How to . . . know why the Bibles . . . TEN COMMANDMENTS . . . were given to us.

This is a simple article to show you that the ten commandments were given to us for two reasons. 1. TO SHOW US OUR SIN . . . . . . . 2. TO BRING US TO CHRIST.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Eyes to see our sin before and against a Holy God.
• Our willingness to repent of our sin and come to Christ.

1. From the old fashioned authorized KJV Bible. LOOK AT THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. ( Exodus Chapter 20 )
   1. Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
   2. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
   Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
   3. Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
   4. Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
   5. Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
   6. Thou shalt not kill.
   7. Thou shalt not commit adultery.
   8. Thou shalt not steal.
   9. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
   10. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.
2. NOW ASK YOURSELF . . . Have I ever broken EVEN ONE of these commandments. Did I ever steal anything? ( even a pencil from work ) Go down the list and be honest before God.
3. NOW READ ONE OF THE BIBLES MOST AMAZING VERSES. ( In James 2:10 ) " For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, HE IS GUILTY OF ALL.
4. NOW TO BE HONEST BEFORE GOD. If we are honest we will admit that we are guilty before God of breaking His commandments.
5. LETS GET THIS MOST IMPORTANT POINT BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER. If we are justified before God by keeping the commandments WILL ANY OF US EVER BE JUSTIFIED BEFORE GOD? The simple answer is NO.
6. NOW FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE LAW.
   Galatians, ( Chapter 3:24 ) "Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith."
7. WE CANNOT BE JUSTIFIED BEFORE GOD BY TRYING TO KEEP HIS TEN COMMANDMENTS. The reason, NONE OF US CAN DO IT. If we could keep all of the commandments and be as perfect as Jesus Christ OK, but none of us are capable of this. ( 1st John 1:8 ) " If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us." ( We are sinners )
8. PAUL THE APOSTLE ADMITTED IT.
   In ( 1st Timothy, Chapter 1:15 ) "This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief."
9. NOW IT'S UP TO YOU TO ADMIT IT and see your sin as it is before a Holy God and come to Christ as the sinner that you are. ( John, Chapter 6:37 ) "All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out." COME TO CHRIST AS YOU ARE. Just as I am without one plea, but that thy blood was shed for me.
10. TO SUMMERIZE AND MAKE IT CLEAR:
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    1. NONE OF US CAN KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS.
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    2. WE ARE ALL GUILTY BEFORE GOD. ( of breaking His commandments )
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    3. THE PURPOSE OF THE COMMANDMENTS IS TO SHOW US THAT WE ARE GUILTY BEFORE GOD and CONDEMNED. ( sinners ) We are reconciled to God by coming to Christ in repentance, not by the keeping ANY of the commandments. ( see my article on repentance.)
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    4. CHRIST DID FOR US WHAT WE COULD NOT DO FOR OURSELVES. ( He took the punishment for our sin so that we don't need to.) When we come to Christ He takes our sin ( and the punishment for it ) and gives us His righteousness.
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    5. WE ARE ALL INVITED TO COME TO CHRIST.
    LOOK WHO DID--> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KU2upRGUbg
11. I hope that this article was a help to you. I PUT THESE BIBLE ARTICLES ON eHOW WITH THE PURPOSE OF HELPING SOMEONE. BEING CANADIAN I DON'T GET PAID FOR MY ARTICLES. HOWEVER, KNOWING THAT MY ARTICLE HAS BEEN OF HELP TO SOMEONE WOULD BE PAY ENOUGH FOR ME. IF THIS ARTICLE HAS HELPED YOU I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW ABOUT IT. IF THERE EVER WAS A TIME THAT WE NEED TO GET BACK TO THE WORD OF GOD. IT'S NOW.

Tips & Warnings

• THE TEN COMMANDMENTS ARE HERE TO SHOW US OUR SIN.
• CHRIST DIED TO SAVE SINNERS. ( you and I )
• YOU CHOOSE TO COME TO CHRIST OR STAY IN YOUR SIN. .
• THE CHOICE IS YOURS. ( John, Chapter 5:40 ) is a sad verse. "And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life." ( will you come? or stay in your sin? ) .
• ( 2 Peter, Chapter 3:9 "The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance."