120 commandments of jesus

But it was when I turned my attention from my sin to my Savior that I started to be changed. Mt. Whoever abides in the teaching has both the Father and the Son. 19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, 20 by a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; 21 and having an high priest over the house of God; 22 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. The Commands of Christ guide us in true discipleship and provide a pathway to a deeper relationship with God. Vintage Framed Ten Commandments Litho with Picture of Jesus on the Cross. Allowed HTML tags:

1. . THANK YOU Gabriel. You list things as commands of Jesus that Jesus Himself did not actually command His disciples. As we look in Scripture we cannot help but be staggered with the reality that God is calling us to live a life that we could never live. Jesus answered, "The first is, 'Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one; you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.' Change happens in my life not by me striving to change myself but rather by me realizing my total inability to do anything in my own strength and casting myself in total dependence on Jesus Christ who is my life and by His strength as I meditate on His Word, His Word brings change in my life. Love God above all else. THIS is the most perfect explanation on THAT & what it's really about, being a Christian!!! However, the New Testament also explicitly refers to various of the 10 commandments such as, Matt 15:3, 19:17-19, Mark 7:8-10, 10:5-7, 19, Luke 18:20, 23:56, Rom 7:8-13, 13:9, Eph 6:2 "Command" or "Commandment" can also mean an instruction from God the Father to Jesus: John 10:18, 12:49, 50, 15:10. . As we meditate on the Word it comes in and changes us from the inside out. In Exodus 20.1-17, God speaks these words after the people of Israel have consecrated themselves at Mount Sinai. As we meditate on the Word it comes in and changes us from the inside out. "Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain" ( Exodus 20:7 ). Matthew Henry sums up the question of which is the great commandment: It was a question disputed among the critics in the Law. Perfectly pure, perfectly loving, perfectly holy, perfectly faithful, respectful, loyal, just, and true, not envious, not self-seeking, and embodying perfect rest. Change happens in my life not by me striving to change myself but rather by me realizing my total inability to do anything in my own strength and casting myself in total dependence on Jesus Christ who is my life and by His strength as I meditate on His Word, His Word brings change in my life. The harvest truly is plenteous, but the laborers are few; pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth laborers into his harvest (Matthew 9:3738). 120 Receive one such little child in my name. Third Commandment: Jesus repeated that we should not use God's name in a vain manner (Matthew 5: . This is the greatest and first commandment. Therefore the cross had to deal with more then just the sinful things I have done it also had to deal with me and my arrogant self that thought I could do so much for God in my own strength. I think most Christians go through this too.. After 4 years seeking the Lord, I know now more than ever that He alone opens our eyes and ears to the truth, He alone, calls us out of our sinful ways by convicting us of our sins, He alone Chooses each of us and CALLS US.. Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets (Matthew 7:12). How to love yourself and how to love your neighbor: 1. I so deeply desire to fully walk in the Spirit and do everything right, but I fail at it. I love these also.. " We looked at the idea that the 10 Commandments were replaced by the simpler new commandment of Jesus to love others.We showed that the new commandment didn't abolish the 10 Commandments, but was Jesus' example of how to show love to others.Love has always been the intent of the 10 Commandments. Mk 9.36 I G 121 Cut it off and throw it away. 9. One last point that is really important. I have told of my ways, and You have answered me; i. I was taught that Christ Jesus died as payment for my sinsins in my past, present and in the future. 32), is not only obliged to give his life as witness or martyr for the maintenance of the true faith (see Isa. I believe we find the glorious answer in Colossians 1:26-27: "Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints: To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:" What a wondrous, glorious reality that the secret of the Christian life is Christ IN us living the Christian life through us! The first one covers the first five commandments that the Lord gave to Moses. There have been things in my life that I was helpless to change, things that I knew were wrong and yet could not muster up enough strength in myself to change the things and by focusing on trying to change the things instead of getting free from them I was probably just getting further wrapped up in them. And he who loves Me will be So it sounds to me that your (our) struggle is no different than Paul's! I am encouraged to follow Jesus commandment's. And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. 11 For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. (See Luke 19:27.) Receive God's powerLuke 24:49 Specifically, Jesus combines all duties (1) in a single universal rule (which encompasses both men's inner and outer moral relations), namely: Perform your duty for no motive other than unconditioned esteem for duty itself, i.e., love God (the Legislator of all duties) above all else . I have chosen the faithful way; Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheeps clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. "Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?" All through Psalm 119 the author cries out to God to change his heart. He gives us the life of His Son Jesus Christ and Christ as the power of God, lives His overcoming, resurrection life through us! Jesus said, "If ye love me, keep my commandments" (John 14:15). And the second is like it: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' Please don't tell me to pray more or that I lack faith. The Savior summarized the Ten Commandments in two principleslove for the Lord and love for our fellow men: "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbors; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompense be made thee. Mt 18.17 D G I am really looking forward to a response. I have seen from Scripture and also from my own experience that it is not about us trying but rather it is about us dying and Jesus Christ living His life through us. When thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Even Peter, after receiving the Holy Spirit, still acted hypocritically and was rebuked by Paul. The natural man or Carnal man is spiritually dead to the things of God so it is impossible for them to Go seek God, in fact Romans 8 says this and also that we are naturally hostile to Him.. God moves in each of us, Draws us unto himself, continually sanctifies, convicts, and works in us, humbles us, rids us of all sorts of sin and issues that we have.. we are his workmanship, he is at work in us perfecting us always.. We, our old man has been crucified, he no linger lives, now Christ lives within us, that is how you remain with him over a period of time, He literately keeps us.. ~John 15:12. Now there is hope, because the Christian life no longer depends on my striving but rather on the life of Jesus Christ that dwells in me. I shall run the way of Your commandments, The second passage is considered to be a form of the Golden Rule.[9]. Unlike the Old Testament where God's presence went . But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. Second Commandment: James and Paul confirmed that we are not to worship idols (Acts 15:20; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10). Make me understand the way of Your precepts, He must have been quite a charismatic figure, because around 120 people dropped everything to do just that, becoming his traveling party over the next three years. I pray they help you as well: 4 Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple. God was not looking to improve me or make me a better person but rather He was wanting me to receive the reality of my death with Him that He might bring forth the glorious resurrection life of His Son through me. "[8] Most Christian denominations view these two commandments as, together, forming the core of the Christian religion. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples if you love one another." H ere is. My soul cleaves to the dust; [not God] "And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. I knew that we were supposed to try to be like Jesus but I found that on my best day I could not perfectly be like Jesus. I know that this has been a rather lengthy response but I believe these truths are some of the most important we can ever consider. When we look to ourselves to live the Christian life we find ourselves utterly incapable and unable to do it and the pat answer to just try harder just does not cut it. We are not Him. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets." "Honour thy father and thy mother" ( Exodus 20:12 ). [1], and one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. There is no other commandment greater than these. Its encouraging to know that things that are impossible for man are possible with God. We become responsible for what WE hear - or read. Do not get discouraged if you do not see fruit every day. Thank you for putting in the hard work to create this. We read in Galatians 2:20 "I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me." So the question then is how do we keep God's commandments? 18 Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin. Second Praise be to God for all the encouraging comments Especially the response from you Swaller/Gabriel, because for me it was an answer I Did not know I was looking for but when I read it my spirit shouted praises with me..and I knew I was being reminded of who we are as children of God. Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? It is Christ not I who does the changing. I grew up in the church but then was lost and went on about life without acknowledging the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. And Paul himself said that He did not attain to perfection but he *did* say that he kept putting the past behind him and kept "pressing on toward the upward call of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.". 46. They are inscribed on two tablets of the covenant, 'written with the finger of God', the first and most important part of the Law of God, and they are a gift of God to the people of Israel - and through them . Jesus also said in John 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments. If we know that Jesus wants us to keep His commandments, then we can also be confident that His grace and the power of the Holy Spirit will enable us to do so. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you (Matthew 5:1112).Go to episodes, Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven (Matthew 5:16).Go to episodes, Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill (Matthew 5:17).Go to episodes, Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath aught against thee; leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift (Matthew 5:2325).Go to episodes, But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. But some 50 years passed and 3 years ago I came back to our Lord. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light (Matthew 11:2830). now we can draw near in full assurance in what Jesus has already done for each of us We didnt do it but He did!! I knew that we were supposed to try to be like Jesus but I found that on my best day I could not perfectly be like Jesus. . Jesus also said in John 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments. If we know that Jesus wants us to keep His commandments, then we can also be confident that His grace and the power of the Holy Spirit will enable us to do so. We have added perspective to God's rules today. "This is the first and great commandment. But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. We have been made partakers of the divine nature in Christ Jesus. In the parable of the sower, when seed was sown on different types of soil, the fruit was choked out and was not produced because the soil had weeds which Jesus defined as "the worries of this world, the deceitfulness of riches and the desire for other things." "He gave Moses two tablets of the Testimony, tablets of stone, written with the . Now there is hope, because the Christian life no longer depends on my striving but rather on the life of Jesus Christ that dwells in me. xliii. Mk 9.43 D G 122 Have salt amongst yourselves and live at peach with each other. These Ten Commandments were the only document on earth that was ever written twice by God's own finger to man. He saith unto him, Which? "For he that is dead is freed from sin." The Word it comes in and changes us from the inside out the Word it 120 commandments of jesus in and us... We become responsible for what we hear - or read, asked him a question test. 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