The Ten Commandments are the Covenant, did you know?

[markss]

You haven't harmonized the Scripture, you have stuck with one verse and the verses I provided in detail explains it, not cancels it. I have asked for your to address it, but I see that's not going to happen.


The earthy temple ended, but God has a heavenly Temple that has not. Heb8:1-5 Heb9:23-24 Rev 15:5KJV Rev 11:19 we have also became God's temple and dwelling place of the Holy Spirit why we have to keep our mind and bodies free of sin because the Holy Spirit dwells with those who obeys Him Acts 5:32

Being baptized in Christ doesn't mean breaking the law of God and sinning, its quite the opposite Rom 6:1-4

Galatians 3:21-25 KJV
21) Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.
22) But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
23) But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
24) Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
25) But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.

Do you plan on staying in elementary school?

Do you realize how much higher the Law of Love is over the Mosaic Covenant Law?

Much love!

Much love!

 

[SabbathBlessing]

No. That is not what I am saying. I maintain that the Ten Commandments were part of a covenant that God made with Israel at Mt. Sinai, meaning that he never intended for them to be universal and applicable to all of humanity.

So are you not included in 'whoever"

Mat 5:19 Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

What about this one:

John 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

All of this was true of Israel. We are not Israel, and we are not under the Law, and we are not under the Mount Sinai Covenant. So when you use the first person "we" I wonder why.

It's worse than you think. After all, how hard is it to Rest on Saturday? But Paul, the Hebrew of Hebrews and the Pharisee of Pharisees, the person who rested on Saturday and walked with God in all uprightness and righteousness, found evil at the core of his being. He was convicted by the Tenth Commandment.

What is the Tenth Commandment? Everyone knows that God has proscribed coveting, but how many stop to consider, as Paul did, what that means in reality?

God said, "Thou Shalt not Murder," but the Tenth Commandment means "Don't be the kind of person who would want to murder." God said, "Thou Shalt not Steal," but the Tenth Commandment means "Don't be the kind of person who would want to steal." God said, "Thou Shalt not commit Adultery," but the Tenth Commandment means "Don't be the kind of person who would want to sleep with another man's wife."

The Tenth Commandment not only compels us not to DO something; it also compels us not to BE someone. Paul finally realized that God was asking him to DO the impossible. Framed this way, Paul finally understood why he needed a savior. He is constitutionally incapable of changing his fundamental nature in order to BE the kind of person commanded in the Tenth Commandment.

How does keeping the Fourth Commandment bear on this issue?

Can you please use Scripture, I find it not fruitful to try to reason with ones opinions as if its the same as the word of God. It never turns out to be fruitful. If you can support your argument with Scripture I would be happy to address.

Thanks.

 

[SabbathBlessing]

Galatians 3:21-25 KJV
21) Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.
22) But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
23) But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
24) Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
25) But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.

Do you plan on staying in elementary school?

Do you realize how much higher the Law of Love is over the Mosaic Covenant Law?

Much love!

Much love!

So is it your view that you lose everything you were taught in school? That's interesting, I am pretty sure if its something that brings us to God- He wants us to retain it..

But lets look at this closer.....its fine if you want to include all of the law in this passage even though Paul was quoting a specific law that was left out of the context, but I can go with that,

So there is a law that brings us to Christ- did Christ teach once we are brought to Him that we can now profane His name and steal from our neighbor?

No, He taught If you love Me, keep My commandments John14:15 don't break or teach others to break the least of these commandments Mat 5:19-30 when we lay aside the commandment of God quoting directly from the Ten Commandments for our man-made laws that sadly most live by, it makes the word of God of no effect is this what Paul is teaching to make the word of God of no effect and Jesus continued, He said it makes our worship to Him in vain our heart far from Him because it reject His covenant of His laws written in our hearts Heb8:10 and its the path that lead both those who teach and those who follow in a ditch Mat15:3-14 Mark 7:7-13 I am pretty sure this is not what Paul had in mind. Why Paul said faith establishes the law, not voids it Rom3:31 and keeping the commandments of God is what matters 1 Cor7:19, its the whole duty of man Ecc12:13-14

 

[markss]

So is it your view that you lose everything you were taught in school?

