I have not come to change the law of moses. Why do x-tains eat pork, not celebrate pesach, follow the law that Jeezis SAID he wasn't here to change?
2006-06-28 08:58:46 · 14 answers · asked by Ari A 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
People are quoting Paul, not Big J. Are you all saying Paul's word is worth more than Jesus'?
2006-06-28 09:10:17 · update #1
my bible verses are rusty but...there is a verse where god lays out a spread of pork and tells someone to eat it...and the dude is like "no"..and god is like "go ahead...that's what it's for"....and the dude was like.."will you pass me the ketchup"...
I'm going to Hell...aren't I....
2006-06-28 09:03:42 · answer #1 · answered by how dare I 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No he did not say that, He was referring to the Ten Commandments. If you read Col 2 first and the Deut 31 you will see the distinction that is made of God's Law and the Moses Law. So the ten commandments are binding but not the Moses Laws like killing for adultery and others. Eating unclean meat is still relevant today and some christians like the Seventh day adventist teach this. God wants us to be healthy and thus he still wants us to eat properly.
2006-06-28 09:04:43 · answer #2 · answered by Damian 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are right that he did not come to destroy the law, but immediately after saying that, he said that he was there to fulfill. The Law of Moses was given to the children of Israel after they proved themselves incapable of living the higher law that Moses came down with the first time he came from mount Sainai. Christs law, with which he fulfilled the law of Moses, was based more on individual choice, whereas the law of Moses was much more rule-based, thus making the following of God a very black and white matter - either you fulfilled the requirements of the law (by not eating this or eating that, or by offering one sacrifice or another), or you didn't. Christ's sacrifice fulfilled the Law of Moses because he was the last and supreme sacrifice, but instead of being only for one person, or for a group of people like a sacrifice would have been under the law of Moses, it was for all mankind ever. There's a lot more to say about it, but suffice it to say that Christ fulfilled the law of Moses, and gave His law instead, according to which he expects all of his followers to live. If your version of the Bible uses the word "change" instead of the word "destroy," then that's cool. But just think about it: does it make more sense to say that He wouldn't change it, and yet the entirety of Christianity lives according to a law other than the law of Moses? Or is it more understandable for Him to say that He did not come to destroy, but to fulfil (or in other words, to complete?) the law? You make the choice...
2006-06-28 09:32:31 · answer #3 · answered by zver76 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Law spoken of there is the 10 commandments. Not the whole 613... which according to those, Jesus would have broken the one about the Sabbath.
People love to quote Paul. I've been told that's the same as if Jesus himself came down and told you to your face.
2006-06-28 09:42:58 · answer #4 · answered by Kithy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The law of Moses is not all of old testament law. The law of Moses referrs to the ten commandments that Moses brought down from Mt. Sinai. The ten commandments do not address the eating of pork, etc.
2006-06-28 09:04:16 · answer #5 · answered by Becky T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thought he said he wasn't there to change the Laws of God, guess I should look it up. As to eating pork, Christ told us that what you put in your body CAN'T be unclean because it comes back out. It is in one of his parables. Why don't you take the time to actually READ the full book, actually all the Gospels. Don't just take a verse here and a verse there and say SEE.
2006-06-28 09:08:52 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus came not to change the law of moses because he was going to fullfill it, to be avoid it by everyone that was under the law...because as sinners the israelites were not be able to keep with the law...so we are no longer under the moses law...but under Gods mercy....by means of his beloved son Jesus Christ..
2006-06-28 09:03:37 · answer #7 · answered by israelmoya20 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
with Jesus a NEW covenant was made with God's people. HENCE "NEW TEStament" AFTER dying on the Cross and resurrection JESUS made the OLD Testament laws,etc. OBSOLETE. Since people weren't saved then, NOw people can be saved if they believe in the work of Jesus Christ. i rest my case.
2006-06-28 09:02:21 · answer #8 · answered by esero26 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He's referring to the 10 commandments.
2006-06-28 09:01:54 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure about your question really...but Jesus did say...
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.
Matthew 517
The bible also says...
Everything is permissible"—but not everything is beneficial. "Everything is permissible"—but not everything is constructive.
1 Corinthians10:23
Hope that helps.
2006-06-28 09:08:12 · answer #10 · answered by abbasgirlie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you're right. he didn't want a new religion. he couldn't have forseen what they would eventually do to his memory.
the people of the way didn't do this, but the pauline church eventually turned him into the pagan idol he is today. men did that; not god.
2006-06-28 09:03:54 · answer #11 · answered by Stuie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