Quick! What’s the Sixth Commandment?

How well do you know the Commandments? Although we should be living them daily, how many of us know them off hand, and out of order? My sister taught me a great way to remember them and to teach them.

Use your fingers to help you:

#1 God is number 1. I am the Lord your God, you shall have no other gods before Me.

#2 Your fingers make a V shape. You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.

#3 Your fingers make a W (worship). Remember to keep holy the Sabbath.

#4 Next to God in deserving your respect are your parents. Honor your father and your mother. (The only commandment with a promise-look it up!)

#5 Open one hand and then make a fist. Thou shall not kill.

#6 This is a tough one for kids but it has the word adult in it. Thou shall not commit ADULTery. (For kids it’s about purity of mind, mouth and body.)

#7 Seven starts with S; so does steal. Thou shall not steal.

#8 Eight goes around and around with no end. So does a lie until you confess and tell the truth. Thou shall not bear false witness.

Nine and ten are both about coveting but people are more important than things so:

#9 Thou shall not covet thy neighbor’s wife.

#10 Thou shall not covet they neighbor’s goods.

Learn them, teach them, live them. For Christ said, “If you love Me, you will keep my commandments."  (John 14:15)