Or is there a preacher that tells them?
2006-07-25 12:55:35 · 35 answers · asked by tammidee10 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No, I'm Christian, and I don't feel that way.
I try to abide, but human nature is to sin, and it's going to happen. We are by no means perfect, and anybody who claims to be is not being truthful. It's all about how hard we try to avoid the near occasion of sin, how much we repent, and how hard we try not repeat that same sin.
I also feel that judging someone for WHATEVER reason, using the bible to condemn (condemnation is not of God) someone, also known as scripture lashing, is wrong, and not of God. God should be the only one to make you feel conviction, not man.
2006-07-25 13:06:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 20⤊ 4⤋
All christians pick and choose what parts of the bible they will follow and not follow. Some of them rely on a preacher to tell them, but when it all comes down to it, they all choose.
The important question remains, unless a person is following EVERY part of the bible, how on earth can they condemn anybody who follows it differently?
How many people
I'm a preacher's kid... I was raised around some of the holiest people that exist. NONE of them follow the bible in it's entirety.
My father insisted that if it were possible for people to live by every word in the bible, there would have been no need for jesus.
Just my two points worth.
Dustin Lochart
2006-07-25 13:10:30 · answer #2 · answered by Dustin Lochart 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No to both questions.
The moral code is something that God put together. To reject God's moral code is to reject God's righteousness.
Some of the laws in the OT, however, are not included in the moral code; they are cultural in nature. Non-Jewish Christians are not required to follow Jewish cultural mores to be Christians. A good example of this would be the rules against tatoos, wearing garments made of mixed threads, and various food laws.
The Aaronaic Priesthood and the laws regarding them were done away with by the completely perfect sacrifice of Christ. They are no longer binding, finding fulfillment in Christ.
If you have a specific law in mind, perhaps you should ask about that law?
2006-07-25 13:04:08 · answer #3 · answered by MamaBear 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well of course, but we don't choose ourselves, we have ministers and theologists for that.
Reading the bible you find a lot of rules that would be even illegal to follow in today's society, You can find in the Exodus and in Paul the most ridiculous rules.
Remember Islam and Christianity have a common ancestry, so things like stoning are common for both holy books and absurd.
2006-07-25 13:07:22 · answer #4 · answered by Bolo Lacertus 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The bible is not multiple choice. The bible is not something that you can try to conform to your sinful lifestyle. God deals with those who do not abide in His rules.
Titus 1:16 They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
Not everyone who calls themselves a Christian is, and they are the ones who picks and chooses which part of the bible they want to obey. Titus 1:16 talks about those people.
2006-07-25 13:04:04 · answer #5 · answered by Carol M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Bible is a very difficult book. The Old testament is not about Christianity. Christianity is all about love and forgiveness...there are no laws in true Christianity.
2006-07-25 13:02:29 · answer #6 · answered by Roxton P 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are certain laws that were symbolic or ceremonial laws designed to point the way to Jesus and/or to set the Jewish people apart from the nations surrounding them as being Holy unto God that Christians are not required to follow.
There are only two laws that a Christian is supposed to follow now.
Jesus said:
Matthew 22:36 "Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?" 37 Jesus said to him, " 'You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.' 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like it: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' 40 On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets."
Paul explained:
Romans 13:8 Owe nothing to no one, except to love one another, for he who loves one another has fulfilled the law. 9 For, "You shall not commit adultery," "You shall not kill," "You shall not steal," "You shall not covet," and if there is any other commandment, in this word it is summed up, namely, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." 10 Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
Jesus said:
Matthew 5:17 "Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to abolish, but to fulfill.
Paul explained:
Colossians 2:13 And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, 14 having blotted out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and He has taken it out of the midst, nailing it to the cross. 15 And having disarmed principalities and powers, He mocked them in public, triumphing over them in it. 16 Therefore do not let anyone judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival or of a new moon or of sabbaths, 17 which are a shadow of things to come, but the body is of Christ.
2006-07-25 15:31:47 · answer #7 · answered by Martin S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus never invalidated the Old Testament, I mean, what scripture says that, what part of not one jot or tittle do people not understand. Jesus removed the penalty for sin by becoming the perfect sacrifice- other than that, every instruction of God is perfect, and it is not for Him, it is for us to live the life of blessing that He desires for us. Yes every instruction in the Bible is impotant and there is nothing that was put there in vain.
2006-07-25 13:05:55 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No because that is like picking and choosing which laws you want to follow in life. Such as running red lights.
2006-07-25 12:59:23 · answer #9 · answered by Izzie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are different sects of every religion that follow certain rules. The bible is also interpreted differently by everyone, so they follow rules according to how they interpret verses, chapters, etc.
2006-07-25 13:00:23 · answer #10 · answered by Samantha_is_Sparks22 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most of them work out pretty quickly it doesn't really matter. They just have to pretend to the preacher and the congregation (who are also pretending). So they don't bother.
2006-07-25 12:58:12 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