TEN COMMANDMENTS

Assignment

Name: Franchezca C. Enriquez Section: 1 - CLM

Subject: THED01 Date: 3/13/19

COMMANDMENT WHAT DOES IT PROHIBIT? WHAT IS BEING

COMMANDED?

1. Thou shalt have no - This commandment - God’s commanding us

other gods before prohibits idolatry
Me. which means
worshipping of false
Gods and Godesses
and the practice of
polytheism which is
belief in multiple
Gods. It prohibits
creating statues and
Golden calves,
worshipping
emperors and such,
and as well as praying
to other beings
otherworldly or not
to have loyalty. This is
through worshipping
him and him alone.
Our God is a jeaous
God, that means he
wants all our love
devoted to him fully.
We need to maintain
and develop a strong
personal relationship
with him by praying,
praising, and serving
others in his name.
We should accept him
as our creator who
has made us, nature,
and everything we
see. He is the saviour,
the start, and the
end. Thus, it is only
natural for us to love
him above everything
and above al else. We
should choose him..
always.
2. Thou shalt not take - This commandment
the name of the Lord,
thy God, in vain.
- It prohibits
- It also prohibits
3. Remember the - Prohibits work
Sabbath day, to keep
it holy. (Thou shalt
sanctify the holy day.)
- This commands us to
prohibits the use of worship God in a
any type of inanimate proper manner. This
or lifeless imagery. dealts with questions
any likeness of like how we perceive
anything that is in him and how we
heaven above, or that explain him to others.
is in the earth We must not reduce
beneath,” in the God to a likness of a
worship of the living physical pbject
God. It prohibits to because he is above
make any all.
representation of him
- The usage of his name
because it distorts
and saying “omg” is
and limits our
one way that we cross
perception on who
the line of this second
and what he really is,
commandmend. This
this causes damage to
is because using his
our personal
name other than
relationship with him
worshipping and
praising and glorifying
blasphemy or using is a means to taint the
God’s name to sanctity of the creator
commit evil acts to who should be
corrupt and change respected.
the mindset of others
- In the earlier times,
the apostles were
profanity.. . accused of
blasphemy, when the
accusers were
actually the ones
committing it.
- The sabbath’s day is
activities on Sunday the Lord’s day, that is
that requires great set apart each week.
vigor, because that It commands us to
 vigor andwould be for
the worshipping of
God
- Although this does
not entail work that is
of great need, like life
and death situations
because these
commandments were
born out of love and
not selfishness and
strictness. .
- It signifies the
4. Thou shalt honor thy - This prohibits the - Commands children
father and thy disrespect and
mother, that it may disobedience of a
be well with thee, and child to an elder or to
thou mayest live long his or her parents.
on the earth. This is because they
conceived us, thus we
must follow their
values as long as they
don’t steer from the
ways of God.
rest and worship God.
Church members
should participate in
the sacred ordinance
of the sacrament, and
at home members
should participate in
uplifting activities
that hep them see the
lord, learn the gospel,
and strengthen their
faith in Jesus Christ.
covenant between
God and man,
meaning if one keeps
it holy, he or she
verifies and conducts
lord as God the
Father.
to give honor to their
father and mother
which conceived
them and took care of
them. This is through
being obedient, by
following their rules
because they know
what’s best for us.
Being good students
is a way to follow this
and it makes not only
our parents happy but
also our teachers. By
saying po and opo
and also mano po we
 show respect in the
Filipino way.

- For adults, they must

respect and keep
caring for their
parents even when
they become old and
infirm.

5. Thou shalt not kill - Prohibits murder and - Commands people to

aggression against value life because it is
brothers and sisters. God who has created
it and he is the only
- Prohibits immense
one allowed to take
hatred that causes
it. This means that
the mind to think of a
man cannot decide
grave sin.
the death of the
other, because man
has to love the other
despite being he is or
her enemy.

- One must not kill

because it is an act of
hatred and begets evil
that surrounds it.

- Killing another
because of self
defense just mitigates
the crime but is not
immoral.

6. Thou shalt not - Forbids immora - Do not lust, that is

commit adultery. sexual activity that what God commands.
does not happen in This honors human
the realm of married sexuality because the
purpose of sex is to
reproduce between 2
 couples. This is called persons who have
fornication.. decided to be
committed to one
- This forbids having
another in front of
sex with a person that
God and man by the
is not one’s spouse or
form of marriage in
partner, because
church and state. This
whatever the
is why having sex
circumstances it is
outside that realm is
considered cheating
immoral and is not
in both areas.
commanded by God
- Forbids pornography, but abhored.
prostitution,
- God commands
homosexual activity,
people to stay pure in
masturbation, group
heart and not involve
sex, rape, incest,
onself with the
pedophilia,
temptations of the
necrophilia, and
flesh like pornography
bestiality.
and other forms of
immoral activity..

- Be chaste.

7. Thou shalt not steal - Forbids the act of - Commands us to

taking someone else’s respect and honor the
property. possession of others.
This is through being
- Forbids cheating
honest with one’s
people of their
share and having
money, property,
equal allocation to
depriving work,
the resources we al
unjust wages,
are entitled to. This
embezzlement, fraud,
means that self
tax evasion,
entitlement and
vandalism, and all
selfishness is
that deprive people of
denounced.
their right to God’s
gifts is included. - God commands
everyone to have

8. Thou shalt not bear - Prohibits lying, may - Commands everyone
false witness against they be big or small,
thy neighbor. lies are lies.
- Prohibits deception of
others through false
claims and
deceptions.
9. Thou shalt not covet - This prohibits - This commands to
they neighbor’s intentional desire and
house. longing for immoral
sexuality with a
person who is not
your wife or husband.
This is because it is a
sin in the heart and
causes one to do
actions that debunk
all the other
commandments.
equality and a sense
of better judgement
for the good of all
type of presonality
wherein one thinks of
others before
obtaining more for
himself (greed).
to speak truthfully
because God is the
bearer of all truth and
we are made in his
image and likeness,
that is why we should
not lie. We can do
this by not spreading
fake news and not
being scammers
online.
keep the heart clean
and mind clean from
immoral thoughts
from someone who is
not your own. This
means that if that
woman is not your
spouse and that man
is not your husband,
one must not think of
them in a way that
would lead to sexual
desire.
 - Abstain and control.

10. Thou shalt not covet - Connected with - Commands people to

thy neighbor’s wife, covetting and immora
nor his manservant, sexuality, this forbids
nor his maidservant, or condemns theft
nor his cattle, nor and feelings of envy,
anything that is thy greed, and jealousy
neighbor’s. on other’s property
and status.
be happy for other’s
success and not covet
or try to have what
they have through
crab mentaity. This
also commands us to
be contented and be
satisfied.

- Commands us to not
steal not slander
others because of our
jealousy.

SOURCES:

The Purpose and Meaning of the Ten Commandments. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.the-
ten-commandments.org/ten_commandments-purpose_meaning.html