1 Peter 2:15-16
15 For this is the will of God, that by doing good you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish people. 16 Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as servants of God.
Foolish= G 0878 The religiously unenlightened.
Free= G 1658 applicable meaning: free from the dominion of sin or free in the possession of gospel privileges.
Servant= G 1401 Gives the idea of one pledges or bound to serve. In context with the verse it is a servanthood of choice. Similar to a bond servant.
This is NOT the same word used for a domestic servant or a household slave, which would be G 3610.
Romans 6:17-18
17 But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed, 18 and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness.
Slaves= G 1401
Obedient= G 5219 To render submissive acceptance.
Teachings= G 1322 Instructions
Committed= G 3860 committed to, delivered to, and yielded to.
Righteousness= G 1343 fair and equitable dealings, piety, or a provision or means for justification.
(The teachings that they were delivered to is the covenant and judging by 1 Peter 2:15-16 those who are outside of the covenant are spiritually destitute)
Deut. 6:25 And it will be righteousness for us, if we are careful to do all this commandment before the LORD our God, as he has commanded us.
Ephesians 2:8-9
8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
( Read James 2:14-26)
James 2:20 (GNV)
20 But wilt thou understand, O thou vain man, that the faith which is without works, is dead?
We are saved BY grace but in order to attain grace we must have faith. In order for your faith to be alive you must have works. Those works are obedience to the covenant. If we have true faith it will foster obedience. As a reward we gain righteousness, our faith lives and thrives, God offers us grace, and through that grace we are saved.
Just to reiterate. We are not saved BY our works. Our faith foster in us a state of obedience, without which our faith would die out. A living faith is required for us to have access to God's free gift of saving grace.
By extension we are never free because in order to have living faith (and through such, have saving grace) we must become bondservants to God and subject ourselves to His law. There is no other path to salvation.
The very word "Faith" is G 4102 - pistis derived from another form of pistis (G 3982) which means simply to believe or to yield. Assent, i.e covenant.
This is what James talks about when he says "Faith without works is dead." To have living faith we must yield to the covenant.
(Read John 14)
John 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
John 14:10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father who dwells in me does his works.
John 14:15 ¶ “If you love me, you will keep my commandments.
John 14:21 Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.”
John 14:23-24
Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. 24Whoever does not love me does not keep my words. And the word that you hear is not mine but the Father’s who sent me.
1John 5:1 ¶ Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him.
1John 5:2-3
By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome.
1 John 2:3-4
3And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments. 4 Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
All these verses serve to prove that we must keep obedience to the covenant in order to have living faith and through that faith saving grace. In order to do that we must subject ourselves as bondservants to God.
Biblically a bond servant was a hired hand that was released from his master but out if love and devotion to his master he chose to be a slave for life.
Even though God offers to let us free from His instructions (we do have that option) we must, if we love him, (John 14:5) keep his commandments and willingly volunteer to subject ourselves as slaves to him for the rest if our life.
If we don't subject ourselves to God we do not, then, become free. We simply go back to our old master, sin (satan). There are two laws, the laws of sin and he laws of God. (Covenant) and we are ALWAYS subject to one or the other.
We are not UNDER the law of God because to be under means we are condemned by it.
Romans 3:19 says we are no longer under the law. The word "under" G 1722 literally means, in the sight of or before judicially. So we are before a jury, and people do not get set before a jury unless they have trespassed the law. So we are not under (subject to the penalty of) the law because our trespasses have been forgiven and paid in full. Does this mean we can then continue to trespass and we don't have to obey the law anymore?
Rom. 6:15 ¶ What then? Are we to sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means!
Sin is transgression of the law. (1 John 3:4)
This word "law" G 458 is traced back specifically to the covenant God set forth in Exodus.
These things have not changes since their giving.
Hebrews 13:8
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
Messiah was in the beginning with God and IS God. (John 1:1) this being the case Messiah was there when God gave the covenant in Exodus and being that He IS God, he himself gave the covenant. If he is the same he would not have changed His covenant. Our God is not a covenant breaker.
Malachi 3:6
“For I the Lord do not change; therefore you, O children of Jacob, are not consumed."
So we must chose this day whom we will serve. Just as Joshua said in Joshua 24. Notice there was no option to serve no one. You WILL be serving someone. They had to chose who they would serve, false "gods" (satan) or the True God.
Serve= H 5647 Literally means to work, labor, worship etc... (Be obedient to) and means to reduce to servitude or to enslave.
