Why are the Ten Commandments also the Ten Promises? Christians see the Ten Commandments as the Laws of God. They regard the Ten Commandments as the basic moral code of mankind. Christians see it as a guideline of how God wants our life to be lived. Each one of the Ten Commandments is a demand from God. God is telling us how to live our life. God wants us to obtain a closer relationship with …showed first 75 words of 523 total…

…showed last 75 words of 523 total…but God. We must love and respect our enemies. God created every one of us so if we do wrong to someone, we are doing wrong to God. To me, these two promises of "integrity" and "truthfulness" are the most promises to God. We are called Christians because believe in God and we love and respect his creation. We try to keep the Ten Commandments as ten promises of how we should live our life.