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Your previous comment on churches thriving on making people afraid is accurate and unfortunate. I very rarely use the word hate but this is a time that I will. There are way to many fraudulent churches out there. Just one of the many tools the devil uses to trick and deceive people.
JESUS on the 10 commandments:
[h3]Matthew 5:17-30[/h3]
[h3]Christ Came to Fulfill the Law[/h3]
[sup]17 [/sup]“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. [sup]18 [/sup]For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished. [sup]19 [/sup]Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. [sup]20 [/sup]For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
[h3]Anger[/h3]
[sup]21 [/sup]“You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder; and whoever murders will be liable to judgment.’ [sup]22 [/sup]But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother[sup][a][/sup] will be liable to judgment; whoever insults[sup][b][/sup] his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be liable to the hell[sup][c][/sup] of fire. [sup]23 [/sup]So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, [sup]24 [/sup]leave your gift there before the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift. [sup]25 [/sup]Come to terms quickly with your accuser while you are going with him to court, lest your accuser hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the guard, and you be put in prison. [sup]26 [/sup]Truly, I say to you, you will never get out until you have paid the last penny.[sup][d][/sup]
[h3]Lust[/h3]
[sup]27 [/sup]“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ [sup]28 [/sup]But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lu****l intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart. [sup]29 [/sup]If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell. [sup]30 [/sup]And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body go into hell.
Skip to verse 43
[h3]Love Your Enemies[/h3]
[sup]43 [/sup]“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ [sup]44 [/sup]But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, [sup]45 [/sup]so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. [sup]46 [/sup]For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? [sup]47 [/sup]And if you greet only your brothers,[sup][a][/sup] what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? [sup]48 [/sup]You therefore must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
[h3] [/h3][h3]Matthew 22:34-46[/h3]
[h3]The Great Commandment[/h3]
[sup]34 [/sup]But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. [sup]35 [/sup]And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. [sup]36 [/sup]“Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” [sup]37 [/sup]And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. [sup]38 [/sup]This is the great and first commandment. [sup]39 [/sup]And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. [sup]40 [/sup]On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.”
[h3]Whose Son Is the Christ?[/h3]
[sup]41 [/sup]Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question, [sup]42 [/sup]saying, “What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he?” They said to him, “The son of David.” [sup]43 [/sup]He said to them, “How is it then that David, in the Spirit, calls him Lord, saying,
[sup]44 [/sup]“‘The Lord said to my Lord,
“Sit at my right hand,
until I put your enemies under your feet”’?
[sup]45 [/sup]If then David calls him Lord, how is he his son?” [sup]46 [/sup]And no one was able to answer him a word, nor from that day did anyone dare to ask him any more questions.
