7th Commandment
"Thou shalt not commit adultery." — Exodus 20:14
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8th Commandment
"Thou shalt not steal." — Exodus 20:15
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9th Commandment
"Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour." — Exodus 20:16 (KJV)
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10th Commandment
This Sunday we concluded our first walk through the Ten Commandments by examining what may be the most penetrating of them all: "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house... nor any thing that is thy neighbour's" (Exodus 20:17). While the first nine commandments deal primarily with outward action…
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1st Commandment
The First Commandment cuts deeper than condemning ancient idols—it exposes the subtle god we worship every day: ourselves. In this homily, we explore how our selfish desires, small compromises, and misplaced priorities become the very altars where we sacrifice our families, our faith, and our obe…
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2nd Commandment
The Second Commandment charges us not only to flee obvious idols but also to guard against every corruption of God’s appointed worship. It reveals how God jealously opposes false religion and appoints officers to maintain purity and discipline in His house. Furthermore, it binds His people to tear…
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Vows of Vanity
Taking the Lord’s name in vain reaches far beyond casual profanity to include vows, promises, and spiritual speech that treat God as light, distant, or a tool for our own purposes. Drawing from Ecclesiastes 5, the message exposes the danger of “vows of vanity” in worship, church membership, marriag…
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4th Commandment
"Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is w…
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5th Commandment
“Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.” — Exodus 20:12
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6th Commandment
“Thou shalt not kill.” — Exodus 20:13
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Seeds of Adultery
Does the 7th Commandment only forbid the physical act of adultery? Christ pierces deeper—into the thoughts and affections of your heart. This law homily exposes the small seeds of unfaithfulness that grow into even greater sin, calling us to honestly examine ourselves. But don’t forget to lift up y…
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Guarding Reputations
Guarding Reputations The 9th Commandment calls us to love our neighbor by guarding their name: don’t slander, gossip, spread baseless accusations, or speak with certainty when you don’t have evidence. Ask the simple question: Would I want someone to speak about me the way I’m speaking about them?…
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The Sin Beneath the Sin
This law homily frames the tenth commandment as targeting “the sin beneath the sin”: coveting is a restless, inward refusal to trust God’s wise providence, and it becomes the seedbed of many other sins—making it impossible to truly honor God and love neighbor. It illustrates coveting through Ahab…
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Trusting & Delighting in Our God
The homily exhorts the congregation to approach the First Commandment (“You shall have no other gods before me”) as a positive call to center the whole heart on the living God—not merely avoiding idols. It describes the duties required as believing, trusting, hoping, delighting, and rejoicing in Go…
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From Curse to Covenant
This homily explores the Second Commandment and what it means to worship God rightly. It examines both the restrictions and duties of biblical worship, revealing how acts of worship profoundly affect not only individuals but their children and grandchildren. Discover why God cares so deeply about h…
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The Shame of Blasphemies
This week’s Law Homily returns to the Third Commandment (Ex. 20:7) and presses the question: where are we tempted to be ashamed of God’s truth, grace, and ways? In a culture that rewards apology and compromise, the warning still stands—God “will not hold him guiltless” who takes His name in vain.…
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Filling the Lord's Day
Honoring the Lord’s Day is a gift and a freedom for the people of God, given for us. Let us rejoice and be glad in it. In this homily, we consider where we may have omitted the duties required in the fourth commandment, where we’ve been “careless, negligent, or unprofitable in the performing of th…
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The Calling of Superiors
“Honor thy father and thy mother” reaches further than the home: it speaks to every place of authority God appoints. This Lord’s Day we considered the weight of leadership—how superiors can sin by neglecting their duties, using authority for themselves, provoking others unjustly, or modeling evil.…
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Life as Gift
“Thou shalt not kill” teaches more than avoiding murder—it calls us to love life as a gift from God. We are stewards of our bodies and neighbors, bound to preserve life, pursue purity, and refuse the fear of man. Yet where we have failed the Law, Christ has not: the Just has died for the unjust, an…
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Normalizing Faithfulness
