The Ten Commandments!!! Part 3!!!!

Exodus chapter 20




Today we are walking in: The Ten Commandments!! Part 3!!!!




Today we look to the word- LOVE- H157 'ahab--to love, human love for another, includes family, human appetite for objects such as food, drink, sleep, wisdom, human love for or to Yah, act of being a friend, Yah's love toward man: to individual men, to people Israel, to righteousness, lovely (participle), loveable (participle), friends, to like.









The Torah testifies...............



Deuteronomy 5:10

And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love H157 me and keep my commandments.





The prophets proclaim..................



Joshua 22:5

But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the Lord charged you, to love H157 the Lord your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.





The writings bear witness...........................



Psalms 119:127



Therefore I love H157 thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.



Example 2: The Fourth Commandment

The Fourth Commandment is given in Exodus 20:8-11. Let’s look closely at these passages, to see what they are actually saying:




Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work: 10 But the seventh day [is] the sabbath of the LORD thy God: [in it] thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that [is] within thy gates: 11 For [in] six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them [is], and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it [set it apart]. (Exodus 20:8-11)




In this command, The Most High Yah tells us that we are to remember the Sabbath Day, to keep it holy [set-apart as special unto Him], in certain, specified ways. We see most of the Sabbath Day basics in the above Exodus 20:8-11 passage, and a few other details in other Bible passages.




In verse 8, we see that The Most High Yah first tells us to remember to keep the Sabbath Day set-apart as ‘holy’ — that is, to keep it separate from all the other ‘common’ days of the week.

In verse 9, The Most High Yah tells us that we are to do all our week’s work in six days.




Then in verse 10, we see the reason we are to do our work in six days — because the seventh day is designated as The Most High Yah’s Sabbath Day, in which we are not allowed to do any work, nor are we to require anyone else, including work animals, to work for us.




In verse 11, we then see the reason The Most High Yah gives for our honoring the Sabbath Day. We are told that The Most High Yah Himself worked six days in creating the heavens and the earth, and then The Most High Yah Himself rested on the seventh day, and set that day apart as ‘holy,’ and separate from the six work days.
Which Day is the Sabbath Day?

It is interesting to note that remnants of The Most High Yah’s Sabbath Day can be seen in all cultures down through history, and that the seventh day, is called ‘Sabbath’ [or some slight variation thereof] in many languages worldwide.




According to historians, the ‘Jewish’ Sabbath Day was known in ancient, pagan Rome as “the Day of Saturn,” and is called Saturday in modern times. Through corruption of man-made doctrines, many Religious groups today have their own sabbath days, but The Most High Yah’s Sabbath Day remains unchanged.




The apostle Paul tells us that the Oracles of The Most High Yah were committed to the Jews, for our profit [to be a light and witness to the world]. It is interesting to note, that in order to confirm which day of the week the ancient Sabbath Day fell upon, we need not go back any earlier than when Messiah walked on the earth.




Yahushua Messiah Himself did not sin, so we know He observed the true Sabbath Day of The Most High Yah. Note that He observed the same Sabbath Day as did the Jews — which over a time span of 2,000 years, down to the present day, has not changed at all. The true Sabbath Day remains the same to this day — as attested to every Saturday, by every Jewish synagogue in the land!




Despite calendar changes that designate Sunday as the seventh day, and despite corruptions introduced by Rome, the true Sabbath Day remains as a witness that The Most High Yah is indeed the Creator, and that The Most High Yah continues to have a remnant of those who continue to honor The Most High Yah, by keeping His Sabbath Day holy.




It is said that those who do not observe The Most High Yah’s Sabbath Day, are giving testimony that they do not believe in The Most High Yah as Creator! Might it be true, that those Believers who do not observe The Most High Yah’s Sabbath Day, are teaching evolution — simply by the testimony of their example of not observing the Creator’s Sabbath Day?




What does this mean for Believers today, in a practical sense?

