Every religion has some version of the Golden Rule: love your neighbor as yourself, yet none of us are able to fully and perfectly obey this maxim. The God of the Bible has the answer to this problem.

A sermon on Commandments 6-9

Sermon Outline: I. Everyone is guilty We have all failed in loving our neighbor II. No one can do it 1. Right use of the body 2. Right use of property 3. Right use of the tongue III. God did it for us

Quotes: If men will not be governed by the Ten Commandments, they shall be governed by the ten thousand commandments. -G. K. Chesterton

All the divine commandments end in love, of which the apostle says, ‘Now the goal of the commandment is love, which comes from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.’ -St. Augustine, Enchiridion

Only someone who is on fire with the love of his Maker can be said to love his fellow humans in the right way. -The Venerable Bede, 7th c.

The whole man is of himself nothing but concupiscence. -John Calvin, 16th c.

Scripture text: Exodus 20:13-17 13 “You shall not murder. 14 “You shall not commit adultery. 15 “You shall not steal. 16 “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. 17 “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.”

Sermon Transcript Liturgy Bulletin

“Right Love of Neighbor” preached by Rev. Dr. Timothy R. LeCroy, Sunday, March 15, 2026 at 10:00AM at New Life Presbyterian Church in Ithaca, NY. Come see the beautiful Finger Lakes region, and worship God with us. www.newlifeithaca.org.

Sermon music is from “We Will Feast in the House of Zion” provided by Sandra McCracken and with her permission. www.sandramccracken.com.

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