SUNDAY SCHOOLJULY 09, 2017

Eighth and Ninth

Commandments

1. Thou shalt have none other gods

before me.

2. Thou shalt not make thee any graven image,

3. Thou shalt not take the name of the

LORD thy God in vain:

4. Keep the Sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded

thee.

5. Honour thy father and thy mother,

6. Thou shalt not kill.7. Neither shalt thou

commit adultery.8. Neither shalt thou

steal.

9. Neither shalt thou bear false witness

against thy neighbour.

10. Neither shalt thou desire thy

neighbour's

Exo 20:15 Thou shalt not steal.

Exo 20:16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy

neighbour.

Deu 5:19 Neither shalt thou steal.

Deu 5:20 Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy

neighbour.

• Created in His image

• Dominion / Stewardship• 1Co 4:1 Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ,

and stewards of the mysteries of God.

• 1Co 4:2 Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found

faithful.

• 1Pe 4:10 As every man hath received the gift, even so minister

the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace

of God.

• Fall

• Curse

Deu 16:15 Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the

LORD thy God in the place which the LORD shall choose:

because the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thine

increase, and in all the works of thine hands, therefore thou

shalt surely rejoice.

1Th 4:11 And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own

business, and to work with your own hands, as we

commanded you;

1Th 4:12 That ye may walk honestly toward them that are

without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.

Eph 6:5 Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters

according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness

of your heart, as unto Christ;

Eph 6:6 Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the

servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;

Eph 6:7 With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not

to men:

2Th 3:7 For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we

behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;

2Th 3:8 Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but

wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might

not be chargeable to any of you:

2Th 3:9 Not because we have not power, but to make

ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us.

2Th 3:10 For even when we were with you, this we

commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should

he eat.

2Th 3:11 For we hear that there are some which walk among

you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.

1Th 4:11 And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own

business, and to work with your own hands, as we

commanded you;

1Th 4:12 That ye may walk honestly toward them that are

without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.

Mal 3:6 For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob

are not consumed.

Mal 3:7 Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from

mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I

will return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, Wherein

shall we return?

Mal 3:8 Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say,

Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.

Mal 3:9 Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this

whole nation.

Mal 3:10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may

be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD

of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you

out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

Pro 6:30 Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his

soul when he is hungry;

Pro 6:31 But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he

shall give all the substance of his house.

9th Commandment (False Witness)

Hos 4:1 Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for

the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the

land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of

God in the land.

Hos 4:2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and

committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth

blood.

Perjury

False evidence

Deceit

Forgery

Concealing truth

Raising rumors

Gossip

Slander

False promise

Scoffing

Boasting

Isa 43:10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my

servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe

me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God

formed, neither shall there be after me.

Jhn 15:27 And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have

been with me from the beginning.

Act 1:8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost

is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in

Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the

uttermost part of the earth.

1Co 15:15 Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God;

because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ:

whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not.

Situational

ExistentialDeontology

(Duty)

Jos 2:1 And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy

secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and

came into an harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there.

Jos 2:2 And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came

men in hither to night of the children of Israel to search out the

country.

Jos 2:3 And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth

the men that are come to thee, which are entered into thine house: for

they be come to search out all the country.

Jos 2:4 And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus,

There came men unto me, but I wist not whence they were:

Jos 2:5 And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate,

when it was dark, that the men went out: whither the men went I wot

not: pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.

I was ministering in Vietnam in 1971, and one of my interpreters was Hien Pham, an energetic young Christian. He had worked as a translator with the American

forces, and was of immense help both to them and to missionaries such as myself. Hien and I traveled the length of the country and became very close friends before I

returned home. We did not know if our paths would ever cross again. Seventeen years later, I received a telephone call. "Brother Ravi?" the man asked. Immediately I

recognized Hien's voice, and he soon told me his story.

Shortly after Vietnam fell, Hien was imprisoned on accusations of helping the Americans. His jailers tried to indoctrinate him against democratic ideals and the

Christian faith. He was restricted to communist propaganda in French or Vietnamese, and the daily deluge of Marx and Engels began to take its toll. "Maybe," he

thought, "I have been lied to. Maybe God does not exist. Maybe the West has deceived me." So Hien determined that when he awakened the next day, he would not

pray anymore or think of his faith.

The next morning, he was assigned the dreaded chore of cleaning the prison latrines. As he cleaned out a tin can overflowing with toilet paper, his eye caught what

seemed to be English printed on one piece of paper. He hurriedly grabbed it, washed it, and after his roommates had retired that night, he retrieved the paper and

read the words, "Romans, Chapter 8." Trembling, he began to read, "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him….for I am

convinced that nothing shall be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord." Hien wept. He knew His Bible, and knew that there was not

a more relevant passage for one on the verge of surrender. He cried out to God, asking forgiveness, for this was to have been the first day that he would not pray.

Evidently God had other plans. What his tormentors were using for refuse—the Scriptures—could not be more treasured to Hien.

have shared part of the story of God's providence in the life of my dear friend, Hien Pham. You may recall that Hien was my interpreter in Vietnam in 1971. When

Vietnam fell, he was imprisoned and indoctrinated, and had decided to abandon his Christian faith. Then he came across a page from Romans 8 that had been used

as toilet paper while cleaning the prison latrines. After finding the Scripture, Hien asked the commander if he could clean the latrines regularly, because he

discovered that some official was using a Bible as toilet paper. Each day Hien picked up a portion of Scripture, cleaned it off, and added it to his collection of nightly

reading.

The day came when, through an equally providential set of circumstances, Hien was released from prison. He promptly began to make plans to leave the country and

to construct a boat for the escape of him and fifty-three others. All was going according to plan until days before their departure. Four Vietcong knocked on Hien's

door and said they had heard of his escape. He denied it and they left. Hien felt relieved, but at the same time disappointed with himself. He made a promise to

God—fervently hoping that God would not take him up on it—that if the Vietcong returned, he would tell them the truth. He was thoroughly shaken when only a few

hours before they were to set sail, the four men returned. When questioned again, Hien confessed the truth. To Hien's astonishment, the men leaned forward and in

hushed tones, asked if they could go with him!

In an utterly incredible escape plan, all fifty-eight of them found themselves on the high seas, suddenly engulfed by a violent storm. Hien cried out to God, "Did you

bring us here to die?" He said to me, "Brother Ravi, if it were not for the sailing ability of those four Vietcong, we would not have made it." They arrived safely in

Thailand, and years later Hien arrived on American soil where today he is a businessman.