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THE FIRST AND SECOND GREAT COMMANDMENTS

THE GATEWAY TO FULFILLMENT OF THE PROMISES OF JESUS CHRIST

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Section	Page
Introduction	5
The Promises of Jesus the Christ: Insanity, Fantasy, Irrelevant or True?	9
Keep the Commandments: But What Are They?	15
A Light Burden	18
The Strait Gate and the Narrow Way	21
All Or Nothing: The Meaning of “All”	26
The Greatest of ALL, is the Servant of ALL	29
The Widow’s Mite: A Key to Living the First and Great Commandment	33
Sell Whatsoever Thou Hast: Is There a Return on the Investment?	36
Giving Our All by Knowing Our Nothingness	41
Opposition in All Things	45
And Have not Charity, I Am Nothing	46
The Good Sower and Beloved Bridegroom	52
Loving the Lord Thy God With All Thy Heart	53
Loving the Lord Thy God with All Thy Broken Heart	57
Choosing to be Humble	60
Loving The Beloved Bridegroom	62
Loving with All of Our Hearts through Intimacy with the Savior	63
Taking Upon Us the Name of Thy Son:  The Incredible Power and Blessing from  the Name of Jesus Christ	68
Loving the Lord Our God to the Marrow of Our Bones	72
To Believe or Not to Believe:  How Can I Believe in a Loving Lord in the Context of a Cruel World?	78
That They Might Not Suffer: A Major Paradigm Shift	85
Dropping Out of The School of Hard Knocks	95
Enrolling in the School of Light Burdens: Learning of Him and Empathetically Suffering	101
Loving our Enemies and Making Them Our Footstools	104
To Act For Themselves, and Not To Be Acted Upon	115
Have Ye Any That Are Sick Among You?:  The Master Physician	124
After Much Tribulation Cometh the Blessing:  Doing Our Time	131
With All Thy Might and with All Thy Strength	135
With All Thy Soul	139
Be Ye Wise As Serpents And Harmless As Doves	144
Love Thy Neighbor as Thyself	151
POST SCRIPT	159
“I never said it would be easy, I only said it would be worth it.” Did Jesus Really Say That?	179