You keep wanting to put words in my mouth, it's dishonest, and non-productive.

Better to say nothing at all.

Much love!

 

[SabbathBlessing]

You keep wanting to put words in my mouth, it's dishonest, and non-productive.

Better to say nothing at all.

Much love!

I asked a question, a question is not putting words in someone mouth, its asking for clarification because you were using this verse almost as a means to say we no longer need to keep the law of God, which is why i asked for clarification. If asking a question to seek clarification in your view is dishonest I see there will be no reasoning here. So its best I move on and will agree to disagree. I guess it will get sorted out in God's time and I wish you well.

 

[markss]

Why Paul said faith establishes the law, not voids it Rom3:31

How is that so?

Faith establishes the Law because of the necessity of faith. The Law will only condemn you for not keeping it, and you do not keep the Law - the covenant God made with Israel at Mt. Horeb.

The only way to be saved is by grace through faith, because the Law cannot save, because . . . you do not keep it. No one does, or has.

2 Corinthians 3:6-11 KJV
6) Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
7) But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:
8) How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?
9) For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.
10) For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth.
11) For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious.

There's your Law.

Much love!

 

[markss]

I asked a question, a question is not putting words in someone mouth,

Let's not dance. You are not being upright.

 

[SabbathBlessing]

To claim no one can keep the law goes against what the Scriptures state plainly. God has a people who overcomes I guess its a matter of where we place our faith. The devil wants us to believe we can't overcome and obey God's commandments that he has more power to keep us in sin than Jesus does to deliver us from sin, but the Scripture show something else- God does have a people who overcomes.

Exo 20:6 “but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments” — Exodus 20:6 (NKJV)

Rev 14:12 “Here is the patience of the saints; here are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus” — Revelation 14:12 (NKJV)

 

[markss]

So is it your view that you lose everything you were taught in school? That's interesting, I am pretty sure if its something that brings us to God- He wants us to retain it..

Your question was rhetorical. More games.

And in this way you've dodged the comments to which you were supposedly responding.

The Law was a schoolmaster until they came to Christ. If you insist on being under the Law, it's like you've enrolled in a Jewish elementary school.

Much love!

 

[markss]

o claim no one can keep the law goes against what the Scriptures state plainly.

Do you tithe to Levites?

Do you bring your fellowship offerings to the temple?

Do you cast the first stone at someone of whom you've accused of a crime?

Do you want more examples?

No, you do not keep the Law, nor can you. No one can. Not since 70 AD. God closed that door.

Much love!

 

[SabbathBlessing]

2 Corinthians 3:6-11 KJV
6) Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
7) But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:
8) How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?
9) For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.
10) For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth.
11) For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious.

For those who are interested in going deeper in some of Paul's harder to understand Scriptures..

In verses 1-3 we have an introduction to a new section which contains an allusion to the Ten Commandments and the New Covenant:

• First, there were, apparently, “letters of recommendation” that ministers were caring at this time, possibly for the purpose of avoiding false teachers, but it seems like in Paul’s view, a true “letter of recommendation” was the changed lives of the people he ministered to which was evident outwardly (verses 1-2).
• The reason for their change is because they have the New Covenant. Verse 3 is using New Covenant language (in fact we are sure of this, because verse 6 says “new covenant”). It says that they’re lives are letters written by the Spirit in the heart, and not by ink on “tablets of stone,” an allusion or quick hint to the Ten Commandments.
• A good hermeneutical move is to always go to where the author is referring or alluding to, in order to better understand what he means. Paul is borrowing New Covenant language directly from the actual prophecy about the New Covenant in Jer. 31:30-33 (cf. Ezek. 36:26-27). In Jeremiah 31:33, we read that God will write His “laws” in their mind and hearts. Since Paul, while speaking about this New Covenant, alludes to the Ten Commandments (tablets of stone), the law in this prophecy is the Ten Commandments being written in another location, the mind and heart.
• The New Covenant is, therefore, a total transformation of the heart, where sins are forgiven and forgotten, God’s Law is written in the heart by the Spirit, and people begin to actually live righteous lives (cf. Jer. 31:34, Ezek. 36:26-27). The Law can only be obeyed by the power of God’s Spirit.
• Therefore, the lives of the Corinthian Christians are living manifestations of God’s law. It was not abolished for them (which Mr. Tucker repeatedly says). On the contrary, their lives manifest obedience to it.
• This is the immediate context, and obviously what follows after this will not mean that the Ten Commandments was abolished for the Christian, since it is written in their hearts. The change was in location, from tablets of stone to “fleshy tables of the heart.”
• QUESTION: However, if what follows will show that the Ten commandments were abolished for the Christian, why are they still playing a role in the lives of Christians? Provide examples. See: Eph. 6:1-3 (actually, the whole letter of Ephesians alludes to various commandments to not break them, see 4:25 28, 29, 31, 5:3-5, 6), Rom. 3:31, 7:7-12, especially verse 13).