When we consider the Fourth Commandment, here is a summary of some truths to consider:





The Fourth Commandment: Truths to Consider


The Most High Yah calls His people to remember to keep the Sabbath Day holy, in the ways He has specified;


The Most High Yah’s true Sabbath Day is the seventh day;


The seventh day is today called Saturday;


On the seventh day [Saturday] we are not allowed to do any work ourselves, nor are we to require anyone else — including employees, service personnel [waiters], or work animals — to work for us;


Messiah tells us, “If you love me, keep my commandments.” Since it was the pre-incarnate Messiah Himself who gave the commandment to keep His sabbaths, our response to this commandment reveals who loves Him, and who does not love Him.

When we consider the above truths of what the Fourth Commandment is telling us, we now face a decision.




Will we choose to follow The Most High Yah, by obedience to His Word — or will we choose to follow some Religious group’s Sabbath, by obedience to their words? The apostle Paul tells us that whose Commandments we choose to obey, reveals which master we have chosen to serve (Romans 6:15-17; Joshua 24:15).




If we choose not to observe The Most High Yah’s Sabbath Day, even though we may gather for religious worship on some other day, then we are in disobedience to the 4th Commandment, which according to the apostle John, is sin (1John 3:4).




Like Messiah’s Disciples, we may gather together in Messiah’s name every day of the week, but we are still called upon to observe The Most High Yah’s Sabbath Day.




If we choose to observe The Most High Yah’s Sabbath Day, but in a way other than as He specifies, then we are in disobedience to the 4th Commandment, which according to the apostle John, is sin (1John 3:4).




If we choose to work on Saturday, then we are in disobedience to the 4th Commandment, which is sin (1John 3:4).




Again, The Most High Yah does give us a choice. He watches us, to see whether we will follow Him, by careful obedience to what He has said in His Word — or whether we choose to follow our own dictates, choosing instead to remain in the convenience of our own lifestyle.

Again, Father is looking for a Bride for His son, and He is looking for hearts that are soft and teachable, and fully yielded to obedience to His Word.





What can we conclude? As the apostle Paul tells us (Romans 3:20b; Romans 7:7b), it is by the Torah [law] that we have knowledge of sin — so that we become aware of what sin is — so we can avoid committing sin

The Ten Commandments form the most basic list of commands that reveal to us what sin is. If we choose to disobey any of these commands, we know we have transgressed the Law — we have committed a sin (1John 3:4).





In this example, we have seen what the Fourth Commandment is, and some of the details of how to observe The Most High Yah’s Sabbath Day.

We have also seen how our sin is revealed to us, when we compare what we are currently doing, against what The Most High Yah has said in His Word, about the Fourth Commandment.





When we as Born-Again Believers read the Ten Commandments, we may cloak ourselves in willful ignorance, but we cannot hide from the eyes of The Most High Yah, whose eternal rewards [‘recompense’] will be according to what we have done (2Cor 5:10; Rev 2:23, 26), regarding our obedience to His Word.





It is for this reason that Messiah continues to call out to us today, calling lovingly [and repeatedly] to His Blood-Redeemed Ones, to repent — to cease walking in our own ways of disobedience to Messiah’s Commandments, and begin to walk in obedience to His Word (Rev 2:1 – Rev 3:22; Isaiah 44:22).
If You Love Me: The Goal Is Love





When Yahushua Messiah was asked which is the greatest Commandment (Matthew 22:36-40), He answered by stating the two greatest Commandments found in Torah:


“Love The Most High Yah” (Deuteronomy 6:5)


“Love Your Neighbor” (Leviticus 19:18)

It is important for us to understand, that all the Commandments in Scripture do not ‘boil down’ to just these two Commandments, such that all the rest have somehow disappeared.





Instead, notice that the two ‘Love’ commandments above, quoted from the Torah by Messiah, are seen simply as categories or ‘headings’ from which all the other commandments descend or hang.





This clue given by Messiah tells us that the Ten Commandments, as a whole, can be seen be in two parts, coming under the two Great Commandments as two main ‘headings’ or summaries:





The Ten Commandments: Two Parts


Love The Most High Yah (Deut 6:5)


Commandment #1


Commandment #2


Commandment #3


Commandment #4






Love Your Neighbour (Lev 19:18)


Commandment #5


Commandment #6


Commandment #7


Commandment #8


Commandment #9


Commandment #10

Notice that the first 4 Commandments are in the First Group. These describe how we are to love The Most High Yah.





