In the final sermon of the Ten Commandments: Set Free to Live Free series, Pastor Mark addresses the tenth commandment: Do Not Covet.
If you could have anyone’s car, home, abilities, physical appearance, spouse, or life, whose would you have? If you answered, what was just awakened in you is coveting—an ungodly, discontented desire for what’s not ours. If you answered, you’re a coveter; if you didn’t, you’re a liar. How do we come to want what God wants for us?
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Coveting=discontent desire, craving, jealousy, obsession, longing, or lust for someone/thing that shouldn’t be yours.
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You cannot love your neighbor while coveting something that they have. #10Commandments #DoNotCovet
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Coveting: When you don’t want what God wants for you. #10Commandments #DoNotCovet
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If you ever desired anyone else’s car, home, abilities, appearance, spouse, life, then you know what it is to covet.
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God says: “This is what I want for you.” We covet by responding: “I want this instead.” #10Commandments #DoNotCovet
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The 10th commandment is unique: it’s fully internal (easy to hide) & it’s unprecedented in other ancient moral codes.
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You can covet someone or rejoice with someone, but not both. #10Commandments
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Out of the overflow of the heart the wallet spends.
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Coveting creates desires that didn’t exist before. Also called “advertising” & “malls.” #10Commandments #DoNotCovet
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The answer to coveting is not to kill your desires—that’s Buddhism. Our problem is not desire but unholy desire.
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