SECTION 2: THE LETTER KILLS, THE MINISTRATION OF DEATH

• In verse 4, Paul says that he is fully confident that they are living New Covenant lives which manifest obedience to the Ten Commandments from the heart rather than from tablets of stones (verses 2-3), because his trust is “through Christ toward God” and not in the work they did for them.
• Nevertheless, God made Paul the minister of this New Covenant, not of the letter, which previously was on stone and ink, but of the Spirit, which is now the Law written in the heart (verse 6a).
• The last clause of verse 6, and also verses 7 and 9 speak of the Law as something that kills, brings death and condemns. Why?
• Paul does not here say how the Law kills, but he does in Romans 7:7-13. It kills by revealing the source of death, which is sin! Compared with Psalm 119:86-88:
  
  “All Your commandments are faithful; They persecute me wrongfully; Help me! They almost made an end of me on earth, But I did not forsake Your precepts. Revive me according to Your lovingkindness, So that I may KEEP the testimony of Your mouth.” (Psa. 119:86-88. Note: Comparing the “commandments” here to Rom. 7:7, we learn that the specific laws that kill are the Ten Commandments, since Paul quotes from the tenth one to make his point).
• Psalm 119:86-88 may be referring to David’s enemies as the persecutors, but the clauses of each sentence indicate that the Law has a special function of revealing sin, especially when we compare them to Romans 7:7-13, which also speak of the commandments as something that kills, yet continues to be desirable by Paul.
• We learn from these references that: 1. The law kills in the sense that it reveals sin by pointing to our faults, and 2. This, however, should motivate us to obey it to be in harmony with it.

SECTION 3: TWO MINISTRATIONS: VERSE 9:

• The ministration of RIGHTEOUSNESS
• The ministration of CONDEMNATION

SECTION 4: WAS THE LAW ABOLISHED?

• LET US ASSUME THE TEXT MEANS THE LAW WAS ABOLISHED AS WELL. Various problems arise:
  
  –ONE: The immediate context says it is written in the heart (verses 2-3, cf. Jer. 31:33).
  –TWO: In Rom. 7:13 Paul asks, “Has then what is good (the commandment, verse 12) made death unto me?” His answer is a resounding, “certainly not!.”
  -No, because Paul also wrote that faith establishes, rather then abolishes, the law (Rom. 3:31).
  -No, because David, speaking of the same law that kills, views that as a good thing, and asks God to help him even more to keep it! (cf. Psa. 119:86-88).
• Compare verses 7 and 13 to Romans 3:21. Same Greek word: katargeo.
• The same Greek word in verse 7 is used in verse 13. Both mention what the Israelites could NOT look upon

 

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SECTION 5: WHAT, THAN, WAS ABOLISHED?

• According to verses 7-13, the following things were abolished:
  
  -The ministration under Moses which included the ministry under the Old Dispensation, including the tablets of stone and, by implication, the entire earthly Sanctuary service, to be replaced with the ministration of the Spirit, with fleshy tablets and, by implication, a heavenly Sanctuary (cf. Heb. 8:2).
  -The face of Moses, his leadership, being replaced by the face of Christ, as the new High Priest.
• The tablets would not be necessary when its contents are lived out in the lives of believers. Christians should not be trying to measure up to standards that have not convicted their minds and transformed their thoughts. God wants people to want to do right, and He does this by writing His moral principles in their hearts as He previously wrote them on stone. The stones are no longer needed when its principles are lived and obeyed. Once again, believers would NOT insist on abolishing the Law if they truly have it written in the heart.

