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Central Claim: The essence of Christian commandments reduces to two foundational directives: belief in Jesus Christ and loving one another as He loved. Despite the New Testament containing over 1,000 commandments, Jesus and the Apostle John distill the requirement to these core principles.
Biblical Basis: McCraney grounds this in John 6:28-29 (where Jesus defines God's work as believing in the Son), John 13:34 (the new commandment to love), and 1 John 3:23 (which summarizes all commandments as belief and mutual love).
Yeshuan Perspective: This exemplifies subjective, faith-centered Christianity over legalism. Rather than external rule-keeping or denominational impositions, McCraney emphasizes direct faith relationship with Jesus. The argument rejects intermediaries attempting to impose additional commandments and condemnation, positioning belief and love as the sole sufficient framework for Christian obedience—aligning with Yeshuan theology's emphasis on internal trust in Christ over institutional religious performance.
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Understanding Commandments in Christianity
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CHRISTIANARCHYTODAY Show 15
February 4th 2018
“If you think you understand Christianity you are probably wrong
Our by-line?
“If you think you understand Christianity you are probably wrong
Tonight’s show is short simple and exact. Ready?
Commandments in the New Testament
The New Testament contains over a thousand commandments. But let me ask you a question? What are the commandments of a Christian?
I want to make this really simple. In Joh 6:28 a group came to Jesus and collectively asked:
“What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?”
And Jesus replied:
You must obey all 1050 commandments found in the New Testament. (beat) NO?
No. This is what Jesus said:
29 “This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.”
Isn’t that radical? Believe on Jesus. Have faith in Jesus.
Those words were given by Jesus to the Jews. Later, Jesus was talking to his apostles and he said this:
John 13:34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
So from the Father we are told that to do His Works is to believe on His Son. And from the Son we are given a new commandment – to love.
Summary of Commandments
Finally, in the 1st epistle of John, all the commandments are summarized for us by the Apostle Jesus loved, as he writes:
READY The Apostle writes:
1st John 3:23 And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
Have you ever had anyone try to give you more commandments than what Jesus and His Apostle John has given here?
More than to believe and to love one another?
They’ll try. They’ll try to step in between you and the Lord you love and trust and tell you what you should be doing, how you should be doing it, and how often.
They’ll condemn you for all sorts of things – almost everything under the sun, you will be convicted. But what does scripture say the commandments are?
BELIEVE ON JESUS AND LOVE AS HE LOVED.
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Quietly . . . . out.