Notice that the last 6 Commandments are in the Second Group. These describe how we are to love our neighbour.





These two groups of Commandments tell us how we are to love The Most High Yah, and how we are to love our neighbor, in the ways that The Most High Yah has defined for us:


Those who choose to love The Most High Yah, will choose to obey the first 4 Commandments.


Those who choose to love their neighbor, will choose to obey the last 6 Commandments.


Those who choose to love The Most High Yah and their neighbor, will choose to obey all Ten Commandments.

With this in mind, let’s see how ‘love’ is described in the Scriptures.





The apostle Paul tells us that the goal of our keeping Yahushua’s Commandments is “Love from a pure heart” (1Tim 1:5). Our goal is to love Yahushua, and to love the Brethren. But then the apostle John tells us, “This is love — to walk according to His Commandments” (2John 1:6). Here we see Paul and John both confirming what is said in the 2nd Commandment (Exodus 20:6), that to love Him is to keep His commandments.





Yahushua reminds us, “If you love me, keep MY Commandments” (John 14:15). And so we see everywhere in the Scriptures, that love is measured by our voluntary obedience to The Most High Yah’s Commandments.





Let us remember, these are all The Most High Yah’s Commandments, which Yahushua Messiah spoke. Thus if we truly love Yahushua, we will begin to keep His Commandments, beginning with the most basic ones Messiah spoke to Moses — the Ten Commandments.
My Sayings

The Ten Commandments seen above are only a small part of the overall collection of statutes, commandments, precepts, laws, judgments, ordinances, testimonies, words, and sayings which Messiah has spoken from The Beginning [from the Book of Genesis onward]. The Commandments of God are not considered to be only ten, or 613, or any specific number, but are seen in Scripture as the ‘voice’ of God, and consist of ‘every word’ that proceeds from the mouth of God (Matthew 4:4; Luke 4:4).





Taken together, all of Messiah’s statutes, commandments, precepts, laws, judgments, testimonies, words, and sayings, are eternal, and they speak of Father’s eternal, unchanging will. They tell us The Most High Yah’s definition of how we are to be holy, and how we are to walk in His ways. They also tell us of those things in which He delights, and of those things He considers abomination. It is from all of His Words, that we learn His Ways.





And as we continue to observe His Ways, and as we become obedient to His Words, He causes us to grow in our love for Him. We begin to love what He loves, and to hate what He hates. We thus come to know Him, as we walk with Him, day-by-day.





These Ten Commandments are more than simply broad categories of commandments seen throughout the Scriptures. They are also literal Commandments that express Father’s will, as ‘House Rules’ for His children.
House Rules for His Children

The external commandments were given as a ‘schoolmaster,’ to accomplish two objectives. First, they were given to bring conviction of sin to us, that we might realize our need for a Saviour, and run to Messiah for salvation (Gal 3:24); and second, to train Father’s children in how to live according to Father’s House Rules, and according to Father’s Ways.





As Father writes His external Torah on the inward tables of our hearts, and as we become more obedient, we come to rely less and less on the external schoolmaster, instead relying on the conviction of the Holy Spirit to illuminate and bring to our remembrance all the Words of the Covenant written on the heart (Gal 3:25). It is the rebellious children that abandon all that the Schoolmaster taught; and it is the strange woman [estranged congregation of Believers] that forsakes the Schoolmaster, and forgets The Most High Yah’s Covenant (Proverbs 2:17).





We might ask, “How does Father train His children to keep His Torah and His judgments, His statutes and His Commandments?”





