The Ten Commandments by Peter Hammond

"Never before in Church history has there been such a need to return to the basics of Biblical evangelism. Our churches are filled with false converts, simply because we have abandoned doing what Jesus did when it comes to reaching out to the lost. The disease must be diagnosed before the cured is offered to the patient, or it will, understandably, never be appreciated or appropriated. I thank God for my friend Peter Hammond, and pray that God’s blessing will be on his book, The Ten Commandments--God's Perfect Law of Liberty."
Ray Comfort
Way of the Master

“To those who would argue that God does not exist, read this book and each page will reveal that God not only exists, but He knows you better than you do.
Can a single book change a person and an entire nation? This one can!!”
Todd Friel
Host, Wretched Radio and TV

From the Forword by Rev. Bill Bathman

As I listened to this series of messages at Livingstone Fellowship, I kept thinking how practical, down to earth and relevant these eternal truths are for us today. Each Sunday, after the message, I thanked the LORD for how He spoke to my heart through His Word and longed that Dr. Hammond might have a wider audience. I rejoice now to see the entire series in this one book.

The Ten Commandments are God’s meterstick by which He measures us and whereby we realize how far short we have fallen of His glory. It is God’s “plumb line” to measure our moral straightness. As our young people would say, “The Ten Commandments are God’s ‘text message’ to keep us in line.”

In today’s man-centered culture, God (when He is considered at all) has become our “Buddy;” an eternal “Blessing Machine,” to be called on whenever we’re in trouble or need a Friend. “One who turns away his ear from hearing the Law, even his prayer is an abomination.” Proverbs 28:9

Many today worship before the idolatrous altar of pluralism, multiculturalism and the inter-faith movement. These false gods are skillfully exposed in this hard-hitting, practical and easy-to-read volume. These gods must go.

The new thoughts and inspiration from the Fifth Commandment were a special blessing to me. You’ll find a whole treasure-trove of them yourself between the covers of this modest tome.

The Eighth Commandment brilliantly exposes Muhammad’s support of theft. “Jihad is one of the most meritorious acts in the eyes of Islam and it is the best source of earnings.” (Mishkat II, Page 340) Muhammad saw theft as a win-win situation. If you won the battle you got the booty. If you lost the battle you got paradise and all those virgins. Muhammad: desert bandit, robber, thief, murderer and paedophile, was a breaker of all Ten Commandments. These are undisputed, well-documented attributes of the founder of the world’s second largest religion as measured by God’s Laws.

Most everyone has heard of, and many have read, the Ten Commandments in the Bible. Having read them many times, I thought I knew just about everything God’s Law requires of believers. This book brings each Commandment to life and makes them relevant to our contemporary culture. Each chapter is a wellspring of delightful surprises with useful information, spiritual inspiration and Christian challenge.

There are some who say, “O the Ten Commandments were just for Old Testament times, they’re not applicable to us today.” This book is written from God’s perspective and has some eye-opening response to that assertion. Jesus said, “Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill.” Matthew 5:17

The candor of the author in sharing his testimony of when and where he has failed to obey and how the Lord dealt with him is richly refreshing. It is also very reassuring to know that our Heavenly Father is in the business of restoration. This book will give you an expanded appreciation of His grace and of the awful price He paid for our sins as we, who are truly guilty, have broken most if not all of the Ten Commandments.