Unless I I have lost my ability to comprehend I have to say that is garble.
I wrote, and apparently you didn't read or comprehend, that one could keep the commandments out of fear. I wrote that there is nothing in the ten commandments about love. The love commandments were expressed in Leviticus and Deuteronomy. I wrote that the greatest commandments were not part of the ten commandments. I wrote that love is expressed by how we treat God and our fellow man. I wrote The ten commandments just the tip of the iceberg as to how we can show disrespect to God and our fellow man. I quoted Gal 5: 19-21, seventeen ways we dishonor. To make it a bit plainer I will start with verse
13 You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love. 14 For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: ‘Love your neighbour as yourself.’ 15 If you bite and devour each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other.
16 So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. 17 For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever you want. 18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
19 The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; 20 idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions 21 and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. 24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. 26 Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other.
The ten commandments that God gave to one nation, Israel, were what He wanted them to live by. I accept that fact, but don't try to cram down my throat that they are the standard for Christians. Those ten covenant commands were never given to gentiles. Again, I ask you how you tell us they morphed into being the guide God intends to be the guide for Christians today? Do you really believe they meet the full list of sinful acts? Are they the only standard God has ever given? I don't care had they been written on Gold tablets they were not by any means a complete list of ways man can and does harm his fellow man. Think brother! Paul certainly didn't believe they were.
In your view do we love God by...
Absolutely not. Those commands were instilled in man from the beginning and will be through eternity.
The Sabbath command was not one concerning morality. It was a ceremonial command given only to Israel. This is proven in Deut 5:
2 The Lord our God made a covenant with us at Horeb. 3 It was not with our ancestors that the Lord made this covenant, but with us, with all of us who are alive here today.....
6 ‘I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.
12 ‘Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the Lord your God has commanded you. 13 Six days you shall labour and do all your work,.... 15 Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and that the Lord your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. Therefore the Lord your God has commanded you to observe the Sabbath day.
Sabbath was a day given to Israel and no other nation. The commands, all 613 of them, given a Sinai were the words of the "IF" covenant, If you will I will, They refused to honor the words of the covenant thus the covenant was dissolved. Any of the laws of that covenant that dealt with morality, like not killing, were in effect before the covenant and will remain in effect throughout eternity. The remainder of the laws, civil, health, and ceremonial ended at Calvary where the new covenant replaced the defunct Sinai covenant.
NO, everyone of those commands have to do with morality and are part of the new covenant Royal Law of Love. I highlighted "part" because the list you provided is just the tip of the iceberg of ways we can dishonor our fellow man. Why can't you see this. I have explained it over and over and yet you seem not to comprehend.
Duty not love is expressed through the ten. Not one of the ten express love. Now if they would have been written in the following way then you would be correct, but they were not. There is but one God, Love Him with all your heart. Love Me by not ever bowing down to Idols. Because of our love relationship we will never call each other names in vain and so on. The way the ten were written with "Thou shalt not" reveals that it was the duty of the Israelites to obey those commands. Yes, if they had love in there hearts they would do those commands out of love. They also could do them out of fear of reprisal.
I am sure glad I don't sit at your feet soaking in your thoughts.
Duty yes, God didn't say "If"
Yes, lets get clearer. The two greatest commands are not part of the ten commandments. And that makes the Law to include all of the book of the Law not just the ten as you are trying to teach.
Clear as mud.
Wow! What a narrow view of what is love.
no, James is telling us that the Royal Law of Love is" [8], If ye fulfill the royal law according to the scripture, THOU SHALT LOVE THY NEIGHBOR AS THYSELF, ye do well:
Sorry LGW, seems God's Word disagrees with you.
