Read the Large Catechism with me.
Ten-minute studies on short readings from the Large Catechism.
Let's do this.
Click on the link below and read the short assigned reading. Then, if you have time, check out what I have to say about it. If not, no problem. Just soak up the goodness of the LC.
The Ninth and Tenth Commandments: Click here and read 292 - 302.
The basics:
- Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house. Thou shalt not covet they neighbor's wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his cattle, nor anything that is his.
- The Jews believed they had kept the sixth and seventh commandments when they had or had not done the act outwardly. This command was given to reach the heart, and forbid the desire of taking from the neighbor.
- It is wrong to take things from your neighbor, even when in the eyes of the world you are allowed.
- We are inclined by nature to desire no man to have as much as we do, and each man acquires as much as he can, while the other man should fare as best he can.
- In court, lawyers and jurists twist and stretch the law to suit their case to the detriment of the neighbor. We see this in cases over inheritances, real estate, etc. In the end, a stamp of approval is given by the court to make it seem honest.
- This commandment is not given to the criminals in the eyes of the world, but to the most pious, who wish to be commended for their following of the other commandments. It gets to the heart of our desires.
My thoughts today:
I have previously written about contentment, and I think now would be a good time to just let you click back to this post and read it -
Reality: On Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Contentment
