The Commandments
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Jesus said to his disciples:
“Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill.
Amen, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or the smallest part of a letter will pass from the law, until all things have taken place.
Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do so will be called least in the Kingdom of heaven.
But whoever obeys and teaches these commandments will be called greatest in the Kingdom of heaven.”Matthew 5:17-19
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As believers in Jesus Christ, we are called to a new life and are asked to make moral choices that keep us united with God. With the help and grace of the Holy Spirit, we can choose ways to act to keep us close to God, to help other people, and to be witnesses to Jesus.
Matthew 19:16-22 Now someone approached him and said, “Teacher, what good must I do to gain eternal life?” He answered him, “Why do you ask me about the good? There is only One who is good. If you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments.” He asked him, “Which ones?” And Jesus replied, “ ‘You shall not kill; you shall not commit adultery; you shall not steal; you shall not bear false witness; honor your father and your mother’; and ‘you shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ The young man said to him, “All of these I have observed. What do I still lack?”Jesus said to him, “If you wish to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to [the] poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.” When the young man heard this statement, he went away sad, for he had many possessions.
The Great Commandment
(The Ten Commandments are fulfilled in Jesus' Great Commandment.)
(Mark 12:30-31)
“You shall love...God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength....You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”The New Commandment
(Before his death on the cross, Jesus gave his disciples a new commandment.)
(John 13:34)
. “Love one another. As I have loved you,
so you also should love one another”
The Ten Commandments
Exodus 20: 1-17 The Ten Commandments
Matthew 5:13-48 explains the laws in detail.
- I am the Lord your God: you shall not have strange gods before me.
- You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.
God’s name or say God’s name in anger.)
- Remember to keep holy the Lord's Day.
and rest)
- Honor your father and your mother.
- You shall not kill.
that will cause harm to them; don’t commit suicide; don’t have an abortion.)
- You shall not commit adultery.
are called to use sex the way God intended. We treat it with reverence. Make sex
a beautiful sign of the lasting love with your spouse.)
- You shall not steal.
do not cheat; Make restitution if you do any of these.)
- You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
or say things that will hurt your neighbor.)
- You shall not covet (desire) your neighbor's wife.
- You shall not covet (desire) your neighbor's goods.
with others. Don’t envy or resent others if they have more than you.)