Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-02-06
LESSON FOR FEBRUARY is
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.

LESSON TExT-Exodus 2o:1-17-
GOLDEN TENT-Lulse 1927
PRIMARY ToPIc-God, gives his com
John As: Luke 1921
JUNIOR TOPIC-Giving command
m n9 to the people Memory Verses
INTERMEDIARY ToPIC-Jesus and
the ten commandments
SENIOR AND ADULT TOPIC-The
commandments in modern life
The ten commandments furnish us
the worlds greatest moral code.
I. The First Commandment GO 81
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 Cd living for ones self If hfes
activities center in self then one is
an idolater. CD Making pleasure the
goal of living. CD Being covetou~
(Col- 3 20 Every one who is greedy
for gold is idolater. ca Actually
worshipping idols.
H. The Second Commandment
GO 40.
While the first commandment is di-
rected against false gods, the second
is directed against the worship of the
true God under false forms 1t can
be broken by Cd the use of images
in worship; CD putting sinful man in
the place of Christ; CD putting Gods
ordinances and institutions in the
place which he alone should have.
Ill The Third Commandment
(2O:O.
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unpublished.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 he clean and will NOT
allow to go unpublished him who uses
his name in Il lying, hypocritical man
ner- This commandment may be bro
ken by Cd profanity, CD perjury. CD
levity and frivolity, (4) hypocrisy,
which is processing to live for God
yet living for self.
~. The Fourth Commando emf
GO SID.
The command to work six days is
as binding to rest 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 Cd Iiv-
ing in idleness, CD working the day
set apart for the worship of God, CD
engaging in carna1 pleasures the
Lords day.
". The Fifth Commandment GO :12).
This commandment rests upon the
fact that parents stand to their chill
| dren in the place of God. 1t may be
| violated by Cd diSrespect to parents,
| CD disobedience, CD 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 Cd
| sinful anger (Iatt- 3 :22), CD hatred
Il John I'D, CD neglect of means to
| preserve life, ca oppression of the
| weak, Co suicide, COZ infantfcide
| VII. The Seventh Commandment
| GO: I'D.
The sin which strikes at the home
| is most deadly, for it undermineS the
| whole human fabric. It may be bro
| ken by Cd unclean imaginations
| thoughts, and affections Matt. Is 10
| 3 :27, 2S), CD unchaste conversation
and wanton looks Qsa- 3 :16; Peter
| 2:14, CD divorce, which is for the
| most part 1egalized adultery.
WILL The Eighth Commandment
| GO :15).
This strikes at the sin of theft
| Many things are legally right but NOR
ally wrong This commandment may
| be broken by Cd taking what belongs
| to another, CD false weights and
measures, 80 extortion. (4) usury
| co graft (6) making assig nments
| TO escape payment OF deDtS
TX. The Ninth Commandment
| GO :16).
| The unfailing test of mans re
| Hgion is the use he makes of his
tongue Games :26; :2S)- This
| commandment may be broken by Cd
! open lying, CD perjury, CD SANDER
| (4) ta1ebearing, CD breach of prom
| Use, go Withholding truth, 90 fat
! terry.
x. The Tenth Commandment
| co I'D
| This commandment strikes at the
| desire for things which belong TO an
| other. 1t applies not merely to the
| open violation, but TO the very pur
I pose of the heart.