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1 | was the ten commandments done away with | Matt 22:40 | saracharles | 210034 | ||
i want to know if the ten commandments were done away with, or did jesus just do away with one of the commandments which is to remember the sabbath day to keep it holy | ||||||
2 | was the ten commandments done away with | Matt 22:40 | Val | 210041 | ||
Dear Saracharies, Welcome to the forum. Christ Jesus came to fulfil the Law and that spoken by the Prophets. As you remember Israel is God's chosen people. The law was given to them when they came out of Egypt. It was to show them how to treat one another. Israel also had the tabernacle, the place of worship where they would meet with God. Priests were appointed to represent the people. They offered animal sacrifices continually. These sacrifices reminded them of their sin. In Hebrews which I have been studing I see that Jesus came as the perfect High Priest. He brought about a new covenant and the old covenant, the priests offering the animal sacrifices was no longer needed. Jesus is a priest forever in heaven. We can go directly to Him in prayer. No longer does Israel have to go through an earthly priest. A study of these two covenants will help you better understand this topic. The moral law was not done away with. Jesus said if you love me you will keep my commandments. The ten commandments show us how to treat one another. Murder, lying, stealing, etc. are all bad things. We wouldn't want these things done to us. So why I ask would you think Christ would want to allow these things? Even unbelievers would do themselves a favor if they kept the ten commandments. Jesus is holy, righteous, good. We are called to be like Him. We are called to follow Him. A study of the Sabbath day can be obtained by using the search features to the right of the screen. I recommend for your reading Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy and Hebrews. Blessings, Val Matt 5:17 "Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill. Blessings, Val |
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3 | was the ten commandments done away with | Matt 22:40 | tar2480 | 210043 | ||
Something to remember, the Isrealites had trouble following the intent of the law. The law was not made to save them, but to show them how much they needed their God. Instead of seeing that as I believe David did, most Isrealites saw the law as a check list to be followed with no or little relationship to back it up. Many times in the Old Testament (Prophets especially. try Isa 1:11) we see God saying that your sacrifices mean little when your heart and actions do not match (paraphrase). When we come to the New Testament, things have simply gotten worse. The leaders have now added law upon law so that there is no way to break the law... such as not walking more than a mile at a time on the Sabbath day. Then of course they also instituted laws that allowed them to break their own laws... such as when they set up their tents and then took them down to walk another mile. Jesus actually reinstated the true Law of God when he gave us the two greatest commandments. Love the Lord your God... and Love your neighbor as yourself. If we Love the Lord our God, then we will serve him, honour him, love him, get to know him and want to be like him. If we love our neighbor as our selves, we will treat them as we want to be treated and thus will not steal, murder, etc. In many ways, these 2 laws encompass the "spirit" of the ten commandments. The Sabbath I too am having some difficulty with. Where I am right now is that God took time from what he did on a daily basis for a day or rest. If we want to honour God we should follow his example and rest for atleast one day of the week. Does that have to be Sunday/Saturday? I really don't know. But it was Jesus who said that the Sabbath was made for man and not the other way around (Mark 2:27). tar |
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4 | was the ten commandments done away with | Matt 22:40 | Val | 210044 | ||
Dear Tar, your comments are interesting. I don't know why you posted to me. Was there something you disagreed with? Otherwise you might want to post to the original questioner. Blessings - Val | ||||||