The Ten Commandments
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Yes.
Jesus says in the N.T that we should Love your neighbor like yourself and Love the Lord God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength.
By breaking any of the ten commandments - that I can think of - you would be breaking the two greatest commandments.
You cannot murder, steal or commit adultery without breaking these two commandments.
-Kath
Jesus says in the N.T that we should Love your neighbor like yourself and Love the Lord God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength.
By breaking any of the ten commandments - that I can think of - you would be breaking the two greatest commandments.
You cannot murder, steal or commit adultery without breaking these two commandments.
-Kath
I wonder if(to me anyway) we could rephrase the question to 'Should the Ten Commandments be reflected in the life of a Christian?
Answer obviously yes(incidently I see the fourth as Paul wrote in Rom14:5)
We could also ask
Should the commands of Jesus be reflected in our lives?
Answer obviously yes
But how many of us do not invite friends and family for a meal but rather the beggars from the street, the lame and blind who cannot repay us so we may have a reward in Heaven?
But of course the Christian needs to look to no written law, for the good and Holy laws of God He would have a person keep have been written on his heart and mind by the Spirit, that is the new covenant, meaning that in our hearts we automatically want to live as God would have us live, but the battle is flesh against Spirit
This is the covenant I will make with them at that time declares the Lord
I will put my laws in their hearts and write them on their minds
Then he adds
Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more
Heb 10:16&17
I would say better to look to Jesus and trust him, rather than trying to concentrate on any specific written law/commandment, if we do that we will far better find ourselves living as he would have us live, for the letter kills but the spirit gives life
Answer obviously yes(incidently I see the fourth as Paul wrote in Rom14:5)
We could also ask
Should the commands of Jesus be reflected in our lives?
Answer obviously yes
But how many of us do not invite friends and family for a meal but rather the beggars from the street, the lame and blind who cannot repay us so we may have a reward in Heaven?
But of course the Christian needs to look to no written law, for the good and Holy laws of God He would have a person keep have been written on his heart and mind by the Spirit, that is the new covenant, meaning that in our hearts we automatically want to live as God would have us live, but the battle is flesh against Spirit
This is the covenant I will make with them at that time declares the Lord
I will put my laws in their hearts and write them on their minds
Then he adds
Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more
Heb 10:16&17
I would say better to look to Jesus and trust him, rather than trying to concentrate on any specific written law/commandment, if we do that we will far better find ourselves living as he would have us live, for the letter kills but the spirit gives life
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EZEKIEL36:27 And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statues and be careful to obey my rules.
Holy Spirit counsels us and leads us in the way of God. Ten commandments and all other laws only bring good to us .Obeying them wont be difficult when we have Holy Spirit within us.
Holy Spirit counsels us and leads us in the way of God. Ten commandments and all other laws only bring good to us .Obeying them wont be difficult when we have Holy Spirit within us.
L
Romans 6:16-18
(16) Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
(17) But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.
(18) Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.
If we surrender to Christ we become servants of righteousness.
(16) Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
(17) But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.
(18) Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.
If we surrender to Christ we become servants of righteousness.
I always get in trouble with some of my friends here, because I say that the 10 Commandments are still applicable to the Church today.
I do not see them as part of the Levitical Laws that Grace freed us from being under. And, yes, IF we keep the Two Greatest that Jesus mentioned, we will be keeping all of the Ten. However, there is nothing wrong with being specific about what certain human acts are covered by the Two Greatest.
Jesus gave quite a "detailed" list of things in His Sermon on the Mount we refer to as the "Beatitudes." He COULD HAVE said, "Keep the two greatest Commandments" I have given you......go in peace." But He did not.
There are many other examples of "specific" things/acts/beliefs that are spelled out in detail in Scripture, that ARE covered by our keeping the Two Greatest, yet the Holy Spirit, and the Apostles/Authors of Scripture thought it important to SPELL THEM OUT! So do I, and so does my church, and we teach such gladly.
