What did Jesus command?

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Mt. 28:19-20 Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.

What was Jesus referring to, when He said “all that I have commanded you” ? What is the “all”?
 
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Mt. 28:19-20 Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.

What was Jesus referring to, when He said “all that I have commanded you” ? What is the “all”?
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Everything else that he had said to anyone, presumably. I’m a little lost by the question: what he meant seems quite clear. Did you have something particular in mind?
 
Of course, you could say that he was commanding the Church to preach the whole gospel. That’s what I’m asking == is there any other way to take this command?

My confusion is perhaps that when I read the gospel, I don’t have the feeling that Jesus is commanding anything specific, e.g. ten more new commandments. He seems to say a lot of inspirational things, but not much that I take as a list of commands.
 
Did he not command us to love one another as he loved us and also to love our enemies?
 
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Did he not command us to love one another as he loved us and also to love our enemies?
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“‘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).

You could reasonably claim that every other command in the Bible comes under those two. It would make for a very short book, however.
 
Part of Jesus’ command in Matthew does form the scriptural bases for the Church’s Apostolic Tradition. This Tradition preceeded the scriptures and we find it our beliefs and creeds and in through out the Liturgical Life of the Church. A prime example, I believe, is the Dogma of the Trinity. You will not find an explicit “Theology” of the Trinity (let alone the word Trinity) in the NT. Yet, the Church from the very beginning, believed that God is Triune, it proclaimed this through its teachings and in its liturgical life ( ex. Baptism).

Therefore, I think this give you some idea of the meaning of Jesus’ command.
 
The commandments of Jesus are spread all through his teaching. Wherever he declares “verily” or “truly” or when he gave his disciples direct commands that fulfilled the intentions of the Law and the Prophets these are his commands to be taught to others.

His establishing of his Church could be said to be a command, replacing the temple sacrifices with his one true sacrifice to be re-presented through the consecration of the bread and the wine. His establishing of the other 6 sacraments, such as baptism, matrimony, etc. Elevating some of the things done under the Law into true channels of grace brought to us through his sacrifice on the cross instead of the blood of lambs and other sacrificial animals.
 
Christ said that the Father gave Him all power and authority, and that He in turn gave all power and authority to the Apostles. Teaching all Christ commanded references this apostolic mandate of power wherein Peter is first among equals as Prime Minister, holder of the Keys to the Kingdom (See: Shebna & Eliakim in the OT). The bible references specific commands, “You must eat My Body and drink My Blood to have eternal life.” More importantly, the divinely granted power and authority to teach and discipline means we must “hear and obey” Christ in His apostolic Church founded on Peter, the Rock.
 
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