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Ten
Commandments in Detail |
NOTE: 1st set - 4 Commandments are equal
to the 1st Greatest Commandment
LOVE GOD
- MT
22:37
Jesus said to him,
"'You shall love the
LORD your God with all your heart, with all your
soul, and with all your mind.'* 38This
is the first and great commandment.
1). (Exodus
20:3) You
shall have no other gods before
me:
2).
(Exodus
20:4-6) You
shall not make for your self an idol
in the form of any thing in
heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the
waters below. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord
Your GOD, am a Jealous GOD, punishing the
children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth
generations of those who hate me, but showing
Love to a thousand generations, of those who Love me and keep my
commandments.
3). (Exodus
20:7) You
shall not misuse the name of the Lord Your GOD;
for the Lord Your GOD will not
hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.
4).
(Exodus
20:8-11) Remember the Sabbath Day by keeping it Holy;
Six days you shall labor and do
all your work, But the seventh day is a Sabbath
to the Lord Your GOD. On it you shall Not do any work, neither you, nor your
son or daughter, nor your manservant or your maidservant, nor your animals, Nor the alien
within your gates. For in six days the Lord
made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them,
But he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the
Lord Blessed the Sabbath Day and made it Holy.
NOTE: 2nd Set - Last 6 Commandments are equaled
to the 2nd Greatest Commandment
LOVE YOUR
NEIGHBOR - MT 22:39
And the second is like it: 'You
shall love your neighbor as
yourself.
5).
(Exodus
20:12) Honor
your father and your mother
so that you may live long in the
land the Lord your GOD is giving you.
6).
(Exodus
20:13) You
shall not murder:
7).
(Exodus
20:14) You
shall not commit adultery:
8).
(Exodus
20:15) You
shall not steal:
9). (Exodus
20:16) You
shall not give false testimony against your
neighbor.
10).
(Exodus
20:17) You
shall not covet your neighbors house;
You
shall not covet your neighbors wife, or his
manservant, or maidservant, his ox or donkey, or anything that
Belongs to your neighbor.
The
Purpose of the Law (Ten Commandments)
The law first
off shows us what sin is. As
Apostle Paul said;
Romans 7:7 What shall we say then? Is the
law sin? Certainly not! On the contrary,
I would not have known sin except through
the law. NKJV If was not
for the law, we would not what adultery,
bearing false witness, Idolatry and etc was.
So if we do not know what sin is and then
realized of our sins against God? And
if we do not realize that we have sinned
against God, then how could we realize our
need for a savior (Jesus Christ)? And
then how can we repent of our sins, if we do
not know that we have sinned against God?
And
secondly, if it was not for the law we
would not come to Jesus Christ in True
repentance. As it
is written;
Galatians 3:24 Therefore the
law was our tutor to
bring us to Christ, that
we might be justified by
faith. NKJV The
law is perfect for bringing people to
salvation. And
as it is
written:
Psalms
19:7 The law of the LORD
is perfect, converting the
soul; The testimony of
the LORD is sure, making
wise the simple; NKJV
And then
thirdly the Law shows us
and teaches us how to
LOVE God and LOVE our
neighbor! The Law is
LOVE. God does not
want us to go against him
and hurt him, and neither
does God want us to hurt
each other (our neighbors)
either!
IT IS
THE LAWS OF LOVE!
In other words, if we love
God, we will not worship
other Gods, and if we love
God, we will not use his
name in vain. And if
we love our neighbor, we
will not covet our neighbors
wife or things. If we
love our neighbor, we will
not kill him or lie to him
for example.
Now my friend
the (Ten
Commandments) is a
complete summary of the (Two
Greatest Commandment's)
to which is a brief summary
of the (Ten
Commandments).
And what did Jesus say about
the (Two
Greatest Commandments)?
He said;
Matthew 22:40
On
these two commandments hang
all the Law and the Prophets
." NKJV So is
the law abolished and if it
is abolished then is Love
also abolished? GOD
FORBID, NO! I say NO
it is not abolished.
Jesus said the laws and the
prophets are not abolished,
as it is written;
Matthew 5:17
"Do
not think that I
have come to abolish the Law
or the Prophets;
I have not come to abolish
them ............
Friend
even though the law it self
doesn't save us (Gal
2:16), because all
have broken the laws, and
sinned against God (Ro
3:23)! (See
Ro 7).
So friend
because we are saved by
grace, and we are no longer under
the law (ceremonial
laws), does that mean we
no longer have to show love
to God through Jesus Christ
and show love to our
neighbor? CERTAINLY NOT!
God Forbid! The laws
are still is in force and we
still are expected to obey
them through our faith in
Jesus Christ. As it is
written;
Romans
3:31 Do we then make
void the law
through faith?
Certainly not! On the
contrary, we
establish the law.
"The Laws of Love-Ten
Commandments, and The
Leviticus Laws
(health/Sanitary Laws).
As it is
written;
Jude 4
They are godless men,
who
change the grace of our God
into a license for
immorality and deny Jesus
Christ
our only Sovereign and Lord.
NIV
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