What is the greatest commandment of all time? How is this applied to your life as a believer?
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What is the greatest commandment of all time? How is this applied to your life as a believer?
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Explanation:
—Gospel of Matthew
"Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?" He said to him, "'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. ' This is the greatest and first commandment.
—Applying the practice and principles of having family prayer, studying the scriptures, attending Church, keeping the Sabbath day holy, paying tithing, attending the temple and fulfilling callings are all an extension of love and commitment to our Heavenly Father and keeping our covenants with Him.
Answer:
In the Ten Commandments, I believe that the first is the greatest. It tells us that the only God that we should believe is Him. This first commandment doesn't belittle the other commandments, and we should treat them fairly. It doesn't mean that if this is the greatest commandment, we should ignore all else.
Being faithful and having the strength and will to help people is a great example. Nowadays, some people believe in the supremacy of others (idols), and this defies the first and the greatest commandment.