Heart Lust

The gift of God's law at Mt. Sinai was a game changer for the people of God, and the nations that surrounded them. In terms of their holiness and therefore their profitability for Israel and all the nations, there is nothing that comes close to the revealed Word of God given to Israel in Exodus 20 and in the sermons of Deuteronomy that consist of case-law application of the 10 commandments. What then is their use today? Our own Westminster Confession states concerning the judicial laws: To them also, as a body politic, he gave sundry judicial laws, which expired together with the State of that people; not obliging any other now, further than the general equity thereof may require. WCF 19.4. What all that means is that there is still a place for the law of God in our lives, in every sphere of our lives, from personal to national. What then of the tenth commandment? - "Do not covet…" That is we are not to lust for and even lay hold of, out of a lack of contentment for what God has graciously given to us, that which belongs to others. You cannot have everything you want, so do not give one moment to the craving of what other's have, be it a wife, a house, or any possession.