CONCLUSION: The critic asked, “When was the law established?” but this time quotes 2 Corinthians 3. According to the document we are examining, the law “ended at the cross for believers.” However, that is not what 2 Cor. 3 teaches. On the contrary, this chapter reinforces the Ten Commandments in a better way, as principles that are now written in the heart, rather than stone, under the New Covenant for believers.

This is what we get from the immediate context. The first three verses demonstrate what the lives of New Covenant believers look like. They have the Law of God written in the heart, and it is quite evident. They are, as Paul puts it, living epistles, “known and read by all men.” Paul borrows language from the New Covenant in Jer. 31:33 and alludes to the Ten Commandments when he mentioned the “tablets of stones.” In other words, these Corinthians believers have the Ten Commandments written in their hearts, as promised in the New Covenant prophecy, and everyone can see it by their lives and acts. We know it is “ten” commandments, which includes the fourth, because the “tablets of stone” contained ten, not nine. Therefore, all Ten Commandments are written in their hearts, and as the other nine are practiced both spiritually and practically, so with the fourth one. Anyone living the New Covenant experience, therefore, will not be going around claiming that the Law “ended for believers.”

The conclusion drawn is that the first few verses speak about the Law written in the heart and lived out by the Corinthians believers, what follows after verse 3, therefore, does not abolish the Law. A careful look at the remaining verses reveal that indeed something was abolished, and that was the old ministration of the Law under Moses, along Moses himself and the tablets of stone. The contents of the Law, however, were transferred to the heart. A comparison with verse 13 with the actual story Paul is talking about, found in Exo. 34:29-35, reveals that what was abolished was that which “the children of Israel could NOT look steadily at…” In Exo. 34, the tablets of stone were in plain view in the hands of Moses, but his face was covered. Nevertheless, there is no longer a need for the stone tablets, not that its contents are in the mind and hearts of New Covenant believers.

Not only does the immediate context not allow for the contents of the tablets to be abolished, Paul says in Rom. 3:31 that the Law is NOT made “void” to believers. The Greek word translated “void” is the same one translated “abolished” or “passing away” in 2 Cor. 3.

2 Cor. 3 also explains that the tablets of stone are referred to as the “ministration of death” and “condemnation.” This is because, as Paul explains elsewhere, the Ten Commandments reveal sin, and sin brings death (see Rom. 7:7-11, cf. James. 1:15). Nevertheless, the commandment that does this is considered “holy, just and good” and that which is good does NOT become death to believers (see verses 12-13). Of course, because as 2 Cor. 3 says, it is written in the heart.

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[markss]

To claim no one can keep the law goes against what the Scriptures state plainly. God has a people who overcomes I guess its a matter of where we place our faith. The devil wants us to believe we can't overcome and obey God's commandments that he has more power to keep us in sin than Jesus does to deliver us from sin, but the Scripture show something else- God does have a people who overcomes.

Do you not see how the Law of Love is as high above the Law you adhere to as the heavens are above the earth?

The heart of the OT Law was to love God with all you are and have, and to love your neighbor as yourself.

Jesus gave us a New Commandment . . . that we love others, not merely as we love ourselves (OT Law), but to love others as Jesus loves us. Do you want the reference to this one?

Do you think that Jesus' love for us is higher than our love for ourselves? I do. Infinitely higher. No comparison. That's the Law of Love that we are commanded, and if you think that holding to the OT law is somehow better . . . I will never agree with that.

Much love!

 

[SabbathBlessing]

Do you not see how the Law of Love is as high above the Law you adhere to as the heavens are above the earth?

The heart of the OT Law was to love God with all you are and have, and to love your neighbor as yourself.

Jesus gave us a New Commandment . . . that we love others, not merely as we love ourselves (OT Law), but to love others as Jesus loves us. Do you want the reference to this one?

