 strive to live by those commands, either wholeheartedly or half-heartedly, we'd realize that we are coming far, far short of His glory. The ultimate reason of the giving of the Ten Commandments was not only to reveal the holiness of God, but that man seeing that holiness would realize his need for a Savior. The Apostle Paul said it had not been for the commandments. If it had not been for the law, I would have never known that I was a sinner.