Posted on 12/25/2024 2:30:13 PM PST by Philsworld
Did Abraham Keep the Same Commandments God Gave to Moses?
Most religious teachers say that God’s commands given through Moses applied only to ancient Israel and are not for us today. But in drawing that conclusion, most of them overlook the full significance of what God said about Abraham’s obedience in Genesis 26:5, hundreds of years before God spoke to Moses and Israel at Mt. Sinai: “Abraham obeyed me and kept my requirements, my commands, my decrees and my laws” (NIV).
The Hebrew words God uses here are especially important. As The Expositor’s Bible Commentary explains regarding this verse: “The Lord then added a remarkable note: Abraham ‘kept my requirements [mismarti], my commands [miswotay], my decrees [huqqotay] and my laws [wetorotay]’ (v. 5).
“It is remarkable that this is precisely the way in which obedience to the Sinai Covenant is expressed in Deuteronomy 11:1: ‘Love the Lord your God and keep his requirements [mismarto], his decrees [huqqotayw], his laws [mispatayw] and his commands [miswotayw]’ . . .
“Thus Abraham is an example of one who shows the law written on his heart (Jeremiah 31:33). He is the writer’s ultimate example of true obedience to the law, the one about whom the Lord could say, ‘Abraham obeyed me’ (v. 5).
Abraham obeyed the same foundational spiritual laws that were given later to Israel. However, the symbolic tabernacle or temple ceremonies and rituals and Israel’s national administrative laws were not applicable in Abraham’s day. Nor are they necessary for individual Christians today, because a physical temple is no longer the center of our worship as it was in the ancient nation of Israel (John 4:19-21; Hebrews 9:9-10).
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Did Abraham Keep the Same Commandments
God Gave to Moses? .....................................13
How Can We Obey God’s Commandments? ..................16
The Sinai Covenant and the “Voice of the Lord” ..............18
God’s “Laws, Statutes and Judgments” ......................20
Key Elements of the Sinai Covenant ........................22
Rightly Understanding “Justification” and “Righteousness” ......26
Did the Ten Commandments Exist Before Moses? .............28
God’s Law: Is It a Burden or a Blessing? .....................30
What Was the Main Weakness of the Sinai Covenant? ..........34
How God Balances Justice With Mercy ......................41
How Is the New Covenant “New”? .........................42
The Ten Commandments: Keys in a Law of Love .............46
Grace and Law: Why Are They Inseparable?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
A High Priest Eager to Help Us .................................58
Current Confusion Over Christian Freedom ..................66
The “Curse of the Law” ...................................69
Galatians 4:9-10: Are God’s Laws Bondage? .................72
Did Paul’s Words to the Galatians Contradict His Actions? ......75
Why Paul Used the Term “the Whole Law” in Galatians 5:3 .....76
What’s Wrong With Our Human Nature? ....................80
The Holy Spirit: God’s Promise of His Divine Help ............82
How Paul Put the Law on “Firmer Footing” ..................89
How Does Justification Relate to Salvation? ..................90
Does Romans 14 Abolish Laws on Unclean Meats? ...........94
Did Paul Teach That All Days of Worship Are Alike?. . . . . . . . . . .98
Did Paul Tell the Romans One Thing
and the Corinthians the Opposite? .........................102
Paul Imprisoned Over a Man-Made Taboo ..................106
The Corruption of Apostolic Christianity ....................109
What Was “Wiped Out” by Jesus Christ’s Death? ............110
What Does “Shadow of Things to Come” Mean? .............112
The Calendar Used by the Earliest Gentile Christians ..........115
The Ascetic Philosophy Affecting the Colossians .............116
Colossians 2:16-17: Are God’s Laws Obsolete? ..............118
Jesus and Paul Emphasize the Law’s Correct Focus ...........122
Paul Regularly Used the Old Testament
as the Authority for His Teaching ..........................125
Acts Shows What the Early Church Believed and Practiced ....126
What Did Paul Mean by “Christ Is the End of the Law”? ......130
The Jerusalem Conference of Acts 15: What Was Decided? ....132
Other Important Ways Jesus Fulfilled the Law ...............137
Does the New Covenant Abolish the Commandments? ........138
The “New” Part of Jesus Christ’s “New Commandment” ......142
Confusion Over Legalism: What It Is and Isn’t ...............144
Does God Set Conditions on His Gift of Eternal Life? .........148
Liberty Through God’s Law ..............................155
A Covenant of Marriage .................................156
Oh GOODY!
ANOTHER SDA bait article so Phil can argue with others, sowing dissension among brethren.
...on Christmas
It’s all so proverbs 6:16-19
How...PREDICTABLE!
Watch out for the seagulls.
Jesus was able to completely fulfill the law and the convent - because we could not. Thus, the requirements of the law have been “fulfilled” (completed in Christ) and no longer have any bearing on our salvation. We find this only in Jesus, who did this for us, so that we could become “Holy” acceptable to the Father, and adopted as his sons. This is what Christmas is really about - the beginning of the end.
In that he says, A new covenant, he has made the first old. Now that which decays and waxes old is ready to vanish away.Hebrews 8:13.
Unrepentant sin has a bearing on our salvation because Jesus said IF we love Him we will keep His Commandments. James 2 "What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead". The only thing abolished by Jesus' sacrifice was the Mosaic law. The Law of God is still intact much to the chagrin of Catholics and Prots alike.
Yeah and now you have to know one from the other.
One verse, point-blank, period, full stop, seals the deal about the newness of the New Covenant:
Ephesians 2: 15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;
Paul, by the Holy Spirit, calls the law of commandments contained in ordinances ENMITY. Christ ABOLISHED it. That is hardly an invitation to return to them.
The whole letter to the Galatians augments this annulment.
But if a group of people want to try to strictly adhere to the law of commandments contained in ordinances, which no one but Christ ever did, I guess I’d say: “be my guess”.
“guest”
No argument here - just replying to the questions.
Thanks!
There's where the author is wrong right there. God gave commands to Adam, Noah and Abraham.
Angels gave commands to Moses.
People were not saved by the Law in the Old Testement either. They were saved by looking forward to YESHUA.
That is the purpose of the Law. To expose sin. What is sin? The breaking of the Law. The Law does not save but condemns. Does this make void the Law then? Romans 3:31 "Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid! Yea, we establish the law". There's nothing wrong with the Law, the fault lies with us not the Law. Jesus did NOT abolish the Law. Matt 5:17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them”. But most denominations want to abolish the Law or ignore it. Make no mistake, the Law will be kept in Heaven. So now is the time to get in line. Faith and the Law work together.
Didn't God give Moses the Ten Commandments written in stone by His Finger? Whereas the Mosaic law (The Law of Ceremonies and Ordinances) was written by Moses' hand.
As gentiles, most of the Law never applied to us, at all. Most only applies to Jewish people, more still only to Levites and Kohen, and even more on at certain times and certain places and circumstances.
It’s a bit like arguing about two other guys’ contract.
Adam and Noah received (what is now called) the Laws of Noah.
Not exactly, but roughly, the Ten Commandments less the Sabbath.
The Law of God applies to everyone. Which Commandment would you like to break and think that God winks at? Worshiping other gods? Thou shalt not murder? Thou shalt not bear false witness? Coveting thy neighbors wife or livestock?
YOU get to pick and choose what you will obey and disobey of Gods Laws? Jesus kept the Sabbath and He said IF ye love Him you should keep His Commandments. 90% love may not cut the mustard. God doesn't grade on the curve like Mrs. Murphy in sixth grade. "If you break one law you break them all" James 2:10: God wants a commitment. A full one.
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