In all His wisdom, Christ gave us two main commandments. The first one, found in Exodus 20:3 states, "Thou shalt have no other gods before me." In my perspective, to act upon this commandment would be a show of love and respect to our God. The three following commandments, no graven images, keeping the Sabbath day holy, and not taking the name of the Lord in vain, are all directly hinged upon obedience to the first. The remaining 6 commandments all relate to another commandment given to us in John 13:34 which states, "A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another." Here it clearly shows us the expectation that our Savior has for us. Christ is the greatest example of love possible as He laid down His own life to save one such as mine. If we follow this commandment of loving one another, that would embrace the remaining commandments that we received through Moses. If we loved our neighbor, our family, or the passing stranger on the street, we would honor our parents, we would not kill, commit adultery, steal, lie, or covet what others have.
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