When you break a commandment, it is like pulling a thread,

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Before you know it everything starts coming apart at the seams.’

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– ‘Touched By An Angel’

 

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The First & Greatest Commandments

This is Jesus' response to the question of which is the greatest commandment: 

 

There is no other commandment greater than these (Mark 12:31)

 

Love the Lord your God with all your heart

and with all your soul and with all your mind (Deuteronomy 6:4-5)

 

This is the first and greatest commandment

 

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Love your neighbor as yourself (Leviticus 19:18)

 

All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments

(Matthew 22:37-40)

 

 

 

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The Ten Commandments

 

Thou shalt have no other gods before me

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Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image…

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Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain

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Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy

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Honor thy father and thy mother

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Thou shalt not kill

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Thou shalt not commit adultery

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Thou shalt not steal

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Thou shalt not bear false witness…

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Thou shalt not covet… any thing that is thy neighbor’s

 

 

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The Be-Attitudes

From Jesus’ Sermon On The Mount: (Matthew 5:1-12)

 

Blessed are the poor in spirit

for theirs is the kingdom of heaven

 

Blessed are they that mourn:

for they shall be comforted

 

Blessed are the meek:

for they shall inherit the earth

 

Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: 

for they shall be filled

 

Blessed are the merciful:

for they shall obtain mercy

 

Blessed are the pure in heart:

for they shall see God

 

Blessed are the peacemakers:

for they shall be called the children of God

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Blessed are they which are

persecuted for righteousness’ sake:

for theirs is the kingdom of Heaven

 

Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, 

for my sake

 

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The Lord’s Prayer (Matthew 6:9-13)

Jesus' response when asked teach us how to pray:

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Our Father which art in heaven,

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Hallowed be thy name.

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Thy kingdom come,

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Thy will be done in earth,

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as it is in Heaven.

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Give us this day our daily bread.

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And forgive us our debts (Trespasses),

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as we forgive our debtors (those who trespass against us).

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And lead us not into temptation,

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but deliver us from evil:

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For thine is the kingdom,

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and the power,

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and the glory,

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for ever.

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Amen.