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Are you currently serving time in prison for following god's other commandments in Leviticus??
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I was taught as a child to pray to God and nothing / no one else and that I need not be in a Church or any building and that God hears all of our prayers, to have faith in following The Ten Commandments, to incorporate The Golden Rule, to be honest and true to myself and most importantly, to not judge others.
There are no other commandments to replace those, just human interference in God's affairs (see Daniel 7:25).
Now, Job after his bought with «pride» he ask YHWH for his forgiveness, and was later blessed with more sons and daughters who did the law, who were good children and an even better wife, and he lived for four generations of his children and their children, and died a very happy and fulfilled life, knowing that all of his family was left with love, and peace and togetherness among each other, now this is true life, living righteously and wholesome by ourselves and by others around us is what we are all suppose to live like, caring for your neighbors faithfully, and all be as one now not after it is too late but now we need the law of righteousness from YHWH, the 10 commandments, the sabbath, a day of rest, and the passover to remember the ones who died innocently, and to remember the freedom of our lives given by YHWH and do good by one another and not let each other fall, right now is what we need in this world today people.
The 10 Commandments are part of 613 other rules from the old testament, most of them are gibberish and the rest had been in effect since Egypt.
Even their god wrote in on of their commandments not to worship the other gods... that is their own god telling them there are more gods.
If they did, they violated the 10 commandments because they allow people to worship other gods, build craven idols and in fact take the lords name in vain.
The first commandment of the bible is to NOT believe in any other gods.
The Jewish scholar Abraham Heschel, in conversation with the monk Thomas Merton, said that the first commandment, â $ œYou shall have no other gods before meâ $, is first because it is the root of all sin (Merton, A VOW OF CONVERSATION: JOURNALS 1964 - 1965).
«Even those who claim the Bible's inerrancy make distinctions between Scriptural edicts, sensing that some passages — the Ten Commandments, say, or a belief in Christ's divinity — are central to Christian faith, while others are more culturally specific and may be modified to accommodate modern life.»
I believe in being respectful of others who disagree with me, but the Spirit of God inspires me to defend his first commandment, that a man and woman shall be one flesh, and be fruitful, multiply, and replenish the earth.
Because if you actually read my post, you would see that the Moral Law (10 Commandments) are still binding since they were ratified by Jesus Himself, and in other places in the NT under the New Covenant.
Lutheran theology's antinomian tendency makes it perhaps more vulnerable than the other Reformation traditions in spite of the countervailing forces of its sociology and its doctrinal tradition, although here and there an older methodology, which understands that the Gospel does not negate the commandments, lives side by side with neo-Lutheranism and makes possible at least a tentative no to the likes of the task force.
God created us in love and wants us to love Him, so much so that the greatest commandment for Christ - followers (our «Code,» if you will) is to love God and love others.
Speaking of India (this applies to others too), poverty alleviation programmes are abounding in print and are propagandized hypocritically by every Party in State Power, the Left not excepted, and the United Front is truly guilty as it loyally, but ironically, follows as «irreversible progress» the I.M.F. commandments.
In my view, G - D's two greatest commandments are to love G - D, and to love others as we love ourselves.
Anyone who breaks 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 practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.»
Whether we are trying to obey the commandments and achieve righteousness on our own, or turning toward other gods, we walk in darkness.
I believe (as I wrote in the other thread) that agapeo means to «walk according to His commandments» (as per 2 John 1:6).
For Christians, then, to recover and understand the meaning of the command to have «no other god,» it is necessary first to recognize that the victory of the Church in history was not only incomplete, but indeed set free a force that the old sacral order had at least been able to contain; and it is against this more formless and invincible enemy that we take up the standard of the commandment today.
«It is striking that at times, in claiming to uphold the other commandments, they completely ignore the eighth, which forbids bearing false witness or lying, and ruthlessly vilify others.»
Adam was the first man, that is if he had been God he would not have been refered to as man, also who was it then that gave him commandments as to the garden of Eden, in other words who was talking to him in the cool of the evening?
Statues, praying to Mary and other «saints», placing the Pope and priests in a position that usurps Jesus, moving the Sabbath from Saturday to Sunday (because the pagans already worshiped on Sunday)-- All violations of the ten commandments.
In the faith community we understand that this purpose is community with our Creator and each other (first and second greatest commandments).
I would agree except other nationalities / religions try to strip me of my beliefs... we can't say prayer in school anymore, we can't say Merry Christmas, they don't want «In God We Trust» on anything, they want us to remove the 10 Commandments... if they want us to respect their beliefs... RESPECT OURin school anymore, we can't say Merry Christmas, they don't want «In God We Trust» on anything, they want us to remove the 10 Commandments... if they want us to respect their beliefs... RESPECT OURIn God We Trust» on anything, they want us to remove the 10 Commandments... if they want us to respect their beliefs... RESPECT OURS!
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..
Finally, we mere mortals are always tying ourselves in knots over minutiae and missing the big principle — Jesus said the only thing we need to know is that we need to love god and love each other — «On these 2 commandments hand all the law and the prophets.
And there are about 600 + commandments in the OT — what about all of the others?
We are quick to quote other commandments against sins that are repulsive to us, but what about the sins of ambition, greed and egomania that manifest themselves in empire - building, money - grubbing, Babel - erecting success stories?
But you ignorant fundiots (fundamentalist îdiots) have this per.verted view of him as a cross between Chuck Heston and Arnold Schwartzenegger, with the 10 commandments in one arm and an Uzi in the other.
he did speak of «turning the other cheek, loving your enemies, he did admonish his disciple peter for using a sword on him, he did allow himself to be killed, he did chose to forigve»... i'm just now seeing anywhere in the NT where followers of christ are called to kill??? please show me... please show me in the the ten commandments where it instructs on killing... oh, it does say not to murder
So then, whoever disobeys even the least important of the commandments and teaches others to do the same, will be least in the Kingdom of heaven.»
You seem to have highlighted particular sins as though some are worse than others all sin leads to death not just the big ones because we all are sinners.All have gone astray none are righteous.I believe the worst sin is pride idolatry is the first commandment we set ourselves as Gods.Regardless of what the sin is, our hearts are condemned by our pride.It wasnt the sin of homosexuality or sexual deviance that destroyed sodom.It was there pride and it is one of our biggest stumbling blocks in our christian walk or it certainly was for me.We look at the story of the adulterous woman and we think adultery is a terrible crime but the story is for our benefit to show that we all are sinners that Jesus does nt condemn us but came to save us.And when Jesus says go and sin no more he was not only talking to the woman but everyone else that was around judging her for her sin its a universal message that we all need to see that we all are condemned because of our sin that Jesus came to save us and that we turn from our sin and follow him.Because he is the way the truth and the life.brentnz
The guilt I'm referring to has more to do with original sin than other commandments that you speak of, but with your example, of course these things were carried out in the past, quite a lot actually.
The Ten Commandments: 1: Have no other gods — NOT A LAW 2: Make no graven image — NOT A LAW 3: Don't take the name in vain — NOT A LAW 4: Honor the Sabbath — NOT A LAW 5: Honor thy father and mother — NOT A LAW 6: Thou shalt not kill — NOT UNIQUE TO CHRISTIANITY (long pre-dated it) 7: Thou shalt not commit adultery — huge number of Christians commit adultery by LEGALLY remarrying 8: Thou shalt not steal — NOT UNIQUE TO CHRISTIANITY 9: Thou shalt not bear false witness — NOT UNIQUE TO CHRISTIANITY 10: Thou shalt not covet — NOT A LAW
It means in the words of the first commandment, «Thou shalt have no other gods before me.»
Not only does it take up more space in the Decalogue than any of the other commandments, but it is reformulated and discussed throughout the pages of Scripture.
That it has had an effect on our little animal brains is apparent in the fact that there are many believers who have heeded the commandment to love one another whether it came from Krishna, Buddha, Christ, Muhammad, Baha'u «llah, or any other Messenger.
Romans 13, «For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if [there be] any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.»
The Deuteronomic commandment, in other words, is God's inspired revelation to his people - it is trustworthy and authoritative - but it must be understood both in terms of the historical realities of life in ancient Israel (the people's sin) and in terms of God's wider revelation in the whole of Scripture.
In other words, Christianity is vulnerable to co-optation by «social justice,» since its Jewish humility undermines aristocratic pretensions, and its Hellenism undermines the particularity of Jewish commandments.
But that's because they are mostley carnally minded and forgot what Jesus said in the bible about the second great commandment... DO UNTO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD HAVE THEM DO UNTO YOU...!!!!!
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
But in Deuteronomy, there are lots of other commandments, like not eating pork or shellfish.
It is those who obey His commandments in other words those who are born again and living holy lives (= Saints) that Jesus calls Friends not the sinners who continuously grieves His heart by living a Life leading them to a place where they will be separated Jesus that place is Hell Fire.
«The preaching and teaching of Christ,» writes Marcellinus, «is in no way compatible with the practices of the state, since, as many say, it is clear that it is his commandment that we should repay no one with evil for evil, that we should offer the other cheek to one who strikes us.»
Catholics believe in the two commandments Jesus gave — love God above all other Gods and love one another as you would love yourself.
And it is of special interest for Christians that these principles of right and wrong at which one arrives include the Golden Rule (which is stated by Jesus in the gospel of Matthew, as well as in most other major world religions) and the middle ethical requirements of the Ten Commandments (thou shalt not kill, lie, steal, cheat, etc.).
The 10 commandments were nothing special and nothing new and nothing that men in other cultures hadn't already thought up.