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CHAPTER I
God
gave humanity Ten Fundamental Commandments which are easy to
read,
understand and apply. He gave no exceptions to them because there are
none.
The
Ten Commandments as listed in Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 5 are:
+
Thou shalt not have strange gods
before me.
+ Thou shalt not make to thyself a
graven thing, nor the likeness of
any thing. Thou shalt not adore them, nor serve them.
+ Thou shalt not take the name of the
Lord thy God in vain.
+ Remember that thou keep holy the
sabbath day.
+ Honour thy father and thy mother.
+ Thou shalt not kill.
+ Thou shalt not commit adultery.
+ Thou shalt not steal.
+ Thou shalt not bear false witness
against thy neighbour.
+ Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour'
s house: neither shalt thou
desire his wife, nor his servant, nor his handmaid, nor his ox,
or his
ass, nor any thing that is his.
Jesus confirmed those Fundamental Divine Laws:
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. [Matthew
5:17]
Jesus simplified the Ten Commandments further:
'Love
the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with
all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the
second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' All the Law and
the Prophets hang on these two commandments. [Matthew
22:37-40]
That is, on those two commandments the initial Ten Commandments are
synthesized without any of them losing validity.
CHAPTER II
Jesus clearly told us that the violation of Divine Law had
negative consequences.
As
you are going with your adversary to the magistrate, try hard to be
reconciled on the way, or your adversary may drag you off to the
judge,
and the judge turn you over to the officer, and the officer throw you
into prison. I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the
last penny.” [Luke 12:58-59]
He also taught us that the suffering of those consequences may be
mitigated by appealing to Divine Mercy: Try hard to be reconciled on the way.
Jesus gave us the parable of the Lost Sheep and Lost Son [Luke
15] confirming the reality that there is Mercy for those who
break Divine Law and come back to God with a humble and contrite
heart.
For this Mercy to be applicable the violator must strive
to avoid sin.
"Then
neither do I condemn you," Jesus declared. "Go now and leave your life
of sin." [John 8:11]
CHAPTER III
Jesus clearly told us that if we made the attainment of the Kingdom
of God our first priority, all else that we may need in the physical
world would be
surely secured as the result of our normal efforts in the physical
world.
..seek
his kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well. [Luke
12:31]
CHAPTER IV
Jesus clearly told us
that if we rejected the Holy Spirit (the
Spirit of God) there would be no forgiveness.
...anyone
who speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this
age or in the age to come. [Matthew 12:32]
The reason being is that only God can forgive man, and if man rejects
God, who will then forgive him?
CHAPTER V
Jesus clearly told us to expect the Tribulation, and all that would
follow it, before He comes back.
Take
you heed therefore; behold I have foretold you all things. But in those
days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon
shall not give her light. And the stars of heaven shall be falling
down, and the powers that are in heaven, shall be moved. [Mark
13:23-24]
CHAPTER VI
Jesus gave us the Keys that allows us to benefit from all His Graces
and
to also mitigate the consequences of the Tribulation: Those Keys
are
Faith and belonging to His Family.
Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can
say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move.
Nothing will be impossible for you. [Matthew 17:20]
and
Whoever
does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and
mother. [Matthew 12:50]
With those two Keys:
....whatever
you ask for in prayer, believe that you have
received it, and it will be yours. [Mark 11:24]
CHAPTER VII
The tremendous
importance of prayer is illustrated by His many
examples.
One
of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the
night praying to God. [Luke 6:12]
and
....he
took Peter, John and James with him and went up onto a mountain to pray.
[Luke 9:28]
and
Then
Jesus went with his disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and he said
to them, "Sit here while I go over there and pray." [Matthew
26:36]
The reality that Jesus, the Christ, the Spirit of God in the flesh,
needed to pray, greatly underscores the need of fallen man to pray in
earnest and spend much time alone with God.
CHAPTER
VIII
If we sincerely strive to live as
indicated by CHAPTERS I through VII we will go on to
Eternal Life.
I go
and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with
me that you also may be where I am. [John 14:3]
Published on July 26th, 2016.
In Spanish: La Biblia Condensada
| In Portuguese: Biblia Condensada
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