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  Question 108: What does the seventh commandment teach us about God?   Answer: God condemns all adultery. Therefore, he teaches us to abhor it and live chastely and respectfully, whether in holy marriage or single life.   The Seventh Commandment: Do not commit adultery. Matthew 5:27-28 “ You have heard that it was said, ‘ You shall not commit adultery. ’ But I tell you that everyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart. ” In Exodus 20, the Ten Commandments were given, and verse 14 states that adultery should not be committed. Accordingly, regarding adultery, Deuteronomy 22:22-24 states, "If a man is found lying with a married woman, both of them shall die: the man who lay with her and the woman. You shall purge the evil from Israel. If a virgin is betrothed to a man, and a man finds her in the city and lies with her, you shall bring them both out to the gate of your city and stone them to death. The virgin, because ...

  (3) The Two Stone Tablets Incident ① The Meaning of the Two Stone Tablets Exodus 20:2 "I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery." Exodus describes Moses leading the Israelites to Mount Sinai to receive the Ten Commandments from God. Exodus 20:2 refers to the two stone tablets God had initially created. However, when Moses went up Mount Sinai and did not come down for a considerable period of time, the people, led by Aaron, made a golden calf and began to worship idols. Exodus 32:1-4 When the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people gathered together and said to Aaron, “ Up, make us gods who will go before us; for as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him. ” Aaron said to them, “ Take off the gold rings that are in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me. ” Then all the people took the gold rin...

  Question 107: Is it enough to refrain from killing our neighbors in such a way? Answer: No. By condemning envy, hatred, and anger, God teaches us to love our neighbors as ourselves, to treat them with patience, peace, gentleness, kindness, and friendship, to protect them from harm as much as possible, and to do good even to our enemies. John 6:63, "It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing." All people are born spiritually dead. This is why the idol of greed is hidden deep within their hearts. Only those who have died with Jesus can be free from this greed. Those who do not break free from greed become murderers. Thus, they endlessly repeat anger and murder in their hearts. Therefore, for believers, reviving the dead spirits of their neighbors should be their top priority. The purpose of evangelism is to revive dead spirits, and this is also Jesus's Great Commission. Believers actively participate in this work and regard it as their calling.   T...

Question 106: Does this commandment refer only to murder? Answer: By prohibiting murder, God teaches us that He hates the very roots of murder: envy, hatred, anger, and resentment. In God's eyes, all of these constitute murder. The Law is God's gospel, given to us to discover Christ. However, if believers fall into legalism, they become like those burdened by the letter of the law. The Israelites were like that, and they even crucified the Messiah. Legalism is murder. The Pharisees, scribes, and legalists murdered Jesus with the law given by God. Even within the church today, this legalism is rampant. Believers daily examine the Ten Commandments, examining whether or not they are sinning, and strive to avoid it. If they do sin, they seek forgiveness through the blood of Jesus. This, too, is like crucifying Jesus twice. Jesus atoned for all sins once and for all. Blood could no longer be shed. Hebrews 9:28, "So Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many; and he will a...

Question 105: What does God require of us in the sixth commandment? Answer: I shall not, by thought, word, look, gesture, or, more obviously, by deed, despise, insult, hate, or kill my neighbor, nor share in the doing of such things to others. I shall fundamentally renounce all desire for revenge. I shall also refrain from harming myself or prematurely putting myself in danger. One of the reasons the government is armed is to prevent murder. The sixth commandment is, "Thou shalt not kill." This commandment speaks of the shedding of blood. Blood comes from God. Blood must not be shed anywhere. Leviticus also mentions the shedding of blood. The first human crime, murder, was Cain's murder of Abel. All life comes from God, and no one can take life for granted. God's will is hidden within that life. All life is finite. Therefore, God allows us to realize that eternal life exists within it. Through the blood, we are called to seek God's eternal life. This is the promis...

Question 104: What does the Fifth Commandment teach us? Answer: We are to respect, love, and obey our father, mother, and elders. We are to obey and submit to their admonitions and discipline. Since God governs us through them, we are to tolerate and accept even their flaws as much as possible. Fifth, honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you. Living on this earth, people grow up receiving the protection and love of their parents, and as they mature, they consider them precious. Of course, not everyone lives this way. However, in general, the relationship between parents and children is a blood-related bond that cannot be artificially altered.  This is true even between parents and children in this world, so much more so with the relationship between God and humanity. Just as believers think of their parents, we are to think of God, our spiritual parent. Therefore, the Bible tells us that we are all beings who have left...