Friday, February 5, 2010

III. Deny The World: "...Take up his cross daily..." (4)

Keep The Non-ritual Commandments


Mt 5:19 "Therefore whoever shall break one of these commandments, the least, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of Heaven. But whoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of Heaven."

Mt 19:17 And He said to him, "Why do you call Me good? There is none good but one, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments."

Mark 10:19 "You know the commandments: Do not commit adultery, do not kill, do not steal, do not bear false witness, do not defraud, honor your father and your mother."

Luke 18:20 "You know the commandments: Do not commit adultery, do not kill, do not steal, do not bear false witness, honor your father and your mother."

John 14:15 "If you love Me, keep My commandments."

John 14:21 "He who has My commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves Me. And he who loves Me shall be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will reveal Myself to him."

John 15:10 "If you keep My commandments, you shall abide in My love, even as I have kept My Father's commandments and abide in His love."


These last few commands aren't for this section ,but i wish you to follow the thought patter. Jesus, speaking prior to his passing, tells the rich man to follow the commands, but adds, as we have seen, that he must give up the riches that following them has endued his family. He PERSONALIZED those commands, never going into the social details of the Law. Facing his execution, he adds that the disciples should keep the Ten Commandments by following HIS commands.

The Law had to remain outside of Jesus so there is a standard to be met if you don't accept Christ, one common before his coming.