"For the whole Law is fulfilled in one word, in the statement, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."" (Galatians 5:14, see also Romans 13:8, &10)
In particular this summary of the law applies to the second half of the Decalogue, the portion that gives direction treating one's fellowman in the right way.
It is certainly unloving to kill, commit adultery against, steal from, lie to, or look with covetousness on the possessions of one's neighbor.
Over the past few years there have been notable cases where courts have forced various entities to remove copies of the Ten Commandments from public display. The case is made by some that the Law of God is not welcome in the public square. Perhaps in bronze or marble, or on parchment the Law is not welcome, but when others are threatened with harm they welcome the restraint that God's God's Law written on our hearts brings.
Let's display the law in the place, and in the form that it can do the most good. Paul speaks of that which is written on the hearts of the Corinthian believers as being his letters of commendation. (2 Corinthians 3:2-3)
May we live lives of Godly control in a world that is increasingly out of control. Let's let our "light shine before men in such a way that they may see [our] good works, and glorify [our] Father who is in heaven." (Matthew 5:16).
It is certainly unloving to kill, commit adultery against, steal from, lie to, or look with covetousness on the possessions of one's neighbor.
Over the past few years there have been notable cases where courts have forced various entities to remove copies of the Ten Commandments from public display. The case is made by some that the Law of God is not welcome in the public square. Perhaps in bronze or marble, or on parchment the Law is not welcome, but when others are threatened with harm they welcome the restraint that God's God's Law written on our hearts brings.
Let's display the law in the place, and in the form that it can do the most good. Paul speaks of that which is written on the hearts of the Corinthian believers as being his letters of commendation. (2 Corinthians 3:2-3)
May we live lives of Godly control in a world that is increasingly out of control. Let's let our "light shine before men in such a way that they may see [our] good works, and glorify [our] Father who is in heaven." (Matthew 5:16).
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