Does not the Bible say that all I need to do is to love God with all our hearts and our neighbors as ourselves? So why do I see emphasis on the Ten Commandments at World's Last Chance?
A valid question that requires that we refer back to the Bible to see what is being said on this matter:
"Then one of them, [which was] a lawyer, asked [him a question], tempting him, and saying, Master, which [is] the great commandment in the law?
Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second [is] like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets" (Matthew 22:35-40).
In the above words we do not see that Christ was setting anything that would be considered a new dogma. He was merely answering the Lawyer's question 'Which is the great commandment in the law', and in His answer Christ quoted from the Old Testament. (See Deuteronomy 6:5 ; Leviticus 19:18 ). This means that the two great commandments to love God and to love our neighbor are rooted in the Old Testament. And the Jews who were commanded to love God and their neighbor were given at the same occasion a clear-cut command to keep the Ten Commandments . For "on these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets."
Therefore, we see clearly that these two commandments given by Christ do not in any way take the place of the Ten Commandments. And it would be very faulty position to attempt to separate 'to love God and to love your neighbor' from the Ten Commandments. For according to the Bible you can not separate love from the law.
Related Links:
- http://worldslastchance.com/the-law-of-god/importance-of-obedience.html
- http://worldslastchance.com/the-law-of-god/magnified-by-christ.html
- http://worldslastchance.com/the-law-of-god/magnified-by-christ.html
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love of man Written by Noel Sacay, March 02, 2010
Is the love of man towards God is just a fool on Him? Or are there any text that says about it?
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... Written by Albert massaro, February 05, 2010
If every one followed those two commandments(love God and your neighbor as your self} life would be pretty good.
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love Written by stephen gyampo, January 27, 2010
the kind'a love we need to show to
our fellow humans and even animals should be strong. Jesus christ died on the cross for the benefit of you and i. In this same way that we also need to portray an erring heart to our fellows. We must have compassion for our fellow humans and we should always be considerate if we ought to enter into the kindom of God. Amen
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... Written by Nionelyn Gison, January 14, 2010
Loving God is the best thing you can do to yourself because God is, in fact, the most satisfying reality in this whole universe...in order to share the overflowing happiness that you felt in loving God, you must help your neighbor to love the best, which is God..
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Luv urself Written by Reuben David, December 10, 2009
Luving urself itself means Luving God.Cos He made u out of his own image...but ur nt god...God has only made u in His image and each adn every person has a lil somethin of God in himself...God already has His luv for u more than anybdy...theres a particular verse mentioned on this am nt sure...but ill mention it in my own words...If u lay down ur life for a frend ur directly selected to go to heaven...Thats wat luv dus...gives us a place in heaven and next to the ONE!!
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... Written by mivy punay, November 27, 2009  hmmm!! it's a matter of loving God and i know, everything will follow. if we love Him, it is easy for us to obey all His commandments. no doubts, just like when we love someone else we don't want to let them down. we always want him or her to be happy. and for Him to be happy, we'd like to make the best of everything that we can. We must teh same to Him. see? i think to LOVE God is our first duty
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... Written by Noriel Warren Rosales, November 25, 2009
Loving God is the most important thing because he created us and died for our sin. The commandment of God is only divided in to two Love for God and Love for man. thats why when the Sanhedrin ask Jesus what is the greatest commandment He says Love one another as you love yourself and love God with all you heart.
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the love of God. Written by twinkle., November 23, 2009  Our Lord God is really the source of all the things that we enjoy today. He made the heavens and the Earth and everything that is in it. he made our parents that created us and all our relatives.
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trials Written by jane lee, November 23, 2009
magmihalay tang tanan.. so that God love us also...
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love Written by MICHAEL ADEDAYO, October 04, 2009
LOVE;The book of 1cor 13:1-14 this is the kind of love Christ is teaching us,the love that make you and the other person to be one no matter either black or white,old or young we are all the same in the face of GOD.
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... Written by Vijay Arunraj, February 14, 2009
"he that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him" (1 John 2:4).
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