3) failure to give
proper care in old age.
vi. The Sixth Commandment
GO :13). !
The sanctity of human life is due
to the fact that man was created In
the likeness and image of God. This
commandment may be broken by %
sinful anger Matt. 5:22), (2) hatred
Il John 3:15), (3) neglect of means to
preserve life, az oppression of the
weak, (5) suicide, (6) infanticide
"a unrighteous wars.
VII. The Seventh Commandment
(2O:14).
The sin which strikes at the home
is most deadly, for it undermines the
whole human fabric. 1t may be bro
ken by Q) unclean imaginations,
thoughts, and affections Matt. Is 10;
5:27, 2S), (2) unchaste conversation
and wanton looks Elsa. 3:16; . 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 NOR
ally wrong. This commandment may
be broken by % taking what belongs
to another, (2) false weights and
measures, (3) %extortion, az usury,
t5) graft" (6) making assignments
to escape payment of debts.
TX. The Ninth Commandment
eco :16).
The unfailing test Of a mans re-
ligion is the use he makes Of his
tongue (James 1925; 1928. This
commandment may be broken by ~
open lying, (2) perjury, (3) Islander,
az ta%lebearing, (5) breach of prom
Use, (6) Withholding truth, % fat
terry.
X. The Tenth Commandment
GO :1O.
This commandment strikes at the
desire for things which belong to an
other. 1t applies not merely to the