[yes, I'll be called that dreaded word again............"LEGALIST".........oh well]
God is so very Good.
the wages of sin is death. not the wages of the "law" is death, but the wages of sin is death. the carnal person who lives in the flesh will disobey the commandments > which leads to death. The law, in the same verse, is glorious! But for the rebellious people who would not obey, it is indeed, the ministration of death. Remember when God told Adam, In the day you eat of it, you shall surely die.
Now, for a person who has the indwelling Spirit, they will want to live for God, and obey Him, rather than the flesh:
Because the carnal mind [is] enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. Romans 8:7-8 (KJV)
Now, for a person who has the indwelling Spirit, they will want to live for God, and obey Him, rather than the flesh:
Because the carnal mind [is] enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. Romans 8:7-8 (KJV)
I always get in trouble with some of my friends here, because I say that the 10 Commandments are still applicable to the Church today.
I do not see them as part of the Levitical Laws that Grace freed us from being under. And, yes, IF we keep the Two Greatest that Jesus mentioned, we will be keeping all of the Ten. However, there is nothing wrong with being specific about what certain human acts are covered by the Two Greatest.
Jesus gave quite a "detailed" list of things in His Sermon on the Mount we refer to as the "Beatitudes." He COULD HAVE said, "Keep the two greatest Commandments" I have given you......go in peace." But He did not.
There are many other examples of "specific" things/acts/beliefs that are spelled out in detail in Scripture, that ARE covered by our keeping the Two Greatest, yet the Holy Spirit, and the Apostles/Authors of Scripture thought it important to SPELL THEM OUT! So do I, and so does my church, and we teach such gladly.
[yes, I'll be called that dreaded word again............"LEGALIST".........oh well]
God is so very Good.
I do not see them as part of the Levitical Laws that Grace freed us from being under. And, yes, IF we keep the Two Greatest that Jesus mentioned, we will be keeping all of the Ten. However, there is nothing wrong with being specific about what certain human acts are covered by the Two Greatest.
Jesus gave quite a "detailed" list of things in His Sermon on the Mount we refer to as the "Beatitudes." He COULD HAVE said, "Keep the two greatest Commandments" I have given you......go in peace." But He did not.
There are many other examples of "specific" things/acts/beliefs that are spelled out in detail in Scripture, that ARE covered by our keeping the Two Greatest, yet the Holy Spirit, and the Apostles/Authors of Scripture thought it important to SPELL THEM OUT! So do I, and so does my church, and we teach such gladly.
[yes, I'll be called that dreaded word again............"LEGALIST".........oh well]
God is so very Good.
lol.
There is nothing wrong with the 10 commandments. (obviously, sorry to patronize...) It is just our work at them that falls short.
God knew that we couldn't fulfill them perfectly. That is the whole reason for the Lord Jesus Christ.
Not, as some people seem to think, to show us how to walk perfectly. But to be our Perfect Saviour from still not being able to walk perfectly.
We aren't called by the Lord to try our best at working at the law. We are called to stop working at the law, in our diminished capacity of understanding and ability, and be the workmanship of the Author. All by faith.
When we put all of our faith in the Lord and none in ourselves or our understanding, will this cause us to walk contrary to Him in some way? Are the sheep supposed to rely on the understanding of God given by other sheep or even their own understanding, or should they just rely on The Shepherd Himself?
If you've ever seen sheep you know they aren't the most wise or brilliant. They just follow the leader, no matter what the leader may be doing. It would be best to have the best leader and not necessarily another sheep to follow.
But you have no problem in making the Spiritual Law into carnal commandments that your flesh can obey.
You don't yet understand that your carnal understanding of your carnal commandments aren't obeying the Real Law.
Your carnal understanding of commandments is enmity to God. It is not subject to the Law of God, neither can it be.
You don't yet understand that your carnal understanding of your carnal commandments aren't obeying the Real Law.
Your carnal understanding of commandments is enmity to God. It is not subject to the Law of God, neither can it be.