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10 cmmandments still apply today or ??
DIR By: toolebox
Date: January 20, 2024, 10:29 am
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10 comandments
were never done away with at the death of Jesus Christ, but our
sins were if we change and live proper?
EPHESIANS 2:13-16
13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off are made
near by the blood of Christ.
14 For he is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken
down the middle wall of division between us;
15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of
commandments contained in ordinances; in order to make in
himself of two one new man, so making peace;
16 And that he might reconcile both to God in one body by the
cross, having slain the enmity by it:
Note: Looking at this scripture by itself, it is easy to see why
people misinterpret it to say that Jesus abolished the Ten
Commandments on the cross. However, when we rightly divide the
word of God, we look for other scriptures to put with it, and
there are some which Jesus spoke which contradict that
interpretation.
(Matthew 5:17) Do not think that I came to destroy the law, or
the prophets: I did not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
5:18 For amen I say to you, Until the heaven and the earth shall
pass away, not one jot or one tittle shall pass from the law,
until all things come to pass.
5:19 Therefore, whoever shall break one of these least
commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called least
in the kingdom of heaven: but whoever shall do and teach them,
this one shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
Jesus also said to a man, "If you want to enter into life keep
the commandments" (Matthew 19:17). Some might say that this was
before the cross, and it did not apply after the cross; but that
contradicts the words of Jesus also.
(Matthew 24:35) "The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but
my words shall surely not pass away."
(Mark 13:31) "The heaven and the earth shall pass away: but my
words shall surely not pass away."
So let us find scriptures that are similar to Ephesians 2:15 for
comparison, and when we do that we find these.
(Colossians 2:14) "Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances
that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out
of the way, nailing it to his cross;"
(Hebrews 7:15-16) "And it is yet far more clear, that according
to the likeness of Melchisedek there arises another priest,
Who has not come according to a law of a fleshly commandment,
but according to the power of an endless life.
(Hebrews 9:9-10) "Which was symbolic for the time then present,
in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not
make him who did the service perfect, as pertaining to the
conscience;
Which stood only in meat and drink offerings, and various
washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed until the time of
reformation."
Now if we meditate on these scriptures, we can see what Jesus
nailed to the cross, and what was contrary to him;
(Ephesians 2:15) "the law of commandments contained in
ordinances;"
(Colossians 2:14) "the handwriting of ordinances;"
(Hebrews 7:16) "the law of a fleshly commandment;"
(Hebrews 9:10) "carnal ordinances;"
What Jesus abolished was carnal (or fleshly) commandments and
ordinances, and hand written ordinances. Carnality was what
defeated people in the Old Testament, and prevented them from
keeping the law. Because the blood of bulls and goats did not
remove the sin from the heart (Hebrews 10:4), people were often
stuck in bondage to sin (Romans 7:14-24). Why?
(Romans 8:7) "Because the carnal mind is enmity with God; for it
is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be."
As long as people are carnal they are "sold (like a slave) under
sin" (Romans 7:14). The enmity is the carnal mind (Romans 8:7),
and this is what Jesus slew on the cross (Ephesians 2:16). When
we take up our spiritual crosses and follow Jesus, our carnal
Old Man is crucified with him so the body of sin can be annulled
(Romans 6:6). That sets us free from carnality. It is replaced
by spirituality and a spiritual mind. Jesus was our example; he
was a spiritual man and came to do the will of the Father and
keep the law with the law of God written in his heart.
(Psalm 40:8) "I delight to do your will, O my God, and your law
is in my heart."
In fact having the law in the heart was what God always
commanded the children of Israel, and it was an attribute of
every righteous man.
(Deuteronomy 6:6) "And these words, which I command you this
day, shall be on your heart:"
(Psalms 37:30-31) "The mouth of the righteous speaks wisdom, and
his tongue talks of judgment.
The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall
slide."
(Isaiah 51:7) "Hear me, you who know righteousness, the people
in whose heart is my law."
It also happens to be one of the attributes of people who come
under the New Covenant.
(Jeremiah 31:33) "But this shall be the covenant that I will
make with the house of Israel; After those days, says Yahweh, I
will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their
hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people."
(Hebrews 8:10) "For this is the covenant that I will make with
the house of Israel after those days, says Yahweh; I will put my
laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will
be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people."
(Hebrews 10:16) "This is the covenant that I will make with them
after those days, says Yahweh, I will put my laws into their
hearts, and in their minds will I write them."
This writing of the law in the hearts of people enables them to
keep the commandments in the law.
(Psalm 119:11) "Your word have I hidden in my heart, that I
might not sin against you."
(Romans 2:13-15) "For not the hearers of the law are righteous
before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.
For when the Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature the
things contained in the law, these, who do not have the law, are
a law to themselves:
Which shows the work of the law written in their hearts,"
Keeping the commandments of the law enables us to live free from
sin just as Jesus did.
(Romans 7:7) "What shall we say then? Is the law sin? May it not
be! No, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known
lust, except the law had said, You shall not covet."
(1 John 3:4) "Whoever commits sin also transgresses the law: for
sin is the transgression of the law."
Jesus death on the cross enabled the Old Covenant written on
stone and in a book, and made with carnal people, to be
superseded. He replaced it with a spiritual covenant made with
spiritual people, who have God's law written in their heart. The
law is spiritual (Romans 7:14) and was meant to be fulfilled in
a spiritual way, and Jesus gave us the example of how to do it.
(Romans 8:3-4) "For what the law could not do, in that it was
weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness
of the flesh of sin, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who
walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit."
When we operate according to the spirit, and not carnally
according to the flesh, it sets us free from condemnation.
(Romans 8:1) "There is no condemnation to those who are in
Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but
according to the Spirit."
When we follow Jesus' example in a spiritual way, and crucify
our spiritual flesh, which is what causes us to sin, we can have
God's law written in our hearts, and become fully obedient to
fulfill the law in a spiritual way. Jesus didn't nail the Ten
Commandments to the cross, he nailed carnal ordinances such as
animal sacrifices to it, carnal interpretation, and gave us
spiritual understanding to replace carnal understanding. As
Jesus said, every commandment of God still stands in a spiritual
sense.
(Matthew 5:17-19) "Do not think that I came to destroy the law,
or the prophets: I did not come to destroy, but to fulfill.
For amen I say to you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or
one tittle shall in no way pass from the law, till all be
fulfilled.
Whoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments,
and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the
kingdom of heaven: but whoever shall do and teach them, the same
shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
The apostle Paul confirmed that we should still keep the
commandments:
(Ephesians 2:10) "For we are his workmanship, created in Christ
Jesus for good works, which God before ordained that we should
walk in them."
Now ask yourself the question, "What good works did God before
ordain that we should walk in?" Here is the scriptural answer.
(Exodus 16:4) "Then Yahweh said to Moses, Behold, I will rain
bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and
gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether
they will walk in my law, or not."
In Context, the above verse is specifically dealing with the
Sabbath day commandment. Here are some more examples.
(1 Kings 6:12) "Concerning this house which you are in building,
if you will walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and
keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I perform my
word with you, which I spoke to David your father:"
(Nehemiah 10:29) "They clung to their brethren, their nobles,
and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God's
law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe
and do all the commandments of Yahweh our Lord, and his
judgments and his statutes;"
(Psalm 119:1) "Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in
the law of Yahweh."
So you can see that God has before ordained that anyone saved by
Grace through faith (Ephesians 2:8) has been saved to walk in
God's commandments and laws. There is no proof in Ephesians 2:15
for abolishing the Sabbath commandment, or any other of the Ten
Commandments.
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What did Christ Abolish at the Cross?
Posted on October 22, 2020 by William Earnhardtavatar
While Thursday’s section of this week’s lesson points out the
importance of the law, most Christians seems to believe the Ten
Commandments were done away with. One problem with that idea is
that the Ten Commandments are summarized in two precepts – love
God first and love others as yourself, which Jesus often
referenced in the New Testament.
The Ten Commandments show us the very character of God, which is
“others first.” As God existed from eternity, so His law of love
existed from eternity. Jesus fulfilled this law when He put
others first while He died on the cross. After the cross Jesus
continues to put others first. The Ten Commandments never
change. They are never done away with. Even in death Jesus
rested in the grave over the Sabbath. He rose on Sunday to get
back to work and be about His Father’s business. See John 20:17.
The Ten Commandments were written with God’s own hand.
The Ten Commandments are also God’s covenant or promises to us.
He is promising us that we will not need any other gods before
Him as He will care for us. He is promising us we will not need
idols and He will make us godly so we will not take His name in
vain. He promises us the Sabbath rest so we can rest in His
grace instead of relying on our works. He promises to give us
integrity and to give us all we need so we won’t need to steal
or wish for what others have.
In 2 Peter 1:4 Peter tells us to cling to God’s promises so we
can escape the corruption that is in the world. God’s character
and promises that are portrayed in the Ten Commandments will
never fail. See Mathew 5:17-19 and Luke 16:17.
Meanwhile the laws pertaining to the sanctuary services
(sometimes known as ceremonial laws) were instituted to point
people forward to the Lamb of God Who would die for us on the
cross and take our sins away. For example once Jesus died on the
cross and became the real Passover, we no longer needed the
symbolic Passover feast. The feast Sabbath days were no longer
needed as they were only symbolic of actual events to come.
However, the weekly Sabbath remains as it was given before there
was ever a need for a sanctuary .law (See Genesis 2;1-3) and
will continue in the new earth. (See Isaiah 66:23).
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