If Jesus is the "god of hearts....not rules" then why are judaisized Christians pushing the 10 Commandments ?

Answer 1

Jesus certainly lives in the hearts of believers but your quote does not come from the Bible! The reason why Christians appear to "push" the Ten Commandments is that Jesus kept them all - perfectly. Furthermore, he correctly summed them up as the primary law of loving God with all our heart, mind and body, and, the one like it being to love our neighbours as we love ourselves. This emulates the Ten Commandments because the first ones show that we love God wholesouled by obeying his commands re. worship of himself, then follows the laws that demonstrate love of neighbour.

Jesus said he did not come to abolish the Law, but to fulfill it (Mat 5:17-47). And to surpass the hypocrisy of the Pharisees and teachers of the law, believers' observance of the moral laws of God requires cleansing their hearts from impure desires and motives. So, one could not offer a gift to God whilst harbouring bad feeling against one's brother; one could not consider one's brother a despicable fool without violating the commandment about murder. Jesus was reinforcing the Ten Commandments! These moral laws will never pass away. They are kept in heaven. Christians are to pray God's will be done on earth as it is in heaven, so we pray for the moral law to be upheld and strive to keep it ourselves. This is not Judaizing. The ceremonial and civic laws no longer apply. Even by striving to keep the Ten Commandments, no Christians thinks he or she will 'earn' God's blessing! Salvation is not by any kind of works, but by faith in Christ alone. Yet a Christian cannot love God and Christ whilst simultaneously dismissing the moral law of the Ten Commandments as if it was history.

Answer 2

I am wondering what is wrong with the 10 commandments as even as a humanitarian guideline, they'd be a healthy choice.
At least 6 - are more common sense than anything else-
1) Honor and respect your parents 2)Don't murder 3)Don't commit adultery- screw around on your wife/husband 4) Don't lie- we all know that tangled web 5) Be happy with what you have, your own living conditions (house) 6)Don't fantasize about your neighbours wife...
To me those 6 make perfect sense, and if we follow those our lives would be nothing but better. So what's the REAL problem? Do you wanna DO ALL THE THINGS they say not to, if so why? How would not following them enrich your life? The 10 commandments are reinforced in the NT, when it lists who will NOT inherit the Kingdom of God, it is the people who violated those.

Answer 3

First, you should know that Christianity, as the apostles practiced it, was a sect of Judaism, not a seperate religion. Now, to answer your question:

1. Paul makes it clear that there is no sin apart from the law. Therefore, if there is no law, then there is no sin. If there is no sin, then Jesus died in vain, as his atoning blood is not needed.

2. The Gospels make it crystal clear that the law of God is eternal and unchanging (Mt. 5:18) It didn't begin at Mt. Sinai (the Israelites were to rest on the Sabbath from collecting Manna-well before the law was written on tablets of stone or the Israelites arrived at Sinai) and it didn't end at Christ's death (see number 3).

3. You can find all of the 10 commandments repeated in the New Testament.

4. We are saved by grace, but our acceptance of Christ is conditioned on our obedience to his law. That is, if we break God's holy law, we have cast off Christ by falling from grace. If we obey, we show our love for God and "put on Christ" by remaining in his grace.

Answer 4

The 10 commandments are from the OT and Jesus is from the NT.
In that magical way, Jesus is completely different from the OT god but they are the same being. Go figure.

Answer 5

Because Jesus taught both. The problem is that he never taught that the rules are supposed to be what religion is all about. Certain christians forget that loving other is supposed to be the absolute reason for Christ in the first place.

Answer 6

They are basically good laws and most ethically should apply to any given community.

The Ol' Hippie Jesus Freak
Grace, Hope, Peace and Love
Peg

Answer 7

Don't foist Roman silliness on us, they swiped our Bible, that does not mean they are "Judaisized". We don't want em..

Answer 8

Actually the Bible says our hearts are evil--(KJV) Rules are important--establishes boundaries.

Answer 9

They always have. They live by the law which leads to death.

Answer 10

Please give me the bible verse where it says "God of hearts...not rules".Then i will take a further look into it.