Keeping Mitzvos
Question
Hi Rabbi Here is my question. As a frum jew i follow gds commandments. My question is why do the mitzvohs? What's in it for me in keeping 613 mitzvohs and the thousands of difficult dirabanons? Why should i?????????? I have a few answeres but i want the correct answer. Answer One: By doing mitzvohs( following gds rules) on this earth while one is alive, then when that person passes away he will be rewarded by being closer to god and experiencing the(Ziv Hashicaneh). If u do a lot of aveiros u wont get close to the shichenah in the next world. Possible answer number 2. Harav avigdor miller ztl explains, we follow gds commandments because we are eternally greatfull for everything he did and does for us. For example, God performed the 10 makkos on the egyptians only, yetzious mitzrayim. kriyas yam suf, and the fact that as a frum yid im bh healthy functioning today etc etc etc. So therefore, Rabbi Miller Says i should follow gds will because i must be humble to gd. I must to whatever god wants because he is what brought me and sustains me to this point in my amazing life at every second of the minute. GOD says do my commandments, so i do them out of humbleness. 3rd possible answer: gd says do what i tell u and you will be rewarded in the next world. Dont do what i say, and you will be punished in the next world. Thats the deal. 4th answer. Do gds commandments cause you are a slave of god. A slave listens to everything the master says.