If we truly wish to follow God how can we follow if we do not what He says? We must be willing to do what He has told us to do even if it ruffles some feathers... Even if those feathers happen to be OUR feathers.
Ecclesiastes 12:13
Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep His commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
Thursday, July 2, 2015
Sunday, June 14, 2015
The Fear of the Lord
The biblical word for Fear (H3374). appears 45 times and most all these times is referring to the fear of the Lord. This is not the same word as, I "FEAR" that bear or I "FEAR" death etc...
The fear H3374 of the Lord. By definition is...
Fear, terror, awesome or terrifying thing.
Fear (of God) respect, reverence, piety.
Piety: 1. Reverence to God or devout fulfillment of religious obligation.
So then... what are our religious obligations?
Psalm 111:7-10
The works of his hands are verity and judgment; all his commandments are sure.
They stand fast for ever and ever, and are done in truth and uprightness.
He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy and reverend is his name.
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.
Psalm 112:1
Praise ye the Lord. Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.
All His commandments are sure for ever and ever. (So are they done away with?) It also says the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom... the beginning mind you, not the completion of fulfillment. So if the fear of the Lord requires that we devoutly fulfill our religious obligations... How many truly fear the Lord?
Ecclesiastes 12:13
Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
The age old question... "What is the meaning of life?
Deut. 10:12-13
And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,
To keep the commandments of the Lord, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good?
Deut. 6:2
Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it:
That thou mightest fear the Lord thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.
Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the Lord God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey.
Mic. 6:8
Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
The fear of the Lord also requires that we "Walk humbly (or meekly) with our God
The hebrew word for Meek/humble (H6035) By definition is poor, humble, afflicted, meek, humble, lowly. Commonly with the added notion of a lowly, pious,(note the presence of piety once more) and modest mind, which prefers to bear injuries rather than return them.
Just to restate... "Which prefers to BEAR an injury rather than return.
Num. 12:3 in speaking of Moses it uses H6035 twice, side by side. Denoting an exclamatory statement.
Moses was wrongly spoken against by Arron and Miriam and would have been well within his rights to defend himself... however he said nothing. This is where it calls him, "The humblest of all men." (Quite a standard to set!)
We see Moses was in the right because God, then calls Arron and Miriam out to the tabernacle and rebukes them for their behavior.
Looking at Moses, most of what the bible tells us of him is him trying to make sure all Israel was keeping the commandments/covenant.
Mathew 5:5 "Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth."
Inherit G2816 is to acquire by lot, obtain or receive as a possession.
Earth G1093 is simply earth or ground but it also says, by way of eminence the Chosen Land. (Israel)
Considering Moses was to lead Israel to inherit the promise land I find that very interesting.
Also noteworthy is Psalm 25:9 " The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way."
Now... lets talk motives? Why do we keep the law? Because it gains us salvation? Of course not. Salvation comes by grace through faith.
See James 2:14-26
Verse 20 says, "But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead?"
So in order to remain under grace we must maintain a living faith through works. Faith caries the the idea of ascent to the covenant. (The works that must follow to keep it alive)
So we can conclude that we should keep the law not only out of fear of punishment, love for God, duty, etc... But to remain under grace and have a living faith. Also to obtain the fear of the Lord and the beginning of wisdom and to fullfil our religious obligations and duty to Him. Not to look good, seem holly, or "buy" our way into heaven. That is the wrong motive.
We can keep the letter of the law. (Honor our parents verbally and socially etc...) But if we harbor malice in our heart towards them we have missed the spirit of the law and our efforts are meaningless. If we keep the letter and not the spirit we are not truly keeping anything at all.
So to fear the Lord is to obey His word and his commandments with meekness, rather taking harm dealt instead dealing harm out.
The fear H3374 of the Lord. By definition is...
Fear, terror, awesome or terrifying thing.
Fear (of God) respect, reverence, piety.
Piety: 1. Reverence to God or devout fulfillment of religious obligation.
So then... what are our religious obligations?
Psalm 111:7-10
The works of his hands are verity and judgment; all his commandments are sure.
They stand fast for ever and ever, and are done in truth and uprightness.
He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy and reverend is his name.
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.
Psalm 112:1
Praise ye the Lord. Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.
All His commandments are sure for ever and ever. (So are they done away with?) It also says the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom... the beginning mind you, not the completion of fulfillment. So if the fear of the Lord requires that we devoutly fulfill our religious obligations... How many truly fear the Lord?
