5. Does the second, third, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, or tenth commandment indicate the
author of the Decalogue?
Answer
No; none of them.
NOTE - The second commandment forbids the making of and bowing down to images, but does
not in itself reveal who the true God is. The third commandment says, "Thou shall not take the name of the
Lord thy God in vain," but it likewise fails to reveal the true God and giver of the law. A worshipper of the
sun might say he kept this commandment so far as it itself reveals what god is meant. So of the other
commandments here referred to. In the last five commandments the name of God is not even mentioned.
What other book of the Bible is especially commended for our study?
How futile is it to attempt to hide sin from God?
What enabled Abraham to endure the test?
What is to be one of the prominent sins of the last days?
In what other prophecies is this same period mentioned?
What two covenants are contrasted in the Bible?
Then by whom was the Sabbath made?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle