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My Commandments
Mark 10:19 You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder,’ ‘Do not commit adultery,’ ‘Do not steal,’ ‘Do not give false testimony,’ ‘Do not defraud,’ ‘Honor your father and mother.’"
God found we could not do these commandments.
Even today we cannot obey God’s Word.
The Sadducees and Pharisees wanted to test Jesus, so they asked:
Matthew 22:36 "Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the law?"
Matthew 22:37 Jesus said to him, "’You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’
Jesus knew that if we love someone we are more apt to do what they say. The more we love them, the more obedient we want to be to them. So if we love God with our whole being, we will obey Him.
Matthew 22:38 This is the first and great commandment.
Matthew 22:39 A second likewise is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’
This implies that you do love yourself. This does not mean in a sexual or prideful, “I am the only one that counts”, way. It means caring for yourself to the point that you want to do all you can to keep yourself healthy, by doing the things that basically keep your body, mouth, and hair clean on a daily basis, comfortable, having a place to live, even if it is in public housing, a bed and some furniture, kitchen utensils, etc., informed, keeping up with services available to help you in trouble, what is going on around you, etc., stay knowledgeable in God’s Word, clothed in a way that is not provocative but attractive, so that others will be attracted to you so that you can share the Word of God with them, fed with physical food so that you are not always a burden to others that turns them away from your begging and then you wanting them to listen to the Word through you. Pray that God will provide for you to represent Him and give you extra that you can pass it on to those who need. Constantly pray and keep God as your partner and friend and remind Him of His promise to supply you with your needs so that you can allow Him to live through you. Tithe so that the Lord will return it overflowing. Not always in money, but in so many other ways.
Once we learn to love ourselves, let that love overflow to those around us. It is a “through us” thing. We need to be filled with the Spirit of God’s love so full that it spills over in our lives. We need to study His Word every day. When we attend church we need to listen to the teachings and the scriptures. We need to share them with others. We are priests of Gods Word to the world and we need to spread His Truth to everyone we meet. It really does not take much to show and demonstrate His Ways to others. A kind word, a God bless you, even just a smile lifts the other person. When things aren’t going right for you, demonstrate God’s Way by being kind to the other person, even when things are not going your way.
Matthew 22:40 The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments."
This means that all of God’s Laws in the old Testament are summed up in the two commandments that Jesus gave us. God just wants us to act as if we had not fallen in the Garden of Eden. He wants us to treat each other with the kindness and selfless actions that He demonstrates everyday by giving us those things we need to survive and granting us His Grace.
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