We have
people ask questions about our community many times that refer to rules and
regulations: “What kind of rules do you have?” or “Do you have a list of
Bylaws?” The answer to these are found very simply put in Matthew 22: 36-40. “Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with
all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first
and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy
neighbour as thyself.
On these two commandments hang all the law and the
prophets.”
When
people make covenants with one another (make binding vows or promises), their
lives can never be the same. We
will save the subject of covenants for another dayJ
The
thing is, that if we get up every day and think of God first and others second,
it leaves very little time to think of ourselves. If we love, like it speaks of
love in I Corinthians 13, then we will have very few problems with one another.
The big one is to “take no offense”, and to “keep no record of wrongs”. We know
that everyone has off days, bad moods, say things they don’t mean, but it’s
hard sometimes not to take offense because we let our egos get in the way. When
problems arise in any relationship it’s always because we think we deserve
better. “They shouldn’t have treated me like that.”, Why? Because I didn’t
deserve it, I deserve better.” Right? I’m not saying to ignore problems. If you have a
problem with someone, you should always go to them and let them know. “Hey, it
really hurt my feelings, when you said…………..” After that, let it go.
Forgiveness is not for someone else, it’s for you. It keeps you from becoming
bitter and miserable.
If
you think through the 10 Commandments, all of them come back to these two. If
we love God and one another, we are not going to want what someone else has,
(coveting), we won’t lie to one another, and so on. I’m not saying, we’ve got it down, and don’t have problems,
but if you can bring everything back to the word of God, that's always the place to start.
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