Should Christians Keep The 10 Commandments?

I just wanted some feed back on this.. Should Christians keep the 10 Commandments? Dont, Kill, steal, etc..If so or not, please share why you feel the way you do. Thanks!

Originally Posted by Truth2010

I just wanted some feed back on this.. Should Christians keep the 10 Commandments? Dont, Kill, steal, etc..If so or not, please share why you feel the way you do. Thanks!

Absolutely!!!!

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Is there any reason that a christian person would not follow the commandments? The commandments are gods law for those who wish to live their life according to god. You cannot live as a christian and at the same time disregard gods laws.

I am curious as to why this subject came up? honestly, have you heard different or is someone whispering to you that it is ok to disregard the commandments?

If there is any doubt then looking closer at the commandments is necessary. The most important thing here is this....remeber who is talking!
Take a look at verse 5 and 6 to see if an answer presents itself.

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1 And God spake all these words, saying,
2 I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
7 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
12 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
13 Thou shalt not kill.
14 Thou shalt not commit adultery.
15 Thou shalt not steal.
16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.

Originally Posted by Truth2010

I just wanted some feed back on this.. Should Christians keep the 10 Commandments? Dont, Kill, steal, etc..If so or not, please share why you feel the way you do. Thanks!

Should Christians keep the 10 Commandments? I would say no but then come back and say yes. When dealing with the Ten Commandments, it is very important that we first understand the following:

The Ten Commandments, the law of God, is a very good weapon for evangelism purposes. Jesus, as well as the apostles, used it to evangelize. The bible tells us that Paul sought to convince people both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets. Acts 28:23 reads “And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till evening.”

The Ten Commandments doesn’t help us man. Instead, it leaves us helpless, because it tells us of our sins, it makes us see our current state and our need to repent and run to God's feet for mercy. The book of Romans chapter 7 verse 7 says “… I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.” By telling and showing us what sin is, our sins are exposed to us so we can seek to be made right and justified by Christ. The law declares all men guilty before God for violating His law. It stops every man from justifying himself saying “I am good enough for salvation,” because no matter how much good one may do, he is still guilty of violating at least half of the Ten Commandments which makes him guilty of all of them. Besides, how can one calculate how much good is good enough for salvation? That’s an impossible task.

What the Law Does.

1. It declares man guilty before God. Romans 3:19 - Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become GUILTY before God.
2. It converts the soul. Psalms 19:7 - The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
3. It was our school master to bring us to Christ. Galatians 3:24 the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.?

So as Christians, the law has already done its job in us already because (1) we have already been declared guilty. (2) We have been converted. (3) We have been brought to Christ. (4) We have been justified by faith in Jesus Christ. (Galatians 3:25-27 But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster. For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.)

Do we really need the Ten Commandments or the law? We really don’t as long as we understand its relationship to grace. We must not misunderstand that as a license to sin and go against the Ten Commandments. Although we don’t need the law, we are commanded to love God and our neighbor. Going against any of the Ten Commandments would be either not loving God, our neighbor, or both. And if we are really IN Christ, we cannot be going against them. We do not need to worry about every single aspect of The Law because it is now written in our hearts (Hebrew 8:10 - For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people.) If our actions as Christians is breaking of God’s Law, we can be assured that His laws are not written in our hearts; we need to be converted.

Jesus’ response to the Pharisee in the book of Matthew 22:36-40 reveal that the whole law is narrowed down into loving God and others. The key to the Ten Commandments is this: iff you love God, you will not have other gods than Him (1). If you love God, you will not worship idols/images/etc? (2) If you love God, you will not blaspheme or take His name in vain (3). If you love God, you will keep the Sabbath day Holy [This requires some more information, but that's a new topic.] (4). If you love your God/neighbor, you will honor your parents (5). If you love your neighbor, you will not murder him/her (6). If you love your God/neighbor, you will not commit adultery with his/her wife/husband (7). If you love your neighbor, you will not steal his/her belonging (9). If you love your neighbor, you will not say false things about him/her (9). And if you love your neighbor, you will not covet (10).

So in truth, the whole law is found in those two commandments.

Furthermore, Galatians 5:14 teaches us that “all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.” So all of the law is accomplished into love.

Should Christian keep the Ten Commandments? I'll ask you this: do you have Christ's love and fully understand what it means to love? If your answer is yes, then you do not need the Ten Commandments. If your answer is no, then you need them.

So if we should not keep the commandment which ones are O.K. to break? Is it O.K. to steal, to kill, to lie, to lust? or is it O.K. to take Go's name in vain, which commandment should we not keep?

Originally Posted by onwingsaseagles

So if we should not keep the commandment which ones are O.K. to break? Is it O.K. to steal, to kill, to lie, to lust? or is it O.K. to take Go's name in vain, which commandment should we not keep?

