Now, even though we still defend the moral laws of the Old Testament, we have to keep in mind that Jesus fulfilled it all. The Christian is not under obligation to keep the moral law as a way of earning her way to God.
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March 30, By Pastor J. Pastor J. March 30, July 14, The Christians in the Apostles time met on Sunday not Saturday. Another argument they have is that Paul wentbto the synagogues to discuss the Gospel with the Jews.
He had to. That is when the Jews assembled. The Spiritual fulfillment of the Saturday Sabbath is Hebrews for that talks about the rest we have in God because we have the Spirit of God living in us. Paul, the Apostle, did NOT make any distinction between moral law, ceremonial law or civil law.
Under the New Covenant we live by the Holy Spirit guiding us directly and through our conscience. Sorry Gordon, I have to disagree. It is not just the Seventh Day Adventists that keep the 4th commandment, but also the many Messianic congregations of Jews and gentiles. Ex records that the Lord made it the seventh day holy. There is much evidence in the writings of the early church fathers that believers met together on the shabbat, and that they met in the synagogues.
The edicts demanding first day services are a feature of the 4th CE. Is there also a strong case for abandoning any of the other commandments?
In this day and age, should we not also abandon honouring parents and allow adultery? The whole intent of Sabbath was to pause in attempts at self-provision in a deliberate remembrance and reliance on God to be our faithful Provider, and we but minor though required participants in providing for ourselves.
His people were to TrusT Him to provide enough beforehand to carry them during those years — and so also to provide enough in 6 days to suffice for 7th.
There are ways we can observe Sabbaths every day, or week. This is my Personal way to observe the Sabbath because it observes what I believe God had in mind behind the commandment.
Consider it valid or not as you will; I compel no one to do the same. Hi, there is nothing healthier than people discussing and digging into Gods word seeking For His Truth. Have you considered the context of Romans 14 and the observance of days. The whole chapter is about food and that is food defined by scripture as food.
It has nothing to do with keeping the Sabbath or not. There is plenty of evidence in the Bible that the first day of the week is very special. Look a little more closely and see what happened on that day. How about the commandment to circumcise every male child in the 8th day. Yes in Galatians 5 if u leaves the law ur falling from grace, and if ur circumcised Christ will profit u nothing, if ur circumcide ur adapted to do the whole law.
The Sabbath on the seventh day goes back even further than Ex If you do the research you will find Constantine I changed it in AD. He worshiped the sun, so thus Sunday. After that, a pope in the Catholic church accepted it as the day of rest for Christians.
That would have been a pretty big change for the people, and would have needed some explanation. Craig you can keep the Sabbath and still worship on the Sunday then right? Yes David. It seems many forget that the day of rest Sabbath was not established with and for the Jewish nation…it was designated in creation week and reaffirmed with the calling of the Jewish nation as His chosen people…reminding them to keep it holy, for two reasons, He created and He delivered them from Egypt.
There are those who would suggest that with the dawn of the christian church a new Sabbath was designated, but there is certainly no edict in scripture that this should be done, nor does it indicate that because Jesus is our rest that the day of rest is no longer to be observed. There is no doubt in my mind that if God saw it important to set aside and emphasise, remember the Sabbath day, if there was to be a change or setting aside for a new day, it would have been equally emphasised and stated.
He is our Passover Lamb, sacrificed for our sins so that we might be forgiven and reconciled to God, the Father. He also at times is referring to the oral commands as laid down by the Pharisees known as the Talmud which were the traditions of men. The old system replaced by the new system of law. I think most people would find the comparison between Deuteronomy , and Hebrews rather eye opening.
In Deuteronomy the 10 commandments are described as the covenant on stone, aka the first covenant. We believers are clearly under the New covenant.
Does this mean we can run around killing people, lying and committing adultery? Of course not. A pretty cursory reading let alone a serious study! The former things were written for our instruction Rom.
We can accept the covenant He offers us in Christ, or we can reject it. We are not offered the authority to rewrite it.
If church leaders would simply study the change in covenants so clearly stated in Hebrews 8, a great deal of religious confusion would vanish. Chris, The New Covenant is referenced in Ezek. By this we may know that we are in him: 6 whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked. What commandments? How did Jesus walk? He kept the Torah. He observed the Sabbath and kept it holy. There is absolutely no mention of a new covenant with Gentiles, as the church proclaims.
The new covenant did not begin with the death of Christ on the Cross, nor was it brought into effect on the day of Pentacost, with the giving of the holy spirit. Israel as a whole had rejected their Messiah and missed the initial opportunity to enter the kingdom of God, however, there will be another opportunity in the very near future.
Jeramiah chapter 31 speaks of a future time when all the 12 tribes of Israel will have 1 king Jesus and God will write his law on there hearts, this is a picture of the instituting of the new covenant. Ezekiel 37 , and speaks of the time when the 2 sticks Israel and Judah will one day be reunited as one nation.
While this new covenant will not be made with Gentiles per say, non-the-less Gentiles have always been invited into the Kingdom of God, but only when they agreed to live by the same covenant laws Israel was under.
Nothing has changed. They are restricted from buying or selling on the Sabbath as a means of keeping it holy. Therefore, as Revelation 15 says; And he the beast had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
Therefore, the mark of the beast is associated with all men throughout the earth who neglect to keep the Sabbath holy. It is these men and women who are buying and selling on the sabbath because they do not honor God as the creator and Lord of the Sabbath.
This is what is meant by Revelation And the great dragon was cast out — that serpent of old called the Devil and Satan, who deceiveth the whole world. The world as a whole has in fact been decieved. Few find the narrow road which leads to life, while many take the broad road which leads to destruction.
Jesus has all authority in heaven and earth. If you want the true meanings look at the Hebrew over the Greek, Remember, Yeshua was born Jewish, he went to Temple or synagogue, he partook in all the feast. Consider the original roots of the faith.
Rome gave the title of christian to believer, search true history. Hebrews In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away. Romans For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
Romans What then? God forbid. Donald, I used to believe this, but the Lord has recently opened my eyes. The great mystery that Paul says has been revealed is the wall or barrier separating Jew from Gentile has been removed, and now there is one body and one spirit, and that means one law for Jew and Gentile as well. Ephesians ESV 1 I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, 2 with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, 3 eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
For they preach, but do not practice. That includes you and me and everyone else. Dale, When reading the Bible one must always determine the verses are being directed to. Matthew is being spoken to the Jews only. Because no one can comply with the law those again-see Hebrews attempting to preach the law are following Moses, the law giver; however, that teaching is countered by verses like Galatians Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.
I stand firm on my original comment. No,, I used to believe the same thing.. If you adopt a child he follows the rules of your house. Not the house he came from. They were Gods laws. The way he wants HIS people to live. Because, he said he would write his laws on our hearts and minds. That IS the new covenant. Remember how we always say that we are NOT saved by works, but after we come to faith in Jesus, good works should be in evidence in our lives, produced my the Holy Spirit.
The Greek for commandments is the same as used by the Lord when He is giving the Sermon on the Mount and says, Matthew ESV 19 Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. Jesus is speaking here of the commandments the Torah and He says that whoever does these commandments the Torah and teaches them will be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven.
Walking in and keeping the Torah begins with keeping the Sabbath Day as holy set apart. This was my first step in understanding that the Torah is for us today not as a means of salvation, but to show our love for God for God by keeping His commandments instructions.
It was changed by the Catholic Church, and it is a tradition of man, not a command of God. Jesus kept the Sabbath. The Apostle Paul and the other apostles observed the Sabbath and the Torah. Paul says in Romans ESV 12 So the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good. All scriptural doctrines have their foundation in the Old Testament scriptures. When Paul says to Timothy that the scriptures made him wise unto salvation, he was referring to the Old Testament scriptures Tenakh.
Dale, 1 Billy Graham taught Decision Theology but since everyone ever born is dead in sin, Ephesians , no one will seek god, Romans There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. This is why Christ came — to fulfil the law through his blood and resurrection.
None thinks they will be saved by following the law. Or, if they do, they are misled. Salvation was always by faith.
Think of Abraham, he beloved God and it was accounted to him as righteousness. Gods laws are eternal. I follow them because he wrote his law on my heart and mind. New covenant. Repenting, abandoning self-righteousness and turning to the Lord Jesus Christ and His finished work on the cross is the fulfillment of the law for everyone who believes Romans There is nothing we can do to add to the righteousness of Jesus.
I am leaning toward your understanding of Scripture friend but remain hopelessly confused by many New Testament Scriptures that seem to disregard the Sabbath, such as Colossians … can you help me to understand what the Apostle Paul is saying here if he is not saying that observance of the Sabbath is necessary to obey? Thank you so much. God is looking for a people who will turn to Him and seek His righteousness.
God gave his commands to show people that they are sinners in need of a savior. The commandments were not given to make or keep someone right with God, in fact God says if you will try to be right with Him by following the law, you need to keep the whole law perfectly, never stumbling once, otherwise you are under a curse.
Galatians , James God says there is a way to be right with Him that is acceptable and pleasing, apart from works of the law, by placing our trust in the finished work of the Lord Jesus Christ on the cross by faith. God says those who will turn to the Lord Jesus and what He did for them on the cross are righteous in the law, because Christ is the fulfillment of the law for all who believe in Him and His work on the cross. It is the grace of God that makes us righteous, not our own efforts in our flesh, when you turn to Jesus and away from your own righteousness, Christ has fulfilled all of the commandments in you.
Romans For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin. Torah is the first 4 books of the old testiment. I would have to disagree to the blog writer based on several verses as indicated below. Its sbout Jesus been the Righteousness that we need to abide in.
They refers to the Jews people. They did not submitted to the righteousness that comes from God. He who believes in Christ as Lord and Saivour has already the Righteousness that exceeds the scribes and Pharisees.
Christ did not come to abolish the law but to show us how to live it. We never ever keep the law to be saved. We keep it because we are saved. The new covenant is Him writing his law on our hearts and minds. What law? Well since there was no New Testament, it has to be his law written in the Torah. Messiah came to empower us to live in love, which is his law. Not abolish the law! Whatsoever you would that men do unto you, do you also unto them. For this is the law and the prophets.
In other words, this is what the whole bible is about. Marcus, These are Gentile converts that Paul is talking to in Galatians They used to serve other gods. Now they know the true God. I am afraid for you, lest I have labored for you in vain. How can these HOLY days be considered bondage? Eaxcatly right! But no.. Well said! The garbage is self-righteousness and unbelief, not fully trusting the finished work of the Lord Jesus on the cross for righteousness.
Being deceived into thinking you can be right with God by works of your flesh, or that somehow being obedient in your flesh is pleasing to God. Repent and turn to the Lord Jesus my friend.
God never changes, He is eternal both in His existence and in His standards and laws, He does not change His mind. The law was set, not only for an iron-age people but for all mankind for always, as the ideal for life.
Like our civil law today, breaking the law has a penalty, a price to pay; when we break the law, we are under the law, after we pay the fine or serve the sentence we are no longer under the law.
If Jesus had abolished the law, there would no longer be any sin, but clearly there is sin, otherwise we would not need a Saviour. We all sin and fall short, but fortunately Jesus paid the price, so we should try to obey the law out of love for Him. God says those who try to keep his commands by works of the law are under a curse. So then what is acceptable to God, how can we stand righteousness before our God? By turning from our sin, and placing our trust in the finished work of the Lord Jesus on the cross by faith!
Repent and turn to Jesus my friend. This whole debate makes me very sad, to see believers arguing over a distinction without a difference. Instead of debating nuances of the minimum standards for salvation, why not look at what Christ himself said about who is saved?
Well, in v3 — 10, you see the character of a Christian. In v21 — 30, he told us that not only does the law apply, but even more stringently, we are judged by what is in our hearts. Murder is against the law, but for His followers, hatred is the same as murder, and lust is as bad as adultery. In Luke , we were admonished to treat others as we would have them treat us. The law says to stone an adulterer. Jesus raised the standards higher than the law ever required. The new standard is to be like Him, not even sinning in our hearts.
Those of us who love Him and meet that standard are his followers and will be with him in Heaven. So, we are all condemned by the law of perfection and the sins in our own hearts.
And, under the law, there can be no forgiveness without the shedding of blood Heb Fortunately for us, God loves us so much that he shed the blood of the perfect Lamb, his Son, as the atonement required by the law, in order to buy our redemption. Who among us would do nothing or only the minimum to thank the One who killed His own Son to purchase our freedom for the crimes we committed against Him?
Thus, arguing about the minimum standards we must comply with in order to get into heaven cheapens the gift.
We need to be looking at how much more we can do to follow the laws of the one whom we offended but who paid for our transgressions. We did nothing to earn our freedom. They all apply, and we have broken all of them so we deserve nothing but death. If we believe, we are contrite and we do not boast or waste our time arguing about how little we can do to get away with our sins.
