Wednesday 23rd September, follow up thoughts

Wednesday, 23rd September 2020

What are God's Laws?

God gave Moses ten commandments for His people to obey - these are taken from Deuteronomy Chapter 5:

  1. I am the Lord your God...you shall have no other gods before me.
  2. You shall not make for yourself an idol.
  3. You shall not make wrongful use of the name of the Lord your God.
  4. Observe the sabbath day and keep it holy.
  5. Honour your father and your mother.
  6. You shall not murder.
  7. Neither shall you commit adultery.
  8. Neither shall you steal.
  9. Neither shall you bear false witness.
  10. Neither shall you covet your neighbour's house, or field, or......

However, Jesus taught his disciples the following law, that encompasses the above and adds something else:

"You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and with all your mind." This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it: "You shall love your neighbour as yourself." (Matthew 22.37-40)

No matter how hard we try we cannot obey all these laws, but if we are truly sorry then God says He will forgive us.

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