Do you think that Jesus' love for us is higher than our love for ourselves? I do. Infinitely higher. No comparison. That's the Law of Love that we are commanded, and if you think that holding to the OT law is somehow better . . . I will never agree with that.

Much love!

The Ten Commandments is the law of Love

Love never went undefined by God, its not a feeling, its a commitment to God.

Exo 20:6 “but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments” — Exodus 20:6 (NKJV)

God directly tells us how to love Him- He personally wrote it out for us. The big question is shall we believe Him at His word?

Mat 22:27 Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’

Which Jesus was quoting OT Deut6:5 Lev 19:18

So they are grounded in OT principles, not new ones.

When it comes to loving someone, is it based on what we feel on how we are to love someone or should it be based on what that person tells us is how to love them. In the case of God, He only taught loving Him with the accordance of keeping His commandments. So how can we love God with all our heart, soul and mind but not keep His commandments. The answer is plainly you can't. To separate the greatest commandments to love God with our all, from the commandments where God tells us how to love Him, is sadly a very deceitful doctrine.

The first time God introduces this principle of how we are to love Him is right in the Testimony of God - written by God, spoken by God. God literally tells us how to love Him so its impossible to separate the greatest commandments from the commandments on how God tells us to love Him.

Exo 20:6 but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.

If we look at the first time loving God with all our heart, mind and soul was stated, what was happening when this was stated.

The Ten Commandments right where love to God was written down by God Himself was repeated- 40 years after God have them His commandments both spoken by God and written by God.

After they were repeated this was stated...

Deut 6:1 “Now this is the commandment, and these are the statutes and judgments which the Lord your God has commanded to teach you, that you may observe them in the land which you are crossing over to possess, 2 that you may fear the Lord your God, to keep all His statutes and His commandments which I command you, you and your son and your grandson, all the days of your life, and that your days may be prolonged. 3 Therefore hear, O Israel, and [a]be careful to observe it, that it may be well with you, and that you may multiply greatly as the Lord God of your fathers has promised you—‘a land flowing with milk and honey.’

4 “Hear, O Israel: [b]The Lord our God, the Lord is one! 5 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.

6 “And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. 7 You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. 8 You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. 9 You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

Keep God's commands in your heart
Teach them to your children
Talk about them daily
Let His Word guide your life constantly

And it includes the 4th commandment, because the greatest commandments to love God with all their heart, mind and soul was the condition of the Israelites receiving their inheritance:

Now this is the commandment, and these are the statutes and judgments which the Lord your God has commanded to teach you, that you may observe them in the land which you are crossing over to possess, 2 that you may fear the Lord your God, to keep all His statutes and His commandments which I command you, you and your son and your grandson, all the days of your life, and that your days may be prolonged. 3 Therefore hear, O Israel, and [a]be careful to observe it, that it may be well with you, and that you may multiply greatly as the Lord God of your fathers has promised you—‘a land flowing with milk and honey.’

But what happened, did they love God with all their heart, mind and soul and received their inheritance?

Sadly many did not because....

Eze 20:15 So I also raised My hand in an oath to them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, ‘flowing with milk and honey,’ the glory of all lands, 16 because they despised My judgments and did not walk in My statutes, but profaned My Sabbaths; for their heart went after their idols.

The Sabbath is part of the greatest commandments to love God with all our heart, mind and soul. Profaning the Sabbath God relates to breaking another commandment- idol worship because we are replacing the words of God with another voice.

The devil is trying to take away our inheritance as well that we have not yet entered Rev22:14KJV don't be cheated by traditions of man and principles of the world over words that proceed from the mouth of God both spoken and written Jesus said to live by Mat4:4

 

[markss]

This is what we get from the immediate context. The first three verses demonstrate what the lives of New Covenant believers look like. They have the Law of God written in the heart, and it is quite evident. They are, as Paul puts it, living epistles, “known and read by all men.” Paul

That's not what it says.

2 Corinthians 3:1-3 KJV
1) Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you?
2) Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men:
3) Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.

Much love!

 

[markss]

Exo 20:6 but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.

