Commandments...

If I were to ask you how many commandments are there? What would your answer be?  Most people would say 10, however, that is not correct. The correct answer is 11.    

In Exodus 20 God gave Moses the 10 commandments. In Matthew 5:17-18 Yeshua says, “Do not think that I have come to do away with, or to bring an incorrect interpretation to the Torah (Teaching) or the Prophets. I did not come to do away with but to bring spiritual abundance for the Torah (Teaching) to be obeyed as it should be and God’s promises to receive fulfillment. For truly I say to you: until the sky and Earth would pass away, NOT one yod (smallest letter in the Hebrew alphabet) or one vav (second smallest letter in the Hebrew alphabet) could ever pass away from the Torah (Teaching), until everything would come to pass...”            

In John 13:34 - 35 Y’shua says, “I am giving you a new commandment, that you must continually love one another; just as I have loved you so also you must love one another. All will know by this, that you are My disciples, if you would have love for one another.”       

What this means is that the original 10 commandments remain in effect and He added one more making the number of commandments 11.   

God loves us so much that He has given us EVERY opportunity to spend eternity with Him. The only thing He will not do is force us to accept it.  I pray that the love of Y’shua is so powerful in your life that you cannot take your eyes off of Him. May there always be Shalom in your heart and in your home. 

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