Covetousness: The 10th Commandment

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Covetousness The 10th Commandment

• For the love of money is aroot of all kinds of
  evil
• 1 Timothy 610

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Exodus 203-17, The Ten Commandments, Thou shall

• Not have any other Gods before ME
• Not make unto thee any graven image
• Not take the name of thy Lord in vain
• Remember the Sabbath, to keep it holy
• Honor thy father and thy mother

• Not murder
• Not commit adultery
• Not steal
• Not bear false witness
• Not covet

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Covetousness The 10th Commandment, a root of all
kinds of evil

• Covet Hebrew verb chamad (khaw-mad), to
  desire, covet, take pleasure in, delight in
• Exodus 2017 - You shall not covet your
  neighbor's house you shall not covet your
  neighbor's wife, nor his male servant, nor his
  female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor
  anything that is your neighbor's.

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Covetousness The 10th Commandment, a root of all
kinds of evil

• Covet - Greek verb epithumeo, to fix the
  desire upon (epi, upon, used intensively,
  thumos, passion), whether things good or bad
  hence, to long for, lust after, covet,
• Rom. 77-8 epithumeo is translated covet
  desire
• Gen. 36 Eve saw the fruit as desirable
  (chamad)
• James 114-15 1 John 216 lust (epithumeo)

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Covetousness The 10th Commandment, a root of all
kinds of evil

• Thou shall
• 1. Not have any other gods
• 2. Not make any graven images (idols)
• 3. Not take the Lords name in vain
• 4. Remember the Sabbath
• 5. Honor Father Mother

• Covetousness leads to
• 1. Micah Dan (Judges 17-1824)
• 2. Col. 34-6
• 3. Jobs Wife (Job 110-11 29)
• 4. Exodus 208-11
• 5. Corban (Mark 79-13) Prodigal Son (Luke
  1511-13)

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Covetousness The 10th Commandment, a root of all
kinds of evil

• Thou shall not
• Murder
• Commit Adultery
• Steal
• Bear False Witness (Lie)
• Covet

• Covetousness leads to
• Cain (Gen. 41-8) Proverbs 110-19
• Ex. 2017 David (2 Sam. 112-4) Eph. 419 (cf.
  NIV)
• Jacob (Gen. 276-29) Laban (Gen. 317,15,41,42)
  Achan (Josh. 721)
• Gehazi (2 Kings 520-27) Ananias and Sapphira
  (Acts 51-11)
• 1 Timothy 65-10

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Covetousness The 10th Commandment

• For the love of money is aroot of all kinds of
  evil
• 1 Timothy 610