I want - I want!!

Read Luke 12

What do you want in life?

• Job
• Money
• Car
• Holiday
• Wife or Husband
• Children

Ex 20:17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.

What does covet mean? Desire/Hanker after

This is the only commandment that deals only with the inner self.

Look up Romans 7:7, Phil 3:6

Good sense – 1 Cor 12:31

Bad sense – 1 Tim 6:10

What is the opposite of covetousness? Heb 13:5

If you plant a seed called covet, what does it grow like? What is the fruit that is produced? James 1:14-15

How do you know that someone has coveted?

Luke 12:13, 15, 21 (adverts for cheap credit)

Instructions to live by – Luke 12:22-23, 31

We will be rewarded – Luke 12:32-34, Mat 25:14-30 Well Done

We are to be ready – Luke 12:35, 40

We are to be faithful – Luke 12:42-44

Warning to us – Luke 12:47

If we are not looking to self, what should we be doing? 1 Cor 13:4-6 or The Good Samaritan Luke 10:30

What is required in the tenth commandment?

The tenth commandment requireth full contentment with our own condition,(1) with a right and charitable frame of spirit toward our neighbor, and all that is his.(2)

1.Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have.
(Hebrews 13:5a, KJV).
2.Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep. (Romans 12:15, KJV).
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth. (1Corinthians 13:4-6, KJV).

What is forbidden in the tenth commandment?

A:The tenth commandment forbiddeth all discontentment with our own estate,(1) envying or grieving at the good of our neighbor,(2) and all inordinate motions and affections to any thing that is his.(3)

(1) Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.1Corinthians 10:10
(2)Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another. Galatians 5:26
(3) Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry. Colossians 3:5