Decalogue and Laws

Decalogue

Gods before me

Idols/sculptured images

Name in vain

Sabbath

Honor parents

Kill

Adultery

Steal

False witness

Covet neighbor's wife

Covet neighbor's property

Which ten?

Coveting wife and property are two (Catholicism)

Other gods and idols are two (Judaism, Reform Protestant)

What is an idol?

What about crucifixes?

Grouping

God and neighbor

Catholic 3/7

Reform Protestant 4/6

Jewish 5/5

Ten or 613?

Historical development

Henotheism to monotheism

• Henotheism - serve one god before all others
• Monotheism - deny the existence of more than one god

Punishment for sins of grandparents

The status of the decalogue in the NT

Do Christians keep the sabbath?

Do Christians avoid pork?

Different opinions in the early church

• Matthew 5
• Paul