All christians read the same Bible, serve the same God... but many do not obey all the 10 commandments, namely concerning idols and 7th day sabbath. How to explain this to someone who is interrested in Christian;s faith.
2006-09-20 23:41:16 · 12 answers · asked by Sam 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I am a Seventh Day Adventist and we keep all of the 10 commandments.
We do not worship idols and we go to church on Sabbath(Saturday)
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2006-09-21 00:25:00 · answer #1 · answered by Conundrum 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-17 09:23:38 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
+ Idols +
Do you have pictures of your loved ones?
Statues and pictures of people we love are not idols.
Statues and paintings of Jesus and the saints are just like pictures of the people we love and respect.
The King James Version of the Bible states in Exodus 20:4: "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth"
Why were the Jews commanded not to make graven images? Graven images were the standard method of pagan worship. They were representations of false gods.
This is a very clear command.
However God commanded the Jews in Exodus 25:18 and 1 Chronicles 28:18–19, "And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them"
And in 1 Kings chapter 7 Solomon made bulls and other images out of precious metals.
It seems obvious that the Jews did not worship the cherubims and Solomon did not worship the bulls he had made. These images did not violate the command of God. Therefore, an image not made for worship is acceptable.
In Numbers 21:8-9, "And the LORD said to Moses, "Make a saraph and mount it on a pole, and if anyone who has been bitten looks at it, he will recover." Moses accordingly made a bronze serpent and mounted it on a pole, and whenever anyone who had been bitten by a serpent looked at the bronze serpent, he recovered."
And in John 3:14-15, Jesus says in correlation, "And just as Moses lifted up the [image of a] serpent in the desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life."
How can a statue of our Lord Jesus Christ dead on the cross be considered an idol to a false god? A crucifix is the message of the Gospel without words held up for all to see, a visual reminder of the sacrifice of Jesus, no different from a painting, a play, or a movie.
Catholics do not worship statues but the almighty God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
+ The Sabbath +
Christians believe that Jesus fulfilled the Law of Moses. Therefore Christians are not held to the ceremonial parts of the Mosaic Law concerning of dietary purity and temple worship.
Christians are held to the moral law of God, some of which is expressed in the Ten Commandments.
The first Christians were Jews. They went to temple or synagogue on the Sabbath (Saturday) with fellow Jews.
Then they gathered on the first day of the week, the day on which Jesus rose from the dead (Sunday), with fellow Christians to tell stories of Jesus and share Eucharist.
Later Gentiles joined Christianity. The Apostles, filled with the Holy Spirit, decided that the Gentiles did not have to covert to Judaism. Therefore, they only attended on Sundays and did not have to abide by Jewish dietary laws.
Christians believe that Jesus' Resurrection has changed the Lord's Day to Sunday.
This has been the practice ever since.
+ With love in Christ.
2006-09-23 18:36:34 · answer #3 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not all christian disobey the commandments it depends on the denomination. Non-Catholic denomination believe that the Lord took and removed the heart of stone and put instead a heart of flesh in which his commandants are written so they are able to follow the Lord's commandments. On respect to the Sabbath, instead of been Saturday, is done on Sunday because that was the day in which Jesus appeared to the disciples, but still the are keeping that commandment as the Lord said 6 days you will labor and the on7 you will east and sanctified. nowadays we work from Monday to Saturday.
2006-09-21 00:04:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
ALL Christians will never be able to avoid breaking a commandment. In fact, it is a rare person who can adhere to all 10 at all times.
If you are helping someone, they should know that they are not likely to be perfect, but it will not cause them to loose Grace. Otherwise, they will quickly be discouraged and assume they are not able to be a follower of Christ. Because we are unable to follow the law 100%; ---100% of the time, Jesus came to take our place and our sins upon Himself in our place.
Explain that some people pick and choose what they will and will not do. But they are fooling themselves and will be surprised when Jesus says "I never knew you".
We can only do our best and ask Him for help, then for forgiveness when we fail.
2006-09-21 00:00:32 · answer #5 · answered by howdigethere 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We are required to follow all of God's commandments. However, as sinners it is impossible to keep this promise with God. Only one has been without sin and that is Jesus. Nobody can keep all of the commandments on this Earth.
2006-09-21 00:04:53 · answer #6 · answered by db1445 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We are not required as Christians to adhere to the 10 commandments.
They are very beneficial though in helping us in keeping Christ's Laws.
However, idol and icon worship did carry through along with several other old testament admonitions that are now Christ's Law.
Act 15:20 but to write to them to abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from what is strangled, and from blood.
2006-09-20 23:50:52 · answer #7 · answered by rangedog 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Free agency is the greatest of all the gifts that Heavenly Father gave us and with this we have to choose to obey or disobey and it is usually easier to disobey than obey.
2006-09-21 01:33:34 · answer #8 · answered by trohil 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Confusion. They don't all read the same bible. There are many versions. Makes you wonder how there can be a version of the truth?
In fact it makes you wonder how it can be the truth at all if there are versions.
Love and blessings
don
2006-09-20 23:45:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I will explain, satan is very hard at work deceiving the world, and allot of christians are falling for his deception
2006-09-20 23:46:02 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