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Ten Commandments
means through which
God frees his people from the slavery of Egypt
God establishes with His people a Covenant (Iwill be your God and you will be my people.
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The Covenamnt
Exo_6:7 I will make you my own people, and I will be
your God. You will know that I am the LORD your God
when I set you free from slavery in Egypt.
Lev_26:12 I will be with you; I will be your God, and you
will be my people.
Deu_4:40 Obey all his laws that I have given you today,
and all will go well with you and your descendants. You
will continue to live in the land that the LORD your God is
giving you to be yours forever."
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Ten Commandments
for the Israelites
They indicate conditions of life that are
already free from sin
They express a true journey towards God
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Ten Commandmentsfor Jesus
Luk 10:25-27 A teacher of the Law came up and tried to trap
Jesus. "Teacher," he asked, "what must I do to receive eternal
life?" Jesus answered him, "What do the Scriptures say? How
do you interpret them?"The man answered, " 'Love the Lord your God with all your
heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all
your mind'; and 'Love your neighbor as you love yourself.' "
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The Dialogue of Jesus with the rich young man
Teacher, what good must I do topossess everlasting life?(Mt 19:16)
a question about the full meaning of life the aspiration at the heart of every human decision and action
the quiet searching and interior prompting which sets freedomin motion
the echo of a call from God who is the origin and goal of manslife
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Commandments? What are they?
help us orient our lives towards the good
help us concretize our choice ofGod
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Ten Commandments
like a fan, an open fan that unveilsinfinite possibilities
to love
to live the Ideal
to contribute to That all may be one
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Chiara
Gods law for a newworld
We have the laws of God, the worldsgreatest Legislator. God gave precisecommands to men and women so that
the old world could become a newworld. If we want to serve humanity, wemust rediscover these laws, which havebeen buried.
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2Co_3:6 it is he who made us capable of serving the new
covenant, which consists not of a written law but of the
Spirit. The written law brings death, but the Spirit gives
life.
1Jn 2:3 If we obey God's commands, then we are sure that
we know him. If we say that we know him, but do not
obey his commands, we are liars and there is no truth in us.
But if we obey his word, we are the ones whose love for
God has really been made perfect. This is how we can be
sure that we are in union with God:
if we say that we remain in union with God, we should live
just as Jesus Christ did.
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Ten Commandments
are not DONOTs
they are positive
expressions of love
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DO NOTs
the limits that God placed, the boundary
but between one limit andanother there is much space
God wants us to remain free,
not to fall into slavery
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RESPONSE
I want to follow God
I want to respect the Commandments
not simply because they are laws
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Lawfulness to be coherent
to our choice
the choice of God
to do His will love and love one another
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