THE 10 COMMANDMENTS Exodus 20

WHICH COMMANDMENT IS THE GREATEST?

“The Greatest Commandment” Bible Video (1:51)

WHICH COMMANDMENT IS THE GREATEST?

LET’S READ EXODUS 20:1-17

THIS ISN'T AMAZING…

BUT IT HELPS

ONE-NONE“No other gods”

(None, zero, zilch, nada)

TWO-ZOO“No graven images”

(Zoos have ravens. Lighting hits the ravens and turns them to stone ravens or ‘graven’

images. Do not worship them)

THREE-TREE“Do not take the name of the Lord in vain”

(Tree have leaves, leaves have veins)

FOUR-FORT“Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy”(Forts have holy’s from all the cannonball fire)

FIVE-HIVE“Honor thy father and thy mother”

(Hives have bees, bees make honey, your father calls your mother ‘honey’)

SIX-STICKS“Thou shalt not kill”

(with sticks, or any other device)

SEVEN-HEAVEN“Thou shalt not commit adultery”

(if you do, you can’t go to heaven, unless you sincerely repent)

EIGHT-GATE“Thou shalt not steal”

(Gates are made of steel)

NINE-LYIN’“Thou shalt not bear false witness”

(Don’t be a ‘lion’ and ‘bear’ false wintess)

TEN-HEN“Thou shalt not covet”

(Your neighbor might have the best hen with the best eggs, but don’t want them)

TEST YOURSELF

WRITE THEM DOWN

QUIZ YOUR NEIGHBOR

Commandment

1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.

Write down one word to summarize each commandmentAfter, for each commandment, if you wrote down the same word as the majority of other students, you will receive one point.

Commandment

Ways people break the

commandment

Positive applications

to my life (Thou Shalt…)

1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.

   

In pairs, discuss the to columns above.

1. Keep the commandments; keep the commandments!In this there is safety; in this there is peace.He will send blessings;He will send blessings.Words of a prophet:Keep the commandments.In this there is safety and peace.

2. We are His children; we are His children,and we must be tested to show we are true.Hold to His promises;Hold to His promises,Heeding the prophets:Keep the commandments.In this there is safety and peace.

Words and music: Barbara A. McConochie, b. 1940. © 1975 IRI. Obbligato by Barbara A. McConochie © 1989 IRI. Arr. by Darwin Wolford © 1986, 1989 Deseret Book Company. Used by permission. This song may be copied for incidental, noncommercial church or home use.

Keep the Commandments

THE 10 COMMANDMENTS Exodus 20