The Tencommandments

[herald]

"...shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love Me, and keep My commandments." Ex 20:6.

"As far as the east is from the west, so far hath He removed our transgressions from us...to such as keep His Covenant and to those that remember His commandments to do them." Ps 103. Covenants have conditions.

"With my whole heart have I sought Thee: O let me not wander from Thy commandments. Thy Word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against Thee." Ps 119:10-11.

"I will run in the way of Thy commandments, when Thou shalt enlarge my heart." Ps 119:32.

"Make me to go in the path of Thy commandments; for therein do I delight." Ps 119:35.

"And I will delight myself in Thy commandments, which I have loved." Ps 119:47.

"Therefore I love Thy commandments above gold: yea, above fine gold." Ps 119:127,

"I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for Thy commandments." Ps 119:131.

"He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain My words: keep My commandments, and live." Pro 4:4.

Jesus said, "And He said unto him, Why callest thou Me good? There is none good, but One, that is God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments." Matt 19:17.

"If ye keep My commandments, ye shall abide in My love; even as I have kept the Father's commandments, and abide in His love." John 15:10.

When Jesus gave us the "Two Greatest Commandments, He was quoting the law. Deut 6:5;Lev 19:18:

"Then one of them which was a lawyer, asked Him a question, tempting Him, and saying, Master which is the great commandment IN THE LAW?

Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thine soul, and with all thine might. Deut 6:5. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. Lev 19:18. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets." Matt 22:37-40.

"By this we know that we love the children of God (Lev 19:18) when we love God (Deut 6:5) and keep His commandments. FOR THIS IS THE LOVE OF GOD THAT WE KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS: and His commandments are not grievous." 1 John 5:2,3.

Jesus said, "If ye love Me, keep My commandments." John 14:15.

Jesus said, "He that hath My commandments and keepeth them, he it is that loveth Me: and he that loveth Me, shall be loved of My Father, and I will love him, and will manifest Myself to him." John 14:21.

"Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God." 1 Cor 7:19.

"And hereby we do know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments. He that saith, I know Him, and keepeth not His commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him." 1 John 2:3,4; Matt 7:21-23.

"And he that keepeth His commandments dwelleth in Him, and He in him." 1 John 3:24.

"And this is love that we walk after His commandments." 2 John 6.

His Church Keeps His Commandments: "And the Dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ." Rev 12:17.

His Saints Keep His Commandments: "Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus." Rev 14:12.

"Blessed are they that do His commandments, that they may have RIGHT to the tree of life, AND MAY ENTER IN through the gates into the city." Rev 22:14. The Apostle John makes a connection between keeping the commandments and having eternal life.

Even in heaven, the Lord makes quite a statement about His Covenant: "And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in His temple The Ark of His Testament: and there were LIGHTNINGS, and VOICES, and THUNDERINGS, and AN EARTHQUAKE, and GREAT HAIL." Rev 11:19.

There was only One Covenant within The Ark - The Ten Commandment Covenant.

 

[Miss Hepburn]

Thank you, herald

 

[tengrits]

Can anyone tell me why most only observe nine commandments?
I have found that the commandment that states "remember the sabath and keep it holey", is overlooked, but the Lord states,

If ye keep My commandments, ye shall abide in My love; even as I have kept the Father's commandments, and abide in His love." John 15:10. And hereby we do know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments. He that saith, I know Him, and keepeth not His commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him." 1 John 2:3,4; Matt 7:21-23.

So why is it that church is often held on Sunday, when even the jews have temple on the sabbath day of Saturday?
When did this change, did it, and why dosen't the church observe it, if it has not been changed?
Is saturday not the true sabbath, and day that God rested? Should we do the same?

 

[wayofthespirit]

Christ dealt with this in his Sermon on the Mount when he explained that God’s new Covenant, far from nullifying any of the Old Laws and Commandments, lifted them to a higher level of Spiritual significance as opposed to strict observance with what was written.

The Scribes and the Pharisees were classic examples of written law and commandment observance and Christ said of them “except your righteousness shall EXCEED that of the Scribes and the Pharisees you shall in no way enter the Kingdom of Heaven”



So how then do we do that in terms of lifting the written laws and commandments to this new level of spiritual significance?

Well, of the six examples that Christ gave, Adultery is perhaps the clearest example.

“you have heard that it was said of old ‘Thou slalt not commit adultery’ BUT I SAY UNTO YOU that whosoever looks upon a woman with lust has already committed adultery in his heart”.



Now the thing is that, in giving six EXAMPLES, Christ in no way was giving licence to ignore the equal necessity of similarly lifting each of the other written laws and commandments to the new level of spiritual significance.



But before any ‘man’ attempts to explain how that is done in respect of the forth commandment he ought to consider that there isn’t much point if he is still guilty of looking on a woman with lust…..and that leaves few with a stone to cast against Sabbatarianism.



So, my dear old ‘100 forums’ Herald, that leaves the stage clear for you to continue to perpetuate your speciality….. BUT NOT BY PRONOUNCING ALL NON SABBATARIANS TO CONSTITUTE THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS, AS IS YOUR PRACTICE.



