The Two Greatest Commandments

How do we fulfill the two greatest commandments?

The last time I said we would elaborate further on why our Lord tells us that the original ten commandments are fulfilled (hang) on the keeping of the two New Testament commandments:

1. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.


2. You shall love your neighbor as yourself

Matthew 22:37

He said that all the prophets (as well as the original ten commandments) hang on these two commandments as well. To look at exactly what that means, we first have to be clear on exactly what a prophet is and what he does.

Prophets prophesy, which means that:

• They make inspired declarations of what is to come (speaking those things which appear not as though they do appear), in accordance with His written Word, and


• They reveal the will of God according to direct divine revelation (as a gift). (1 Cor. 12:10 and Romans 4:17, because He said that we would do greater things than what He did while on the earth.

You see, the ten commandments were inscribed by the finger of God on stone tablets. However, the majority of the populace were illiterate and could not have read the Scriptures, had they even been available to the masses.

And that's where the prophets came in and voiced the commandments, as our Lord spoke to the people through them, as they were moved by the Divine Inspiration.

So not only were the original ten commandments fulfilled by the keeping of those two commandments of the New Testament, but so were the words of God as spoken by the prophets of old.

Now, if anyone has any comment or would like to expound further on this issue, let us hear from you.

This month, instead of one longer lesson, we will have two short ones. Be sure to read the next Back to The Basics lesson on Forgiveness!