In the commandments of God that were revealed to Moses it says that you shall have no other gods before Him. You shall not make idols in the form of anything. Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy.
But they worship Jesus, they created the cross and use it as an idol, and they changed the Sabbath to Sunday and the real Sabbath is on Saturday.
Why is this? What religion is closest to keeping the commandments of God?
2006-12-16 03:00:25 · 25 answers · asked by Religion? 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Jesus is God if you know anything about the Trinity. Jesus is God in the form of human flesh and the Holy Spirit is God in the spirit form. God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit form one which is the trinity. The cross is the symbol of the death of Jesus our Savior, but we do not worship it. The Sabbath day is Sunday because that is the seventh day of creation in the bible which is when God commanded us to rest like He did after creation.
2006-12-16 03:06:24 · answer #1 · answered by Angela F 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
You question is not a straightforward one to answer. Everyone has the right to worship God according to their own conscience. And there will always be people in every religion that will disappoint you by their conduct. Religions do not keep commandments, people do. Your question genders more towards doctrinal continuity from the Old Testament. If your looking for what religion still keeps the Mosaic laws, you'd have to look to Judaism, even though they don't even keep the laws of sacrifice.
You are not asking the right question. The right question is 'What religion is true?' That is one you need to find out yourself. Knowing the doctrine will help you to keep the commandments. There is no reason to keep the commandments if you don't understand why you do it.
Jesus Christ is Jehovah of the Old Testament. I don't believe crosses are appropriate ways to remember Jesus. But symbols have always been powerful teaching tools in religion. The real danger of idols is how we spend our time and energy. Do we devote it to a celebrity or toward our jobs? Or earning money for a new car or boat? Finally, the Sabbath is also symbolic. We keep it on Sunday to remember the new covenant that Christ made when He was resurrected. Commandments can change over time, but the doctrines behind them never do.
2006-12-16 03:36:39 · answer #2 · answered by Save the Fish 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I try to keep the comandments, and i think most other Christians do too.
We worship Jesus because he is the human form of God, the Creator. The cross personally, I don't think of the cross as an idol. I don't pray to the cross, or sacrifice things to it, I use it a a remembrance tool. The cross reminds me that I couldn't have gotten my self out of the hole i dug, but Christ stuck his hand down to me and pulled me out. It's not and idol, but a symbol of the weaknes that is in all humans, the weaknes that makes us die. we aren't God, so we will eventually die, but Christ who is God died, but didn't stay that way. The only reason he died was so he could beat death and come back to life.
Now, about the Sabbath. I don't know why we changed it to Sunday, but it doesn't really matter. The Sabbath is a state of mind. Let me explain. As we rest, the world keeps going. Even though the "almighty humans" aren't doing anything, the animals are still living, the world turns, the tides come in and out, bacteria divide. And yet we had nothing to do with it. Like I said, the Sabbath is a state of mind. It's a day to remind us that we aren't in control. God is.
Think of this, Adam and Eve were created on the sixth day. They went to sleep that night, and woke the next morning. That morning they probably wanted to go out and do everything. Picture Adam going up to God that morning and saying "Hey God, let's go name some animals, and gather food, and do everything else we can fit into the day." Imagine how Adam felt when God told him no, and told Adam that the day would be a day of rest. We humans had just gotten here. We were the last things to be created. THe world worked fine with out us. Trust me, God could manage without us poluting his perfect creation, but He made us anyways. We were last, but how often do we put ourselve first? I think the Sabbath is supposed to be a day when we remember this. God doesn't need us, but he wants us. Sins, and broken comandments and all. <><
2006-12-16 03:23:58 · answer #3 · answered by ichthus607 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Christians worship Jesus because He is the One True God, the Son of the Father. Every person has the nature of his/her parents. Jesus was the son of God and Mary. Therefore He is fully God and fully man. He demonstrated that He was God by continuously doing things only God could do.
Christians do not use the cross as an idol. Idolatry of any form is absolutely forbidden in Christianity. Christians use the cross as a reminder of the One True God we do worship, not as an object of worship (which is what an idol is). The Bible does not forbid the making of images. It forbids the making and worshipping of them.
Yes, the Sabbath, the Jewish day of worship, is on Saturday. But the Christian day of worship has always been on Sunday. The Apostles chose Sunday because it was more fitting to worship the risen Lord on the day of His glorious Resurrection than on the day He lay dead in the tomb. Which is why the Bible states that they met for worship "on the first day of the week".
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2006-12-16 03:09:35 · answer #4 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
We Christians are bound by the ten commandments; we must obey them.
The cross is not used as an idol, it is venerated. It should be obvious why. The Sabbath was always traditionally celebrated on Sunday. We worship Jesus because He is God, the second person of the Holy Trinity.
2006-12-16 03:06:24 · answer #5 · answered by Danny H 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Hello Religion?.. :)
I do not have any other God's before that of my Heavenly Father..Jesus is the Son of God..for He said, this is my Son in whom I am well pleased.. :)
I do not worship the cross..it is a reminder of the terrible pain that Jesus had to suffer, for my sins.. :(
Mark 2
The Disciples Pluck Grain on the Sabbath
23 ¶ And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn.
24 And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?
25 And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was ahungered, he, and they that were with him?
26 How he went into the house of God in the days of Abi'athar the high priest, and did eat the showbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him?
27 And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
28 therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
Merry Christmas..To All..
With Love..In Christ.. :)
2006-12-16 03:57:41 · answer #6 · answered by EyeLovesJesus 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Great question!
1. Jesus Christ is God in the flesh.
2. The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. EVERY day is holy to the Christian.
3. There are many examples of Jesus being worshiped in the Bible. Apostle Thomas and the healed leper being just two. In Hebrews, God commands His angels to worship Christ.
Read the Bible for yourself and you will know these things.
God bless.
2006-12-16 03:07:26 · answer #7 · answered by Pearly Gator 3 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Islamic law comes closest to following the commandments. I'm not saying I think there is anything commendable about that though. It was disgusting the way Afghanistan Taliban blew up a 3000 year old statue of Buddha. Why should I respect the beliefs of people who dont respect my own?
If being a better Muslim (or Christian or Jew) doesnt make you a better human being then its time to ditch religion and start acting like a sane, rational person
2006-12-16 05:24:16 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Messianic Jews and serious Messianic Christians
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Messianic Jews were already following od's law when they came to realize that Jesus is the promised Messiah and the feasts and commands they have been given have painted a perfect picture of Yeshua
The Messianic Christians have always known that Jesus is the messiah but have not really understood who He was because many have been deceived into believing that God did away with the commandments and feasts and allowed anarchy and paganism to rule in the church- Serious Messianic Christians have come to understand that there is a reason for the feasts and the perfect instruction of God, they have embraced the commands and walk in freedom in them.
Messianic Jews and Christians the house of Judah and the house of Ephraim- grafted together in the root- Yeshua- one new man
2006-12-16 03:10:41 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Some of popular Christian behavor is at odds with the commandments, but I would take exception with the worship of Jesus. I'm not a Christian, but worshiping Jesus is not taking any Gods before God. If we make this a Christian question we have to acknowledge the New Testament as a refinement of the Old Testament.
2006-12-16 03:05:54 · answer #10 · answered by calmflow_21 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