The Ninth and Tenth The Ninth and Tenth CommandmentsCommandmentsWhat is God impressing on us What is God impressing on us

by telling us not to covet?by telling us not to covet?

Question #1Question #1

What is coveting?

Psalm 10:2-3

James 4:2

James 1:14-15

Key Point #1

Romans 7:18

Genesis 6:5

Matthew 5:28-29

Key Point #2

A craving or sinful desire for something God doesn’t want us to have

leads us to sinful thoughts, words, and actionsis inclined only towards evil

will never submit to God’s lawdeserves God’s punishment

was given to me by God through faith in Jesusknows and loves God’s willenables me to have holy desires

Ezekiel 11:19-20

Romans 7:22

Galatians 5:17

Key Point #3

Romans 7:23-25

Key Point #4

By growing in faith in Jesus, my new heart wins more of the battles.

Psalm 10:2-3

In his arrogance the wicked man hunts down the weak, who are caught in the schemes he devises. He boasts of the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD .

James 4:2You want something but don't get

it. You kill and covet, but you cannot have what you want. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask God.

James 1:14-15but each one is tempted when,

by his own evil desire, he is dragged away and enticed. Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full grown, gives birth to death.

Key Point #1Key Point #1

Coveting is a ______ or sinful _____ for something God doesn’t want us to have, which may ____ us to sinful _____ and ______.

cravingdesire

leadwords

actions

Question #2Question #2

What does God teach me about the coveting that goes on in my heart?

Romans 7:18

I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.

Genesis 6:5The LORD saw how great

man's wickedness on the earth had become, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time.

Matthew 5:28-29But I tell you that anyone who looks at a

woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart. If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.

Key Point #2Key Point #2

I deserve _____ and ___ because since ____ I have had a ________ sinful nature – one that fills my ____ with sinful ______.

death hellbirth

rebellious

heartdesires

Question #3Question #3

What does God teach me about the holy desires I have in my heart?

Ezekiel 11:19-20I will give them an undivided heart and

put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh. Then they will follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. They will be my people, and I will be their God.

Romans 7:22

For in my inner being I delight in God's law;

Key Point #3Key Point #3

By bringing me to ____ God has given me a new ____ that loves God’s ___ and enables me to have ___ ______.

faith

heartwill

holy desires

Question #4Question #4

What is the result of my having both a sinful nature and a new heart?

Galatians 5:17For the sinful nature desires what

is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the sinful nature. They are in conflict with each other, so that you do not do what you want.

Romans 7:23-25but I see another law at work in the members

of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within my members. What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? Thanks be to God–through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God's law, but in the sinful nature a slave to the law of sin.

Key Point #4Key Point #4As a result of my having a

____ _____ and a new _____, constant battles go on in me between the two. Only as I grow in ____ in _____ will my new _____ win more and more of the ______.

sinful natureheart

faithJesus heart

battles

What I’ve LearnedWhat I’ve Learned

God wants me not to covet, warning me about my sinful heart and its desires. He also gives me a new heart to fight these desires.