Can you use the 10 Commandments for a Conscience Check

Episode #43

In this podcast, we’ll examine if the 10 Commandments can help you check your conscience. How do we know if we are on the right path? Are we doing great? Of course! We don’t sin! That is until you take a look at the list below. I’ve listed each of the 10 Commandments and questions to ask yourself.

First, begin with prayer, ask the Lord to allow us to see what is in our lives that need to be forgiven and perhaps if it is an area where you struggle.

Sin causes us to put off doing what is right and what we should do, and it allows us to make excuses for all the times we are not doing what is right. Are the Ten Commandments just suggestions or are they something we should look at when we examine our conscience? I know that we all struggle because we think, “Well, I’m not an ax murderer so therefore I am a good person,” however, that line of thinking is truthfully not accurate.

Thankfully we do not commit murder but there are other things to look at under the “Thou shalt not kill” commandment.

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Using the 10 Commandments helps us form a good conscience.

The commandments are not suggestions, they are serious. The commandments are so serious that after Moses came down from the mountain and saw the sin happening to the people he had left behind, he broke them. God then gave him the Commandments again!

The first three commandments all deal with the way we consider God. Do we put him first, do we blaspheme His name? Do we keep holy the Sabbath?

Here is a look at the Ten Commandments and ways to consider how you have sinned against God…

I am the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not have strange gods before Me.
1. Have I denied God in any way?
2. Have I taken part in non-Christian ceremony or service?
3. I have agreed with heretical or blasphemous anti-Christian literature?
4. Have I been faithful in my prayer life?
5. Have I made fun of God or His teachings?
6. Have I presumed upon God’s mercy or doubted it?
7. Have I placed more importance on any person or creature before God?
8. Have I cared about material goods over God?
9. Have I been guilty of irreverence – jokes or other conversations that are anti-God.

Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.
1. Have I sworn against God?
2. Have I complained against God?
3. Have I broken a vow made to God?
4. Have I angered others so that it makes them swear against God?
5. Have I blasphemed?

Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath day.
1. Have I missed Mass or church?
2. Have I been distracted during church?
3. Have I been late to church or left early (not due to an emergency).
4. Have I made others miss church?
5. Have I done unnecessary work on Sunday?
6. Have I bought or sold things not of necessity on Sunday?

Honor thy father and thy mother.
1. Have I been disrespectful or disobedient to my parents?
2. Have I been irreverent to others in positions of authority?
3. Have mistreated my spouse or children?
4. Have I mistreated the elderly, the infirmed or the handicapped?
5. Have I been disobedient or disrespectful of a loved one, a family member?
6. Have I been disrespectful or irreverent toward the clergy or someone in authority to God.

Thou shalt not kill
1. Have I desired or hastened the death of someone, or caused bodily injury to another person?
2. Have I oppressed or did I seek revenge on another person?
3. Did I cause others to fight?
4. Have I argued with another(s)?
5. Did I injure anyone else?
6. Have I been jealous, envious, entertained evil thoughts or hatred against another?
7. Have I entertained thoughts of suicide, etc.
8. Do I abuse my body in any way?
9. Have I harmed my soul by intentional exposure to temptations?

Thou shalt not commit adultery.
1. Have I abused my role in my marriage, (marital rights, practicing birth control, or other contraception such as sterilization?)
2. Have I committed sins against purity?
3. Have watched indecent movies or internet photos, etc.?
4. As a single person have I had sex outside of marriage.
5. Have I worn suggestive clothing, or had thoughts that were impure.
6. Have I used indecent language, told indecent jokes.
7. Have I prayed at once to banish bad thoughts or intentions?

Thou shalt not steal
1. Have I stolen anything?
2. Have I damaged or been negligent with someone else’s property?
3. Have I refused to repay debt?
4. Have I cheated my employer or employees?
5. Have I cheated or defrauded anyone?
6. Have I gambled to the point that it is an obsession?
7. Have I refused to pay a bill

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
1. Have I lied against anyone, causing them harm, spiritually or materially, or ruined their name?
2. Have I judged others without evidence?
3. Have I gossiped about other people even if it is true?
4. Have I been uncharitable in my talk or actions against another?

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife.
1. Have I wanted someone who is otherwise committed?
2. Have I had unpure thoughts about someone else?
3. Have I remained alone in another’s company unnecessarily of the opposite sex that is a temptation to me?
4. Have I been in lewd company and listened to indecent jokes or stories?
5. Have I boasted or taken delight in past sins?
6. Have I caused others to sin?

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s goods.
1. Have I wanted something belonging to someone else?
2. Have I acquired something I know is stolen?
3. Have I failed to return something I borrowed?
4. Have I neglected to help someone in need?
5. Have I failed to make restitution for something I’ve taken?

These sins all boil down to sins of pride, vanity, envy, lust, anger, covetousness, envy, laziness or apathy, gluttony… they lead to boasting, duplicity, ambition over others, contempt for others, anger, and resentment and revenge, stubbornness and obstinacy.

Yes, I feel convicted in researching this and sharing this podcast with all of you to change my own life for the better.

Let’s Pray!

Dear Lord Jesus, I come to you sinful and sorrowful and I ask that You help me through an infilling of the Holy Spirit to stay on the path that leads to You. I know Lord this path is difficult but with Your Divine help I know You will be with me every step of the way. Dear Jesus help keep me from pride, envy, lust, anger, covetousness, envy, laziness, apathy or gluttony. Please help me to do what is right and to hunger for righteousness. I thank you for all the ways You have intervened in my life and I give you permission to be a greater part of my life. Thank you and praise You Jesus! And, I pray this in Jesus Name, Amen.

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