I can't be sure, but is this a question to me or...?

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I agree that Christians should definitely keep the 10 commandments, but I've wondered before about the commandment about keeping the Sabbath. In the past, it meant you needed to set aside the whole day for church, prayer, and worship, and you couldn't do any work at all on that day. I feel like now, we just go to church and then after that, we treat it like any other day. What do you guys think about keeping that commandment?

Originally Posted by Rosinsky

I can't be sure, but is this a question to me or...?

No not to you to anyone.

Originally Posted by sweetnshy

What do you guys think about keeping that commandment?

I think it's probably best that you start a new topic on that as I know it will be a very in dept discussion. And it will change the original intent of this topic. That's just a suggestion!

Originally Posted by sweetnshy

I agree that Christians should definitely keep the 10 commandments, but I've wondered before about the commandment about keeping the Sabbath. In the past, it meant you needed to set aside the whole day for church, prayer, and worship, and you couldn't do any work at all on that day. I feel like now, we just go to church and then after that, we treat it like any other day. What do you guys think about keeping that commandment?

The thing is not to side tract the subject but the Sabbath is Saturday not Sunday, and to fulfill the Commandment we need to remember the Sabbath and keep it holy. Does that mean to sit around and do nothing all day I do not believe so.

But that was the answer to my question, people claim we need not to keep the Sabbath any longer because we are not under the law. However the other 9 commandment they would agree that we should definitely keep. If we should keep the other 9 we should definite keep the Sabbath as well.

(God's Sabbath ''Saturday'' not the Catholic Sabbath ''Sunday'')

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Originally Posted by Truth2010

I just wanted some feed back on this.. Should Christians keep the 10 Commandments? Dont, Kill, steal, etc..If so or not, please share why you feel the way you do. Thanks!

yes................................

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Christians are not required to keep the Sabbath, or the 10 commandments per se.
The 10 commandments are part of the old covenant, they were written on tablets and are part of Moses's Law no matter which way we look at it. We can't isolate the 10 commandments from the rest of Mose's law they are taken as a whole, so if we want to keep the Sabbath for example, we also need to obey all the other laws associated with it. Because if a person breaks even one of them they are guilty of breaking them all (James 2). But there is no christian I'm aware of who claims to keep the Sabbath and actually keeps it according to God's Law. Not even 7th Day Adventists. They break it everytime they travel to church on a Saturday further than half a mile or so. "No travelling on the Sabbath" is one of the laws (Exod 16:29), and there are others such as no trading, no fire kindling etc. I believe these laws were given to the Israelites not to the Gentiles and not to the Christians.

Instead Christians should be following the Law which God has written on their hearts, not the ones written on the tablets.

Christians live under the Law of Christ (Galatians) and the new covenant (Heb 8, Rom 10) with the Law written on our hearts. And so christians are no longer "under the Law" :

Gal 3:24 So that the Law has become a trainer of us until Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

Gal 3:25 But faith coming, we are no longer under a trainer.



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re: "Catholic Sabbath", there is really no such thing. It was the "Day of the Lord", and was the day the early church chose to meet for worship. Catholics changing the day of worship is a myth started by the false prophet E. White of the 7th day adventists I believe. The early church didn't keep the Sabbath. See Acts 20:7 and 1 Cor 16:1-2.

In some bible versions it says Sabbath, in others (like the KJV) it says "first day of the week" in these verses. Barnes explains this apparent contradiction:

1Co 16:2
Upon the first day of the week - Greek,

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1Co 16:2
Upon the first day of the week - Greek, "On one of the Sabbaths." The Jews, however, used the word Sabbath to denote the week; the period of seven days; Mat_28:1; Mar_16:9; Luk_18:12; Luk_24:1; Joh_20:1, Joh_20:19; compare Lev_23:15; Deu_16:9. It is universally agreed that this here denotes the first day of the week, or the Lord’s Day.

Keep the commandments which are reiterated in the NT, all but the Sabbath.

Originally Posted by Baptistrw

Keep the commandments which are reiterated in the NT, all but the Sabbath.

Ok, so why is that?

Each of the commandments is reiterated as a command in the NT except the Sabbath. We're not under law, but we are to obey the authoritative writings of the Apostles and the other inspired writers of the NT.

I think if you keep the two that Jesus said, you will find out you can't break any of the ten. Love the Lord with all your heart, mind, soul and strength and love your neighbor as yourself. With those two followed, the rest will automatically be followed.

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Originally Posted by Baptistrw

Keep the commandments which are reiterated in the NT, all but the Sabbath.

That is absurd, plain and simple. to suggest that we should keep all the ten but one is ridiculous.