If anything disqualifies a ‘Scribe and a Pharisee’ from entering the Kingdom of Heaven, that alone should do the trick.


Your erstwhile opponent.....Mike

 

[Moses]

Very good Herald!!!

God Bless You!!!

Moses

 

[Irish]

So how then do we do that in terms of lifting the written laws and commandments to this new level of spiritual significance?

Well, of the six examples that Christ gave, Adultery is perhaps the clearest example.

“you have heard that it was said of old ‘Thou slalt not commit adultery’ BUT I SAY UNTO YOU that whosoever looks upon a woman with lust has already committed adultery in his heart”

Hi Mike,

One thing that really elevates us to understanding this is to put it in its proper context. The laws of the Kingdom here have little to do with the dispensation of grace. They are written squarely in the frame work of the proclamations, beginning in Matt 4:12 and this particular phase moving onto verse 7:29. Remember when Paul talked about works and or grace, it's one or the other,......here we have works, we are now saved through the blood of Christ, but in a dispensation of the kingdom laws which are more stringent than Moses, we have some higher thoughts going on here. Paul put the dispensation of the kingdom offerings in abeyance at the end of Acts, this would not stay that way forever, we will soon be moving into the Kingdom dispensation in which these laws will be in full effect. The women or married women here in question is mentioned also in Revelation 18:7 among other place where she says "I am a queen and am no widow",.....this is the married women that we are not to look upon or we commit adultery or should I say idolatry. Remember the other women that is a widow that Christ talked about, the one that cast in two mites...the good one that stayed a widow,......well at least until the true Christ returned, we have the real marriage supper coming up also. These proclamations of the Kingdom are so vastly important and yet so little is said about them, maybe in time though.....

Take care,
Irish

 

[wayofthespirit]

Hello Irish,

Maybe we need to talk together about the Kingdom.

The way I see things 'Eternal Life' is 'gifted' and spans between opening the door of one's heart to Christ, through to finally entering and remaining thereafter in God's New Jerusalem.
I see that as being in two phases i.e. 'in tension' up to the New Jerusalem, and experiential thereon.

Within 'Eternal Life' I see one's place in the Kingdom as being 'earned' and thereby indeed being works based, from the point of being born again up to the second coming of Christ, and being experiential thereon for 1000 years as we reign with Christ according to the postion which we have earned.

Thereafter we enter the final phase of Eternal life in the New Jerusalem after being purified as per 1 Cor. 3:11-15.

Are there any acredited commentaries to which you can point me which share your interesting Kingdom views?

Mike.

 

[gregg]

Hello Irish,

Maybe we need to talk together about the Kingdom.

The way I see things 'Eternal Life' is 'gifted' and spans between opening the door of one's heart to Christ, through to finally entering and remaining thereafter in God's New Jerusalem.
I see that as being in two phases i.e. 'in tension' up to the New Jerusalem, and experiential thereon.

Within 'Eternal Life' I see one's place in the Kingdom as being 'earned' and thereby indeed being works based, from the point of being born again up to the second coming of Christ, and being experiential thereon for 1000 years as we reign with Christ according to the postion which we have earned.

Thereafter we enter the final phase of Eternal life in the New Jerusalem after being purified as per 1 Cor. 3:11-15.

Are there any acredited commentaries to which you can point me which share your interesting Kingdom views?

Mike.

nicely put.

 

[Irish]

Sure Mike,

One of the books I use that covers this into detail is "How to Enjoy the Bible" By E.W. Bullinger.

Irish

 

[jerryjohnson]

Sure Mike,

One of the books I use that covers this into detail is "How to Enjoy the Bible" By E.W. Bullinger.

Irish

And it's available in PDF at this web site:
http://philologos.org/__eb-htetb/

 

[wayofthespirit]

Sure Mike,

One of the books I use that covers this into detail is "How to Enjoy the Bible" By E.W. Bullinger.

Irish

Aha, Hyper dispensationalism if I remember correctly.....I'll click into Jerry's link as soon as I get a mo.

Many thanks....Mike.

 

[Irish]

Aha, Hyper dispensationalism if I remember correctly.....I'll click into Jerry's link as soon as I get a mo.

Many thanks....Mike.

He is so dispensational it would..........



Take two posts to even talk about it.....

 

[sniper762]

speaking of the ten commandments, the scriptures below say that moses spent 40 days and 40 nights on the mountain where HE wrote the commandments, given to him by god to govern the israelites. there were many more than 10.
TEN COMMANDMENTS DEUT 4 12-14
TEN COMMANDMENTS DEUT 5 22
TEN COMMANDMENTS DEUT 9 9-29
TEN COMMANDMENTS DEUT 10 1-5
TEN COMMANDMENTS GIVEN TO MOSES EX 20 1-17
TEN COMMANDMENTS TABLETS EX 32 15-16
TEN COMMANDMENTS TABLETS EX 31 18
TEN COMMANDMENTS TABLETS BROKEN EX 32 19
TEN COMMANDMENTS, 2ND SET MOSES RECEIVES EX 34 1-28