If you would enter life, keep the commandments. Matthew 19:17

I have been asked to give a summary of the next session of the Evangelium and it just happens to be the ten commandments.

What the Evangelium says is that Natural law is a code or ethic for living a good, moral life which is valid for all peoples in all societies. For example, murder, theft, adultery, dishonouring any other person, deceit are recognized as not being good for the human spirit or nature.

Civil laws apply the principles of natural law to determine what is good for each society. Good legislation is required by people living in that society to obey the rules and regulations in order to uphold the law.

Sometimes there is a violation of natural law within a society. An example of this is the racial laws of Nazi Germany or the killing of the unborn child.

The Evangelium says that God revealed the ten commandments because Original sin made it hard for human beings to discern good from evil.

Jesus confirmed the necessity of the ten commandments when,
"someone came to him and said, "Teacher, what good deed must I do to have eternal life?"

And he said to him...

"If you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments."......Mt 19:16-17

There will be more on what the Evangelium says on the modern interpretation of the Ten commandments later...in my next blog