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What is the greatest of the ten commandments

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Moses brought the ten commandments to the Israelites before he died and these laws helped to establish a nation from wanderers. But, over time the religeous leaders began to add to the commands and explain every little detail in how they were to be obeyed. Jesus came and made them simple again.

Matthew 22:34-40

What is The Greatest Commandment?

Matthew 34 But when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered themselves together.

35 One of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him,

36 "Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?"

37 And He said to him, " 'YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.'

38 "This is the great and foremost commandment.

39 "The second is like it, 'YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.'

40 "On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets."

This is the Word of the Lord ... It is meant to change the way that we think, and the way that we live.

Commentary by Bob Pardue

What Jesus Says about the Ten Commandments

As the Sadducees were constantly trying to use the law to entrap the Pharisees, when Jesus finally answered the question of the greatest commandment, there was a bittersweet victory over the Sadducees.
I say bittersweet because, although these words from Christ helped the Pharisees, there was no way they could simply accept them because they despised Jesus more than the Sadducees and were much too proud to be impressed by him.
When Jesus was asked the questing of which was the most important of the commandments (the Pharisees had 600 + laws they had classified), Jesus quoted Scripture from ***Leviticus and Deuteronomy.
If we love God and love our neighbor as ourselves, we are more likely to follow the golden rule when dealing with others. It's more difficult to do wrong to a person we love so all the other laws fall into place.
Jesus took the positive rather than the negative when he answered the question which means we can work toward doing right instead of concentrating on the things we shouldn't do.
Even though it's impossible for humans to completely love all people, let's try to love God with more passion and make an effort to love others who may not return that love. The world will be a better place if we'll but try.

Love in Christ

- Bob

*** The quotes Jesus gave were from two other verses of the Bible:
Deuteronomy 6:5 - "You shall love the LORD your God (with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might."

Leviticus 19:18 - "You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the sons of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself; I am the LORD. "

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Another Baptist Bible Study Lesson

Matthew 22:23-33 - What Jesus Says about the Kinsman Redeemer and the Resurrection - What is a kinsman redeemer? In this lesson from Scripture Jesus talks about His resurrection as related to this Jewish custom and, as always turns it into a remarkable parable.

Verses about the most important commandment of God are from New American Standard Bible