Ecclesiastes 12:13
Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
The age old question... "What is the meaning of life?
Deut. 10:12-13
And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,
To keep the commandments of the Lord, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good?
Deut. 6:2
Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it:
That thou mightest fear the Lord thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.
Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the Lord God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey.
Mic. 6:8
Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
The fear of the Lord also requires that we "Walk humbly (or meekly) with our God
The hebrew word for Meek/humble (H6035) By definition is poor, humble, afflicted, meek, humble, lowly. Commonly with the added notion of a lowly, pious,(note the presence of piety once more) and modest mind, which prefers to bear injuries rather than return them.
Just to restate... "Which prefers to BEAR an injury rather than return.
Num. 12:3 in speaking of Moses it uses H6035 twice, side by side. Denoting an exclamatory statement.
Moses was wrongly spoken against by Arron and Miriam and would have been well within his rights to defend himself... however he said nothing. This is where it calls him, "The humblest of all men." (Quite a standard to set!)
We see Moses was in the right because God, then calls Arron and Miriam out to the tabernacle and rebukes them for their behavior.
Looking at Moses, most of what the bible tells us of him is him trying to make sure all Israel was keeping the commandments/covenant.
Mathew 5:5 "Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth."
Inherit G2816 is to acquire by lot, obtain or receive as a possession.
Earth G1093 is simply earth or ground but it also says, by way of eminence the Chosen Land. (Israel)
Considering Moses was to lead Israel to inherit the promise land I find that very interesting.
Also noteworthy is Psalm 25:9 " The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way."
Now... lets talk motives? Why do we keep the law? Because it gains us salvation? Of course not. Salvation comes by grace through faith.
See James 2:14-26
Verse 20 says, "But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead?"
So in order to remain under grace we must maintain a living faith through works. Faith caries the the idea of ascent to the covenant. (The works that must follow to keep it alive)
So we can conclude that we should keep the law not only out of fear of punishment, love for God, duty, etc... But to remain under grace and have a living faith. Also to obtain the fear of the Lord and the beginning of wisdom and to fullfil our religious obligations and duty to Him. Not to look good, seem holly, or "buy" our way into heaven. That is the wrong motive.
We can keep the letter of the law. (Honor our parents verbally and socially etc...) But if we harbor malice in our heart towards them we have missed the spirit of the law and our efforts are meaningless. If we keep the letter and not the spirit we are not truly keeping anything at all.
So to fear the Lord is to obey His word and his commandments with meekness, rather taking harm dealt instead dealing harm out.
Saturday, April 11, 2015
"Authority of the Scripture."
This is going to be a short post but I want to address an issue that I am seeing within the "christian" community. All of us are guilty of this, don't get me wrong... even myself.
Often times the things I write about are just as much for my benefit as for the benefit of others.
I would like to address the "Authority of the Scripture."
Without getting exceedingly in-depth, first I would like to point out that due to all bibles being a copy of a copy of a copy... and on top of that it is a modern translation of one language into another... there will always be issues of interpretation.
These issues must be solved by not isolating single scriptures. They must be compared to the bible as a whole and set side by side with parallels in scripture by principle and grammatical usage of the words.
That being said... I would ask the question. If a man disagrees with the bible who should be follow?
Logically anyone following truly will admit that we must follow the bible! The bible is the ultimate authority and anything that disagrees with it is just flat out wrong. I say this not to be rude but to simplify.
For everything we say, believe, or teach, we must have chapter and verse. Anything you hear ask, "Chapter and verse?"
If we do NOT have chapter and verse what we are saying should be automatically suspect.
There will always be issues that are not directly addressed in the bible but if you look hard enough most everything has a biblical principle that you can glean from scripture.
Ultimately the verse below is what I am trying to say in a much more complicated way....
Romans chapter 3 and the middle of verse 4 "let God be true, but every man a liar"
Let us test all things against the scripture and trust nothing that strays from the word of God. Question everything you do. This is how we grow.
Often times the things I write about are just as much for my benefit as for the benefit of others.
I would like to address the "Authority of the Scripture."
Without getting exceedingly in-depth, first I would like to point out that due to all bibles being a copy of a copy of a copy... and on top of that it is a modern translation of one language into another... there will always be issues of interpretation.
These issues must be solved by not isolating single scriptures. They must be compared to the bible as a whole and set side by side with parallels in scripture by principle and grammatical usage of the words.
That being said... I would ask the question. If a man disagrees with the bible who should be follow?
