The Top Two Commandments
 

Most of you guys would not support a bill in Congress to make the Ten Commandments law. At least that's how the vote has gone, so far. (See http://www.apostolicfriendsforum.com...ad.php?t=24134) But how about Jesus' famous Top Two?

Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

Would these make good laws?

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Most of our laws are based on #2.

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"Yes" jumps out of the gate, leaving the others in the dust!

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No.

If you love God, you'll keep His commandments. A love for God should be the motivation for obedience. Not fear of reprisal, fines, imprisonment or worse.

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:thumbsup

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Like eternal torment, e.g.? ;)

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no.

i like to keep my politics separate from my heretics.:)

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Voted - No.

"The doctrines thus delivered we call the revealed or divine law, and they are to be found only in the holy scriptures... [and] are found upon comparison to be really part of the original law of nature. Upon these two foundations, the law of nature and the law of revelation, depend all human laws; that is to say, no human laws should be suffered to contradict these." - Sir William Blackstone

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Yes, both of them! :IAM
Just "Love the Lord" :bedtime
Just "Love thy neighbour" :bedtime
No :helicopter
Something else (please explain) :bedtime

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One of which is "you must love God". So, if you love God, you will love God. :thumbsup

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how can you force/legislate love?

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Good question, but it is one of God's commandments, right?

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Another "Yes" showed up!

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The commandment was to love God with all your heart, soul and mind. Just "loving God" seems like simple affection, and the latter seems fervent and passionate. :)

The point of the passage is that all of the commandments can be encompassed into those two--meaning, if you love God with all your heart, and love your neighbor as yourself, you'll naturally fulfill all the other rules (in the law).

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We still have the option to obey or disobey.

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Yep, same as with the country's laws.

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Timmy,

What must you have been like during the terrible twos??? LOL!

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:heeheehee

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You missed it! Jesus said that the first of all commandments was Deut. 6:4. Hear O Israel, the Lord our God the Lord is one! AND you shall love Him with all your heart soul mind and strength......etc. :D

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yes....but a command is much different then making something a law.....especially when you mix God & politics.

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Much different? How is it different at all, other than who is doing the "forcing" or "legislating"? The end result is the same. They both are requirements. They both can be obeyed or disobeyed. They both have consequences for disobeying. OK there's another difference: the consequences are extremely different. In one case, it's a fine or some jail time. In the other, it's eternal torture (unless you are UR). Besides those two differences (who legislates and the severity of punishment), is there anything else that's much different?

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To paraphrase, Thou shalt not be a Trinitarian? :lol

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Jesus while on planet earth did nothing to promote his Father's kingdom in the political areana....neither did the Apostles. In fact I believe Jesus said that His kingdom would not be of this world...passing earthly laws will not bring about a spiritual result...that time has come and passed.

God does not legistate love...because He first loved us the natural response is to love Him back. The greatest love of all is to lay down your life for a friend...He did this. To understand the context of what Jesus was saying(when He said to love God with everything) you need to look at the question. It is not a question that physical/natural laws can every answer correctly.

I do not love my government or legislators...they do not love me...they are a necessary evil...for them to pass a law mandating me to love...is impossible since a government cannot love/hate and has no capacity for these things.

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how so?...trinitarians believe this verse.

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I know. Was just funnin'.

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cool...but don't tell T.French or D.Bernard.:)