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The Ten
Commandments
continued
The following are just a
few of the many places in scripture where we are told how it is
absolutely necessary that we keep the commandments. The salvation of
our souls depends on it!
In the gospel of Matthew
19:16, 17 a rich man asks Jesus what he must do to enter into
heaven. Our Lord tells him that he must keep the commandments.
That question might as
well of come from anyone of us. The answer would be the same.
However, one can not keep or follow what one does not know.
In the gospel of John
14:15 Jesus tells us “If you love me, you will keep my
commandments.” So the next time we feel comfortable with ourselves
for saying that we love Jesus we can check ourselves with His own
words and see if we really do love Him.
In Joshua 1:7 God tells
Joshua to be firm and steadfast and to observe the entire law which
was given to them through Moses. “Do not swerve from it to the right
or to the left…keep it on your lips. Meditate on it day and night.”
Psalm 1:1-2 Blessed are
those who do not follow the counsel of the wicked… Rather, the law
of the Lord is their joy; God’s law they meditate on day and night.
1 John 2:4 He who says, “I
know Him” (Jesus) but disobeys His commandments is a liar, and the
truth is not in him.
John 15:10,14 If you keep
my commandments, you will abide in my love…
You are my friends if you do what I command you.
Matthew 5:19 Therefore,
whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches
others to do so will be called least in the kingdom of heaven. But
whoever obeys and teaches these commandments will be called greatest
in the kingdom of heaven.
The Catechism of the
Catholic Church has over 100 pages written on the Ten Commandments.
Very important reading and pondering material.
The learning and the loving
never stops!
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