When Jesus highlighted this, the expert could barely speak the enemy’s name. In Luke 10:25-37, an expert in the law responded to Jesus’s quoting of this verse by asking that very question, “Who is my neighbor?” Jesus responded with the “Parable of the Good Samaritan.” In the parable, an enemy to the expert was the one who loved the neighbor. And probably just as long, people have been asking the qualifier, “Who is my neighbor?” We want to get that straight, because we don’t want to waste our love on someone who doesn’t qualify. Leviticus 19:18Īs far back as Moses, God has been asking us to love our neighbors as ourselves. Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself: I am the LORD.We don’t just know our neighbors’ names we are helpful to them when they are in need, show them kindness, and we even extend patience when their dog wakes us up. This type of love creates community with others where relationships are built and lives are shared. Love eliminates murder, theft, adultery, and covetousness. If we love our neighbor as ourselves, then there is no need for the law. We owe a debt of love to one another-a debt that is not paid and done, but one that works its way out as we live side by side. Love supersedes the commandments, though. It’s easy to get caught up between right and wrong and our list of rules. For this, ‘Thou shalt not commit adultery,’ ‘Thou shalt not kill,’ ‘Thou shalt not steal,’ ‘Thou shalt not bear false witness,’ ‘Thou shalt not covet,’ and if there is any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, ‘Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.’ Romans 13:8-9 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another, for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.His love extends to the righteous and the unrighteous, so our love should also know no bounds.
It’s through loving the unlovable, we grow closer to God. These verses stress loving those who do nothing for you, even those who cause you pain. As part of Jesus’ famous Sermon on the Mount, these verses follow the elimination of the practice of taking an “eye for an eye.” In just a few words, Jesus dismantled age-old traditions by pointing to the importance of the heart and loving those who seemingly deserve love the least. If we are to love as God loves, we must love our enemies and keep the peace. Ye have heard that it hath been said, ‘Thou shalt love thy neighbour and hate thine enemy.’ But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you and persecute you, that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven Matthew 5:43-45.Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:īut the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:įor in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me Īnd shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. They offer basic rules of behavior for spiritual and moral living. In essence, they are a summary of the hundreds of laws found in the Old Testament Law and are recorded in Exodus 20:1-17 and Deuteronomy 5:6-21. The Ten Commandments or the Tablets of the Law are the laws that God gave to the people of Israel through Moses after leading them out of Egypt. With this app you will always have the "Ten Commandments" for quick reference right at your fingertips.
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