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What is a commandment?

What is a commandment? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (archaic) Something that must be obeyed; a command or edict.
  2. (obsolete) The act of commanding; exercise of authority.
  3. (law) The offence of commanding or inducing another to violate the law.
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My mind sped from the first commandment to Paul's advice about eating food offered to idols.
Now he doesn't tell people that these images are gods, per se, but he clearly violates the commandment against graven images.
The second commandment also relates to the problem of idolatry and warns us against worship of the true God in a false way.
Where the commandment does fall down is its lack of relevance to tenement life.
We have not retained the commandment against making graven images because it is no longer relevant.
They are so structured that acceptance of the relationship created by the first commandment entails obedience to all the rest.

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