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1 | Love for all, judge not anyone | OT general | kamschoolgrad | 213162 | ||
Dear Wily. My confliction is the commandments were written in stone thus demonstrating the importance of them. Here are four of them that are not followed at all: Celebrate the Feast of Unleavened bread. Redeem all of your firstborn. Rest on the seventh day. Celebrate the Feast of Weeks. Here is what you worte, "The fact that the Ten Commandments were written upon stone tablets give us a clue as to their importance, compared to everything else. Everything else is not written in stone. There is no incompatibility in applying the Ten Commandments to individuals, regardless of whether they are citizens of Israel or not." You imply that we are all compatible and must adhere to all of the commandments, especially since they were written in stone. If we do not follow these commands we are transgresing the law, aren't we? Doesn't God say that if we break the smallest of these we are guilty of breaking them all? kam |
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2 | Love for all, judge not anyone | OT general | kamschoolgrad | 213142 | ||
Dear Wily, Are you sure about the commandments? The commandments written in stone and identified as The Ten Commandments are found in Exodus 34:1-27. Do not worship other Gods for God whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God. Make no treaties with those who live in the lands the lord has given. Do not make cast idols. Celebrate the Feast of Unleavened bread. Redeem all of your firstborn. Rest on the seventh day. Celebrate the Feast of Weeks. Do not offer blood of a sacrifice with anything containing yeast. Firstfruits of your soil belong to the Lord. Do not cook a young goat in its mother's milk. Here is what you worte, "The fact that the Ten Commandments were written upon stone tablets give us a clue as to their importance, compared to everything else. Everything else is not written in stone. There is no incompatibility in applying the Ten Commandments to individuals, regardless of whether they are citizens of Israel or not." Are you sure? Kam |
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3 | Love for all, judge not anyone | OT general | kamschoolgrad | 213104 | ||
Dear Mr. Moran, How do I explain the words of Jesus, that heaven and earth must pass away before even one jot or tittle or any part of the law fails? kam |
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4 | Love for all, judge not anyone | OT general | kamschoolgrad | 213099 | ||
Dear Mr. Moran, Thank you for your answer, however we have used that answer already and the response has not been good. Here is what you answered, "All of the things mentioned in this letter were part of God's covenant with Israel. We are not bound by that covenant..." The retort is why then do Christians still preach against homosexuality? We have also been hammered by the nagging question concerning the immutability of God. If as you say "This covenant was only for a specific people, at a specific time in history. It is not binding upon us," why did Jesus say that heaven and earth must pass away before any part of God's law fails? kamschoolgrad |
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5 | Murder vs Killing | Ex 20:1 | kamschoolgrad | 212006 | ||
Greetings, Doc, Val, John, Rolff and Jeff, My boyfriend and I have spent the last few days studying your answers. Frankly, we have been struggling to comprehend your rationale. Jeff, you said "context, context, context and then context." This is exactly what we did. We deliberately consider the context. Reading carefully the book of Deuteronomy, the true context is obvious. God is establishing standards for true prosperity. He has delivered His people from the bondage of Egypt and is setting them up as a model society. A model society for the world to witness the blessings available to those who live their lives as God has commanded. He promises them tremendous blessings if they would merely follow His commands. In Deut 12:32, He says do not add to nor diminish from any of His commands. There can be no misinterpretation of this directive. As John answered by quoting Deut 32:4, His work is perfect, For all His ways are just. Psalm 111:7-10, says that He has commanded His covenant forever. The context is obvious. God does everything right and it lasts forever. Nothing is temporary. The context cannot be misunderstood. God is eternal and does not change. Ecc 3:14, Whatever God does shall be forever; nothing can be added or taken from it. The context is an unchanging God commanding that You Shall Not Commit Murder, Deut 5:17, and then He commands the killing of a dissenting family member in Deut 13:9-10. Further, in Deut 11:32, "And you shall be careful to observe all the statutes and judgements which I set before you today." If God wanted some of His commands to become obsolete and outdated, as you seem to feel, don't you think He would not have been so adamant about them being established forever? The true meaning is the true context of what God intended. Who are we to change what God has done? Who are we to say that God commanded Do Not Murder as being forever but Kill Your Dissenting Brother as being only temporary? Doc answered that God provides the standard for our morality, commanding us as He sees fit. He has commanded us not to commit murder and we all accept it. He has commanded us to kill our dissenting brother, but here we all object, doubting that God knows best. Val answered that it is God's character, holy, pure, righteous, just and eternal, however God was only speaking to the nation of Israel, not to my family. That is hard to swallow since we are all children of God. How can you explain that God made everything perfect and just, pure and righteous, holy and eternal for the children of Israel, but the rest of His children are given different standards? If God was speaking only to the children of Israel then why did Jesus teach us Christians that heaven and earth must pass away before any part of God's law fails? The context of Deuteronomy is God was outlining the parameters for a model society where blessings would abound if all of His commands were adhered to. Rolff answered that "if we could understand God, He would not be God." How is this not totally against Christianity? If we can't understand God, how are we to understand salvation? We all presume to understand God when He says Do not commit murder, but then you claim we can't understand God when He commands us to kill our dissenting brother. Why should it be anything different then just what He says? Why is "Do Not Commit Murder" applicable to all of God's children, but "Kill Your Dissenting Brother" only applicable to the children of Israel? God has made it easy to understand, we just don't want to accept what we must do, do we? The tragedy is that if Rolff is right and we really can't understand God, then how are we to share our faith? kamschoolgrad |
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6 | Problem sharing our faith? | Ex 20:13 | kamschoolgrad | 211872 | ||
I am sure my husband's co-worker will agree with us there are differences between killing and murder, but that is not the problem. We can unanimously agree that committing murder is always wrong but killing although sometimes wrong, is sometimes necessary and justified. The problem my boyfriend and I have trying to explain this is overcoming the cruelty of King Makua issuing an order that anyone speaking evil against the king shall be put to death. In Deut 13:10, God commands that a person who tries to sway a family member away from the Lord shall be killed. How do we explain God's justice and mercy in this situation? How do we reach out to our friends when they ask the question, why is killing a family member who has a different opinion not murder? Is killing a family member for going against God necessary and justifiable? |
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