ROUGHLY EDITED COPY CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY EDUCATION NETWORK CUENET LUTHERAN CONFESSIONS 2-13 DR. ROBERT KOLB CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY: CAPTION FIRST, INC. P.O. BOX 1024 LOMBARD, IL 60148 800-825-5234 *** THIS TEXT IS BEING PROVIDED IN A ROUGH DRAFT FORMAT. COMMUNICATION ACCESS REALTIME TRANSLATION (CART) IS PROVIDED IN ORDER TO FACILITATE COMMUNICATION ACCESSIBILITY AND MAY NOT BE A TOTALLY VERBATIM RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS. *** LC2-13 >> THIS MAKES SENSE TO ME. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT BROUGHT DOWN TO A LEVEL OF THE INDIVIDUAL. WHAT DO THE TEN COMMANDMENTS REALLY TELL ME ABOUT MYSELF AND THE WAY I LIVE? HOW CAN I USE THEM WITH MY STUDENTS TO HELP THEM BETTER UNDERSTAND THEIR PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD? >>DR. ROBERT KOLB: IN A COUPLE OF SENTENCES, NICK. I THINK IT TELLS YOU, FIRST OF ALL, THAT GOD IS MADE -- HAS MADE HIMSELF TO BE AT THE VERY CENTER OF ALL HUMAN LIFE. THAT'S WHAT THE FIRST COMMANDMENT DOES. AND THE OTHER COMMANDMENTS GIVE US A TOOL TO EVALUATE THE WAY IN WHICH WE ARE LIVING AS THE CHILDREN OF GOD. WHETHER WE ARE HANDLING HIS NAME CORRECTLY. WHETHER WE ARE WORSHIPPING HIM CORRECTLY. WHETHER WE ARE LIVING WITHIN THE STRUCTURES OF SOCIETY AS HE PLANNED. WHETHER WE ARE TREATING OUR NEIGHBORS IN REGARD TO THEIR BODIES, IN REGARD TO THEIR SEXUALITY, IN REGARD TO THEIR PROPERTY, IN REGARD TO THEIR REPUTATIONS CORRECTLY. AND WHETHER IN OUR HEARTS WE ARE TRYING TO ESTABLISH OUR OWN LORDSHIP, OUR OWN MASTERY OVER THINGS THAT LIE NOT IN OUR DOMAIN BUT IN GOD'S DOMAIN. SO WHAT THE TEN COMMANDMENTS DO IS AS LUTHER SAW, GIVES US A SUMMARY OF GOD'S PLAN, HIS LAW FOR HUMAN LIFE AGAINST WHICH WE CAN MEASURE WHETHER WE ARE LIVING THE TRULY HUMAN LIFE TO THE FULLEST OR WHETHER WE NEED THE HELP OF OUR GOD TO BE RESTORED TO THE KIND OF HUMANITY HE GAVE ADAM AND EVE SIMPLY ON THE BASIS OF HIS MERCY, SIMPLY ON THE BASIS OF HIS STEADFAST LOVING KINDNESS IN EDEN. *** THIS TEXT IS BEING PROVIDED IN A ROUGH DRAFT FORMAT. COMMUNICATION ACCESS REALTIME TRANSLATION (CART) IS PROVIDED IN ORDER TO FACILITATE COMMUNICATION ACCESSIBILITY AND MAY NOT BE A TOTALLY VERBATIM RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS. ***