God had commanded Adam and Eve, if they ate from the tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, they will die. Did anyone die? Is God a liar? Actually there was a death, the spiritual death of humanity. Spirit means everything connected with God. And human-God connection died. There was a disconnect. But God did promise to put everything back in order (Gen 3:15).

Moses enjoins us to keep the commandments, but are we to keep the literal, or spiritual sense of the commandments? What is the spiritual sense that we are to observe? The answer is simple, we are to have a relationship with God. That makes us automatically live the commandments. Jesus is the Tree of life, and we can approach Him and engage Him in are day to day life.

The Commandments are two words written on two tablets. The first asks us to connect to God and live with Him. The Second asks us to maintain relationships with those around us, helping them see God through you. And this is what Jesus is alluding to when He says twisting and changing the meaning of God’s commandments, does not know God, and leads others astray.

In this context, read 1 John 4.