Saturday, November 04, 2006
THE TEN (613) COMMANDMENTS
At the time of Christ, the Jewish people were very concerned about keeping the law. Of course there were the Ten Commandments given to Moses by God. Yet the Chief Priests, Pharisees, Sadducces and Scribes wanted the law to be perfect.
Laws were written to protect and explain the laws already written. In fact in the Torah there are 613 laws. Look how many people today have trouble with just ten commandments.
The Torah (the first five books of the bible) is what every good Jew learned and abided by. The Torah consists of Genesis, Exodius, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy.
Why the history lesson? Well, Jesus was not so interesred about laws concerning laws. Jesus was interested in teaching people how to live a good life.
In the Gospel of Mark (Chapter 12 v/s 28 to 34) we hear of a Scribe asking Jesus: "Which is the greatest commandment?" Now this was quite a qustion considering there were 613 laws!
Jesus gave a simple reply. "This is the first: Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is Lord alone. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind and with all your strength."
"The second is this: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these."
The scribe then said to Jesus: "Well said, teacher. You are right in saying 'He is One and there is no other than he.' And 'to love him with all your heart, with all your understanding, with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself' is worth more than all the burnt offerings and sacrifice."
And when Jesus saw that he answered with understanding, he said to him. "You are not far from the kingdom of God."
And no one dared to ask him any more questions.
We all show our love of God by attending Mass every Sunday and Holy Day of Obligation. Morning and evening prayers are also wonderful but we must be always mindful that God is Lord alone.
How do we love our neighbor? We do not lie, gossip, steal, covet, fornicate, commit adultry or anything else that would be displeasing to God. In fact, we must help our neighbor whenever possible. In short form...Do unto others as you would have them do unto you!"
Isn't that easier than learning 613 laws?
# posted by Alfred Kuchinski @ 8:19 PM 
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I hope you accept and recieve GOD'S joy and love for you daily even in bad times.
Praise GOD!
Hammer out.
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