11/21/17 - Eph
6:2-3
The 10 Commandments, Pt 29.
The 9th Commandments, Pt. 3.
The 10 Commandments, Pt 29.
The 9th Commandments, Pt. 3.
Lesson #17-125
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Before we
begin, if you are a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ, (If You have - Trusted
in Him for Eternal Life), it is important to prepare yourself to: Take-in God’s
Word and/or Participate in a Communion Service, so take a moment to name, cite,
or acknowledge your sins privately, directly to God the Father. This will
assure that you are in fellowship with God the Father & the Holy Spirit’s
convicting ministry will then be able to teach you as the Holy Spirit is the
real teacher.
1 John 1:9 says— “If we confess [simply
name, cite, or acknowledge to God the Father] our sins [known sins], He
is faithful and just to forgive us our sins [known sins] and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness
[all unknown & forgotten sins].”
For those of you who have not yet accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord & Savior, please see: The Salvation Message @ the
end of this document.
2 Pet 3:9, “The Lord is
not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward
you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.”
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The Doctrine of the Ten Commandments Related to the Church Age,
Part XXIX.
Eph 6:2-3; Ex 20:16; Deut 17:6-13; 32:4; Psa 31:5; Prov 10:18; 12:17; 19:9; 24:28; Isa 65:16
The 9th Commandment, (continued).
Ex
20:16; Deut 5:20, “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.”
The 9th Commandment calls for sanctity of truth in all
areas of life, especially in a court of law.
This Command forbids:
1. Speaking falsely in any matter,
lying, equivocating, and any way devising or designing to deceive your
neighbor.
2. Speaking unjustly against your
neighbor, to the prejudice of his reputation; (i.e., gossip and rumor).
3. Bearing false witness against him,
accusing him of things that he does not know, either judicially, upon oath, (by
which the third commandment, and the sixth, as well as this, are broken), or
extra judicially, in common conversation, slandering, backbiting, tale-bearing,
aggravating what is done wrong and making it worse than it is: Exaggeration. It
includes any endeavor to raise our own reputation upon the ruin of your
neighbor’s.
In the Decalogue, the lie or false
testimony in view is “against your neighbor,” BE REA.
The Preposition BE means, “against,”
among other things, and REA means, “kinsman, fellow countryman, friend,” or as
we call it, “neighbor.”
In general this word falls into three
categories:
1. A friend, or someone belonging to an
inner circle of close companions.
2. A neighbor, or someone who lives in
close proximity or is simply a fellow human being.
3. Someone with whom no intimacy is
intended (usually denoted by the pronoun “another”), but who is in the
community fellowship of the people.
Therefore, the prohibition is not
limited to slander of a fellow Israelite, because REA can refer to an
Israelite, Lev 19:18, an alien, (GER), Lev 19:34, or even a
pagan, Ex 11:2.
The root word for REA is RA’A that
means, “to feed, shepherd, pastor, keep, a companion, company, etc.” So, the
root for neighbor means, “one of the herd or flock, a fellow sheep.”
This is the first commandment to use the
word REA and underscores the horizontal commandments that affect one’s
“neighbor.” Here it is the general juridical sense of “anyone else you happen
to come in contact with,” rather than the more narrow sense of “someone living
near you,” Cf. Ex 3:22; 11:2; 12:4. In laws and formal rules, “neighbor”
has nothing to do with proximity or familiarity; your “neighbor” connotes any
other human being you may have dealings with, actually or potentially.
The first time this word is used in the
Bible is in Ex 11:3, 7 for the account of the Tower of Babel regarding
their fellow man, “one another.” We will see this word again in the 10th
Commandment, where we are not to covet our neighbor’s property.
Principles:
1. The immediate concern of this command is fairness and honesty
toward those with whom we may appear at a court action or legal investigation
of any sort. It is directly connected to the idea of legal testimony and the
witness. Rather than providing false testimony, the individual should give
truthful and honest testimony.
2. Keeping this law helps maintain stability in a society by
protecting individuals’ reputations. Speaking the truth and honoring promises
is the cement that holds society together. A decent society requires a reliable
court system and court processes. Because crimes and disputes do occur, it must
be the case that they can be adjudicated and the criminal behavior or
unfairness thereby stopped. If witnesses in a trial, whether civil or criminal,
do not tell the truth, it is extremely difficult for judges to render proper
decisions. In other words, the court system of a nation depends on the honesty
of its people.
3. This also involves maintaining integrity before the Lord, Who
of course does know the truth about the matter under investigation and will
ultimately hold accountable before His judgment throne those who have resorted
to falsehood to protect themselves from harm or in order to maliciously injure
the other man in the court action. Integrity and truthfulness are to
characterize God’s people.
