i personaly don't have a problem with this just curious.
2007-03-21 21:06:52 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It is NOT about commandments... Commandments dominated the thinking of those who tried to live under the law of Moses. That law is no longer in effect...
Ephesians 2:15 Through his body on the cross, Christ put an END to the LAW WITH ALL ITS COMMANDS AND RULES. He wanted to create one new group of people out of the two. He wanted to make peace between them.
Colossians 2:14 He wiped out the written Law with its rules. The Law was against us. It opposed us. He took it away and nailed it to the cross.
Galatians 2:16 ...No one can be made right with God by obeying the law.
Galatians 2:21 ...What if a person could become right with God by obeying the law? Then Christ died for nothing!
Galatians 5:4 Some of you are trying to be made right with God by obeying the law. You have been separated from Christ. You have fallen away from God’s grace... The ONLY verse that talks about falling from grace, and they did it by trying to follow the law!
Jesus said he didn’t come to destroy the law, but to fulfill it. (Matt 5:17) The effect was the same. Once fulfilled it was no longer in effect. The very next verse, Matthew 5:18, looks forward to the time when the law would be set aside. "...Not even the smallest stroke of a pen will disappear from the Law UNTIL EVERYTHING IS COMPLETED." IF the law were intended to be permanent, the "UNTIL..." clause would be meaningless.
On the cross, Jesus' last recorded saying, "It is finished," is an important milestone. Because of Jesus life, Satan had been defeated. The law was finished and would no longer stand between God and mankind.
The 10 commandments along with the rest of the law ("commands and rules" from Ephesians 2:15) were "set aside" when they were fulfilled or completed at Jesus' resurrection. We are no longer bound by that law.
2007-03-21 21:35:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should check out the Eight "I'd Really Rather You Didn'ts" from the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Much more sensible. Here's the first two, you can check out the rest from Wikipedia.
1. I'd Really Rather You Didn't Act Like a Sanctimonious Holier-Than-Thou *** When Describing My Noodly Goodness. If Some People Don't Believe In Me, That's Okay. Really, I'm Not That Vain. Besides, This Isn't About Them So Don't Change The Subject.
2. I'd Really Rather You Didn't Use My Existence As A Means To Oppress, Subjugate, Punish, Eviscerate, And/Or, You Know, Be Mean To Others. I Don't Require Sacrifices, And Purity Is For Drinking Water, Not People.
2007-03-22 04:25:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
As with parents, there are rules for reasons. There are reasons for the commandments that have everything to do with our protection and trusting that he wants us to have the best. Not being sexually promiscuous or adulturous is not God stealing our fun but God protecting from using and abusing each other physically and emotionally. Not stealing, murdering, etc. are obviously for our best interest. Honoring the Sabbath and not using the Lord's name (Yahweh) in vain are ways of keeping our lives centered on God. It is when our lives become self centered that we do things like murder, steal, and commit adultery. Strict is fine with me if it is for my betterment.
2007-03-22 04:15:36 · answer #3 · answered by Kuulio 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep.
As far as alot of finatical christians are concerned we're all going to hell, and if you look in the bible alot of the human race has already sinned against god over simple things like "gluttony" and "envy"
But yeah...i do.
2007-03-22 04:11:57 · answer #4 · answered by Nick 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, God isn't strict. HE keeps testing us so that's we'd remember him, but we often forget HIM and the things HE gave us.
2007-03-22 04:15:33 · answer #5 · answered by Zulu 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God is God he is much wiser than we are so I can not question his commandments!
I may not understand them all but to fully submit to his will is to not question his word.
2007-03-22 05:26:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No He is not
But people tend to rebel against their parents too for all of their rules that they enforce on them
2007-03-22 04:17:06 · answer #7 · answered by Michelle 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your god isn't strick; but the churches seem to be.
Look at catholics, they strictly deny any wrong-doing when they get caught.
2007-03-22 04:21:15 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I don't think He's to strict.
2007-03-22 04:11:10 · answer #9 · answered by tracy211968 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He could have asked for a lot more!
2007-03-22 04:52:41 · answer #10 · answered by The Nana of Nana's 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