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THE GOOD "AGATHOS" LAW

ONLY 1 is GOOD "AGATHOS"

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Matthew 22

36 "Teacher, which is 

the great commandment in THE LAW?"

37 And He said to him, 

“You shall LOVE The Lord your God

with all your heart and

with all your soul and

with all your mind.

38 This is the GREAT and FIRST commandment.

39 And a SECOND is like it: 

You shall LOVE your neighbor as yourself.

40 On these two commandments hang 

ALL THE LAW AND PROPHETS.

 

Q: 

Why does The Messiah sum 

ALL Commandments into 

2 Commandments in 

Matthew 22:36-40?

 

A: 

The Messiah was simply quoting “LOVE” from His own Torah:

 

The First Commandment:

 

Deuteronomy 6

5 You shall LOVE YeHoVaH your God

with all your heart and

with all your soul and

with all your might.

 

The Second Commandment:

 

Leviticus 19

18 You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR as yourself: I am YeHoVaH

 

Key Question:

Then which Law is 

the “LOVE” that The Messiah taught 

by quoting from His Torah in 

Matthew 22:36-40, 

Deuteronomy 6:5, and 

Leviticus 19:18?

 

A:

Matthew 19

16 And behold,

a man came up to Him, saying,

"Teacher, what  

—>GOOD [ἀγαθός, AGATHOS] 

must I DO to have Eternal Life?"

17 And He said to him, 

“Why do you ask me about what is 

—>GOOD [ἀγαθός, AGATHOS]? 

—>ONLY ONE is 

—>GOOD [ἀγαθός, AGATHOS]. 

Therefore, 

IF you desire to enter LIFE, 

KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS."

18 He said to Him, 

—>”WHICH ONES?" 

And Yeshua said, 

“YOU SHALL NOT MURDER, 

YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY, 

YOU SHALL NOT STEAL, 

YOU SHALL NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS,

19 HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER, 

and so You shall 

LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR as yourself."

 

A: 

The 10 Commandments are

The Law of LOVE in

Matthew 19:16-19.

 

KEYNOTE: 

“GOOD” in 

Matthew 19:17 refers to 

“ἀγαθός, Agathos” in Greek— 

AND THERE IS ONLY 

ONE, or “εἷς”, that is 

“GOOD”, or “ἀγαθός”, 

according to The Messiah in 

Matthew 19:17.

 

agathos: good

Original Greek: ἀγαθός, ή, όν

Part of Speech: Adjective

Definition: good

Usage: intrinsically good, good in nature.

 

heis: one

Original Greek: εἷς, μία, ἕν

Part of Speech: Adjective

Definition: one

Usage: one.

 

NOTE: 

After the man asked The Messiah 

WHICH Commandments to keep in 

Matthew 19:18,

The Messiah answered by listing from 

THE ONE GOOD LAW, 

The 10 Commandments.

 

NOTE: 

After asking The Messiah what

GOOD “AGATHOS” he must 

DO to have Eternal Life, 

The Messiah reminds Him that 

Only ONE is GOOD “AGATHOS”, 

and then commands Him to keep 

The 10 Commandments.

 

NOTE: 

The Messiah shows that 

The 10 Commandments 

sum together in order to 

LOVE God and 

LOVE our Neighbor.

 

Paul understands this summation:

 

Romans 13

8 Owe no one anything, except to 

LOVE each other, 

for the one who 

LOVES another has 

FULFILLED THE LAW.

9 For THE COMMANDMENTS, 

"You shall not commit adultery, 

You shall not murder, 

You shall not steal, 

You shall not covet," 

AND ANY OTHER COMMANDMENT, are 

SUMMED up in this word: 

"You shall LOVE your neighbor as yourself."

10 LOVE does no wrong to a neighbor; 

therefore 

LOVE IS

THE FULFILLING OF THE LAW. 

 

NOTE: 

GOOD Love is...

 

The SUMMATION of God’s Law 

(10 Commandments), 

NOT THE SUBSTITUTION. 

 

The PRODUCT of 

The 10 Commandments, 

NOT the PROXY. 

 

The CULMINATION of 

The 10 Commandments, 

NOT the CANCELLATION.

 

The AMBITION of 

The 10 Commandments,

NOT the ABOLITION.

 

The INSTRUCTION of 

The 10 Commandments, 

NOT the DESTRUCTION.

 

DOING The 10 Commandments,

NOT DISMISSING them.

 

The FULFILLING of 

The 10 Commandments,

NOT FORBIDDING them.

 

Paul continues

Upholding and Establishing 

The 10 Commandments:

 

Romans 7

12 So indeed THE LAW IS HOLY, 

AND THE COMMANDMENT IS

HOLY AND RIGHTEOUS AND

GOOD [ἀγαθός, AGATHOS].

 

KEYNOTE: 

Paul testifies in 

Romans 7:12 with The Messiah in 

Matthew 19:17 that not only is 

The Law Holy and Righteous, but also

GOOD “ἀγαθός, AGATHOS”!!!

 

Romans 7

13 Did that which is 

GOOD [ἀγαθός, AGATHOS] then, 

BECOME DEATH TO ME? 

BY NO MEANS! 

BUT RATHER

THE SIN IS WORKING DEATH, 

in order to shed light on SIN 

by reason of that which is 

GOOD [ἀγαθός, AGATHOS] to me, 

so that the SIN might become 

SINFUL beyond measure 

by reason of the commandment.

 

Romans 6

23 For the wages of SIN IS DEATH, 

BUT THE FREE GIFT OF GOD 

IS ETERNAL LIFE 

in The Messiah Yeshua our Lord.

 

NOTE:

We did not pay for 

The 10 Commandments,

The Messiah freely gave them to us.

 

We did not pay for The Bread of Life,

The Messiah freely gave it to us.

 

We did not pay for The Living Water,

The Messiah freely gave it to us.

 

We still must eat The Bread 

to receive The Life it gives us.

 

We still must drink The Water,

to receive The Life it gives us.

 

We still must do The 10 Commandments,

to receive The Eternal Life it gives us.

 

For God Himself IS

THE GOOD [ἀγαθός, AGATHOS] LAW

THE 10 COMMANDMENTS HIMSELF.

 

Q: 

Are we able to keep 

The GOOD [AGATHOS] LAW of 

The 10 Commandments?

 

A:

2 Corinthians 9

8 And God is able to make 

ALL GRACE abound to you, 

—>SO THAT

HAVING ALL SUFFICIENCY 

IN ALL THINGS 

AT ALL TIMES, 

YOU MAY ABOUND IN EVERY 

GOOD [ἀγαθός, AGATHOS] WORK.

9 As it is written, 

“He has distributed FREELY, 

He has given to the poor; 

His righteousness endures forever." 

10 He who supplies SEED to The Sower 

and BREAD for food 

will supply and multiply your 

seed for sowing and increase 

the harvest of your righteousness. 

 

Let us abound in 

The GOOD [AGATHOS] LAW of 

The 10 Commandments, for this is 

Eternal Life Himself.

 

Shalom (Peace)