THE SIN OF DISCONTENTMENT (10 OF 10)
by Zach Terry
Scripture: Exodus 20:17
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The Sin of Discontentment (10 of 10)
Series: 10 Commandments
Zach Terry
Exodus 20:17
OPENING: We come today to the final of the 10 commandments which is in some ways the root of breaking the other nine. In other words, if you can learnt to keep the 10th commandment, you will find it drastically easier to keep the other 9.
TEXT: Exodus 20:17 (ESV)
17 ''You shall not covet....(that's the essence of the command, don't covet... then he gives a list of specifics)... your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor's.''
COVET - It's the Hebrew word ''ChAH MODE'' translated here ''Covet''. This Hebrew word occurs 21 times in the OT, it is translated ''Covet'' 4 times, ''delight'' twice, ''pleasant'' once, ''beauty'' once, ''lust'' once, and ''delectable things'' once.
It mean to have a strong internal desire to possess something that God has assigned to other people.
COVETING is the envious gaze of the heart that shades all of our other actions.
It is what Andy Stanley calls a ''Longing for the Land of - ER'' newer, faster, costlier, skinnier, bigger... the land of ''ER''
Now the 10th command is unique from the previous 9 in a few ways:
It is Entirely Internal
All of the other commands require you to do something physically in order to break them in the simplest way.
You have to form an Idol to have another god before Him.
You have to speak to lie.
You have to strike to murder someone.
But thou shall not covet... is completely internal.
2. It does not have a Criminal component.
To murder is both morally wrong, spiritually wrong, and legally wrong. There are legal ramifications for Murder. Coveting is Spiritually wrong, but not illegal. So it serves as a reminder then you may be legally innocent but spiritually and morally guilty.
3. It is the most illusive. Jesus said in Luke 12:15 (ESV)
15 And he said t ...
Series: 10 Commandments
Zach Terry
Exodus 20:17
OPENING: We come today to the final of the 10 commandments which is in some ways the root of breaking the other nine. In other words, if you can learnt to keep the 10th commandment, you will find it drastically easier to keep the other 9.
TEXT: Exodus 20:17 (ESV)
17 ''You shall not covet....(that's the essence of the command, don't covet... then he gives a list of specifics)... your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor's.''
COVET - It's the Hebrew word ''ChAH MODE'' translated here ''Covet''. This Hebrew word occurs 21 times in the OT, it is translated ''Covet'' 4 times, ''delight'' twice, ''pleasant'' once, ''beauty'' once, ''lust'' once, and ''delectable things'' once.
It mean to have a strong internal desire to possess something that God has assigned to other people.
COVETING is the envious gaze of the heart that shades all of our other actions.
It is what Andy Stanley calls a ''Longing for the Land of - ER'' newer, faster, costlier, skinnier, bigger... the land of ''ER''
Now the 10th command is unique from the previous 9 in a few ways:
It is Entirely Internal
All of the other commands require you to do something physically in order to break them in the simplest way.
You have to form an Idol to have another god before Him.
You have to speak to lie.
You have to strike to murder someone.
But thou shall not covet... is completely internal.
2. It does not have a Criminal component.
To murder is both morally wrong, spiritually wrong, and legally wrong. There are legal ramifications for Murder. Coveting is Spiritually wrong, but not illegal. So it serves as a reminder then you may be legally innocent but spiritually and morally guilty.
3. It is the most illusive. Jesus said in Luke 12:15 (ESV)
15 And he said t ...
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