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God's Rules for Holiness

Unlocking the Ten Commandments

Book: God's Rules for Holiness Bookshop
Peter Masters

Taken at face value the Ten Commandments are binding on all people, and will guard the way to Heaven, so that evil will never spoil its glory and purity. But the Commandments are far greater than their surface meaning, as this book shows.

They challenge us as Christians on a still wider range of sinful deeds and attitudes. They provide positive virtues as goals. And they give immense help for staying close to the Lord in our walk and worship.

The Commandments are vital for godly living and for greater blessing, but we need to enter into the panoramic view they provide of the standards and goals for redeemed people.

Extract from this book

 

Each sin named in the Ten Commandments represents an entire species of sin. Each sin named is the chief offence of a whole family of wrong deeds. It is well known, for example, that the commandment against adultery also covers lust in the heart, and the commandment against murder includes hatred. There fore when a commandment forbids a major sin, all 'lesser' sins in the same family are to be included in the scope of that commandment.
The Ten Commandments are certainly to be taken at face value, and obeyed at the level of the sin named, but to limit the Commandments to the sin specifically mentioned robs them of all but their surface meaning.

 

Table of Contents

 

God's Rules for Holiness
Prologue. Five Crucial Keys
1. Putting God First
Thou shalt have no other gods before me'
2. Making God Small
Thou shalt not make … any graven image'
3. Keeping Close to the Lord
Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain'
4. The Believer's Special Day
Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy'
5. God's Plan for His Church
Honour thy father and the mother'
6. Murderers All!
Thou shalt not kill'
7. One Fence to Disaster
Thou shalt not commit adultery'
8. The Many Faces of Theft
Thou shalt not steal'
9. A Family of Lies
Thou shalt not bear false witness'
10. Enemy of the Heart
Thou shalt not covet'
Epilogue: The 'Secret' of Blessing 

 

Details

 

Author: Peter Masters
ISBN 9781870855372
Publisher Wakeman Trust
Binding Paperback
Pages 139