What, to your understanding, are our CURRENT commandments? To facilitate learning among readers, please list what you view are the NT Commandments.
The ones I see are:
John 3:16 (belief in the Son is required in order to enter into the New Covenant);
John 5:23 (honor the Son just as you honor the Father);
John 13:34 (love one another as I have loved you);
Luke 22:19 (observe the Lord's Supper).
Those of you who may refer to the 10 Commandments, please remember Romans 7:4.
I wish you all peace.
2006-10-17 06:21:57 · 36 answers · asked by Suzanne: YPA 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
LILY: what does Romans 7:4 say? No one is justified by the OT Laws, including the 10 Commandments. They are only there to show us we're sinners and prepare us for Christ. Once He arrived, we became dead to the Law.
2006-10-17 06:39:00 · update #1
VQ: read Romans 3:19-20, 5:20, 7:7 and 10:4; and Galatians 3:24 and Hebrews 7:19. We are not justified by the OT Law; it only serves to show us we are sinners.
2006-10-17 07:00:16 · update #2
Todd B: Yes, I've read "Hell's Best Kept Secret." Ray Comfort explains AGAIN and AGAIN that we (believers) are dead to the Mosaic Law (did you know he's a Messianic Jew?). He also reiterates throughout his entire ministry that the OT laws only serve to show unbelievers the standard by which they will be judged. Mr. Comfort doesn't espouse OT Laws for New Covenant believers. Peace.
2006-10-17 07:04:28 · update #3
Matthew 22:37,39
Love the Lord your God with all of your heart, mind and soul.
Love your neighbor as yourself.
Jesus, death and resurrection established a new covenant between God and man, the covenant of grace. We are no longer under the old covenant of the law as Christians. All who beleive in Jesus, accepting the gift of grace (forgiveness), by faith in His death, descension into hell, resurrection from the dead and ascension into heaven; accepting Jesus as your Savior and Lord, live under the new covenant of grace and mercy, not the old covenant of the law. This is why the bible has 2 Testaments, the Old Testament for the old covenant and the New Testament for the new covenant. Which covenant are you under?
2006-10-17 07:12:43 · answer #1 · answered by David R 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First of all I have to say, I'm impressed. You really know your stuff. This is a good, thought provoking question.
My view is that we need to remember Matthew 5:17 "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". So God did not do away with the 10 commandments. In other words we can't say that they don't apply anymore. Killing, stealing, etc is still a sin. But you're right about Romans 7:4. We should not try to seperate the OT and NT. Yes Jesus did usher in a new covenant. But the Bible is a unity. I see it as God adding to what was already there.
Remember in Matthew 5 starting with verse 21 where Jesus says "You have heard it said...but now I say to you..."? He is taking the original law and going further with it. Not only should we not actually commit adultery, but we shouldn't even lust about it. So I think he builds on what was already there.
In addition to the ones you listed, notice Luke 10:27 He answered, " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind' [Deut. 6:5]; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'
Both of these commandments that Jesus gives are commandments that were in place in OT times and He is saying they still apply. (Deut 6:5 and Levi 19:18). For the sake of space I will end with the Great Commission in Mathew 28:19.
(Some people are confusing requirements for salvation with commands).
2006-10-17 07:30:25 · answer #2 · answered by cnm 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The NT Commandments are exactly the same as the OT Commandments. They haven't changed. Even Christ said, "If you love me, keep my Commandments." Christ summed up the 10 Commandments when He said, "Love the Lord with all your strength and all your heart and all your mind [the first 4 Commandments] and love your neighbor as yourself [the last 6 Commandments].
The Catholic Church came along later and altered God's Commandments (thou shalt not alter the thing that has gone out of my lips). We are not to add to or detract from God's Commandments. But the Catholic Church removed the 2nd Commandment about idol worship (for obvious reasons), and split the 10th Commandment in two. They also changed the wording of the 4th Commandment from "Sabbath Day" to "the Lord's Day". They had no right to do this, but the Bible said that the "Beast" would seek to change times and laws.
As far as Romans 7:4 goes, it's true that we are not "under" the law, but this means that we are not saved by keeping the law, but by grace through faith in Jesus Christ. HOWEVER, we keep the Law BECAUSE we are saved! That's what sets a Christian apart from all other people. How can you tell a Christian who doesn't obey the Law from an atheist? You can't. That person would be a hypocrite, and he would give Christianity a black eye by his actions.
One should ask a Christian who says we don't need to obey the 4th Commandment anymore because we are not "under the law", "Well, then it must be OK to disobey the 6th Commandment not to kill, or the 7th Commandment not to commit adultery?" We are absolutely still required to obey God's law as Christians. "If you love me, keep my Commandments." 'Nuff said.
2006-10-17 06:59:02 · answer #3 · answered by FUNdie 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
In spite of what many people think, ALL of the old law passed away when Jesus gave us the NEW covenant and fulfilled all things.
It was the Church Jesus founded and appropriately empowered, which readopted and readapted the commandments to the realities of the new covenant. Here they are:
1. I am the Lord, your God. You shall have no other gods besides Me.
2. You shall not take the name of the Lord, your God, in vain.
3. Remember to keep holy the Sabbath day.
4. Honor your father and your mother.
5. You shall not kill.
6. You shall not commit adultery.
7. You shall not steal.
8. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
9. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife.
10. You shall not covet anything that belongs to your neighbor.
2006-10-17 08:19:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i do not say that i know the answer to your question but i know that we can not
use one verse with out using the rest of the chapter that it is in context with. So if you keep reading Romans7 you may find your answer in Romans 7 verse 12 says The Law is Holy and Just and Good . Our problem with sin is not the fault of the law but of how our we respond to the law. The difference between the old and new Testement Covenents is that the Law still appiles but our salvation is not ruled by it
2006-10-17 07:04:29 · answer #5 · answered by patti 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
John 3:16
2006-10-17 06:29:07 · answer #6 · answered by chrstnwrtr 7 · 8⤊ 3⤋
Jesus Himself said that the two greatest commandments were these. To love God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself. Christ said that He did not come to abolish the law, but to fulfil it. The Christian life isn't hard, it's impossible to live under your own strength. You need the Holy Spirit living in you and working through you to do it. Then obeying the commandments becomes as natural as breathing because you are motivated by love, and not duty.
2006-10-17 06:38:53 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I'm a Christian and as I understand your point for asking a question like this, I think it's unnecessary to write another set of commandments, since you have just stated looking up a verse that says that we are not subject to the law anymore, but to the body of Christ. It's not a matter of living by the law anymore...in this case...a set of NT commandments. I find the question to be making the NT religious and completely opposite of what the NT is all about.
2006-10-17 06:33:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
What about Mark 16:16, Baptism?
2006-10-17 07:40:21 · answer #9 · answered by Birdbrain 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are so many commands that it would be almost impossible to answer them all i onw wetting. Love your neighbor, love you enemy... But believing in Christ Jesus is not a commandment. Its a choice. We choose to believe Him because we believe that He died on the Cross for our sins, to make us blameless, sinless in His eyes(we dont' stop sinning because we have accepted Christ, we are just forgiven) It is a choice, not a commandment. Though, there is a condition to entering heaven and living forever with God. You have to accept Christ as your Savior
2006-10-17 06:35:27 · answer #10 · answered by whymachine 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