on Commandments and Love

[The Battlefront]

Lord Jesus Christ summed the 10 Commandments up into Two.

1) Love God with all you got.

2) Love your neighbor as yourself.

 

So how do we Love God?

1 Samuel 15:22 KJV

²² And Samuel said, Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.

 

and Lord Jesus says,

John 14:15-31 KJV

¹⁵ If ye love me, keep my commandments.

¹⁶ And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;

¹⁷ Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.

¹⁸ I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.

¹⁹ Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.

²⁰ At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.

²¹ He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

 

How are we meant to treat our neighbor?

 

John 13:12-17 and 34

¹² So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and was set down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you?

¹³ Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am.

¹⁴ If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet.

¹⁵ For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.

¹⁶ Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.

¹⁷ If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.

and

³⁴ “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. ³⁵ By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”

Serve others.

God gave us a higher calling:

Matthew 5:13-16 (KJV)

¹³ Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.

¹⁴ Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.

¹⁵ Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.

¹⁶ Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

I leave you with this:

1. Love God more than anything or anyone and keep his commandments

2. Invest in the lives of the people around you by trying to make them better. Deny your evil desires against them and seek what is optimal for them in all matters.

Give back to the world. Genuinely care about the people near you especially if you don't like them. Lord Jesus even washed the feet of the man who betrayed him. You never know if your selfless kindness will bear fruit in their life. Be the change you want to see in the world. You may inspire others to do the same. Even if they don't appreciate your efforts God does and it will help to keep you humble in your service. Volunteer for charity organizations or food banks, Help the old lady cross the street. Hold the door and when you see someone is feeling low try to lift them up. If you have the time give it freely as Time is our greatest gift to others. Time is an investment into someone else's future. Stop exclusively living for selfish desires.

God bless you and thanks for reading!

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Edited July 19, 2024 by The Battlefront
Added: 1 Samuel 15:22 KJV and Lord Jesus says,

[NConly]

In John 14 Jesus was speaking not God the Father. Jesus spoke all the commandment for us to live by in the New Testament.

in Eph 2 15 all old law and commandments are done away with. Father God has put all things under Jesus. Jesus brought the New Covenant and He was the only one that can say what is in it. Some humans try to add the TEN to the New Covenant they do not realize they do not have the right to say what is in the new covenant.

[The Battlefront]

9 minutes ago, NConly said:

In John 14 Jesus was speaking not God the Father. Jesus spoke all the commandment for us to live by in the New Testament.

in Eph 2 15 all old law and commandments are done away with. Father God has put all things under Jesus. Jesus brought the New Covenant and He was the only one that can say what is in it. Some humans try to add the TEN to the New Covenant they do not realize they do not have the right to say what is in the new covenant.

You are Correct. Jesus was speaking, but, in both the old and new Testaments God desires obedience by keeping his commandments. Jesus also says he and the Father are one in John 10:27-30, thus If we keep Christ's command we keep Gods too.

As for the 10 Commandments in the New Testament: Matthew 22:34–40

[NConly]

Romans 3

27 Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.

28 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.

29 Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:

30 Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.

31 Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.

Heb 7

11 If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron?

12 For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.

13 For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another tribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar.

14 For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.

15 And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest,

16 Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.

17 For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.

18 For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.

19 For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.

So we are told Jesus establish the law  look up the meaning of establish it is not bringing old la forward it is make NEW law.

Edited July 19, 2024 by NConly

[The Battlefront]

8 minutes ago, NConly said:

19 For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.

Matthew 5:17-20 and James 2:14-26

the point of the message is to love and Obey God the Father and Lord Jesus Christ

and do right by the humans that surround us.

What exactly is your qualms with the message? You missed the entire point.

Edited July 19, 2024 by The Battlefront
added a question

[NConly]

John 15

10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.

This verse show two old commandment under the law and New commandment under Jesus.

[farouk]

25 minutes ago, NConly said:

Romans 3

27 Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.

28 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.

29 Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:

30 Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.

31 Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.

Heb 7

11 If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron?

12 For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.

13 For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another tribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar.

14 For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.

15 And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest,

16 Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.

17 For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.

18 For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.

19 For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.

So we are told Jesus establish the law  look up the meaning of establish it is not bringing old la forward it is make NEW law.

Hi @NConly That passage in Hebrews 7 is so often forgotten; law keeping is excluded; the law was changed and what the believer now has is better - keyword in Hebrews - than the law.

[NConly]

2 hours ago, The Battlefront said:

Matthew 5:17-20 and James 2:14-26

the point of the message is to love and Obey God the Father and Lord Jesus Christ

and do right by the humans that surround us.

What exactly is your qualms with the message? You missed the entire point.

 

4 hours ago, The Battlefront said:

Love God more than anything or anyone and keep his commandments

This above statement is what confused me. The way I understood this statement is as follows.

(Love God the Father with all your heart (which I agree) and keep his commandments ( appears to be old covenant ten) which is done away with),

 

[Hopefully]

““Don’t think that I have come to destroy the Law of Moses or the teaching of the prophets. I have come not to destroy their teachings but to give full meaning to them.”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭5‬:‭17‬ ‭

“So you see that people are made right with God by what they do. They cannot be made right by faith alone.

A person’s body that does not have a spirit is dead. It is the same with faith—faith that does nothing is dead!”
‭‭James‬ ‭2‬:‭24‬, ‭26‬ ‭

Edited July 20, 2024 by Hopefully

[Neighbor]

1 hour ago, Hopefully said:

““Don’t think that I have come to destroy the Law of Moses or the teaching of the prophets. I have come not to destroy their teachings but to give full meaning to them.”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭5‬:‭17‬ ‭

Hi, From what English language transliteration of the Bible is that? ???