"I have come not to abolish but to fulfill" - Jesus

Jesus said to his disciples “Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill’. I am not an expert of the Bible nor have any degree in theology or even have a certificate of mastering a bible course; I am writing this reflection based on my opinion and my spiritual insights.

I was taught since from the beginning of my earthly awakening that Jesus Christ is the son of God, and God sent forth his son to grant us all the salvation from the unending fires of hell. I am convinced that Jesus Christ is the living messiah and the bearer of deliverance to humanity. My catechist mentor told me that Jesus Christ have done many great things here on earth, like spreading the word of God, healing the sick people, grant forgiveness to the cruel individual and teaches morality and encourage people to have faith to God the Father.

I am fortunate that I was raised in a family whose grandmother is a strict implementer of Christian Doctrine. At the age of six I am mastered to recite and pray the Holy Rosary, I have memorized the prayer before meals and prayer before going to bed. I am blessed to have this kind of life, a life who’s center is God.

We are Christ followers and whatever Christ have started we are obliged to continue the good works he has done. Can you still recite the 10 commandments? Are you aware of these commandments? Do you still religiously obeying the commandments of God?

10 commandments

1.                You shall have no other gods before me.
 

2.               You shall not make for yourself any carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate me, but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.
 

3.               You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.
 

4.               Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your manservant, nor your maidservant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.
 

5.               Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
 

6.               You shall not murder.
 

7.               You shall not commit adultery.
 

8.               You shall not steal.
 

9.               You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
 

10.          You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.”

It is our duty to continue sharing and spreading the commandments of God because these are our passport to heaven. Even God have said that whoever obeys and teaches these commandments will be called greatest in the kingdom of God.