Coveting is an inner grasping after things with the conviction, “I have to have this, or I’m dead.” Then you are, because it has you by the neck. It has its finger on your jugular. It’s in charge. That’s the difference between a want and a covet.
Timothy Keller
In the tenth commandment, you get a definition of sin that shows what all the other commandments are getting at: coveting.
Timothy Keller
Tim Keller says this…
As we finish up going through these 10 commandments I find it important that the last commandment is to not covet after things that aren’t yours.
I mean just think about this for a moment. I think God was very intentional in putting this last? Why? Well because unlike the other commands that are