Ten Commandments expresses Gods will for us, not as a set of arbitrary instructions but as a loving providenceFor Christians, the ten commandments deep personal faith and loyalty to Christ What is the value of the Ten Commandments for the Filipino Catholic of today?1. Constitute the basic imperatives needed for life in community.CommandmentReverence for God Respect for our fellowhumanbeings2. The Ten Commandments can be grounded in theirhistorical origin, theircovenantal characterandtheirliberatingpower.originatedfromconcretehistorical events of Exodus and t! "inai!3. The Commandments are terms of the Covenant, Ten Wordsrevealing thepattern of life which is righteous in Gods sight, the way of life which leads tohappiness!4. The Decalogue, set in the context of Exodus, is that great liberating act of Godwhich stands at the center of salvation history: Though the Commandments have the form of prohibitions, they are also adeliverance from the slavery of sin. TheCommandmentsprovidethesignpoststoauthenticresponsiblefreedom showing the way between legalistic misunderstanding offreedomononeside, andfreedommista#enas lawless licenseandirresponsible spontaneity on the other!ream!le of the Ten Commandment", the #ord, am your $od, %ho !rou&ht you out of theland of '&ypt, that place of slavery (') *+,*-This preamble sets us free of all enslavement by$1. .ature /Called into Covenant with the Creator, made in %is very image with dominion over the earth, we are freed from all &nature worship!'*. 0istory / God has liberated us from all historical fatalism!3. 1eath / not even the bondage of death can stand against the promise of Gods liberating presence!The Ten Commandments are needed to provide$a( credible and durable moral norms for everyday life)b( apatternand structurefor livingaccordingto Christs Commandment toloveGod and neighbor) andc( a universally accessible source for relating to non*Christians in moral matters!precedesGospel of Godsredeeming gracefollowsGospel of Gods redeeming grace precedes the +aw * the ,ecalogue arises in a contextof grace+aw follows the Gospel * that Christian life is essentially a morally structured responseinfaith, hope and love to Gods call in Christ and the "pirit!G o d s l o v e i s t h e s o u r c e o f a l l+aw-e therefore develop the first great &+ove Commandment' to love God with allones heart, soul, and strength, according to the structure furnished by the first three ofthe Ten Commandments!