Becker Bible Teacher Resources

The purposeful termination of a pregnancy. At the moment of conception of life, the removal of the embryo or fetus is direct, intentional murder.  Additionally, medical tests which are used solely to determine whether a fetus should be aborted are reprehensible.(Sixth Commandment Violation, Exodus 20:13)

The introduction of the Lord's name into His own speech except to bless, praise, or glorify (Third Commandment Violation, Exodus 20:7)

The accumulation of arms does not eliminate the cause of war, and tends to aggravate toward conflict. Christian leadership should not be gathering weapons to prepare for trouble; rather, they should be following the teachings of Christ and leading His people through difficult times with God, rather than weapons, as their focus.(Sixth Commandment Violation, Exodus 20:13)

Sin Against Charity - Refusing the joy or repelling the Divine goodness that flows from God (First Commandment Violation, Exodus 20:2,3)

Every word or attitude is forbidden which by flattery, adulation, or complaisance encourages sin in another through condescending or duplicitous speech. (Ninth Commandment Violation, Exodus 20:16)

Marital infidelity is the sin of adultery; it is when two partners, of whom at least one is married to another party, have sexual relations.  The bond of marriage is in danger by even transient affairs and those imagined and fantasized. Intimate sharing should be reserved for married couples only; thus, full sexual relations are not necessary for the sin of adultery to occur.  When lustful attachments are formed outside the marriage that replaces the spouse for another partner then the sacrament of marriage blessed by the LORD God is marred by sin.  (Seventh Commandment Violation, Exodus 20:14)

Makes no judgment of God's existence and declares it impossible to know, affirm, or deny  (Second Commandment Violation, Exodus 20:4-6)

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A spiritual walk (life) that is alert and watchful

[Jer. 1:11-12 uses the Hebrew word for almond tree whose root word means to watch.  The Lord picks up on this association and makes a wordplay to that effect.]

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If anger is used to wrongly control other's actions or as an act of revenge it is a sin. If anger is used to impose restitution, correct vices, or maintain justice, it is a virtue. The three levels of connected sin are anger, hatred, and finally vengeance. (Sixth Commandment Violation, Exodus 20:13)

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The total repudiation of the authority and binding force of Truth revealed by God (First Commandment Violation, Exodus 20:2,3)

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Rejects or denies the existence of God (Second Commandment Violation, Exodus 20:4-6)