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[Arandur]

It's not exactly exhaustive (hint: no list is), but I find Preach My Gospel Chapter 3, Lesson 4 to be a good baseline. It includes the 10 Commandments, and is likely the closest official thing to what you're looking for. Lesson 5 has some additional ones, though they're not laid out quite as explicitly. Similarly, the covenants members make at baptism, in sacrament meeting, and in the temple contain some obligations on our part, though it takes a bit of digging and a lot of prayer to really grasp most of them. I think that's as far as I can go in giving you what you're asking for.

Beyond that, all kinds of extensive lists could be generated. Home/visiting teaching, family history, sharing the gospel, family home evening, etc. could all be included. Not to mention the various sins of commission that we are commanded to avoid beyond just the 10 Commandments. And then there are various specific commandments and principles found in scripture, such as the Savior's commandment to the Nephites to search [the words of Isaiah] diligently, to name just one example. And on and on it goes. I doubt I could possibly cover everything. Even if I could, the details of how to take advantage of the many opportunities God gives us to do good in this gospel are largely left to the individual to work out. So there's no clear answer to your request that's also complete.

That being said, I don't think we're just stuck. The key is seeking and following divine direction in what to prioritize and how to do so, being willing to be agents who act without needing to be commanded in all things, and letting ourselves and our lives be transformed line upon line. In short, faith in Jesus Christ, repentance, and obedience to the Spirit. So there is an answer, and it's the one the Savior gave in Matthew 22:

35 Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,

36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law?

37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

38 This is the first and great commandment.

39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

And another scripture:

"For behold, again I say unto you that if ye will enter in by the way, and receive the Holy Ghost, it will show unto you all things what ye should do." -2 Nephi 32:5

If we obey the first two great commandments as well as the promptings of the Holy Ghost, the remaining commandments will be covered - if not by us, then by the Savior.

[gardener4life]

Well...these are good. thanks for all the contributors. that's wonderful. I'm glad you also mentioned the first two great commandments; love God and love your neighbor.

I have concerns about this though.

I see all across the Wasatch front and virtually everywhere people will push someone else out of a job, take their job, or part of their paycheck, even try to steal someone else's wife, and house. Dig a pit for your neighbor. It's no secret but nobody talks about it. It happens to good people. I can't think that will be OK for very long. If you love your neighbor you wouldn't be quick to lay people off, take their jobs for no reason, let others live in poverty so you can have the house on the hill with a nice new beamer. I think we can do better; I've seen several employers do this to people. And even if we go to church every week, if we're doing those things like taking away someone's livelihood...someone will say its OK because we haven't murdered them. But you can't find jobs on every street corner. So economic murder isn't the same as physical murder, but its more suffering in some ways.

[Matchmaker]

For reference so I can follow them can someone list the 10 commandments plus the commandments Jesus taught in the scriptures. The church always says follow and keep the commandments but I don't know the ones were supposed to be following today. Can someone who's nice list all the commandments LDS are supposed to be following? Thanks!

This same question has been weighing heavily on my mind lately and for the same reason you gave. We're told all the time the importance of keeping the commandments, and since there are a hundred of them, at least, in the scriptures and in the words of modern day Prophets and Apostles, we need to figure out which ones are the most important, and make sure we keep those. I agree with the poster who mentioned the two great commandments as being the most important and all-encompassing. Most important in this life is charity toward self and others, and a deep love for and relationship with Heavenly Father and our Savior, Jesus Christ.

To simplify:

If anyone asks for your help, and you have the time and resources available to help, do it, and do it without murmuring or complaining. Be generous and kind toward self and others.

Make time everyday for prayer and scripture study. If you have time for TV or surfing the net, you have time for worship and meditation.

Pay an honest tithe, keep the Sabbath Day holy, keep the law of chastity and the word of wisdom, attend the temple when you can,
develop a personal caring relationship with those you visit or home teach, spend time with family one night per week, become as self-reliant and as debt-free as possible, store extra food and supplies, avoid pornography, whether in movies, books, or online materials, think positive thoughts and stay hopeful about the future, and say you are sorry, repent as soon as you do something wrong, and have faith that the Lord will always be with you.

