The main argument given up for the cluster of contradictions (the old testament), is that once JC walked onto the scene, that the old testament was negated. If this is the case, doesn't that wipe out half of the Christian beliefs?
2007-10-18 07:14:43 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It all revolves about a practice called "pick and choose".
2007-10-18 07:19:41 · answer #1 · answered by What? Me Worry? 7 · 4⤊ 2⤋
There are a few complications with your statements. Please allow me to tell you what I think about this. This is my opinion on this matter, I hope that God gives me the words.
1) You place the division of the Law of Moses and the Law of Faith in the wrong place. His atonement was required to satisfy the the sacrifices demanded by the Law of Moses. So the Law of Moses became replaced by a New Covenant ( Hebrews 9:11 - 28) , which was superior to the Old Covenant. So the New Covenant was 'official' at the sacrifice which was counted by God as the 'propitiation'.
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=propitiation&searchmode=none
2. The Christian beliefs BEGIN with Jesus Christ. It doesn't annul to New Covenant because as I said before, and the scriptures support, the New Covenant was superior to the Old one.
This is basic Christianity unfolded for you. Jesus was the atonement, the propitiation, and some say 'expiation'; where there are no more blood sacrifices which were demanded by the Old Covenant necessary any more.
3) About the Christian Covenant and the Ten Commandments - The Ten Commandments as with all of the Law of Moses was set there to show us that we are sinners. It shows us that we fall short of God's Law, and therefore need His grace. The old Law convicts us into repentance. That is it's purpose. God saw that those who were given the Law could not live it, they 'fell short' of it. As do we.
( Romans 3: 19 - 20)
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans%203:%2019%20-%2020;&version=31;
So the Law of Moses was not the completion of what it took to be with God, but it was only a shadow. The reality of Jesus Christ and what he did and said is the manifestation of the Old Law, the Old Law being incapable of saving anyone.
( Romans 7: 9 - 10 )
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans%207:%209%20-%2010;&version=31;
2007-10-18 07:56:52 · answer #2 · answered by Christian Sinner 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I believe you know that there is a great chasm between modifying a thing and negating the thing. However, in the case of the Bible, the new testament explains the old testament and the old testament in turn, helps us to understand the new testament. Sixty-six books by about 40 different authors who lived in a span of over 1,500 years and yet there is harmony in the context. It sounds humanly impossible and that is what the Bible is.
2007-10-18 07:31:17 · answer #3 · answered by Optimist E 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Nope. The ten commandments still hold. JC just got rid of Moses' laws. All those crazy rituals like sacrificing goats and burning this or that to purify things. Basically, JC tried to make things a lot more straight forward and compact. JC also thought there was no reason to have a temple (or church) to worship god. That one didn't seem to stick with Christians.
2007-10-18 07:22:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Christianity has repackaged itself many times over the centuries. In fact Christianity itself could be seen as great repackaging.
It wasn't so long ago that Christian groups were protesting against ecologists. And now the idea seems to be adopt and fold ecology into Christianity.
How often do you see someone ask 'how do you know god didn't create evolution?" We're witnessing another repackaging. Not so grand as the NT but still a reinvention. The longevity of a religion is directly related to how well it stays current. Christianity fights against something only so long as it does not make itself irrelevent.
2007-10-18 07:20:20 · answer #5 · answered by Demetri w 4 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Yes, these two sum up the ten commandments but that does not mean that the other commandments are left out. What Jesus meant was that if you love God you will not break any commandment at all. If the love of God dwells in your heart, you will fulfil the requirements of all the commandments including the fourth which is ignored by the majority of Christendom.
Jesus said, "I have not come to destroy the law but to fulfil it."
Only the sacrificial or ceremonial laws (typical laws) were done away at the cross, not the moral law! The moral law of ten commandments is as enduring as God Himself!
"All Your commandments are truth.... You have founded them forever." Psalm 119:151,152.
The Holy Spirit was speaking of the moral law when, through the apostle Paul, He said, "Do we then make void the law through faith? Certainly not! On the contrary, we establish the law." Romans 3:31.
2007-10-18 07:30:05 · answer #6 · answered by sky 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
We still need to obey 9 of the 10 commandments because they are repeated in the New Testament.
The one that was not repeated, "Remember the Sabbath day." Early Christians had Sunday as their primary day of worship. (Acts 20:7, 1 Corinthians 16:1-2)
2007-10-18 07:35:34 · answer #7 · answered by JoeBama 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
"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.
18. I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.
19. Anyone who breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
20. For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven."
2007-10-18 07:32:56 · answer #8 · answered by juexue 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Christ, being identified as the God of the o.c. died on the cross. As with any such covenant like the old covenant, it therefore ended.
So Christians are not bound to, or required to obey/keep the ten commandments. They are the basis of the old covenant.
Christians (Gentile) were never a party to that covenant anyway. It was a covenant between God and Israel ONLY!
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2007-10-18 07:30:49 · answer #9 · answered by Hogie 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The "Old" Testament was NOT voided by any teaching of Christ... what did change was that certain "laws" that applied solely to The Nation of Israel(the Jews) are not applicable to The Church and are not a part of any requirement for Salvation. No "law" is any more a part of the requirement for Salvation.... but... if it was a Sin in the "Old" Testament it is still a sin today.
2007-10-18 07:24:40 · answer #10 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Not at all. It is the context the OT was written. It was put together to show richness of colour not binary black and white. Good Christians understand the colour. So yes they are important and should still be the base of our values.
2007-10-18 07:27:15 · answer #11 · answered by Barbarian 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