Commandment 1: Paul said, "God, who made the world and everything in it...they should seek the Lord" (Acts 17:24,27). Paul also said, "I worship the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the Law" (Acts 24:14). "And what agreement has the temple of God have with idols?" (II Cor 6:16). "you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God" (I The 1:9). "Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God" (2 The 2:3-4).
Commandment 2: "we write to them to abstain from things polluted by idols" (Acts 15:20). "Now while Paul waited for them in Athens, his spirit was provoked within him when he saw that the city was given over to idols...Then Paul stood in the midst of the Areopagus and said...'God, who made the world and everything in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands. Nor is He worshipped with men's hands, as though He needed anything'" (Acts 17:16,22,24-25). "Professing to be wise, they became fools, and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man--and birds and four footed animals and creeping things" (Rom 1:22-23). "But now I have written to you not to keep company with anyone named a brother, who is...an idolater" (I Cor 5:11). "Neither... idolators...will inherit the kingdom of God" (I Cor 6:9-10). "And do not become idolaters as were some of them...Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry" (I Cor 10:7,14). "And what agreement has the temple of God have with idols?" (II Cor 6:16). "Now the works of the flesh are evident...idolatry" (Gal 5:19,20). "For this you know that no...idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God" (Eph 5:5). "Therefore put to death...covetousness, which is idolatry" (Col 3:5). "you turned to God from idols" (I The 1:9).
Commandment 3: "they are all under sin...Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness" (Rom 3:9,14). "Let all...evil speaking be put away from you" (Eph 4:31). "But now you yourselves are to put off all these:...blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth" (Col 3:8). "they may learn not to blaspheme" (I Tim 1:20). But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: For men will be...blasphemers" (II Tim 3:1,2).
Commandment 4: "Then Paul, as his custom was, went in to them and for three Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures...And he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and persuaded both Jews and Greeks" (Acts 17:2;18:4 see also 13:14,27,42,44). "let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need" (Eph 4:28) and "For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: 'If anyone will not work, neither shall he eat'" (II Thes 3:10); (recall that the requirement to work is also part of the Sabbath command, thus even that portion of the commandment is repeated in the New Testament.) "And to whom did He swear they would not enter His rest, but to those who did not obey?" (Heb 3:18). "For He has spoken in a certain place of the seventh day in this way: 'And God rested on the seventh day from all His works'" (Heb 4:4). "There remains therefore a rest (literally sabbatismos, 'Sabbath rest') for the people of God. For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His" (Heb 4:9-10).
Commandment 5: "being filled with all unrighteousness ...disobedient to parents" (Rom 1:29,30). "Children obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 'Honor your father and mother', which is the first commandment with promise: that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth" (Eph 6:1-3). "the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience" (Col 3:6). "Children obey your parents in all things, for this is well pleasing to the Lord" (Col 3:20). "But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: For men will be...disobediant to parents" (II Tim 3:1,2).
Commandment 6: "being filled with all unrighteousness ...murder" (Rom 1:29). "You shall not murder" (Rom 13:9). "Now the works of the flesh are evident...murders" (Gal 5:19,21). "the lawless and insubordinate...murders...manslayers" (I Tim 1:9).
Commandment 7: "being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality" (Rom 1:29). "So then if, while her husband lives, she marries another man, she will be called an adulteress" (Rom 7:3). "You shall not commit adultery" (Rom 13:9). "But now I have written to you not to keep company with anyone named a brother, who is sexually immoral" (I Cor 5:11). "Neither... adulterers, nor homosexuals...will inherit the kingdom of God" (I Cor 6:9-10)."Nor let us commit sexual immorality as some of them did" (I Cor 10:8). "Now the works of the flesh are evident...adultery, fornication" (Gal 5:19). "For this you know that no fornicator...has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God" (Eph 5:5). "the lawless and insubordinate...fornicators...sodomites" (I Tim 1:9,10). "fornicators and adulterers God will judge" (Heb 13:4).
Commandment 8: "You shall not steal" (Rom 13:9). "nor thieves...will inherit the kingdom of God" (I Cor 6:10). "I have been...in perils of robbers" (II Cor 11:25-26). "Let him who stole, steal no longer" (Eph 4:28).
Commandment 9: "You shall not bear false witness" (Rom 13:9). "Therefore, putting away lying" (Eph 4:25). "Do not lie to one another" (Col 3:9). "the lawless and insubordinate...liars...perjurers" (I Tim 1:9,10). "Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, speaking lies in hypocrisy" (I Tim 4:1-2). "But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: For men will be...slanderers" (II Tim 3:1,3). "God, who cannot lie" (Ti 1:2). "it is impossible for God to lie" (Heb 6:18).