[lundbaek]

"The LDS Freedom Forum exists to provide an online home for individuals to associate and discuss Liberty in light of the restored Gospel of Jesus Christ - this includes a myriad of topics related to the Gospel of Liberty (as some prophets have described the Gospel of Jesus Christ) and more." There are commandments given us in the Book of Mormon, the Doctrine and Covenants, and by latter-day prophets that are clearly intended to safeguard our liberty.

[Irrelevant]

Matthew 22:

37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

38 This is the first and great commandment.

39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

+1

I can't say it better than the Savior.

To illustrate using the ten commandments:
In the first four we are commanded to (1) have no other gods before Him, (2) not make idols, (3) not take the name of the LORD our God in vain, (4) remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. These fall under the first great commandment.

In the remaining six we are commanded to (5) Honor father and mother, (6) not murder, (7) not commit adultery, (8) not steal, (9) not bear false witness, (10) not covet- all dealing with loving our neighbor.

[Arandur]

Well...these are good. thanks for all the contributors. that's wonderful. I'm glad you also mentioned the first two great commandments; love God and love your neighbor.

I have concerns about this though.

I see all across the Wasatch front and virtually everywhere people will push someone else out of a job, take their job, or part of their paycheck, even try to steal someone else's wife, and house. Dig a pit for your neighbor. It's no secret but nobody talks about it. It happens to good people. I can't think that will be OK for very long. If you love your neighbor you wouldn't be quick to lay people off, take their jobs for no reason, let others live in poverty so you can have the house on the hill with a nice new beamer. I think we can do better; I've seen several employers do this to people. And even if we go to church every week, if we're doing those things like taking away someone's livelihood...someone will say its OK because we haven't murdered them. But you can't find jobs on every street corner. So economic murder isn't the same as physical murder, but its more suffering in some ways.

Indeed. I'm glad you brought this up. It's easy to hear things like "don't treat it like a checklist", "the great commandment is to love God", or "just follow the Spirit" and take that as a pass to yield to the enticings of the natural man, provided that it doesn't lead to breaking the "baseline commandments" (or, of course, the ever-sacred commandments of culture). Eat, drink, and be merry, as long as you can still answer "yes" to the temple recommend questions. :ymparty:

To be fair, that in itself is no easy task. Getting to the temple worthily is indeed an admirable accomplishment. But too many treat this as a stopping point, even though the temple clearly stands as an invitation to continue progressing. Far better to be progressing with an eye of faith toward the temple and repenting in the process than to be a regular attendee who has plateaued spiritually and closed their eye of faith, and who may be guilty and unrepentant of sins like those you have listed. For those who sin but who are willing to repent, of course, Christ is always ready to forgive. Judgment is not ours to make. But we all ought to be quick to hear the words of the Spirit; to see our own sins and shortcomings that may not be specifically enumerated in a doctrinal commandment.

Mosiah 4 is enlightening:

29 And finally, I cannot tell you all the things whereby ye may commit sin; for there are divers ways and means, even so many that I cannot number them.

30 But this much I can tell you, that if ye do not watch yourselves, and your thoughts, and your words, and your deeds, and observe the commandments of God, and continue in the faith of what ye have heard concerning the coming of our Lord, even unto the end of your lives, ye must perish. And now, O man, remember, and perish not.

[marc]

5 Actionable and Specific Commandments of Jesus Christ

[lundbaek]

Christopher S. Bentley, in his book A GLORIOUS STANDARD FOR ALL MANKIND, suggested that our attitudes toward God’s commandments is that we can just pick and choose which ones we want to keep like they were some kind of smorgasbord of divine rules.

Given that "The LDS Freedom Forum exists to provide an online home for individuals to associate and discuss Liberty in light of the restored Gospel of Jesus Christ", I am dismayed that on this forum there is so little discussion about those commandments given us in the Book of Mormon, the Doctrine and Covenants, and by latter-day prophets that are clearly intended to safeguard our liberty.