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.'* 38
This is the first and great commandment.
1.
(Exodus 20:3)
You have No other Gods
2.
(Exodus 20:4-6)
You shall not make for your self an Idol
3.
(Exodus 20:7)
You shall not misuse the name of
the Lord your God
4. (Exodus
20:8-11)
Remember the Sabbath Day by
keeping it Holy, "You Shall Not
Do any Work"
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 Mother
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.........
MT 22:40
On these two commandments hang
all the Law and the Prophets."
(THE OT, Ten
Commandments, Leviticus and so
on.........)
THE OT STILL APPLIES TO
THE BORN AGAIN CHRISTIAN!
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
Introduction
-
Here Jesus Christ upholds the
law by commanding us to obey the two
greatest commandments to which is a brief
summary of the Ten commandments, to which
Jesus said; All of the law and prophets (THE
OT) hangs on these 2 commandments (MT
22:40). Again Jesus said; Do
unto others, this is the law and the
prophets (MT 7:12)
and again Jesus said he did not come to
destroy the law or the prophets (MT
5:17). The 2 Greatest
commandments a brief summary of the Ten
Commandments that the entire New Testament
and the Old Testament is based off of is the
"LAWS of LOVE".
