Article March 22, 1969 ISSUE

The First Commandment Today

JEANNE COLETTE COLLESTER

"Thou shalt have no other gods before me" Ex. 20:3; states the First Commandment, which God gave to Moses. Christ Jesus put it this way, in line with Moses' words in Deuteronomy (see 6:5): "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength." Mark 12:30;

Mrs. Eddy says of the First Commandment: "This me is Spirit. Therefore the command means this: Thou shalt have no intelligence, no life, no substance, no truth, no love, but that which is spiritual." Science and Health, p. 467;

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