The Tenth Commandment: No Coveting
Sermon 55 in Series
Exodus 20:17
[17] “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.”
DEEP SHEET: Sermon Study Questions
1. How has our time in the Ten Commandments most impacted you? How has it grown your appreciation for Christ?
2. What does it mean to covet? Why is it idolatry?
3. How does discontent fuel coveting? What does it practically look like to be satisfied in God?
4. In what ways does this commandment penetrate deep into our hearts? How can we truly ask the Lord to search our hearts?
5. How does this commandment humble and evangelize us? How does it leave us longing for heaven?
6. What effect does coveting have on our view of people? Why is it so antithetical to love?
7. How does rejoicing with those who rejoice offer an antidote to coveting? How can you apply this to your interactions with others?
References: Hebrews 4:15; 1 John 3:5; Acts 4:12; Genesis 2:9; 3:6; Colossians 3:5; Ephesians 5:5; Philippians 4:11-13; Psalm 42:1-2; Matthew 15:19; 5:22, 28; 1 Samuel 16:7; Romans 3:10; 12:15.
