[Vision2020] Ten Commandments?

[Ralph Nielsen]

	THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

Here are the Ten Commandments issued by Yahweh (the LORD) God on  
Mount Sinai. Test your knowledge by numbering them from 1 to 10 in  
the spaces provided.

__ a. I am Yahweh (the LORD) your God

__ b. You shall have no other Gods besides me

__ c. You shall not make for yourself an idol ...

__ d. You shall not make wrongful use of the name of Yahweh (the  
LORD) your God ...

__ e. Remember the sabbath day, and keep it holy ...

__ f.  Honor your father and your mother ...

__ g. You shall not murder

__ h. You shall not commit adultery

__ i. You shall not steal

__ j. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor

__ k. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife

__ l. You shall not covet your neighbor's house ...

These commandments are from the list in Exodus 20:2-17. There is a  
similar list in Deuteronomy 5:6-21. Can you find anywhere in these  
two chapters where Yahweh God said there were ten of them? That  
explains why each one of the above list of twelve, from a. through  
l., is considered one of the Ten Commandments by either Protestants,  
Catholics, or Jews.

Now look at items f through j; Jesus listed them differently:

h, g, i, j, f (Luke 18:19-20)

g, h, i, j, f, plus "You shall not defraud" (Mark 10:17-19)

g, h, i, j, f, plus "You shall love your neighbor as  
yourself" (Matthew 19:18-19)

Jesus did not number these commandments, either, nor did he say there  
were supposed to be ten of them.

So next time preachers, teachers, lawyers, judges, or politicans make  
an issue of the so-called Ten Commandments, demand a written,  
numbered list of them, so you will know what they claim they are  
talking about.