From this verse we can then determine that flint meant black in a way that those who do not follow the counsel of the priest and were on such a level of «scratching and biting» as were the brothers of Nephi could receive a curse of being exiled from the people of God and a transformation would come on them which would make them look unpleasant to those who
kept the commandments of God so they would not want to be a part of their communities.
We see this happening in the life of the individual — Job, for instance, the righteous man who
keeps the commandments of God and yet from whose life all sign of the divine presence has failed.
Those that
keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.
On the tombstone of Peter Chamberlain, physician to Queen Elizabeth 1, are these words: «As for his religion, he was a Christian,
keeping the commandments of God and faith of Jesus.
Not exact matches
... I charge you in the presence
of God, who gives life to all things, and
of Christ Jesus, who in his testimony before Pontius Pilate made the good confession, to
keep the
commandment unstained and free from reproach until the appearing
of our Lord Jesus Christ.
For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity
of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generations
of those who hate Me, but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and
keep My
Commandments.
We would love to, but there are Ten
Commandments monuments in our pubic schools, «In God We Trust» on our money, and we are told to
keep quite every time we identify ourselves as atheists... and now you are guilty
of doing it to us.
please
keep in mind that there is a total
of 613
commandments given to men by god and so by you stupidly only following 10... enjoy hell you moron.
Unless
keeping His
commandments have no effect on the quality
of our lives.
14 That thou
keep this
commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing
of our Lord Jesus Christ:
Finnis and Grisez charge that, according to the logic
of Amoris Laetitia, some
of the faithful are too weak to
keep God's
commandments, and can live in grace while committing ongoing and habitual sins «in grave matter.»
1st John 5:3 For this is the love
of God, that we
keep his
commandments: and his
commandments are not grievous.
If you believe what your saying you really haven't been converted and never will It will also be to late for the people you have deceived Unless you actually repent and be properly baptized and do as he says If you love me
keep my
commandments That does mean including the real Sabbath the 7TH day
of the week and not the first day (Sunday) The mark
of the beast!
God gave the Hebrews the
Commandment of keeping the seventh day (day
of rest) holy.
* 1st John 5:2 By this we know that we love the children
of God, when we love God, and
keep his
commandments.
I notice that some say that we can, without religion live a moral life, grant that is a part
of a religious life, but I wish to explain: there is more than living a moral life to be saved, it is putting faith in God: it is: «If you love me,
keep my
commandments.»
5 You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity
of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations
of those who hate Me, 6 but showing lovingkindness to thousands, to those who love Me and
keep My
commandments.
From another point
of view, Christians still
keep the
Commandment regarding the seventh day anyway — they just call that day Sunday instead
of Sabbath or Saturday.
So not only did the law not justify the one who
kept the primary
commandment of the law perfectly, thus showing the sinfulness
of those under it, and their inability to judge righteously, but it shows that Jesus was vindicated by God for his trust even unto death, apart from the law's judgment, and that he was righteous in doing so.
I knew about Judge Roy Moore, the now - removed chief justice
of the Alabama Supreme Court who waged and lost a stubborn fight to
keep a Ten
Commandments monument in his courthouse.
The fourth Gospel reports Jesus» saying, «If you love me, you will
keep my
commandments,» and «He who believes in the Son has eternal life; he who does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath
of God rests upon him.»
That love is not some vague feeling or looking after people in our community, important though that is; it is by following Christ's teaching, living out as closely as possible the manner
of His perfect loving, that we attain heaven: «He who has my
commandments and
keeps them, he it is who loves me; and he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.»
Yes,
keeping the Sabbath is one
of the Ten
Commandments, but God's heart for us to rest isn't designed to be an added millstone
of guilt around our necks, to get to His goodness.
I visit the iniquity
of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation
of those who hate me but showing steadfast love to the thousands
of those who love me and
keep my
commandments.
The Ten
Commandments — The Law 1) Thou Shalt have no other gods before me 2) You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form
of anything in heaven above or earth below... 3) You shall not misuse the name
of the Lord your God 4) Remeber the Sabbath and
keep it holy 5) Honor your father and your mother..
It does not exactly say that but it does say that basically that you will
keep all
of the law if you follow those two
commandments.
So quit relying on Jewish scriptures and Hebrew traditions to inform the CHristian church, and look to the simple message
of Jesus on the only
commandments that are important, and then the answer here is simple — if women are knowledgeable, capable teachers, welcome them to that role, love them for it, and
keep the faith.
Because «he himself knew what was in man» (John 2:25), he pierced through the veneer
of «good» people to their chicanery and self - deception, and saw that the
keeping of the
commandments from one's youth up was no substitute for single - minded devotion to God (Mark 10:17 - 22).
Joseph Smith taught a plurality
of gods, and that man by obeying the
commandments of God and
keeping the whole law will eventually reach the power and exaltation by which he also will become a god.
If his children forsake my law and do not walk according to my ordinances, if they violate my statutes and do not
keep my
commandments, then I will punish their transgression with the rod and their iniquity with scourges; but I will not remove from him [that is, Israel, seen corporately in the person
of David] my stead - fast love, or be false to my faithfulness.
1 John 3:22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive
of him, because we
keep his
commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
1Jn 5:2 By this we know that we love the children
of God, when we love God, and
keep his
commandments.
1Jn 5:3 For this is the love
of God, that we
keep his
commandments: and his
commandments are not grievous.
Where in the word
of God does he find the
commandment: «Remember the first day
of the week to
keep it holy?»
If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice
of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his
commandments, and
keep all his statutes, I will put none
of these diseases upon thee.
11th
commandment: In case you can't
keep the
commandments and are on the verge
of breaking any
of them, then try as much as possible not to get caught in the act.
Jesus continues in effect: «The scribes tell you that the
commandment against adultery is
kept if you avoid the overt act
of adultery.
If you are allowed your worshiping ways in these school then we should be able to
keep out 10
COMMANDMENTS posted anywhere and
keep God in America in the way that the Founding Father
of this COUNRTY started in the building
of this great country
of freedom.
The doctrine
of grace gives us grounds to hope that we may in fact
keep the
commandments fully if we call upon God for help and co-operate with his assistance by exercising modesty, by
keeping custody
of the eyes, by avoiding impure conversations and by using all the other means traditionally employed in support
of chastity.
But this love for Christ is not fruitless; it fills us not only with the purest reverence and highest respect for Him, but also has the effect
of making us
keep his
commandment in that we sacrifice ourselves for each other and are virtuous, but virtuous only out
of love for him.3
Its gone from literal truth, to parable - based understanding, to take what you want and leave the rest, to ummmm... maybe this is a load
of tosh, let's just
keep the 10
commandments, 4
of which don't make sense, and try not to be too rude to each other.
The king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the Lord,
keeping his
commandments, his decrees, and his statutes, with all his heart and all his soul, to perform the words
of this covenant that were written in this book.
My child, do not forget my Torah, but let your heart
keep my
commandments; for length
of days and years
of life and abundant shalom they will give you.
My intention was simply to see if perhaps you could explain the inconsistency that
keeping nine
of the ten
commandments is loving toward God and one's neighbor, but
keeping the fourth one isn't.
Jordan, in the version
of Judaism you are exploring, I have been wondering whether you are required to
keep commandments.
«If you would
keep the
Commandments,» he said, «you would love God with all
of your heart, with all your mind, with all your strength, with all your being.
For the ancient Hebrew sages «kingdom
of heaven» was a spiritual expression meaning the rule
of God over a person who
kept or began to
keep the written and oral
commandments.
As the type
of Judaism you are exploring
keeps on getting mentioned on a public thread, here, one might ask you a question: do you strive to
keep the Ten
Commandments, or a general moral law, or all the other rules about Kosher food and holidays and Sabbath
keeping?
Today I'm roman catholic and mostly Jewish first church
of Joe's on the corner, but I don't
keep the
commandments cause seventh day adventists want me to eat pancakes on Thursday, though god - jaters make a lot
of sense.
David discovered this principle and this was probably why God let him off the hook and did not have him stoned to death for adultery and murder like the law required: because David was humble and repented (even though Achan and plenty
of other people repented and God still punished them, and this has nothing to do with the fact that David was king and probably would not have commanded his own stoning to
keep the law even though he wrote Psalm 119 which is all about how much he loved
keeping every
commandment in the law).