What are his commandments?

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What are the Greatest Commandments?

Which set of law is Paul only quoting from to summarize the greatest commandment to love thy neighbor?

The Ten Commandments...

Romans 13:8 Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law. 9 For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” [b]“You shall not bear false witness,” “You shall not covet,” and if there is any other commandment, are all summed up in this saying, namely, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 10 Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

The summary does not delete the details. Love to our fellow man is summarized in the last 6 commandments, love to God is summarized in the first 4 commandments which makes the greatest commandments to love God and love they neighbor


Jesus said:
Matthew 22:37 Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40 On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.”

So the whole bible hangs on the principles of the Ten Commandments- love to God, love to our fellow man. Love never went undefined

1 John 5:2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep His commandments. 3 For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome

 

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364» Heb 12:5-6 . . My son, do not make light of the Lord's discipline, and
do not lose heart when he rebukes you, because the Lord disciplines those
he loves, and he punishes everyone he accepts as a son.

Christians have to expect that God is going to find fault with their lives from
time to time, and take appropriate steps to correct it. So be very cautious
about cursing your luck because it just might be the hand of God at work
rather than one of the Fates.
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361» Heb 10:35-36 . .Therefore, do not throw away your confidence, which
has a great reward. For you have need of perseverance, so that when you
have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised.

The kind of perseverance the author is talking about is not the dogged
determination of US Navy SEALS; which are a group of military guys who
absolutely refuse to be beaten at anything you might name. If SEALS were
to play hop-scotch it would turn violent.

I would liken the kind of perseverance in mind here as that of a farmer. The
hard rock band ACDC says it's a long ways to the top if you wanna rock and
roll. Well, farmers have a long ways to harvest if they wanna make it to
market. First they have to till the soil, then rake it, then plant seeds, then
wait on mother nature to irrigate them with rain, then they have to wait
more yet for their crops to grow to maturity before harvesting.

Farmers look forward to their harvests; they anticipate them otherwise who
would plow, rake, and plant if there were nothing to expect later on down
the road?

That kind of perseverance anticipates a benefit. Webster's defines anticipate
as: to look forward to as certain; viz: to expect. As a rule, farmers don't
begin the planting season expecting their fields to produce nothing. No, they
plan on going to market because they expect to see crops in the fields at
harvest time. It would be a very strange farmer indeed who looked forward
to the ravages of drought, disease, and insect plagues every year. In other
words; don't give up on God just yet; He'll come thru on His promises.
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Yes, the benefit cited by Jesus in Matthew 10:22, He who perseveres to the end will be saved.

 

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He who perseveres to the end will be saved.

* It's my understanding that Matt 10:22 is talking about something entirely
different than what Heb 10:35-36 is talking about.

Anyway, I was thinking it might be interesting to know how Catholicism
feels about perseverance.

"If anyone says that he will for certain, with an absolute and infallible
certainty, have that great gift of perseverance even to the end, unless he
shall have learned this by a special revelation, let him be anathema."
(Council of Trent Session 6, Chapter 16, Canon 16)

NOTE: I assume the Canon is talking about a source other than the Bible
when it speaks of "special revelation."
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[GWH]

* It's my understanding that Matt 10:22 is talking about something entirely
different than what Heb 10:35-36 is talking about.

Anyway, I was thinking it might be interesting to know how Catholicism
feels about perseverance.

"If anyone says that he will for certain, with an absolute and infallible
certainty, have that great gift of perseverance even to the end, unless he
shall have learned this by a special revelation, let him be anathema."
(Council of Trent Session 6, Chapter 16, Canon 16)

NOTE: I assume the Canon is talking about a source other than the Bible
when it speaks of "special revelation."
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Re your understanding a difference, it is merely that we endure to the end by means of persevering in the present.

 

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Your understanding a difference

I would tell you my thoughts about the difference but that's getting into a
complex discussion that I much prefer to reserve for folks attuned to my
wave length; so to speak.
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I would tell you my thoughts about the difference but that's getting into a
complex discussion that I much prefer to reserve for folks attuned to my
wave length; so to speak.
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Well I don’t understand what wavelength you refer to but I wish you happy trails until we meet again.

 

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Op: What are His Commandments?
Depends which 'dispensation' ( Grace or Law ) one resides in, eh?:

I have decided to follow Jesus?

Amen.

 

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Jesus said If you love Me, keep My commandments John 14:15, which ones for eternal life- He quoted directly from the Ten and from the greatest commandments Mat 19:17-19 If we follow Jesus we should not just hear what He says, but actually do them. James 1:22 He died to pay the penalty of sin when we repent and confess 1 John 1:9 which means a change of direction but if we are loyal to Him we would abide in Him and follow His example for us on how to live 1 John 2:5-6 1 Peter 2:21-22 and embrace His teachings and warnings Mat 15:3-14 Mark 7:7-13 Mat 5:18-30 Mat 7:21-23 through love and faith 1 John 5:3 Rom 3:31 Rev 14:12