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<blockquote data-quote="11b1776" data-source="post: 1901373" data-attributes="member: 18139"><p>If Christians want to practice the commandments in the Old Testament, they should learn from Christs wisdom revealed in Matt. 22:24-40. The Pharisees wanted to trap Jesus with words, so one of them, an expert in the law, asked him which commandment was the greatest.</p><p></p><p>22:37 Jesus replied: "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind." 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: "Love your neighbor as yourself." 40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.</p><p></p><p>Jesus boils down all the commandments in the Old Testament to these two. They are the best way to obey all of them. Jesus followers should live a life of divine love through the power of the Holy Spirit in Jesus name.</p><p></p><p>Paul, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, is in perfect agreement with his Lord and Savior, using the key words "fulfilled" and "fulfillment" (Romans 13:8-10):</p><p></p><p>13:8 [F]or he who loves his fellowman has fulfilled the law. 9 The 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. 10 Love does no harm to the neighbor. Therefore, love is the fulfillment of the law.</p><p></p><p>Only the life and love of Jesus Christ that he sends into our hearts through the Holy Spirit can enable us to walk in divine love. Our love for God cannot be self-initiated. God draws us to love him by his Spirit. This is the first great commandment. Only as we love him, we love others. That is the second greatest commandment. As for righteousness coming from keeping the two greatest commandments, only his righteousness that he offers us freely after his death on the cross and resurrection can save us. Our own righteousness cannot.</p><p></p><p>We must trust in Jesus Christ and receive the Holy Spirit and his righteousness in his name.</p><p></p><p>We Christians honor and revere the Old Testament, but we interpret it through Jesus Christ and the new era of salvation and fulfillment that he ushered in on the day he was born.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="11b1776, post: 1901373, member: 18139"] If Christians want to practice the commandments in the Old Testament, they should learn from Christs wisdom revealed in Matt. 22:24-40. The Pharisees wanted to trap Jesus with words, so one of them, an expert in the law, asked him which commandment was the greatest. 22:37 Jesus replied: "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind." 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: "Love your neighbor as yourself." 40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments. Jesus boils down all the commandments in the Old Testament to these two. They are the best way to obey all of them. Jesus followers should live a life of divine love through the power of the Holy Spirit in Jesus name. Paul, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, is in perfect agreement with his Lord and Savior, using the key words "fulfilled" and "fulfillment" (Romans 13:8-10): 13:8 [F]or he who loves his fellowman has fulfilled the law. 9 The 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. 10 Love does no harm to the neighbor. Therefore, love is the fulfillment of the law. Only the life and love of Jesus Christ that he sends into our hearts through the Holy Spirit can enable us to walk in divine love. Our love for God cannot be self-initiated. God draws us to love him by his Spirit. This is the first great commandment. Only as we love him, we love others. That is the second greatest commandment. As for righteousness coming from keeping the two greatest commandments, only his righteousness that he offers us freely after his death on the cross and resurrection can save us. Our own righteousness cannot. We must trust in Jesus Christ and receive the Holy Spirit and his righteousness in his name. We Christians honor and revere the Old Testament, but we interpret it through Jesus Christ and the new era of salvation and fulfillment that he ushered in on the day he was born. [/QUOTE]
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