OK, so by this you are saying that Gods commandments are 1 believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ and 2 love one another, as Christ gave us commandment. And if we keep these commandments we dwell in Christ, and Christ in us, and God abideth in us by the Spirit he gave us.
OK, so I wanted to establish what you are saying with this verse. Am I correct is this what you are saying?
It is so easy to use three verses, take it out of context and establish a new commandment, sad, but true.
Lets address your assertion.
Lets establish one thing first.
1 John 2:
3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
7 Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.
So from NT scripture we can see that there is no new commandment given but an old commandment that has been heard since the beginning. Where do you find them, you might ask ?
Leviticus 19:15-18
15 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
16 Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the LORD.
17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.
18 Thou shalt not avenge , nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.
We can see it was previously commanded.
Deuteronomy 6:1-6
1 Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it:
2 That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged .
3 Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey.
4 Hear , O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:
5 And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
OK, we can see that it is not a new commandment, it was first given to the house of Israel because the gospel had not been spoken to the gentiles, and when it came to the gentiles, the commandment didnt change it was already there.
Like just-me stated God checks to see if we love him, this is one example:
Deuteronomy 13:1-3
1 If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder,
2 And the sign or the wonder come to pass , whereof he spake unto thee, saying , Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known , and let us serve them;
3 Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
Again from NT we can see no new commandment was given.
1 John 4
11 For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
19 And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.
20 For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.
22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
and then it goes on to say what you try to use as a new and only commandment we art to follow. I don't think you know why he gave those commandments. I will show you towards the end.
23 And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
24 And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.
Again he give the same commandment but in a different phrase
1John 4:
21 And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.
1John 5
2By this we know that we love the children of God (others), when we love God, and keep his commandments.
So this is saying we know when we love our neighbors, when we LOVE GOD AND KEEP GODS COMMANDMENTS.
1John 5
3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
LOL and then it goes on to finish the last chapter of that book by encouraging to keep ourself from idols, one of The Ten Commandments.
1 John 5
21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.
And again in NT no new commandment
2 John 1:
5 And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.
6 And this is love, that we walk after his commandments.This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.
So the commandment he is giving is that we walk after The Commandments given from the beginning.
The following is advice
2 John 1:
8 Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.
9 Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God.He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.
10 If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:
11 For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.
So I think we need to ask this question again, " What is Gods commandments?"
From scripture I have established that we believe in his son name to be able to believe what Christ said, which was to walk in the commandments heard since the beginning.
earlier I said I would tell you why he said that.
Matthew 22:
36Master, 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.
40On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
If we don't love God with all our mind, heart and soul we wont keep the commandments that have to do with him which are four.
If we don't love our neighbors like ourselves we wont keep the commandments that have to do with other which are the last 6.
So tell me again, what are the commandments God wants us to keep?
Obey ONLY the NT?
The commandments of Christ was to magnify The Ten Commandments.
"I may run into trouble on this one" LOL
