Basic Principle

Summary of Great Commandments:
      with none (zero) of our merits or efforts,
     we accept only one Savior, our Lord Jesus Christ,
     as expressed in two sacraments that He Himself commanded,
     and manifested in three Discipleship practices as He declared,
     to build three mindsets of seeds of Holiness,
     which is based on four Absoluteness of His Work,
     that gradually will yield four spiritual Fruits,
     that have four specific Properties,
     in order to fulfill our call to bring shalom in this depraved world with five Objectives

0	Merits	We are totally depraved men	Total Depravity since the Fall, constant tendency to live in sinful ways as driven by: Shame: perception of lower status Fear: perception of losing status Desire for status: irresistible need of higher status
1	Savior	Jesus Christ Son of God	Completed Christ’s Work: justification, atonement, redemption The Cross = Death = Justification for our sins The Tomb = Resurrection = Atonement for our punishment The Cloud = Ascension = Redemption for our new status
2	Sacraments	Baptism	The visible signs of our acceptance to Christ's Work Redemption = the cloud that symbolizes His throne as seen after raising from baptism Justification = the bread that symbolizes His flesh Atonement = the wine that symbolizes His blood
		Holy Communion
3	Disciplines	Call for Discipleship Deny yourself Carry your cross Follow Christ	Christ's call for us to accept His Work at all times Total depravities: not seeking status as good men as we have shame, fear, desire for status All of life is repentance: replacing our depravities with Christ's Work Sanctification: bringing shalom as driven by Christ's Work only, without desire for status
	Mindsets	Seeds of Holiness Faith Hope Love	Mindsets that we shall plant to genuinely grow holiness in Christ Acceptance of Christ's acceptance for our past life, no need for seeking status on earth Acceptance of Christ's assurance for our future life, the eternal status in heaven Acceptance of Christ's appointment for our current life, the highest status as His children
4	Absoluteness of Christ’s Work	Characteristics of Christ’s Work Absolute Fullness Absolute Simplicity Absolute Exclusivity Absolute Impact	Our reliance to Christ's Work is based on four characteristics of its absoluteness Nothing else required from us, if it's not, then His work is not complete as it needs addition Nothing else easier for us, if it's not, then He didn't have to die Nothing else works to us, if it's not, then men is smarter than God as their ways are cheaper It will work and yield the fruits in us, sooner or later
	Intentive Fruits	Genuine Love Authentic Humility Beyond Obedience Compassionate Joy Denied Forgiveness	One-way love from God to us by Christ's Work, then to others, regardless of response Absence of desire for status, humility based on Christ's Work, not our own Graceful obedience based on Christ's Work, not our own desire to be good Christians Fruit of the Spirit, joy from Christ's greatest grace, not of achievements or anything else Genuine forgiveness by His Work only, not our own, as Christ did for His enemies on the Cross
	Properties of the Fruits	Properties of the Fruits Only because of Christ None outside Christ Not seeking any approval Acceptance of rejection	Those Fruits have four properties that shall shape our mindsets and behaviors It can only come from those who accept Christ's Work, not our own efforts Understanding that sinners can only live in the opposite of these fruits, no need to judge them No need to seek any approval from ourselves or someone else, because it is of Christ's Work Accepting the fact that depraved world may reject these fruits, because it is of Christ's Work
5	Objectives	Bringing Shalom in this depraved world Love God Love others as ourselves Share the Gospel through Church Nurture the nature Expansion of shalom for all	Manifestation of the Fruits to optimize our exploration as driven only by Christ's Work Great Commandment #1: Worship, prayer, Bible reading, doctrines, apologetics, etc Great Commandment #2: Learning, caring, serving, optimizing, etc Great Commission: Share the life, share the Word, share the resources, etc Genesis Command: Explore, observe, maintain, expand, etc Cultural Mandate for the glory of God: Economy, science, social, culture, politics, etc

Definition

Jesus replied, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”

Matthew 22:37-40

Living in Great Commandment is a life of:

1. optimizing our exploration abilities toward God, others, self, and nature that God created and maintains, in order to bring shalom in this depraved world,

2. by having a mindset of all-of-life-is-repentance to uproot the seeds of sins (shame, fear, desire for status) from our mind, 

3. and by the power of the Holy Spirit, planting the seeds of holiness (faith, hope, and love) into our mind, as our total acceptance to Christ's Work for us,

4. in order to yield genuine fruit of Love, without being driven by desire for any worldly status, regardless how valuable they are in the eyes of the world,

5. but only by God’s grace in Christ that has given us justification, salvation and redemption, to become His children, the highest status, without our merit or effort at all.