Logically anyone following truly will admit that we must follow the bible! The bible is the ultimate authority and anything that disagrees with it is just flat out wrong. I say this not to be rude but to simplify.
For everything we say, believe, or teach, we must have chapter and verse. Anything you hear ask, "Chapter and verse?"
If we do NOT have chapter and verse what we are saying should be automatically suspect.
There will always be issues that are not directly addressed in the bible but if you look hard enough most everything has a biblical principle that you can glean from scripture.
Ultimately the verse below is what I am trying to say in a much more complicated way....
Romans chapter 3 and the middle of verse 4 "let God be true, but every man a liar"
Let us test all things against the scripture and trust nothing that strays from the word of God. Question everything you do. This is how we grow.
Sunday, September 21, 2014
The Old and the New
The Old and the New
In modern Christian thinking there is this idea of the Old and the New. The Old ways and the new ways, the Old Testament and the New Testament, the Old covenant and the New covenant...where did this idea come from and is it biblical?
I recommend reading The "Old" Covenant for a similar (and much shorter) post along with the following information.
Bear with me as I take us through many verses to try and prove to you one thing, and one thing alone. The CONSISTENCY of scripture! I submit that scripture has never changed from the foundations of the earth before it was built to now and stretching into the future and the end of days.
The following information is by no means all scriptures related to this topic and some are not direct correlations but rather principles gleaned from scripture.
Below I will link core principles that you can find stretching through all scripture, starting with the ten commandments. This is a short list and an easy base to work off of. The ten commandments are the Torah and the Prophets in a nutshell and are summed up by the greatest commandments of all as said by Jesus,
In modern Christian thinking there is this idea of the Old and the New. The Old ways and the new ways, the Old Testament and the New Testament, the Old covenant and the New covenant...where did this idea come from and is it biblical?
I recommend reading The "Old" Covenant for a similar (and much shorter) post along with the following information.
Bear with me as I take us through many verses to try and prove to you one thing, and one thing alone. The CONSISTENCY of scripture! I submit that scripture has never changed from the foundations of the earth before it was built to now and stretching into the future and the end of days.
The following information is by no means all scriptures related to this topic and some are not direct correlations but rather principles gleaned from scripture.
Below I will link core principles that you can find stretching through all scripture, starting with the ten commandments. This is a short list and an easy base to work off of. The ten commandments are the Torah and the Prophets in a nutshell and are summed up by the greatest commandments of all as said by Jesus,
Matthew 22:36-40King James Version (KJV) 36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
38 This is the first and great commandment.
39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
The first four of the ten commandments deal with our relationship with God. The first great commandment. The last six deal with our relationship with other people. The second great commandment.
The First Commandment.
A. Established before Sinai: Genesis 3:5 "For God doth know that
in the day ye eat thereof,then your eyes
shall be opened, and ye shall be as
gods, knowing good and evil."
a2. Satan tempts Eve. The original sin was,
in essence, the breaking of the first
commandment. Elevating the self to the
level of God thus having other
"gods" before, with, in the face of, or
along side, the true God of
Abraham Isac and Jacob.
B. God gives the Command in Stone: Exodus 20:2-3 " I am the
Lord thy God, which have
brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage. Thou shalt have no
other gods before me."
C. Command Held by Messiah: Mathew 4:10 "Then saith Jesus
unto him, Get thee hence, Satan:
for it is written, Thou shalt
worship the Lord thy God, and
him only shalt thou serve."
D.The Command Will be in the End of Days: Isaiah 2:11 "The
lofty looks of man
shall be humbled,
and the haughtiness
of men shall be
bowed down, and
the Lord alone shall
be exalted in that
day."
The Second Commandment
A. Established before Sinai: Genesis 35:2 "Then Jacob said unto his
household, and to all that were
with him, Put away the strange gods
that are among you, and be clean,
and change your garments:"
B. God gives the Command in Stone: Exodus 20:4 " Thou shalt
not make unto thee any
graven image, or any likeness
of any thing that is in heaven
above, or that is in the earth
beneath, or that is in the water
under the earth.
C. Commandment Held after Messiah: Acts 15:20 "But that we
write unto them, that they
abstain from pollutions of
idols, and from fornication,
and from things strangled,
and from blood."
D. Command Will be in the End of Days: Isaiah 2:11 "The lofty
looks of man shall be
humbled, and the
haughtiness of men shall
be bowed down, and the
Lord alone shall be
exalted in that day."
