Our Lord and our God Jesus Christ Great Commandment !!!

Our Lord and our God Jesus Christ Great Commandment

Jesus said that to love God supremely is the first and greatest Commandment. (Matthew 22:38) It is first and greatest in that it represents the heartbeat of every one of the Commandments. But while it is the first Commandment, it is not the only one as Jesus quoting from the second of the Ten Commandments also said, “If you love me, keep my Commandments.” John 14:15. He did not say, “If you obey me, then you will love me.” Obedience does not lead to love but love does lead to obedience. The more we know God the more we love him, and the more we love him the more it becomes a delight to serve him and do his will. So if we truly love God, we will keep all the other Commandments as well as the greatest which comprises them all.

So Jesus summed up the law by breaking it into the following two groups.

1. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. (first four laws)
2. Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. (last six laws)

Second Greatest Commandment

So Jesus explains that the first is to love God supremely, “And the second is like unto it, You shall love your neighbour as thyself.” Matthew 22:39. The connection in the following passage is very explicit, “We love him, because he first loved us. 20 If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? 21 And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.” 1 John 4:19-21. It is our love for God that also empowers us to love other people.

If you love God with all your heart and soul you are obeying all the law and especially the first four Commandments, which includes the fourth as proven by Deuteronomy 6:5 which was spoken right after the Decalogue was given the second time. And if you love your neighbour as yourself you will be obeying the last six. Therefore love is the fulfilling of the law and if you love God with all your heart, soul and mind and your neighbour as yourself, then you will be obeying all Ten Commandments.

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