Commandment 10: "being filled with all unrighteousness...covetousness" (Rom 1:29)."You shall not covet" (Rom 7:7). "You shall not covet" (Rom 13:9). "But now I have written to you not to keep company with anyone named a brother, who is...covetous" (I Cor 5:11). "nor covetous...will inherit the kingdom of God" (I Cor 6:10). "we should not lust after evil things as they also lusted" (I Cor 10:6). "you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh" (Gal 5:16). "For this you know that no fornicator...nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God" (Eph 5:5). "Therefore put to death...covetousness, which is idolatry" (Col 3:5). "For neither at any time did we use flattering words, as you know, nor a cloak for covetousness" (I The 2:5). "Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have" (Heb 13:5).
Don't you see how silly this position is....to say that the Ten Commandments are no longer in effect when Our Lord and The Apostles continued to teach their observance all throughout the New Testament?
I have really never encountered someone who is so wrapped up in the idea that God's Law has been abolished. I certainly hope that you are able to come to the truth someday.......soon.
You can have the last word, my FRiend.
Your silence on critical points of contention combined with your hurling of elephants on points already stipulated and agreed to makes me wonder sometimes whether you even read my posts. After I took your own 'proof' texts (Hebrews 7:11-12; 8:13-9:28) and showed you three instances where the explicit language of those texts refutes your claim that the Levitical sacrifices constituted the entire Old Covenant that was abolished, what is your response here? Here once again you fail to advance any argument or evidence to support your artificial bifurcation of the Old Covenant. I provided three examples from your citations; first with respect to the comparison of the Old Covenant to a last will and testament (Hebrew 9:16-22), second in relation to The Tables of the Covenant (Hebrew 9:4) and third, with respect to under the Levitical priesthood the people received the law, which explictly contradicts your baseless claim that the Levitical sacrifices were not part of the original law and were added later because of the sins of the people.
What is your specific response to my examples? Absolute, deafening silence. You simply ignore these examples and repeat your original claim, as if that constituted a specific counter argument or response. You say nothing in response about
a last will and testament (Hebrew 9:16-22),
The Tables of the Covenant (Hebrew 9:4)
under the Levitical priesthood the people received the law. (Hebrews 7:11) .
Since you are the one who brought up the passages in the first place, doesn't it occur to you that merely repeating your original claim and making no counter argument regarding regarding the specific language of the texts that you yourself quoted is completely unresponsive? I can only take this to mean that you are apparently uninterested or unable to provide a substantive, specific response. I understand why. You cannot even bring yourself to admit out loud what The Tables of the Covenant from the passage that you quoted (Hebrew 9) means or refers to, for example, even though you know that it refers to the Ten Commandments, because to admit the obvious destroys your artificial and imaginary bifurcation of the Old Covenant. So what do you do? You pass by The Tables of the Covenant in complete silence and instead post lists of commandments from the New Testament that we already agree are binding, the exception of course being the absence of a sabbath keeping commandment for Christians, which is the bone of contention. You have nothing to say about how plainly and how repeatedly the Ten Commandments are called "the Covenant", which God gave at Sinai to Israel when he brought them out of Egypt.
Your claims that the Ten Commandments (as such) were taught by Our Savior during His ministry here on Earth, were continued by the Apostles after His death, and were in force prior to Sinai are either not dispositive of the issue and/or, particularly with regard the the sabbath commandment, have already been refuted specifically in previous posts.
Don't you see how silly this position is....to say that the Ten Commandments are no longer in effect when Our Lord and The Apostles continued to teach their observance all throughout the New Testament?
I have really never encountered someone who is so wrapped up in the idea that God's Law has been abolished. I certainly hope that you are able to come to the truth someday.......soon.
We are not Antinomians, if that's what you're trying to intimate. We are under the law of Christ. 1 Corinthians 9:21, Galatians 6:2. "Fulfill the law of Christ." But you use the phrase, "God's Law", applying it to the Ten Commandments alone as if "God's Law" were just the Ten Commandments and nothing more. That is the cause of much of your error. Scripture never once calls the Ten Commandments alone "God's Law". And you never answered whether God has any other commandments besides ten.
I will simply add here again with your examples of Jesus, he himself was born under the law, lived his life under it perfectly, and his instructions at that time were to those still under the law. To the cleansed leper he said, "go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift Moses commanded, as a testimony to them." (Matthew 8:4) Do you apply this to Christians now and conclude that we must offer gifts according to Moses? When Christ said, "The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat. So you must obey them and do everything they tell you. Do you do that? Or do you practice circumcision because Jesus was circumcised?
Paul shaved his head and engaged in purification rites and made offerings ( (Acts 21:20-26). Do you practice those things? Paul was circumcised. He had Timothy circumcised. Do you practice those requirements of the law? If you don't, is it ok to accuse you of lawlessness, or would that be silly?
One final point. Do you really think that if the Sabbath were a really a binding requirement on Christians, that Paul would have left a Divine Commandment such as that up to individual conscience, as he did in Colossians 2:16?
Cordially,