LESSON 11&12 11TH MAY 2014
THE NINTH & TENTH COMMANDMENTS
Q. What is the Ninth Commandment?
A. The Ninth Commandment is: Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor´s wife.
Q. What are we commanded by the Ninth Commandment?
A. We are commanded by the Ninth Commandment to keep ourselves pure in thought and desire.
Q. What is forbidden by the Ninth Commandment?
A. The Ninth Commandment forbids unchaste thoughts, desires of another´s wife or husband, and all other unlawful impure thoughts and desires.
Q. Are impure thoughts and desires always sins?
A. Impure thoughts and desires are always sins, unless they displease us and we try to banish them.
Q. What is the Tenth Commandment?
A. The Tenth Commandment is: Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor´s goods.
"Covet" means to long for or desire inordinately or unlawfully. If I should desire, for example, my friend to be killed by an accident, in order that I might become the owner of his gold watch, I would be coveting it. But if I desired to have it justly--that is, to be able to purchase it, or another similar to it, that would not be covetousness.
Q. What are we commanded by the Tenth Commandment?
A. By the Tenth Commandment we are commanded to be content with what we have, and to rejoice in our neighbor´s welfare.
Q. What is forbidden by the Tenth Commandment?
A. The Tenth Commandment forbids all desires to take or keep wrongfully what belongs to another.
EXAMINATION OF CONSCIENCE
Do you guard your thoughts?
Do you fail to keep your mind out of trouble?
Do you always think about things you can’t have?
Do you ever feel jealous of others?
Do you have unholy thoughts about others?
Do you want to destroy what others have, because you can’t have it?
Do you fail to trust in what God has in His plan for you?
Do you judge others?
Are you selfish?
Are material possessions the purpose of my life?
Have I been greedy or desired to amass earthly goods without limit?
Do you fail to keep your mind out of trouble?
Do you always think about things you can’t have?
Do you ever feel jealous of others?
Do you have unholy thoughts about others?
Do you want to destroy what others have, because you can’t have it?
Do you fail to trust in what God has in His plan for you?
Do you judge others?
Are you selfish?
Are material possessions the purpose of my life?
Have I been greedy or desired to amass earthly goods without limit?
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