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Bible Note: Gentiles not to keep 10 commandments? Merv: You write: "...the Jesusalem council did not mention the 10 comm. so gentiles are not obligated to keep them." There are 613 laws in the Torah (Pentateuch). As I understand it, not all of the 613 apply to all people in all times and places. For example, there are laws that apply only to women. Some apply only to the priests. Obviously civil laws applied to the people of Israel when they were in the land of Israel, from the time of Moses until 70 A.D. Does the moral law contained in the Ten Commandments still apply? All but one of them are repeated in the New Testament. Jesus places much emphasis on them. Paul in his writings speaks of them, as does James in his. If it is true that Gentiles are not obligated to keep the 10 commandments, then we would be "free" to commit adultery, lie, steal, murder, etc. Without the Law people would be either in idolatry or doing things that harm others. Again, I am not saying that we must keep the Law as a means of being saved. I've never said that. According to the Bible, no one was ever saved by keeping the Law. "The just shall live by faith." He who finds life will find it by trusting. matt517 |