You shall not steal. The 6th commandment. Most of us do not go out to steal anything from anyone. But there are occasions when many of us are tempted to try not to pay full price for things, or to get away with not being totally honest about paying taxes!

Eve was born of Adam! In the first surgical operation, Adam had a rib removed in order for his wife to be formed. Ever since, each male has been searching, and thankfully, in most cases, finding the rib designed to fit his body! Sexual unity means they become one flesh.

A very short command for this sixth commandment! Is it not common sense that we are to be nice to others? How tragic that there were only two brothers on the earth, and one killed the other! We read of Cain killing his brother because of jealousy in Genesis 4.

Most of us would not connect living for a long time with whether or not we honour our parents. But for God, and the Israelites in the desert when these laws were given, it was a lesson in obedience, and a question of basic respect.

The continuation of the second commandment gives us the reason why we should not be working on Sundays! It was the plan that God had from the beginning of time. He only worked on His production of the earth for six days, and we should be making Him our example!

It is interesting that God added the last phrase in this command. Not just believers, and members of the Israelite families were not to work, but neither were their animals or servants who might be foreigners! There were to be no excuses, and there was no way round this commandment.

I wonder today how many people, even believers, disobey this commandment. Too much of our everyday language comes from the media, films, TV and facebook! Most people do not know the commandments and have no idea that some of the language they use is an abomination to our Father God.

God does not enjoy seeing anyone suffer. He does not want our children to be ill, deformed, or struggle in any way. He loves them and Jesus died for them long before they were born! This God, who never changes, does not want to punish our children for our sins.

This must be one of the most controversial passages in all the Bible. It is good to remind ourselves that it was written by God. He knew that we would be tempted to forget Him and that demons would constantly try to deter us from our relationship with Jesus.

This first commandment out of the ten that God gave to Moses as rules for the Israelites, sounds as though God is wanting to give them a warning that other gods are not a good idea. That is a warning that is just as important today!