Matthew 22:34-40 ¶ But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together. Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying, Master, which is the great commandment in the law? 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.
We will put aside the tolling of the Commandments, right after we flesh these words of Jesus Christ out with this week’s intriguing events telling the tale.
This week over 14K pounds of cocaine ($168M worth) was seized by U.S. Coast Guard: Over 14K pounds of cocaine worth more than $186M seized by U.S. Coast Guard (msn.com) anyone who has any part of the purveying of this dangerous drug is in violation of both those Commandments!
Updates on Ukraine war with Russia: Russia can’t really fight Ukraine at night because Moscow’s military is so broke and degraded it can’t afford night-vision gear for its troops, war expert says (msn.com) murdering your kin and neighbors is the opposite of loving your neighbor and by violating that, you are also hating God!
Romans 13:8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
It is “Pride Month” and these perverts are “coming out” in droves: Stars who identify as members of the LGBTQIA+ community (msn.com) Abomination means Extreme Hate. You cannot live a life of extreme hate and keep these two Commandments. It’s not doable!
GodSmack!
Remember that Ex-Marine who is on video(s) using a chokehold to kill a homeless man who was being obnoxious in a subway in New York (pretty much his job description)? He is FINALLY being prosecuted because even New York knows that behavior violates these two Commandments: Ex-Marine charged over chokehold killing of homeless man on New York subway indicted (msn.com)
79 drowned persons + the “hundreds missing” in a migrant shipwreck off Greece are the victims of this world ignoring these two Commands! At least 79 drown, hundreds missing in migrant shipwreck off Greece | Reuters
The couple who are accused of selling body parts that they stole from the morgue (if actually guilty) are definitely guilty of violating them: NH couple allegedy sold body parts stolen from Harvard morgue (wmur.com) quit making merchandise of your neighbors’ death & dismembering!
James 2:8 If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well: