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NASB | 1 Timothy 6:14 that you keep the commandment without stain or reproach until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Timothy 6:14 to keep all His precepts without stain or reproach until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ, |
Subject: Which commandment was he talking about? |
Bible Note: Don't put words in my mouth friend. I never implied that Jesus, concerning God's laws, did not or has not and will not succeed in doing just what He said He would. That’s off the point a bit isn’t it, and I may have contributed to that. There are no more ceremonial laws or such that apply to us, for they all pointed to Christ who fulfilled them, as you say in spirit. But the moral law still stands today and that is why Christ referred to the two He did, to capture the spirit of those Ten Commandments that we can’t live up to, let alone 613. Back to my original point, our Lord gave us two commandments that have us fulfilling the ten if we could live those out. He specified what those are. We should do the same, not try to minimize the commandments into a word. Westminster Confession of Faith: Chapter XIX, Of the Law of God II. This law, after his fall, continued to be a perfect rule of righteousness; and, as such, was delivered by God upon Mount Sinai, in ten commandments, and written in two tables: the first four commandments containing our duty towards God; and the other six, our duty to man. III. Besides this law, commonly called moral, God was pleased to give to the people of Israel, as a church under age, ceremonial laws, containing several typical ordinances, partly of worship, prefiguring Christ, His graces, actions, sufferings, and benefits; and partly, holding forth divers instructions of moral duties. All which ceremonial laws are now abrogated, under the New Testament. IV. To them also, as a body politic, He gave sundry judicial laws, which expired together with the State of that people; not obliging under any now, further than the general equity thereof may require. And just to clarify, and we can move on from this topic, Christian Love, not simply love, is the basis of fulfilling the moral love. For Christian love is not a passive love, but one that burst into action fueled from Godly compassion for a Father who loves us when we turn away, a Savior who suffered instead of and for us and brothers and sisters who struggle throughout this world on a daily basis. And since that Love is from God to begin with, to Him be all the glory. Now we can move on. Stand in His grace, WOS |