Reckoned Righteous » coveting http://reckonedrighteous.com On the cross, God treated Jesus as if He had lived my life ... so he could treat me as if I had lived Jesus' life. Tue, 10 Apr 2012 03:43:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Are the 1st and 10th Commandments the Same? http://reckonedrighteous.com/2008/06/are-the-1st-and-10th-commandments-the-same/ http://reckonedrighteous.com/2008/06/are-the-1st-and-10th-commandments-the-same/#comments Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:25:35 +0000 John Moody http://reckonedrighteous.com/2008/06/25/are-the-1st-and-10th-commandments-the-same/ As usual, John Piper’s words are used by God as a 2×4, applied directly to my forehead:

I suspect that the reason the Ten Commandments begin with the commandment “You shall have no other gods before me” (Exodus 20:3) and ends with the commandment “You shall not covet” (Exodus 20:17) is that they are essentially the same commandment. They bracket the other eight and reveal their source.

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