The two Laws or Commandments that Jesus gave us
1) Love God with all heart, soul, spirit, strength, and mind
2) Love others as self
Matthew 22:37 Jesus said to him, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. 40 On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.
Mark 12:29 Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord. 30 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength. This is the first commandment. 31 The second is this: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these.
As you can see we are to love the Lord God first and foremost. This is the first and great commandment in the New Testament. The second to you is love everyone else as yourself. We are to be full of love for God and everyone including ourselves.
This is NOT a selfish love but a love for ourselves to belive and see what the Lord God our Creator sees. He sees us as perfect in His Son Jesus. The shedded Blood of the Lamb covers us completely that God does not see anything but us in perfection. It is when we sin continuously even after we are saved does the Blood get tainted. We see ourselves as sinners but God sees us as His children blameless.
These two laws or commandments from Jesus according to the gospel of Matthew hangs all the Law and the Prophets. Look at the Ten Commandments. All of them are based on your love for God and for your fellow mankind. Yes these two laws come from the Old Testament.
Deuteronomy 6:4 Hear, O Israel: The Lord is our God. The Lord is one! 5 And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. 6 These words, which I am commanding your today, shall be in your heart. 7 You shall teach them diligently to your children and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.
Leviticus 19:18 You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.
We are to teach these love commandments to our children and to others. We are to talk about them everywhere we go — continuously.
I am the King who lives through you. You no longer exist as you; you only exist as a holy vessel for Me!
This is the Kingdom Reality! This is what it means to truly live! Living within the spiritual realm of the Kingdom of God while still existing in the physical realm.
The Reality is a believer does not belong to himself once he repents; he belongs to the Lord Jesus Christ. He was bought by the price of Jesus’ shed Blood; His sacrifice. Jesus is now the believer’s Lord and King; He rules over his spirit, but the believer must give control of his soul, mind, and body to Jesus on a daily basis.
This is a daily struggle! This is what it meant by denying yourself and take up your cross: Deny your control daily and give it to Jesus. Do what the Lord wants you to do today, what to eat or drink, what to say, how to dress, what to think; He should have complete control of things daily! Not just when you want to give them to Him. You should wake up and ask what He wants you to do today. Then listen and He will tell you! Then DO it!!!!
Let Me show the world who I am through you; This is Kingdom Living! Let Me show My compassion and love for others; My grace and mercy; My joy and happiness; My goodness. I show Myself through you as the Father showed Himself through Me. If you see Me, you have seen the Father. Likewise, if they see you as My disciple then they will see Me.
If I am the Lord then you must ask what I want to do every second of the day! This is Kingdom Living!
Then do what I, the Lord God, wants without question! This is Kingdom Living!