We strive for the best, not the minimum. Thanks for that brother! Sermon on the MountMatt 5,6,7. What if Jesus meant every word he said? Thank you for that, brother. Well said. God has always worked through covenants. Revelation, last apostle alive John wrote. End of time, new kingdom all of such.
Isaiah at the end of his writings what was said. Although grace is there cause you try family,and god is faithful. There will be many that he says depart cause these truths are the reason the door is narrow.
Will you listen and humble yourself cause law or commandments is not a curse but not following is. And very well it could be the mark, cause I have a feeling our family is catching on and more and more are being enlightend to this truth.
I plan to report to my pasture aswell this truth with all my passion. Many people have died in the past with not listening to Catholic Sunday mark.
You do realize that you totally just contradicted yourself, right? This is the dilemma people are put in when they try to put God in a nice theological box. Pay attention, class. Wow…moved to tears by some of the comments here. True righteousness is not just doing the physical acts of the law…the Pharisees did that. The big picture point of the article is correct it IS about the heart and attitude and God living in us! Jesus had NO new laws. He kept the Torah implicitly…otherwise he would have been considered a sinner, and John says we should follow his example.
God says if you are attempting to be right with him by works of the law you are under a curse, you must keep the whole law, never stumbling even once.
The finished work of the Lord Jesus on the cross is the fulfillment of the righteous requirements of the law in us. Repent, turn from your self-righteousness and trust in what Jesus did for you alone! This sounds very covanental. We are in no way obligated to follow any of the mosaic law. James says. He does not split it into three.
Daniel Frederico, there is a flaw in your argument. The law is in the singular, so it is a complete package. Remember a text out of context in light of its co-text becomes a pre-text. If we live according to 1 Cor. Remember what Paul said in Romans We can be saved — but disobedient. Yeshua spoke of reward for faithful to what? And weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Matthew The claim that the law was done away with or made unnecessary is similar to one spoken by another group a few years back. Act — Act but they have been informed about you that you teach all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise their children nor to walk according to the customs… …do what we tell you… …that all may know that those things of which they were informed concerning you are nothing, but that you yourself also walk orderly and keep the law.
Paul was already aware that pain and suffering awaited him in Jerusalem, yet he was bold enough to go there anyway. He also did not hold back in rebuking Peter when he found him being swayed by those under the law, that is converts to Judaism. My admittedly rhetorical questions are: How on earth did the church come to take the side of the false witnesses, as well as an early Antichrist Antiochus IV?
What will be the law of the land when Yeshua returns? Torah written not rabbinic oral law! This will be similar to a Jew gaining priest like status in the temple during the period of a Nazarite vow. Does that also refer to the fourth commandment, which requires the observance of the seventh day as the Sabbath?
In my experience, most Christians today side-skirt this issue, or use human reasoning to explain why they do it different that what is specifically written in Exodus Contrary to the opinions expressed regarding Jewish observance of the different laws, how ridged or lax the laws were to be walked out depended on how much a recognised leader bound or loosed commandments for those under their care.
Religious leaders had authority to make observance of laws heavier or lighter but lacked the authority to break or nullify the laws. Thankfully God meets us in our ignorance, and I believe he will continue to, until messiah returns to set up his kingdom, when he will reinstate the Jewish temporal paradigm along with his kingdom Torah.
It is easiest to understand that Yeshua verified that the 7th day Sabbath was on the correct day of the week, years ago. It makes no difference what calendar you use , because the same 7th day keeping a 7 day cycle has been kept by many people ever since. The result is that the Sabbath is still commanded to be kept, and Yeshua never changed that.
All those who do not keep the literal 7th day Saturday Sabbath are living in violation of Exodus , no matter what you think Paul said… Paul does not have authority over the OT or the Torah… Every Sunday church is living in contradiction to Exodus , ,15 and the many other OT references to Sabbath. If anyone thinks otherwise, it is because they believe in Paul, NOT in Yeshua… There is a difference, but people refuse to believe or even study the differences.
The Lord will provide them with the strength to endure during the great persecution and eventual martyrdom and receive the crown of life. The old covenant said you made righteous by obedience of the law; but this was and is impossible as Rom says. But under new covenant, justification or salvation is by faith in completed work of Jesus only. The moral law gives us the compass — but we are not compelled to follow the Law, now we LIKE to be obedient to the Law as the Holy Spirit residing in us compels us to.
It is great to see so many that care about finding the will of God. God gave us His laws, so we would know what sin is. Then the grace at the cross along with His own power and through our love to Him, we can now walk in obedience.
God sees the heart, and if the desire is there to please Him, He honors this. When we truly love, the desire to please Him will be genuine. Blessings to all! Keep seeking to keep finding. I read the bible the whole bibe and wrote papers, it seemed like every day, served Mass during school and after school Back then they would go to the classroom and get alter boys to serve for a funeral or something like that and we got a tip, yay for 12 straight years.
They people and the bible always talk about the Jews and the prophets and Abraham and Noah and Moses and Ezekiel and so on and so forth. Bear with me because I forgot much in the last 40 plus years but how come God saves the Jews and not the other people and really never ever says that there may be a nice Egyptian family with a couple of kids that are just trying to survive but it seems God smites them also. To take it a step further I never hear countless references to the Asian population. But my friends from work that are Asian do not believe in Jesus or God.
Thanks for reading. God Bless James. Whether we are Catholic or Protestant, Evangelical or Baptist, we are still operating under the false belief that our Christian faith is a true faith, unaltered since the time of Jesus.
Not so. Matthew, St. Paul, St. Peter, an so on, replaced the Parthenon of Roman, Greek, and Egyptian gods. The whole process was also an antisemitic one as the Jews had hit another low in popularity. The Roman Emperor Constantine had a hatred of Jews, who had caused more problems than any other conquered country in the empire.
To replace Passover, Easter, named after a fertility god, was appointed, Christmas replaced Hanukah, Harvest Festival replaced the Feast of Tabernacles, or Booths, and so on. These days, even for the most devoted and devout Christian and church, it is impossible to please God by obeying His laws.
It is so fortunate that God helped us by giving us Jesus, Amen? The pyramid further widens at its base to embrace the Ten Commandments—specifying more concretely how we love God and love people. Biblical Prophecy is inerrant and infallible! I encourage each and everyone of us to read Scripture in context….
Acts ….. Romans , For until the law sin was not in the world, but sin is not imputed where there is no law! Imputed Ellogeo—Greek means to not be charged to our account as sin. Genesis …. And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart are evil continually.
No Commandments!! The Serpent? The garden? Choices, choices, choices! A diabolical and nefarious doctrine has entered into the hearts and minds of men! The Son of God appeared for this purpose, to destroy the works of the devil.
No one who is born of God practices sin, because His seed abides in him; and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.. This Book of John is located toward the back of the Bible. What else does GOD say about choices with regards to comitting sin? Are we to literally sever limbs and pluck out organs? To live by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of GOD! There is only One who is good; but if you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments. Simply and plainly….
Not fallible or inerrant man! The same foolishness that is being exhibted through many televangelist and ministres; that desire to keep their members in darkness evilness and not into the light of GOD righteousness.
Yes, we live in this sin sickened world but, we as Disciples of Christ should not be of the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world.
The world is passing away, and also its lusts; but the one who does the will of God lives forever. Yes, Scripture doth say this, however, if we continue to read the proceeding verses we will understand the context of this verse.
Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood, A heart that devises wicked plans, Feet that run rapidly to evil, A false witness who utters lies, And one who spreads strife among brothers. I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance. Luke ; 5. In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zacharias, of the division of Abijah; and he had a wife from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.
They were both righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and requirements of the Lord. Could Zacharias and his wife Elisabeth be those that that are referred to in Romans 3: 10? Before it is too late…Matthew Central Theme?
The author of this article is spot on! Yeshua always talks about how we are to worship His Father and that He is here bring us back to Him. God says to follow his commands and so does His Son Yeshua our Messiah.
He was the Last Sacrifice and we no longer have to die for our sins. To be righteous you must get that from the blood of Christ, However, to love God or your neighbor, you must love them by doing the Law. How can you say you love God and have other Gods before him? For one to belong to God…. One that is in opposition to the law of God is the enemy of God. The Bible clearly teaches that by the law is the knowledge of sin. Why would one that loves God and is thankful for His sacrifice, wish to continue in sin??
People better humble themselves and repent…while they still CAN! Patty define sin for me. Therefore let no one judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a festival, a New Moon, or a Sabbath. It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all.
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