2 The rich man had an exceedingly huge flock and herd, 3 but the poor man had nothing at all, except one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished, and it grew up together with him and his children. When he came to him, he said to him, “There were two men in the same city-one was rich and the other poor. Look at God‘s response to David‘s actions in 2 Samuel 12: 1-15 (Tree of Life Version) For all that is in the world-the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life-is not from the Father but is from the world“ (1 John 2:15–16 ESV). If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. "Do not love the world or the things in the world. Notice that first David looked on that which wasn‘t his and then coveted it. What is the result of the adultery, out of covetousness, with Bathsheba? Her husband Uriah was murdered through the machinations of David, there was a dead child, and continuing trouble in David‘s family over the remaining years of his life and beyond. (Now she had been purifying herself from her uncleanness.) Then she returned to her house.“ 2 Samuel 11:1-4 (ESV) And one said, “Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?“ So David sent messengers and took her, and she came to him, and he lay with her. And David sent and inquired about the woman. It happened, late one afternoon, when David arose from his couch and was walking on the roof of the king‘s house, that he saw from the roof a woman bath- ing and the woman was very beautiful. And they ravaged the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. “In the spring of the year, the time when kings go out to battle, David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel. The verses I'm sharing are 1-4, but you should read the entire chapter. We find the account of this incident in 2
The first example is that of a man of God, David. We can immediately find two examples of what happens when one covets that which isn‘t one‘s own. In the electronic age in one sense everyone is our neighbor. Taking Christ‘s teachings about who is a neighbor, I think we can take this command to apply in a very broad spectrum. These include: the neighbor‘s home, wife, staff, tools, or anything that belongs to someone else. This passage identifies a number of specific items that are not to be coveted. This is because either others have these things or we desire the image others have that go with them. The advertising industry exists to cause us to desire things we don‘t need. 326).“ 3Īs previously noted, our consumer economy is founded somewhat on the acceptability of coveting. “… The Tenth Commandment prescribes, ‘Thou shalt not hamad covet,‘ which refers to an ‘inordinate, un- governed, selfish desire.‘ (BDB, p. The Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament says: To feel immoderate desire for that which is another‘s. To feel blameworthy desire for (that which is another‘s). Christian Fellowship Devotionals - The Tenth Commandment
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