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1 | Are Jesus' Two Commandments Easy? | Matt 22:40 | Hank | 4360 | ||
God gave Moses the Decalogue, or Ten Commandments. By Jesus' time on earth the Jews had expanded these to a total of 613 laws. Jesus reduced the number to two. What are they, and is keeping them easy -- a piece of cake, to use a modern faddish term? | ||||||
2 | Are Jesus' Two Commandments Easy? | Matt 22:40 | Malchiyah | 4369 | ||
Where in the world did man get the idea that Jesus "reduced" the laws to 2 ??? Here is what was said: Matthew 22:36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law? 37 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. 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. This does NOT say... I give you only 2 commandments. It says that all the others fall under these catagories. See: http://www.biblelight.org/cmd/cmdchrist01.htm for a *partial* list of Jesus' commands. We are instructed to obey not just Jesus' commands, but also His apostles *and* not to forget the words of the prophets ! 2 Peter 3:2 That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour: Jude 1:17 But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ; Acts 16:4 And as they went through the cities, they delivered them the decrees for to keep, that were ordained of the apostles and elders which were at Jerusalem. |
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3 | Are Jesus' Two Commandments Easy? | Matt 22:40 | Hank | 4376 | ||
Of course the sense of this passage, as well as the content and context of the remaining text of Holy Scripture, clearly indicate that there is additional teaching, but it is exposition of these two basic commandments laid down by our Lord. All the other teaching is encompassed by these two commandments. I did not imply, neither should one infer, that Jesus kicked everything else in Scripture out the door when he issued these two commandments. But they are the two on which hang the law and the prophets as He clearly stated. The Ten Commandments were, in the same sense, not the only commandments in the Old Testament. God gave a number of commands about other things, dietary laws, for example. You asked where did man get the idea that Jesus reduced His teaching to two commandments. I cannot answer for "man" but if you are asking me, I'll be happy to tell you. I used 'reduced' in the sense defined by Merriam-Webster as "to change the denominations or form of without changing the value." That's precisely what Jesus did. And I got the idea from the very same Scripture that you quote in your answer. --Hank | ||||||
4 | Are Jesus' Two Commandments Easy? | Matt 22:40 | swerv | 147242 | ||
Hello: From your note - do you agree we are still rquires by God to keep the "law". Which would include the diet of God. For example: We should not eat pork !! Is. 65:4 I grew up eating everything but now recognize that was contrary to God's law. But I also recognize that God sees a unknown sin different than a known sin. ??? Merv |
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