The ten commandments are ten moral principles that God says human beings are to live by.
A list of explanations for them are as follows:
We are born, on average, or in general with an inclination to:
A list of explanations for them are as follows:
We are born, on average, or in general with an inclination to:
- ...gravitate toward authority figures that most closely resemble an ideal that we fashion over time--God says we shouldn't/mustn't do this, because it will harm us.
- ...find inanimate things or ideas to devote entirely too much time to--God says we shouldn't/mustn't do this, because it will harm us.
- ...speak of holy things, especially God, in a manner that does not glorify God--God says we shouldn't/mustn't do this, because it will harm us.
- ...grind away at the mundane business of our lives, forgetting to block off any substantial amount of quality time to appreciate our Creator God and the things He has given us to enhance/encourage growth in our spiritual lives--God says we shouldn't/mustn't do this, because it will harm us.
- ...get distracted from the importance of honoring those who have been assigned by God to care for us as children and teach us in the way that we should go--God says we shouldn't/mustn't do this, because it will harm us.
- ...resort to anger and violence toward our fellow man in the pursuit of our own wants and plans--God says we shouldn't/mustn't do this, because it will harm us.
- ...seek physical pleasure for ourselves in a way that defiles us and also harms those we find to conspire with us in this selfish pleasure-seeking--God says we shouldn't/mustn't do this, because it will harm us.
- ...selfishly take by mischief/force things or ideas from others which have not been granted stewardship to us by God--God says we shouldn't/mustn't do this, because it will harm us.
- ...traffic, in tales of others', things which we do not know to be true and may result in damage to them in some way--God says we shouldn't/mustn't do this, because it will harm us.
- ...think upon the blessings of others as something we should rightly possess, when we have not been granted stewardship of them by God--God says we shouldn't/mustn't do this, because it will harm us.
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