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NASB | Psalm 111:7 ¶ The works of His hands are truth and justice; All His precepts are sure. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Psalm 111:7 ¶ The works of His hands are truth and [absolute] justice; All His precepts are sure (established, reliable, trustworthy). |
Bible Question:
This is still for you Joe and to others who want to share their ideas! This is in regard with my second question, "are we ought to obey all the ten or just a part of it?" For you personally do you agree that the 4th commandment has been done away? Then what about Matthew 5:18 "Till heaven and earth pass,one jot or one title shall in no wise pass from the law till all be fulfilled." and in James 2:10 "Whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all." From this text its very clear that breaking one of the commandments makes one a commandment breaker. Is their any text from the Bible that tells the 4th commandment has been done away, abolished if that's the right word to say or is it being put aside because its contrary to ones will? Why is it that its just so easy to agree when it comes to the 6 down to 10 commandments? Is the doing way of the 4th commandment Jesus's teaching or just a mere precept and thinking of men? |
Bible Answer: A passage from Paul's writings, Colossians 2:16, 17, is often used to support the claim that observance of the Sabbath is no longer necessary. "Therefore let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival or a new moon or sabbaths, which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of Christ," he wrote. Paul said only to "let no one judge you," which is quite different from saying these practices are unnecessary or obsolete. A more basic question to ask is whether Old Testament practices were even at the core of what Paul was addressing here. Many people assume that the "handwriting of requirements...nailed...to the cross" (verse 14) was God's law and the requirements He gave in the Old Testament. But this is not what Paul meant. The Greek word translated "handwriting" is cheirographon, and this is the only place the term is used in the Bible. It meant a handwritten record of debt, or what we would today call an iou. In contemporary apocalyptic literature, this word was used to designate a "record book of sin," meaning a written account of our sins. Paul was not saying that God's law was nailed to the cross. What was nailed there, he said, was all record of our sins. Because God's law required the death penalty for sin (Romans 6:23), this record is what "was against us, which was contrary to us" (Colossians 2:14), not the law itself. The New Testament in Modern English, by J.B. Phillips, makes this plain, translating verses 13 and 14 as: "He has forgiven you all our sins: Christ has utterly wiped out the damning evidence of broken laws and commandments which always hung over our heads, and has completely annulled it by nailing it over His own head on the cross." It is the evidence against us, not the law itself, that was nailed to the cross, enabling us to be forgiven. This becomes clear when we read the rest of this chapter. It is apparent that other issues were involved that had nothing to do with God's laws given in the Old Testament. Among these were "principalities and powers" (verse 15), "false humility and worship of angels" (verse 18), forbidding to touch, taste and handle (verse 21) and "neglect of the body" (verse 23). Further, Paul referred to the false teachings in Colosse as rooted in "persuasive words" (verse 4), "philosophy and empty deceit" and "the tradition of men" (verse 8). He also referred to submitting to "regulations" of this world (verse 20) and "the commandments and doctrines of men" (verse 22). Could Paul, who in Romans 7:12 said the law is "holy and just and good," possibly be referring to the same law here, or is he addressing an entirely different issue? Taking into account the historical context, the answer becomes clear. As the Church grew and developed in the first century, it had to deal with the progressive infiltration of gnosticism. The influence of this thought and practice is particularly noticeable in the New Testament writings of Paul, Peter and John. However that is another subject. Keep in mind that Paul, earlier had said: "The law is holy, and the commandment holy and just and good" (Romans 7:12); "The doers of the law will be justified" (Romans 2:13), and "I delight in the law of God" (Romans 7:22). If he were saying that Sabbath observance is irrelevant, such an assertion would be completely inconsistent with his other statements. |