Wait! Are there 10 or 11 commandments? It is interesting to note that the below recording was on April 24th, 2016 which was nearly a week before my world was rocked with turmoil. This proves to me that we all need to stay on our guard at all times. Now, back to my question above. In John 13, a commandment of love is given to the reader. When I was in my early stages of ministry, I had an older gentlemen ask me that very question. He was a new creation and was reading everything in the bible when he came across this passage. I must admit, I had to stop, pray and think long and hard for the answer. The reader of this may reject my answer but I finally replied to him by saying, no. Love is the glue that combines all of the 10 commandments into one. You can not keep these commandments without love. If a person has anger or hatred in their hearts, it takes very little to set them among the pigeons so to speak. People shoot each other for the simplest altercations when anger overcomes love. People attack others verbally over the simplest materialistic things when anger overcomes love. When Peter was trying to get Jesus to stay out of Jerusalem over fear of persecution, Jesus told him to get behind me Satin. Peter was living by fear not by faith. Fear, anger, hatred, false perceptions all become weapons that prevent us from being an instrument of love. If we remember to equip ourselves with love when the flaming arrows come at us, we will then be identified as one of His.
Listen to my brief message below and read more in-depth on how and why the 10 commandments were given to a people full of everything but love. Some of us are still in slavery today so I pray we all reach the promised land.
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