Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-02-14
LESSON FOR FEBRUARY IS
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.

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LESSON TRxT-Exodus DILL.
GOLDEN TEXT-Luks 1911.
Lev. Bills 32-s7; Matt. 5:1T-4s.
PRIMARY TOPIC-God gives his com
nandmsnts to Moses Memory verses-I
John 4:s; Luke 1877.
JUNIOR TOPIC-Glvlng command
unents to the people. Memory Verses
Matt. z7:37-40
INTERMEDIATE TOPIC-Jesus and
the ten commandments.
SENIOR AND ADULT TOPIC-Ths
SonnmAndmsnts in modern life.
The ten commandments furnish as
the worlds greatest moral code.
.. 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 life's
activities center In self then one Is
an idolater. (2) Making pleasure the
goal of living. (S) Being covetous
(COl. $3.50. Every one who Is greedy
for gold Is an idolater. az Actually
worshippfhg idols.
II. The Second Commandment
(O: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 ~ the use of images
In worship; (2) 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
G2O:7).
The Hebrew word vain" translated
means lying, deceptive, unreal. Guilt
less" is from the word meaning clean,
unpublished. The meaning is that God
viii not hold to be clean and will not
allow to go unpublished him who uses
his name in lying, hypocritical man
neT. This commandment may be bro
ken by ~ profanity, (2) perjury, (3)
Aevity and frivolity, ca hypocrisy,
which Is protesting to live for God
yet living for self.
w. The Fourth Commandment
[2O:8-11).
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, 90
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, 81 failure to give
proper care In old age.
VI. The Sixth Commandment
cobb.
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. 522), (2) hatred
Il John 3:15), (3) neglect of means to
preserve life, az oppression Of the
weak, (5) suicide, (6) infanticide
~ unrighteouS wars.
VII. The Seventh Commandment
E2O:14).
The sin which strikes at the home
lis most deadly, for it undermines the
whole human fabric. 1t may be bro
ken by ~ unclean imaginati0ns,
thoughts, and affections Matt. Is 10 ;
5:27, 28), (2) unchaste conversation
and wanton looks Elsa. BIG; 2 Peter
2:14, 60 divorce, which is for the
most part legaliZed adultery.
vii. The Eighth Commandment
(2O:15).
This strikes at the sin of theft.
Many things are legally right but NOR
ally wrong. This commandment may
be broken by (1) taking what belongs
to another, (2) false weights and
measures, (3) extortion, ~ usury,
go graft" (6) making assignments
to escape payment Of debts.
TX. The Ninth Commandment
(20:16).
The unfalling test of mans re-
lfgiOn is the use he makes OF his
tongue Games rs; 1929. This
commandment may be broken by O
open lying, (2) perjury, (3) SANDER,
90 talebearing, 90 breach Of prom
Ise, (6) Withholding truth. 60 fat
tsry.
X. The Tenth Commandment
(20:17).
This commandment strikes at the
desire for things which belong to an
other. It applies not merely to the
open violation, but to the very pur-