There are those who think we do not need to obey the ten commandments, that the two Christ gave are the only ones. What they forget is that Christ is the Law Giver Who lives in us and compels us to love His Law. It no longer condemns us, but shines a light on the sins of those who are not yet born again.
The two greatest commandments are subtitle in an outline of Roman numerals, in a sense. All the other commandments come under those two. God was saying that if we love God we will obey His commandments and if we love our neighbor as ourselves we will follow the other commandments.
1 John 5:2 "By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and observe His commandments."
You shall have no other gods before Me.
You shall not make idols.
You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain.
Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Honor your father and your mother.
You shall not murder.
You shall not commit adultery.
You shall not steal.
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
You shall not covet.
The first four commandments are about God, and the other six are about our neighbor. This was the meaning God had for the two greatest commandments.
If we love God we will have not other gods except Him, we will make no idols, we will not take His name in vain and we will remember a day to set aside for Him.
If we love our neighbor as ourselves, we will honor our father and mother, we will not commit murder, adultery, theft, lie or covet.
So you see if we keep the two greatest commandments we will be essentially keeping all of them.
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