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Learn how this ancient commandment remains relevant to this day, and why chasing worldly satisfaction actually keeps us away from the true life in God.
The Holy Scripture is a word inspired by God, so that every word in it is accurate and remains relevant until this modern era. Let's see how the 10th commandment given by God 3500 years ago still applies until now.
Exodus 20:17
Do not covet your neighbor's house; do not covet your neighbor's wife, or his male servant or his servant woman, or her ox or her donkey, or whatever your neighbor has.
Don't
Desire
House
Your neighbor
Don't
Desire
Wife
Your neighbor
Don't
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The servant is male-
Male
Don't
Desire
His servant
Female
Don't
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The cow (Work tools)
Don't
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The donkey (Vehicle) amazing, isn't it? God's Word always reminds us to be careful of other people's coveted dangers other. But, why doesn't God want us to covet what other people have? The worldly view says that can't that motivate us to work harder to pursue our dreams. So, what's wrong with that?
God warns us about the dangers of coveting for several important reasons:
1. Removing our focus from God: When we start to covet what other people have, heart and mind we will be distracted from God. Jesus taught in Matthew 6:33 to 'seek first the Kingdom of God and his truth'. Desire makes us put worldly desires above our relationship with God, which ultimately destroys our spiritual priorities.
2. Makes us feel never satisfied: Instead of being grateful for what God has given, we desire actually causes dissatisfaction. In Philippians 4:11-12, we are taught to feel enough in everything circumstances. Wanting to destroy this peace, makes us feel that what we have is not enough.
Encouraging us to act of sin: Desire can be the entrance to other sins such as envy, theft, or fraud. James 4:2 says, 'You desire something, but you don't get it, then you kill and envy.' The pursuit of material things can trigger behavior destructive that destroys our relationship with others and with God.
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Changing our view of identity and self-worth: The world says that success comes from have more, but God's Word reminds us that our value is in our relationship with Him, not in our possession (Luke 12:15). Wanting to create a false belief that has more many things or higher status will make us more valuable, but God calls us to find our self-worth in our relationship with Him.
"Then He said to them: 'Beware and beware of all greed, because a person's life does not depend on the amount of wealth he has."
Luke 12:15