KingJ
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Are we to obey only the laws written in scripture?
I see three matters to consider.
1. No laws were written until the ten commandments
2. Jesus fulfilled the law
3. Paul has a lot to say to Christians on judging all matters properly
1. It seems that outside of the Jews and prior to them, people were to live their lives with conviction from their conscience or from knowledge handed down by God to Adam. This is not unreasonable as God has created mankind just beneath the angels Heb 2:7 and we hence all have a working brain able to grasp right and wrong. We have also been given the knowledge of right and wrong Gen 3:22. So, one-day when Adam's one son stands before God, he cannot say '''Lord I never knew adultery was evil. When my wife cried and tried to kill the other girl I thought she was merely going through the motions''.
I find the fact that God actually wrote ten commandments on stone tablets to the Jews very interesting. Firstly, why those ten specifically and secondly, why to only the Hebrews? It seems obvious that God wanted the Hebrews to stand out among their neighbors. Acceptance of grievous sins and not honoring God was the ''in thing''. The ten commandments that have to do with hurting others should have already being practiced by them. I guess God wanted them to grasp that having graven images and other Gods before Him be as serious a matter as murder and adultery. When stoning to death was introduced, there was certainly no 'blur' on those grievous sins that displease God.
2. Jesus certainly changed things up. After Him all stoning stopped. Nobody can say they truly follow OT law without stoning the guilty party to death. So I guess, absolutely no Christian today follows OT law to the letter. Jesus made clear what God wants from us in Luke 5:32 ''Call sinners to repentance''. Jews were made an example of / bore the full curse of the law. But with Jesus we don't need to. The curse of the law was nailed to Jesus on the cross Gal 3:13. Jesus then summed up all the laws in two Matt 22:40. The laws of God are now written on our heart Rom 2:15 if we are new creations in Christ 2 Cor 5:17.
3. Paul certainly does have a lot to say on sins and exhorts Christians to judge matters properly.
He wants us to be aware of our sins. We need to understand that it is not a matter of self righteousness or judging others. It is a reality of the fact that we are in a live relationship with God. Our sins speak to our heart condition. As Jesus says 'we are known by our fruits'. A Christian does not commit sin because they hate it Rom 12:9.
A Christian is to judge all matters 1 Cor 2:15.
A Christian is to judge matters better then the unsaved as one-day we will judge angels 1 Cor 6:1-9.
@Headcasey669, your post here below prompted this thread. Thanks Headcasey. I hope this answers your question. God bless.
I see three matters to consider.
1. No laws were written until the ten commandments
2. Jesus fulfilled the law
3. Paul has a lot to say to Christians on judging all matters properly
1. It seems that outside of the Jews and prior to them, people were to live their lives with conviction from their conscience or from knowledge handed down by God to Adam. This is not unreasonable as God has created mankind just beneath the angels Heb 2:7 and we hence all have a working brain able to grasp right and wrong. We have also been given the knowledge of right and wrong Gen 3:22. So, one-day when Adam's one son stands before God, he cannot say '''Lord I never knew adultery was evil. When my wife cried and tried to kill the other girl I thought she was merely going through the motions''.
I find the fact that God actually wrote ten commandments on stone tablets to the Jews very interesting. Firstly, why those ten specifically and secondly, why to only the Hebrews? It seems obvious that God wanted the Hebrews to stand out among their neighbors. Acceptance of grievous sins and not honoring God was the ''in thing''. The ten commandments that have to do with hurting others should have already being practiced by them. I guess God wanted them to grasp that having graven images and other Gods before Him be as serious a matter as murder and adultery. When stoning to death was introduced, there was certainly no 'blur' on those grievous sins that displease God.
2. Jesus certainly changed things up. After Him all stoning stopped. Nobody can say they truly follow OT law without stoning the guilty party to death. So I guess, absolutely no Christian today follows OT law to the letter. Jesus made clear what God wants from us in Luke 5:32 ''Call sinners to repentance''. Jews were made an example of / bore the full curse of the law. But with Jesus we don't need to. The curse of the law was nailed to Jesus on the cross Gal 3:13. Jesus then summed up all the laws in two Matt 22:40. The laws of God are now written on our heart Rom 2:15 if we are new creations in Christ 2 Cor 5:17.
3. Paul certainly does have a lot to say on sins and exhorts Christians to judge matters properly.
He wants us to be aware of our sins. We need to understand that it is not a matter of self righteousness or judging others. It is a reality of the fact that we are in a live relationship with God. Our sins speak to our heart condition. As Jesus says 'we are known by our fruits'. A Christian does not commit sin because they hate it Rom 12:9.
A Christian is to judge all matters 1 Cor 2:15.
A Christian is to judge matters better then the unsaved as one-day we will judge angels 1 Cor 6:1-9.
@Headcasey669, your post here below prompted this thread. Thanks Headcasey. I hope this answers your question. God bless.
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