Thoughts for the day September 12, 2020

 

Today we have journeyed with the Israelites  and made our way to Mount Sinai where Moses is  receiving the giving of the Law to the nation of Israel. The Ten Commandments were given to teach the people how to live. Israel was the only nation with whom God has ever made such a covenant, making them both unique and blessed among  all the nations of the world.

 

The Decalogue, or 10 Commandments was one small section of the Mosaic Law that Israel received from the Lord Himself. The complete Law covered a wide range of moral; civil, religious and ceremonial ordinances. We of course are under a new covenant where Jesus explains  this, ¹⁷ “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.  (Matthew 5: 17)

 

  And when asked which of these commandment is the greatest Jesus  told them this: 

         ³⁷ “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.³⁸ This is the first and greatest commandment. ³⁹ And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself^. All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.” (Matthew 22:37-40)

Today, let these two commands penetrate your every move. For living  these  two commandments out in our daily lives can change the world!