This week’s reading of the Seventh Commandment calls us to honor what God calls good—protecting marriage, refusing to normalize unfaithfulness, and pursuing holiness not only in actions but in heart and speech. Yet even here, the hope of the gospel stands firm: Christ is the faithful Bridegroom who…
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Giving & Lending Freely
The eighth commandment is more than “don’t steal”—it also calls us to open-handed generosity. God trains us to see our work and resources as a means to love our neighbor, giving freely according to our ability and others’ needs. May the Lord grant us repentance where we’ve clung too tightly, and gr…
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Having a Charitable Esteem
Beyond simply prohibiting lies, the 9th Commandment requires us to hold a charitable esteem of those around us. We explore how we fail to protect our neighbors' reputations through gossip and slander, how we judge without sufficient evidence, and where we've allowed hearsay to deceive us into belie…
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Accusing God's Providences
The 10th commandment exposes sin at the root: not just what we do, but what we want. Coveting is discontent that quietly accuses God’s providence—and the opposite of coveting isn’t poverty, but gratitude. Christ frees us by cleansing the heart and giving new desires. "Thou shalt not covet thy neig…
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Rivers of Water
What grieves us most? The First Commandment teaches us not only to reject false gods, but to be sorrowful when the true God is dishonored. This homily calls us to name our rival gods, repent, and rejoice that Christ has perfectly kept this command for His people. "Thou shalt have no other gods bef…
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Hating the High Places
The Second Commandment does not merely forbid private acts of idolatry; it teaches us how to think about all false worship. Christians are called to preserve and strengthen right worship first in our homes and in the church, confessing where we have lacked conviction or courage, and praying that ci…
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What Is God’s “Name?”
We often think that taking God's name in vain is just about swearing or flippant language, but God's "name" means so much more. It speaks of His reputation, His character, His divine attributes, and the very order of His creation. We must not only examine what we say, but how we honor God through o…
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Not Mixed with Mammon
Christ does not abolish the Sabbath by giving us rest; He teaches us how to receive it. The Lord’s Day is not a burden for earning acceptance, but a gift for those already accepted in Christ. It is a weekly mercy for households, the church, and even the civil realm—a reminder that we are creatures…
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Shepherding Immortal Souls
“Honour thy father and thy mother” is not only a command for children—it is a word for the whole household. Children are called to receive parental instruction with humility and honor. Parents are called to exercise authority as stewards, not owners—shepherding immortal souls through the Word, pra…
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Do Not Despise Life
The Sixth Commandment forbids more than murder; it calls us to preserve life in our hearts, words, habits, and care for our neighbors. In Christ, we repent of anger, contempt, cruelty, neglect, and self-destruction, and receive mercy from the One who was killed for murderers so that we might become…
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Guarding Sexuality
The Seventh Commandment is not God stealing joy from His people. It is God fencing in something precious. Marriage is honorable. The marriage bed is undefiled. And Christian holiness means guarding not only the body, but the heart, the imagination, the eyes, the speech, and the whole pattern of li…
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Stewarding What God Has Entrusted
In this Law Homily, we explore how "Thou shalt not steal" extends far beyond taking another's property—to how we steward the resources, time, wealth, and even the lives God has entrusted to our care. From our households to our national inheritance, we are "life tenants" accountable to God for manag…
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Acknowledging Freely
The Ninth Commandment calls us not only to refuse lies, slander, and gossip, but to become people who gladly tell the truth about God’s grace in others. When we withhold honest encouragement out of envy, competition, or pride, we bear false witness against both our neighbor and the Giver of every g…
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Coveting and the Aim of Love
The Tenth Commandment exposes more than outward sin—it reveals the heart’s disordered hunger for what God has not given. But the aim of God’s law is love: charity from a pure heart, a good conscience, and faith unfeigned anchored in the sufficiency of Christ.
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The Secret Things Belong to God
The First Commandment does not merely forbid bowing before obvious idols; it also confronts our proud desire to pry into God’s hidden counsel. The Lord has given us what we need for faith and obedience, and He calls us to receive what He has revealed and rest where He has been silent. Let God be Go…
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