Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1919-02-14
LESSON FOR FEBRUARY is
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.
LESSON rExr-Exodus @:l-17.

GOLDEN IEAI-Luke lO.Zi.
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL-Ex. 10;
Lev. 1s:11-iS. s2-s7; Matt. 5:17-4S.
PRIMARY TOPIC-God gives his com-
mandments to Moses. Memory Verses--I
John AS; Luke 1927.
JUNIOR TOPIC-Giving command
ments to the people. Memory Verses
Matt. 22:37-i0.
INTERMEDIATES 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 :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. 1t may be broken
by ~ living for ones self. If Mes
activities center in self then one is
an idolater. (2) Making pleasure the
goal of living. (3) Being coyetous
(Col. 800. Every one who is greedy
for gold is. an idolater. (4) Actually
worshipping idols.
II. The Second Commandment
GO 400.
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 "a the use of images
in worship; CD putting sinful man in
the place of Christ; (3) putting Gods
ordinances and institutions in the
place which he alone should have.
III. The Third Commandment
COD.
The Hebrew we'd 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unpublished.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allow to go unpublished him who uses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 lying, hypocritical man.
ner. This commandment may be bro
ken by (D profanity. (2) perjury, (3)
levity and frivolity, (4) hypocrisy,
which is processing to live for God
yet living for self.
~ HS Foutt ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
coo :S-11). ailH
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 ~ 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 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 % disrespect to parents,
(2) disobedience, (3) failure to give
proper care in old age.
vi. The Sixth Commandment
GO 49,.
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 "a
sinful anger Matt 5:22), (2) hatred
Il John 3:15), (3) neglect of means to
preserve life, tQ oppression of the
weak, (5) suicide, (6) infanticde
[7) unrighteous wars.
VII. The Seventh Commandment
(20:14).
The sin which strikes at the home
is most deadly, for it undermnes the
whole human fabric. 1t may be bro.
ken by "a unclean imaginations
thoughts, and affections Matt. Is 10;
5:27, 28), (2) unchaste conversation
and wanton looks lisa. 3:16; 2 Peter
2:14, (3) divorce, which is for the
most part legaIized adultery.
VIII. The Eighth Commandment
coo :15).
This strikes at the sin Of theft.
Many things are legally right but NOR
ally wrong. This commandment may
be broken by ID taking what belongs
to another, (2) false weights and
measures, (3) extortion, az usury,
(5) "graft," (6) making assignments
TO escape payment of debts.
TX. The Ninth Commandment
| (2O:16).
The uRfailing test of mans re-
ligion is the use he makes of his
tongue (James / 20; 1929. This
commandment may be broken by az
open lying, (2) perjury, (3) Islander,
(4) talebearing, (5) breach of prom
Use. (6) Withholding truth, % fat.
| terry.
X. The Tenth Commandment
COLD.
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.
pose OF the heart.n