Emily
Something You Should Know About Me
The Ten Commandments is simply the law of love.
If a person is trying to fulfill the law out of fear of God they will fail as Jesus pointed out several times. Matthew 5:22 But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Fear of God is the beginning of wisdom but it can never elicit the focus of the heart which is primary to our relationship with the creator. Only God can love perfectly and it is only through Him indwelling in us that we are able to offer the same kind of love. We were once an enemy of God. But through the payment of our sins on the cross we are reconciled to God and true peace is only found in reconciliation with God. It is the condition of the heart that is what God seeks from us.
Below I have outlined, based off of a lesson I heard from John MacArthur, how the focus of the heart fulfills the law as spoken of in Romans 13:8
Romans 13:8 8 Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for he who loves his fellowman has fulfilled the law. 9The commandments, "Do not commit adultery," "Do not murder," "Do not steal," "Do not covet," and whatever other commandment there may be, are summed up in this one rule: "Love your neighbor as yourself." 10Love does no harm to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law. Exodus 20:2-17 Deuteronomy 5:6-21 (full text in reference at the end of this writing)
The first four commandments are about loving God 1. You shall have no other Gods before me. 1. Love is loyal – have no other before me
2. You shall not make for yourself any carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. 2.Love is Faithful – make no possession that you put between you and I.
3. You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain. 3. Love is reverent and respectful – do not speak against me
4. Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. 4.Love takes time for one another – the Sabbath – a special day to spend together But Jesus said to pray unceasingly and as we are indwelt by the Holy Spirit every day is our rest in Him and every day should be spent with Him throughout our everyday lives. But remember to take a special time alone and away from the care of this world. Romans 14:5 One man considers one day more sacred than another; another man considers every day alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind.
The remainder are loving others. If you love someone you are not going to commit adultery against them or kill them. If you love someone you shouldn’t have to be looking elsewhere and coveting what they have but should want to give them whatever they need to support their life and happiness.
5. Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you. 5. Love is respectful – bows to authority – respects those worthy of respect.
6. You shall not murder. 6. Love protects Life – it doesn’t take it
7. You shall not commit adultery. 7. Love is pure – it lives to exalt one another not cause hurt or harm
8. You shall not steal. 8. Love is unselfish – it doesn’t take – it gives
9. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. 9. Love is truthful – there is no reason to lie
10. You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s." 10. Love is content - it does not wish for anything more to be happy
If we love God then these are as natural as breathing – they are not rules – they are the result of love.
So – if we love God and love others – we have fulfilled the law.
Luke 10:26 "What is written in the Law?" he replied. "How do you read it?" 27 He answered: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind'; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'" 28 "You have answered correctly," Jesus replied. "Do this and you will live."
By, Emily Riley
If a person is trying to fulfill the law out of fear of God they will fail as Jesus pointed out several times. Matthew 5:22 But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Fear of God is the beginning of wisdom but it can never elicit the focus of the heart which is primary to our relationship with the creator. Only God can love perfectly and it is only through Him indwelling in us that we are able to offer the same kind of love. We were once an enemy of God. But through the payment of our sins on the cross we are reconciled to God and true peace is only found in reconciliation with God. It is the condition of the heart that is what God seeks from us.
Below I have outlined, based off of a lesson I heard from John MacArthur, how the focus of the heart fulfills the law as spoken of in Romans 13:8
Romans 13:8 8 Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for he who loves his fellowman has fulfilled the law. 9The commandments, "Do not commit adultery," "Do not murder," "Do not steal," "Do not covet," and whatever other commandment there may be, are summed up in this one rule: "Love your neighbor as yourself." 10Love does no harm to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law. Exodus 20:2-17 Deuteronomy 5:6-21 (full text in reference at the end of this writing)
The first four commandments are about loving God 1. You shall have no other Gods before me. 1. Love is loyal – have no other before me
2. You shall not make for yourself any carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. 2.Love is Faithful – make no possession that you put between you and I.
3. You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain. 3. Love is reverent and respectful – do not speak against me
4. Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. 4.Love takes time for one another – the Sabbath – a special day to spend together But Jesus said to pray unceasingly and as we are indwelt by the Holy Spirit every day is our rest in Him and every day should be spent with Him throughout our everyday lives. But remember to take a special time alone and away from the care of this world. Romans 14:5 One man considers one day more sacred than another; another man considers every day alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind.
The remainder are loving others. If you love someone you are not going to commit adultery against them or kill them. If you love someone you shouldn’t have to be looking elsewhere and coveting what they have but should want to give them whatever they need to support their life and happiness.
5. Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you. 5. Love is respectful – bows to authority – respects those worthy of respect.
6. You shall not murder. 6. Love protects Life – it doesn’t take it
7. You shall not commit adultery. 7. Love is pure – it lives to exalt one another not cause hurt or harm
8. You shall not steal. 8. Love is unselfish – it doesn’t take – it gives
9. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. 9. Love is truthful – there is no reason to lie
10. You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s." 10. Love is content - it does not wish for anything more to be happy
If we love God then these are as natural as breathing – they are not rules – they are the result of love.
So – if we love God and love others – we have fulfilled the law.
Luke 10:26 "What is written in the Law?" he replied. "How do you read it?" 27 He answered: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind'; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'" 28 "You have answered correctly," Jesus replied. "Do this and you will live."
By, Emily Riley
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