biblestudy: The Commandments (Part 19)

Coveting/Lusting/Desire and Idolatry
John W. Ritenbaugh
Given 14-Apr-90; Tape #BS-TC19

Description: In this concluding installment of The Commandments series, focusing on the Tenth Commandment, the prohibition against coveting and lust, John Ritenbaugh studies the "Get way" or the "Keep up with the Joneses" (lust or coveting) principle with which advertisers and politicians shamelessly (and successfully) manipulate us. A commentator once remarked, "All public crime would cease if this [Tenth] Commandment were kept." Jesus taught that all outward sin stems from inner inordinate desire. What we desire or lust after automatically becomes our idol. If our imaginations are fed "dirt", our minds will become "dirty." We desperately need to learn to radically "amputate" or "mortify" the self-centered lusts and desires that will inevitably (if followed to completion) lead us to the lake of fire. The Tenth Commandment (like the First) serves as a "control" or "regulator," enabling us to successfully keep all the other commandments. Ardently desiring the Word of God and His Kingdom (realizing that happiness and joy come only from spirituality) serves as the most effective antidote to lust and covetousness. (91 minutes)

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Adultery American way of thinking Amputating desire Art Linkletter Blaming others for our mistakes Book of Common Prayer Confusion of values Coveting Credit system Debt Desire Diogenes Dumb dogs Earl Nightingale Ethics in government Exercise of will Feeding the desire Get Principle Human nature Indebtedness Ira Hayes Imagination Keep up with Joneses Laodicean Motivational talks Nurturing the imagination Paul Harvey Pornography Positive righteousness Positive thinking rally Protestant work ethic Pure thought Robert Schuler Tithing Window shopping

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Sermons in the The Commandments series:

The Commandments (Part 1)
Idolatry, Part 1

The Commandments (Part 2)
Idolatry, Part 2

The Commandments (Part 3)
Idolatry, Part 3

The Commandments (Part 4)
Taking God's Name In Vain

The Commandments (Part 5)
The Sabbath, Part 1

The Commandments (Part 6)
The Sabbath, Part 2

The Commandments (Part 7)
The Sabbath, Part 3

The Commandments (Part 8)
The Sabbath, Part 4

The Commandments (Part 9)
The Sabbath, Part 5

The Commandments (Part 10)
Honor Your Parents, Part 1

The Commandments (Part 11)
Honor Your Parents, Part 2

The Commandments (Part 12)
Honor Your Parents, Part 3

The Commandments (Part 13)
You Shall Not Kill, Part 1

The Commandments (Part 14)
You Shall Not Kill, Part 2

The Commandments (Part 15)
You Shall Not Kill, Part 3

The Commandments (Part 16)
Adultery and Sexual Sins

The Commandments (Part 17)
Thou Shalt Not Steal

The Commandments (Part 18)
Bearing False Witness

The Commandments (Part 19)
Coveting/Lusting/Desire and Idolatry




 








 
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