Exodus 20:7 You shall not commit adultery.
What is adultery? Leviticus 20:10 If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress are to be put to death.
As we see in John 8:1-11, a woman is "caught in the act" of adultery. But where is the man she was caught with? Oddly, he is never mentioned. When she was brought before Jesus by the angry mob, what happened? Jesus told them,
"If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone." He forgave her when her accusers departed. What did Jesus write in the dirt that stopped the accusers? Did He know their sins and write them down? This was a wonderful lesson in both judgement and forgiveness.
Exodus 20:6 You shall not murder.
This commandment is often misunderstood. Sometimes it is translated as "thou shall not kill", but that is not correct. Killing is not necessarily murder. Our military kills in time of war, but that is not wrong in God's eyes.
Psalms 144 Blessed be the Lord my strength which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:
2 My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.
3 Lord, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!
The act of murder, lying in wait, taking the life of an innocent, shedding innocent blood, these are against the laws of God. Accidents, self-defense and defense of others are not against God's Commandments.
Exodus 20:4 Thou shalt not make thee any graven images, or any likeness of anything that is in Heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. 5 Thou shalt not bow thyself down to them nor serve them.
Remember the golden calf? Exodus 32 tells the story. This commandment goes along with the first, telling us that there is only one God and that He and only He should be first in our lives. Today, people seem to worship celebrities and all the trappings of wealth. Idolatry isn't confined to golden calves.
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