In the Psalms, Father tells us the answer. Speaking prophetically of Yahushua Messiah, and of His children — the Born-Again Believers of today — notice what Father tells us:

Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth. 28 My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him. 29 His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven. 30 If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments; 31 If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments; 32 Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. 33 Nevertheless my loving kindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail. (Psalms 89:27-33)





In the above passage, we see how the Born-Again, Holy-Spirit-filled Believers, as children of Messiah, will undergo the discipline of a loving Father. Here we are told that Father will visit our transgression with the rod, and our iniquity with stripes, if we break Father’s statutes, and refuse to walk in His judgments — that is, if we forsake His Law [Torah], and do not keep His Commandments.





Perhaps many of the troubles we go through in life may result from our continuing to listen to Preachers and other Spiritual Leaders who tell us we need not ‘keep the Law,’ and thus we become disobedient. Many spiritual Leaders today tell their followers it is not necessary to pay attention to The Most High Yah’s Commandments. Those Leaders who contradict the Scriptures are leading their followers to what the apostle Paul calls ‘shipwreck of the Faith’ (1Timothy 1:19), and what Yahushua tells us is a ‘house built upon the sand’ (Matthew 7:26).
Ruling and Reigning in the Kingdom

Let’s look briefly in Scripture, to see who obeys the Ten Commandments, and who does not obey them. To see this, let’s fast-forward in time, to have a prophetic glimpse of what each group has as their future destination.

Our first picture is of those who overcome all the obstacles, because they have been given patience and endurance:





Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus (Revelation 14:12).





These are called saints who have patience and endurance at the end time. Notice that the saints are described as those who do keep the Commandments of The Most High Yah, and [‘which is’] the Faith of Yahushua.





We see yet another picture of those who do keep the Commandments of The Most High Yah:

Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. (Revelation 22:14)





In the above passage, we are told of those who become “DO-ers” of His commandments, ‘that’ [in order that] they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city [the New Jerusalem, the City of the King].





Notice that the above passage clearly tells us that having right to the Tree of Life, and entering-in through the gates into the City, are both dependent upon doing His Commandments!

Now let’s look at the next verse in this passage, to see those who do not keep His Commandments:





For without [outside the city] are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie (Revelation 22:15).

In the above two verses, we are first told of those who are allowed to enter into the New Jerusalem — they that DO His commandments. We are then given a description of those who will not be allowed into the New Jerusalem, the City of the King — they that were disobedient to His commandments.





Those that must remain outside the City include those who had been redeemed by Messiah, but continued to be disobedient to the Commandments spoken by Messiah — which is all of Torah. The prophetic picture of this as applying to Believers today, is clearly seen in (Isaiah 44:22), where all His Redeemed ones are exhorted to return to Father. We return to Father, simply by obedience to His Word (Deut 4:30; 30:2,8).

From the above passages, we see that only those who keep Yahushua’s Commandments [which are His Father’s Commandments (John 14:24)], will be allowed into the City of the King, to rule with Him [Yahushua], and to reign with Him.
Conclusion

We have seen that the Ten Commandments are Father’s Commandments, and yet they are Messiah’s Commandments. We have seen that Messiah, as the Word of The Most High Yah, spoke the Ten Commandments, and wrote them with His own finger, and gave them to Moses.





We have seen that the Ten Commandments form a small part of the many Commandments spoken by Messiah. We have seen the importance of the Commandments to reveal sin, and the importance of walking in obedience to the Commandments, in order to show our love for Messiah.





We have seen that Messiah’s sayings [all of Father’s Commandments] make up a part of Father’s House Rules. We have fast-forwarded to the future, to see who will keep these commandments, and who will not keep them.





Beloved, over the past 2,000 years we have lost sight of who it was that spoke the Ten Commandments. Let us re-gain that understanding, so that we might choose to return to Him, and to love Him, by keeping His Commandments!





Many Believers today have not yet realized that Messiah is the WORD of The Most High Yah, who spoke to Abraham, and to Moses, and to all the Prophets — and that Messiah’s words include all the Commandments of the Law [Torah].





And so it is, that Messiah continues to cry out to His Born-again children today, asking this question:

And why do you call me, Master, Master, and do not do the things which I say? (Luke 6:46)

Dear Fiveamprayer, What are the Ten Commandments?

They are Messiah’s Commandments to us today!



If ye love me, keep my commandments. John 14:15

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