Major in the Majors

In preparing for the theme of not majoring in the minors - also known as being loud where God is loud, and being silent where God is silent - we must first define what God expects of us. This is actually very easy, and does not involve hundreds of laws. Just three categories:

Greatest Commandment
1. Love God.
2. Love others as yourself.
(Matthew 22: 36 - 40 - Leviticus 19:18 - Deuteronomy 6:5)

Ten Commandments
1. Have no other gods before God.
2. Do not make any graven images.
3. Do not take the Lord's name in vain (blasphemy).
4. Remember the Sabbath Day.
5. Honor your parents.
6. Do not murder.
7. Do not commit adultery.
8. Do not steal.
9. Do not give false testimony.
10. Do not covet.
(Exodus 20:1-17 - Deuteronomy 5:4-21)

Noahide Laws
1. Acknowledge there is only one God and believe in Him. / Prohibition on idolatry.
2. Prohibition of blasphemy.
3. Prohibition of murder.
4. Prohibition of theft.
5. Prohibition of sexual immorality (adultery, incest, rape, bestiality, and pederasty)
6. Prohibition of inhumane acts to animals.
7. Prescription to establish courts of law.

Since, among these rules, there is much overlap and no contradiction, for the purpose of this series on majoring on the majors, we will assume The Greatest Commandment as the guiding principle, the Decalogue as the rules, and add the one Noahide prohibition of inhumane acts towards animals as those against which we gauge the topics.

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