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The Ten Commandments are the core laws of God that define right and wrong and establish moral boundaries for humanity. They provide the universal standard by which people can judge whether their actions are aligned with God or in violation of His commands. The Ten Commandments existed before Moses and are considered God's spiritual laws, distinct from the civil and ceremonial laws given to Moses, as they form the basis for all other statutes and define what constitutes sin.

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Ergon) That Were Added Later, Summarized in

The Ten Commandments are the core laws of God that define right and wrong and establish moral boundaries for humanity. They provide the universal standard by which people can judge whether their actions are aligned with God or in violation of His commands. The Ten Commandments existed before Moses and are considered God's spiritual laws, distinct from the civil and ceremonial laws given to Moses, as they form the basis for all other statutes and define what constitutes sin.

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• The Ten Commandments are the core of the laws of God.

• God’s commands are the universal standard that enables us to know


when we are on course and when we have drifted from it.

• The Ten Commandments are the standard by which all human beings
establish and maintain their bearing. They define the boundaries that
people require in order to build and develop godly character.

• “Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep His
commandments: for this is the whole…man” (Ecc. 12:13).

• “For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing,
whether it be good, or whether it be evil” (vs. 14)

• They do not know the difference between the Levitical sacrificial rituals,
the law of Moses and the law of God. A combination of ignorance and an
attempt to minimize the Ten Commandments as “dispensational”
(obligatory for a limited period of time) has caused most to believe the Ten
Commandments did not exist prior to Moses receiving them on Mount
Sinai.

• The Ten Commandments were never referred to as the law of Moses,


but rather the law of God. First, understand this! The law of Moses
consisted of (1) the civil laws, which were statutes and judgments that
Moses relayed to the people from God, recorded in Exodus 21-23 and
in the remaining books of the law, and (2) the ritualistic laws (or Greek:
ergon) that were added later, summarized in Hebrews 9:10. They were
ordinances regulating the job of the tribe of Levi in temple service,
sacrifices (Leviticus 1-7) and associated functions. The word ergon
means “works,” as in the “works of the law” (such as in Galatians 2:16).
This refers to the labor involving the Levitical rituals that were
abolished by Christ’s sacrifice.

• The Ten Commandments were never part of the law of Moses or the
Levitical sacrificial system. The civil laws and sacrifices were based on
God’s commands, which constitute the core of His laws. Thus, the Ten
Commandments precede and transcend any and every lesser law or
practice based upon them—statutes, judgments, precepts, and
ordinances. The Ten Commandments are God’s spiritual laws.
(Romans 7:12, 14)

• Most human beings either do not know of or do not like to be reminded of


1 John 3:4, which defines sin: “Whosoever commits sin transgresses also
THE LAW: for sin is the transgression of THE LAW.”

• The only way that Adam and his descendants could sin—break God’s
spiritual law—is if God’s Law already existed! Without this law in
place, no one could be guilty of sin.

• “What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. No, I had not known
sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, You
shall not covet.” Romans 7:7

• It is not the law that is at fault—and Paul is clearly citing one of the Ten
Commandments—but sin. God reveals to us what sin is. He does this by
His perfect law.

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