“Not
only false oaths, to deprive a man of his life or of his right, are here
prohibited, but all whispering, tale-bearing, slander, and calumny; in a word,
whatever is deposed as a truth, which is false in fact, and tends to injure
another in his goods, person, or character, is against the spirit and letter of
this law. Suppressing the truth when known, by which a person may be defrauded
of his property or his good name, or lie under injuries or disabilities which a
discovery of the truth would have prevented, is also a crime against this law.
He who bears a false testimony against or belies even the devil himself, comes
under the curse of this law, because his testimony is false.” (Adam
Clarke's Commentary.)
4. To tell lies in court is to undermine the very law itself,
which explains why Moses required the witnesses to be the executioners in
capital crimes, Deut 17:6-13. It is
one thing to lie, but quite something else to kill in order to protect your
lie.
5. The basic issue at stake is personal integrity in all
interpersonal relationships, as we see in Lev
19:11, were stealing, the 8th, dealing falsely and lying to one
another, the 9th, are linked together.
6. This commandment also prohibits slandering people, Ex 23:1; Prov 10:18; 12:17; 19:9; 24:28; Titus
3:1-2; James 4:11; 1 Peter 2:1. That is why “bearing false testimony” is
closely related to theft, because it robs people of their good reputations.
Therefore, character assassination in any of its forms, legal or casual, is
another form of killing or theft and constitutes false witness that is a
violation of this Commandment.
7. To resort to false accusation or testimony is to dishonor God
and give aid and comfort to Satan.
8. Typically, a first lie must be protected by a second, and the
moral weakling before long finds himself tangled up in a spider’s web from
which he can hardly extricate himself.
9. The liar loses fellowship with the Lord, Who has called him
unto a holy life.
10. This alienation becomes even more disruptive to his own
self-respect when he adds to his lying testimony an oath in God’s name to tell
the truth that additionally results in violating the 3rd
Commandment. He has taken the name of YHWH in vain.
11. From this command we recognize God’s attribute of
truthfulness. It is impossible for God to lie, Ex 34:6; Deut 32:4; Psa 31:5; 71:22; Zech 8:8; Titus 1:2.
Deut 32:4, “He is the Rock, His work is perfect: for
all His ways are justice: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and
right is he.”
Psa 31:5, “Into
Your hand I commit my spirit; You have ransomed me, O LORD, God of truth.”
“The
reason the Christian world came to believe that there are things that are
“true” despite personal interest or desire is that it encountered a God who is
absolutely true, that is, absolutely dependable. God calls his people to mimic
that same behavior in their treatment of one another: They are to be true to
one another, even at cost to themselves. Thus, the person who is in covenant
with God does not need to destroy another person's reputation in order to make
himself or herself look better or to gain some advantage over that other
person. Knowing that God is the supplier of their needs, covenant people can
afford to treat the reputation of the other with the same kindness with which
they would like their own reputations to be treated.” (John N. Oswalt, Cornerstone Biblical
Commentary)
12. Nothing but the truth, the whole
truth, was the standard for the Israelites, who were to reflect their
relationship with “the God of truth,” Isa 65:16.
Isa 65:16, “Because he who is blessed in the earth shall be
blessed by the God of truth…”
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A
PERSONAL NOTE FOR YOU
John 6:47 says: “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me [Jesus Christ] has everlasting life.”
Notice again
what John 6:47 says, “he who believes in Me [Jesus Christ] has everlasting life.” It doesn’t say, “will have;” it says,
“has.” Therefore, the very moment you believe Jesus Christ’s promise of
everlasting life, you have it, and it can never be lost or taken away from you [John 10:28-29]. Furthermore, the gift
of everlasting life [also called eternal life in Scripture] is available to
every human being; there are absolutely no exceptions.
John 3:14-18 says: “And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must
the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but
have eternal life. For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten
Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the
world through Him might be saved. He who believes in Him is not condemned; but
he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in
the name of the only begotten Son of God.”
Eph 2:8-9, “For by grace are ye saved through
faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9 Not of works, lest any
man should boast.”
If
you have never accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, I am here to tell
you that Jesus loves you. He loves you so much that He gave His life for you.
God the Father also loves you. He loves you so much that He gave His only Son
for you by sending Him to the Cross. At the Cross Jesus died in your place.
Taking upon Himself all of your sins and all of my sins. He was judged for our
sins and paid the price for our sins. Therefore, our sins will never be held
against us.
Right
where you are, you now have the opportunity to make the greatest decision in
your life. To accept the free gift of salvation and eternal life by truly
believing that Jesus Christ died for your sins and was raised on the third day
as the proof of the promise of eternal life. So right now, you can pause and
reflect on what Christ has done for you and say to the Father:
"Yes
Father, I believe that Your Son, Jesus Christ,
died on the cross for the forgiveness of my sins."
died on the cross for the forgiveness of my sins."
If you have done that, I Welcome You to the Eternal
Family of God !!!
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Pastor/Teacher: James H. Rickard
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