If you love Him, keep His commands.

1 John 3:21-24 KJV
21) Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.
22) And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
23) And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
24) And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.

Much love!

 

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Yes, I understand Heb 4:7, Heb 3:7-11 is directly quoting David in Psa 95, that is not the argument I have ever made.

What I was quoting directly from God, the reason He gave on why the Israelites rebelled and could not enter their rest. Which was not for keeping the Sabbath, but not keeping it- God said it plainly Eze20:13 Eze 20:15-16 and He goes on to explain its a bigger issue than just profaning the Sabbath- it shows one places what God said with another voice and He related it to idol worship.

It was a very big issue and it caused a whole generation to lose their inheritance why in the NT we are called not to follow in the same example of disobedience lest we fall too Heb4:11

We are free to accept the warning from God because He loves us and wants us to make better decisions or we can continue hardening our heart as well and I guess hope for a different result despite the clear warning.

Some think the sabbath is not important, and can be replaced with any other day of their choosing. its part of the Ten commandments the Covenant, but they refuse God's words, its unfortunate for them, they fight God words by any means, not understanding but following words and doctrine of Men instead. its terrible really to witness this daily. God said REMEMBER The sabbath to keep it Holy, I guess they don't want to.

They do not understand the sabbath is a test for us, God wants to see what we will do, some people lack the wisdom to fear God. @Aaron56

When we go back to the beginning, we see something very important. Before the commandments were even written on stone, God was already testing His people with the Sabbath.

In Exodus 16, the words “prove” and “whether they will walk in my law” show very plainly that this was a test.

Here is the verse:

“Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no.” (Exodus 16:4, KJV)

The word “prove” means to test. God was not only feeding them, He was examining their obedience.

Then when some disobeyed:

“And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws? See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath…” (Exodus 16:28–29, KJV)

So the Sabbath itself became the point of testing. Would they rest as commanded, or go out and do their own will?

This same idea is confirmed elsewhere:

“You shall remember all the way which the LORD your God led you these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.” (Deuteronomy 8:2, KJV)

And again:

“Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna… that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end.” (Deuteronomy 8:16, KJV)

So when we connect these passages, the meaning becomes simple and clear:

God gave the manna.
God set apart the seventh day.
God watched what the people would do.

The Sabbath was not just about rest. It revealed the heart. It showed who trusted God enough to obey Him, even when it required stopping their own work.

In this way, the Sabbath is indeed a test from God, a test of obedience, trust, and love toward His commandments. it was also to prove to those who follow this blessed Commandments that GOD PROVIDES! some people just dont get it and might never if they do not REPENT and stop FIGHTING GODS CLEAR WORDS.

Open your hearts people before it is too late, Dont you see the events going on Now, look at prophecy the end is near all the prophecies are coming together NOW!

 

[vassal]

Galatians 3:21-25 KJV
21) Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.
22) But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
23) But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
24) Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
25) But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.

Do you plan on staying in elementary school?

Do you realize how much higher the Law of Love is over the Mosaic Covenant Law?

Much love!

Much love!

if you loved God Marks, you would keep his Commandments Jesus said so "If ye love me, keep my commandments." (john 14:15)

Do you believe the words of the son of God to be Obsolete?

 

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if you loved God Marks, you would keep his Commandments Jesus said so "If ye love me, keep my commandments." (john 14:15)

Do you believe the words of the son of God to be Obsolete?

If you love Him, keep His commands.

1 John 3:21-24 KJV
21) Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.
22) And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
23) And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
24) And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.

Much love!

 

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if you loved God Marks, you would keep his Commandments Jesus said so "If ye love me, keep my commandments." (john 14:15)

Do you believe the words of the son of God to be Obsolete?

If you loved Jesus, would you not leave the corpse of your dead husband so you can serve Jesus?

Romans 7:1-6 KJV
1) Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?
2) For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.
3) So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.
4) Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.
5) For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.
6) But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.

You teach to obey Jesus, but you are not obeying Him by misappropriating God's covenant with Israel at Mt. Horeb as though it were for you, when God tells us that we are dead to the law?

Do you think this part isn't true?

Much love!