is it impossible to follow?
2007-03-28 12:14:38 · 7 answers · asked by Will * 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Because they are human and Satan has his influence.
Most of them are easy to follow. Honouring my parents, and not judging are the ones I find most difficult. But I will keep trying. Understanding how you judge people in everyday life and how to avoid it. Honouring your parents, means you have to forgive them for not being perfect, and then tell other people good things about them. This is hard if you are angry at your parents for the way they raised you. Best wishes.
2007-03-28 12:24:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No longer in effect...
Matthew 5:18 PREDICTS the end of the law. Christians were NEVER directed 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 Once fulfilled it was no longer in effect.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... OBVIOUSLY, Matthew NEVER said ANYTHING about Christians following the law.
The immediate context of the passage that is so often misconstrued by those who try to bind the law on people clearly teaches us the TEMPORARY nature of the law, yet the opponents of truth fail to recognize the fallacy in their claims.
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!
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.
2007-03-28 19:18:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I try follow the ten commandments to the best of my ability, obviously I am not perfect. Really I have no clue what you are talking about.
2007-03-28 19:19:22 · answer #3 · answered by divinity2408 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it's not hard to obey the commandments but Christians are only human and make mistakes. It's when they fail to learn from those mistakes and repeat them is when they are a poor excuse for a Christian.
2007-03-28 20:44:24 · answer #4 · answered by Di LV E 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you followed them?
Sin is why everyone needs Jesus:
Romans 10
2007-03-28 19:19:04 · answer #5 · answered by robert p 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We are not under the LAW anymore.
2007-03-28 20:49:27 · answer #6 · answered by Sun Valley 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cause they're a load of crap too.
2007-03-28 19:19:45 · answer #7 · answered by reaganontherock 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