A Time To Break The Commandments

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● Matt 8:21-22 . . Another disciple said to him: Lord, first let me go and
bury my father. But Jesus told him: Follow me, and let the dead bury their
own dead.

The incident tells me that not all commandments are equal. In other words;
the commandment to honor God trumps the commandment to honor one's
parents.

● Deut 6:4-5 . . Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord is one! And
you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul
and with all your might.

● Mark 12:28-30 . . One of the teachers of the law came and heard them
debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him:
Of all the commandments, which is the most important?

. . .The most important one; answered Jesus, is this: Hear, O Israel, the
Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart
and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.

However, unless following Christ is somehow, in some way, the same as
following God, then Jesus was way out of line when he put himself ahead of
that man's covenanted obligation to honor his father.

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● Matt 8:21-22 . . Another disciple said to him: Lord, first let me go and
bury my father. But Jesus told him: Follow me, and let the dead bury their
own dead.

The incident tells me that not all commandments are equal. In other words;
the commandment to honor God trumps the commandment to honor one's
parents.

No... Jesus told him to "follow me" because the disciple is to preach the truth to the unsaved that they might hear the message and repent. "Let the dead bury their own dead" means, there's no point to mourn/do anything to those that are already "dead".

● Deut 6:4-5 . . Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord is one! And
you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul
and with all your might.


● Mark 12:28-30 . . One of the teachers of the law came and heard them
debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him:
Of all the commandments, which is the most important?

. . .The most important one; answered Jesus, is this: Hear, O Israel, the
Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart
and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.
However, unless following Christ is somehow, in some way, the same as
following God, then Jesus was way out of line when he put himself ahead of
that man's covenanted obligation to honor his father.

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And later down the verses, it reads "above these commandments [Love God, love your neighbours] hangs all the laws and the commandments."