How do the ten commandments affect a Christian's life?

Answer 1

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If you look up a picture of the 10 commandments ( what they are ) you can tell yourself how the rules would affect them. If you find this hard, just think about it like you would if the rules would apply to you, how youd be affected, afterall, christians are the same as you and me

Answer 2

AnswerThe Ten Commandments are not relevant to the increasing numbers of people in our society who are neither Jews nor Christians, and only of limited importance even in the everyday lives of Christians.

The first three commandments are essentially different ways of saying to worship no other god. The next commandment says to do no work on the Sabbath, nor to require or request others to do so or even allow an animal to do so, and is almost never honoured. The fifth commandment is to honour your father and your mother, a useful social rule usually observed out of filial love rather than by bringing to mind a commandment.

The last five commandments define some important moral ideals, although only stated in general terms: do not kill, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness against your neighbour, do not covet that which belongs to your neighbour, including his wife or slaves. The recognition of the rights of slave-owners is something certainly not relevant today. We need moral and legal guidance far wider than the Ten Commandments, and no doubt our consciences and the secular laws are much more relevant today. The Ten Commandments have achieved a mystique beyond their importance.

Answer 3

For a Christian the ten commandments remain good guidelines for living but Jesus said there are really only two commandments

Mat 22:37 Jesus answered, " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.'
Mat 22:38 This is the greatest and the most important commandment.
Mat 22:39 The second most important commandment is like it: 'Love your neighbor as you love yourself.'

Christians also have the Holy Spirit and the word of God to guide them.

Answer 4

What would Western society look like without these Commandments?

1) "I am the Lord your God..." has shaped the Western beliefs about God. Pantheism and polytheism, which were excuses for immorality, are out.

2) The 7-day week, including a day of rest for everyone, is thanks to the Fourth Commandment.

3) Without the Fifth Commandment, society might still permit abandoning our aged parents to die.

4) Without the Sixth Commandment, we might still be killing our own children. Aristotle, who was among the greatest of the Greeks, and Seneca, the famous Roman, both write that killing one's young babies is perfectly acceptable; and that was the practice in their societies.

The above are just a few examples.

Answer 5

The Ten Commandments contain some of the most basic underpinnings of civilized society. It was under their influence that an end was put to things like infanticide and human sacrifice.