Exodus
20:17
The
Ten Commandments - Number
Ten
20:17
"You shall not covet your
neighbor's house. You shall not
covet your neighbor's wife, or
his manservant or maidservant,
his ox or donkey, or anything
that belongs to your
neighbor."
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This
is the Word of the Lord ... It
is meant to change the way
that we think, and the way
that we live.
Commentary
by Bob
Pardue
The
10 Commandments of God - The
Tenth Commandment
One
dictionary definition of covet is
"to wish for longingly" or
"desire".
To covet in
the commandments doesn't mean
just to admire something or
someone. It means basically to
resent the other person having
something that we cannot
obtain.
Coveting is
sometimes caused by the lack of a
basic need in our lives; maybe a
feeling that someone else is
receiving more attention from
others and that is what we really
desire.
Psychology
may define these resentful
feelings as part of an
inferiority complex or better
known today as low
self-esteem.
God,
through prayer, can help us
through these deep feelings of
desire and envy if we just ask
Him. God can meet our basic needs
and therefore keep the
inferiority we feel toward others
in check.
I've always
heard that "Money can't buy
happiness." which is a partial
truth.
I prefer to
go with the phrase that money can
buy happiness for a short period
of time but it can't buy joy and
contentment.
Only God
can give us the gift of
joy.
Love in
Christ
-
Bob
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Bob
Pardue
is a member of First Baptist
Church in Lancaster, SC. He is
ordained from Rich Hill Baptist
in Lancaster. The website is at
http://www.makingchristknown.com
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