There’s nothing necessarily wrong with noticing what other people have, but most of us don’t stop and notice so that we can give thanks to God for his blessings to others. We notice and then stop being thankful for all that God has given us. – Kevin DeYoung
- The heart of the law and the sin of the heart.
- Coveting is not inherently sinful. – Gen 2.9; Song 2.3
- Coveting is the language of deep yearning or desire; the longing of the heart. – Jer 17.9; Matt 15.10-20
- ‘The tenth commandment is where the Decalogue ends, but it is, in fact, the point at which every breach of the law begins.’ – Alec Motyer – Matt 23.27-28; James 1.13-15; Gen 3.6
- ‘Coveting is not what we do, it is what we plan to do, what we want, what we dream about. It is the last Commandment but not the least.’ – Brian Edwards – Luke 18.18-30 (cf. Matt 19.16-30; Mark 10.17-31); 1 Sam 16.7; Rom 7
- ‘It is the function of the final commandment to make explicit the internalizing of the whole law and the dire reality of sin in the heart.’ – Alec Motyer
- We need hearts and minds set on the LORD.
- We are to guard our hearts through the meditations of our mind. – Eph 4.17-24; 5.1-5; Rom 12.2; Phil 3.18-19; 4.4-9
- ‘Covetousness is one of the most comprehensive commands because it denies all loves but the love of God.’ – Edmund Clowney – Luke 12.13-21; Phil 4.10-13, 19
- Psalm 84 should be our ongoing prayer against covetousness.