All Christians practice selective obedience of the Scriptures. This involves preaching that the Bible must be obeyed 100% from Genesis to Revelation, but in practice obeying the ‘agreeable’ Scriptures, while disobeying the ‘disagreeable’ Scriptures. Some justify their disobedience of this Scripture by saying, “That was applicable for Paul’s time, not for today.” Christians do not misinterpret Scriptures; they simply selectively obey Scriptures, as all Christians and their churches, without exception, do. Full obedience to the Bible 100% from Genesis to Revelation is an impossibility as it would land us in all kinds of horrendous legal, moral and ethical dilemmas. This is because the Scriptures were written by different men in different times for different purposes. Hence, for every conflicting doctrine and liturgy taught by the diverse Christian schisms, each can extract some support from the Scriptures. The application of Scriptures in any day and age is a convoluted business.
2006-07-19 09:48:03 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
This is the major reason for the existence of thousands of Christian schisms and schisms of schisms each with its own brand of selective obedience to the Scriptures.
2006-07-19 09:48:30 · update #1
Absolutely. To support their personal bigotries, many Christians will say 'God' is the same today as back in time, that 'God' never changes. When it's inconvenient for them to follow 'God's' unchanging law, they say, oh, that was a custom of the time, not a real law -- or oh, Jesus came along, which did away with that law.
According to Jesus's faith (Judaism) the messiah was supposed to honor the laws, not alter them. If he changed the law, he would not have been the messiah. "The Messiah will lead the Jewish people to full Torah observance. The Torah states that all mitzvot (commandments) remain binding forever, and anyone coming to change the Torah is immediately identified as a false prophet. (Deut. 13:1-4)" From http://www.simpletoremember.com/vitals/jewsandjesus.htm#5
2006-07-19 09:50:49 · answer #1 · answered by Sweetchild Danielle 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No! In the old testament you had to sacrifice a lamb to just get forgiveness of your sins. In the new testament is when Jesus was crucified for the worlds sins. That changed the way that you could ask for forgiveness. Now all you have to do when you sin is ask God to forgive you for it. Only if you are a Christian. If you are not a Christian then you probably don't care if you have sinned or not. To be a Christian you have to believe that Jesus Christ died for you on the cross and rose again. You have to repent of your sins, that is ask God to forgive you of your sins and ask him to come into your heart. And truly mean it, only if the holy ghost is present will you be saved. You will always be able to tell a difference in the way you feel. And you won't want to do the things you use to do. And you won't want to make fun of the Christian people or anyone else.
2006-07-19 10:10:22 · answer #2 · answered by laurelbush28762 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, I consider myself a Christian, but I only obey the Ten Commandments, and the foundation laid in the New Testament. That idea is actually scriptural. Jesus even says that the old laws have passed, and are no longer applicable, excepting the Ten Commandments, and the eleventh, which He gave: "Love one another."
Simple as that.
2006-07-19 09:51:39 · answer #3 · answered by The_Cricket: Thinking Pink! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As a Christian, I absolutely agree. You can find a passage in the bible to support just about anything you say. Hence, the different interpretations and many different religions. If you are a believer, you just pray to do the very best that you can.
2006-07-19 09:54:50 · answer #4 · answered by butrcupps 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, we hold Jesus Christ as our savior because he was the only man who followed all of them.
Also, "Thou shalt not murder" is a lot more important to most people "than thou shalt not eat shellfish" so they worry more about those important ones and let the others sit on the back-burner.
And hey, don't all atheists practice selective obedience to the laws of the United States government?
2006-07-19 09:55:39 · answer #5 · answered by Ether 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is exactly why I consider the Bible to be a "guideline" rather than a "rule book". Anyone can take any verse from the Bible and twist around to make it mean whatever they want it to mean.
Excellent point.... and excellent use of the word "schism". ;-)
2006-07-19 09:57:40 · answer #6 · answered by browneyedgirl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Law as given to Moses is fulfilled in the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross. The WHOLE OT and all it's LAW were about Him. Through His sacrifice we are free from the Priesthood of Aaron and the Blood sacrifice. Christ Himself is now the last and eternal sacrifice. We obey all the Laws of the OT through our faith in Christ.
2006-07-19 10:06:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Man makes the same mistakes over and over again, history of man repeats itself. The bible is fact, to live by its commands, to trust its truth, and to believe in its author. If you are hung up on the stuff in Leviticus, Jesus told peter that the old law has passed away because Jesus was our perfect sacrifice. I believe it 100%.
2006-07-19 10:00:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why do you and most every one else go on the Old Testament other than where God told Moses he would raise one up from among your brethren like unto you and when he come
HEAR YE HIM. Jesus is the NEW COVENANT,Why trample his blood under foot?
Why not know the truth and be set free as Jesus said.
2006-07-19 10:00:12 · answer #9 · answered by jackiedj8952 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I practice every single word of the bible. Consequently, I'm writing this from San Quentin's death row, for the crimes of murder and incest. I thought the judge would understand that I was simply following The Word of God. Go figure!
2006-07-19 09:59:13 · answer #10 · answered by P7 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