Through the birth of the ten commandments at Mount Sinai, we christians have based our values and laws based on these living words of God in hope of eternal life. However, people have often found these laws to be hard to follow due to temptations and the works of the devil. How then, could we live a holy life? How do we follow the laws? The answer was given to us by Jesus Christ. When the pharisees asked Jesus the question on what is the greatest commandment, he opened to us a new way to God. Jesus’ answer , “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like this: ‘you shall love your neighbor as yourself.” shows us that this
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The greatest commandment given to us by Christ is a simpler version of the ten commandments. The first four laws state about the first phrase of the greatest commandment while the rest state the second phrase. The first four commandments are: I am the Lord your God, You shall have no other Gods before me, Do not take the name of God in vain and Keep the sabbath day holy.
All these commandments have to do with us loving God and respect him with all our heart and when we do that, we respect his power, his name and the day he rested as mentioned in the commandments. The fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth commandments are: Honor thy Father and Mother, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, and Thou shalt not covet your neighbor 's belongings.These commandments are based upon the second phrase which states that you must love your neighbor. When you love your neighbor, which means everyone from relatives to strangers, you respect them and treat them as such. By doing so we follow what the commandments state and that is why this is the greatest of all laws, for it is the foundation of christianity. Christ’s answer to the pharisees is the answer to how can use the laws in our daily lives. When we follow the greatest commandment, we learn to live a christian life and that opens the gate to heaven for
The greatest commandment given to us by Christ is a simpler version of the ten commandments. The first four laws state about the first phrase of the greatest commandment while the rest state the second phrase. The first four commandments are: I am the Lord your God, You shall have no other Gods before me, Do not take the name of God in vain and Keep the sabbath day holy.
All these commandments have to do with us loving God and respect him with all our heart and when we do that, we respect his power, his name and the day he rested as mentioned in the commandments. The fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth commandments are: Honor thy Father and Mother, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, and Thou shalt not covet your neighbor 's belongings.These commandments are based upon the second phrase which states that you must love your neighbor. When you love your neighbor, which means everyone from relatives to strangers, you respect them and treat them as such. By doing so we follow what the commandments state and that is why this is the greatest of all laws, for it is the foundation of christianity. Christ’s answer to the pharisees is the answer to how can use the laws in our daily lives. When we follow the greatest commandment, we learn to live a christian life and that opens the gate to heaven for