The Third Commandment
A. Established before Sinai: Exodus 3:15 "And God said moreover
unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say
unto the children of Israel, the Lord
God of your fathers, the God of
Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the
God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you:
this is my name for ever, and this is
my memorial unto all generations."
a2. God himself demonstrates that His
name is His memorial unto all
generations. Thus putting reverence on
His name.
B. God gives the Command in Stone: Exodus 20:7 "Thou shalt
not take the name of the
Lord thy God in vain; for the
Lord will not hold him
guiltless that taketh his name
in vain."
C. Commandment Held after Messiah: 1 Timothy 6:1 "Let as many
servants as are under the
yoke count their own
masters worthy of all
honour, that the name
of God and his doctrine be
not blasphemed."
D.Command Will be in the End of Days: Isaiah 2:11 "The lofty
looks of man shall be
humbled, and
the haughtiness of men
shall be bowed down,
and the Lord alone shall
be exalted in that day."
The Fourth Commandment
A. Established before Sinai: Genesis 2:2-3 " And on the seventh
day God ended his work which he
had made; and he rested on the
seventh day from all his work which
he had made. And God blessed the
seventh day, and sanctified it: because
that in it he had rested from all his
work which God created and made."
B. God gives the Command in Stone: Exodus 20:8 "Remember the
sabbath day, to keep it holy."
C. Commandment Held after Messiah: Mark 2:27-28 "And he said
unto them, The sabbath was
made for man, and not man
for the sabbath: Therefore
the Son of man is Lord also
of the sabbath."
D. Command Will be in the End of Days: Isaiah 66:23 "And it shall
come to pass, that from
one new moon to another,
and from one sabbath to
another, shall all flesh
come to worship before
me, saith the Lord."
The Fifth Commandment
A. Established before Sinai: Genesis 9:21-29 This story, though
not posted for space sake, shows that
respect (or the lack thereof) of one's
parents was for sure an important
thing!
B. God gives the Command in Stone: Exodus 20:12 "Honour thy
father and thy mother: that
thy days may be long upon
the land which the Lord thy
God giveth thee."
C. Commandment Held after Messiah: Ephesians 6:1-3 "Children,
obey your parents in the
Lord: for this is right.
Honour thy father and
mother; which is the
first commandment with
promise; That it may be well
with thee, and thou mayest
live long on the earth."
D. Commandment Will be in the End of Days: Though there is no
specific text that is
a near quote we
can gauge from
principle this will
remain. God is our
Father, and we will
honor Him in the
end of days!
The Sixth Commandment
A. Established before Sinai: Genesis 9:5-6 " And surely your blood
of your lives will I require; at the
hand of every beast will I require it,
and at the hand of man; at the hand
of every man's brother will I require
the life of man. Whoso sheddeth
man's blood, by man shall his blood
be shed: for in the image of God
made he man."
B. God gives the Command in Stone: Exodus 20:13 "Thou shalt
not kill."
C. Commandment Held after Messiah: Mathew 19:18 "He saith
unto him, Which? Jesus
said, Thou shalt do no
murder, Thou shalt not
commit adultery, Thou
shalt not steal, Thou shalt
not bear false witness."
D. Commandment Will be in the End of Days: Revelation 22:14-15
"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. For without
are dogs, and
sorcerers, and
whoremongers, and
murderers..."
The Seventh Commandment
A. Established before Sinai: Genesis chapter 20: 3 and 9 3" But
God came to Abimelech in a dream
by night, and said to him, Behold,
thou art but a dead man, for the
woman which thou hast taken; for
she is a man's wife."
9 "Then Abimelech called Abraham,
and said unto him, What hast thou
done unto us? and what have I
offended thee, that thou hast brought
on me and on my kingdom a great
sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that
ought not to be done."
B. God gives the Command in Stone: Exodus 20:14 "Thou shalt
not commit adultery."
C. Commandment Held by Messiah: Mark 10:11-12 "And he saith
unto them, Whosoever shall
put away his wife, and marry
another, committeth adultery
against her. And if a woman
shall put away her husband,
and be married to another, she
committeth adultery."
D. Commandment Will be in the End of Days:Galatians 5:19-21
"Now the works of
the flesh are
manifest, which are
these; Adultery,
fornication,
uncleanness,
lasciviousness,
Idolatry, witchcraft,
hatred, variance,
emulations, wrath,
strife, seditions,
heresies,
Envyings, murders,
drunkenness,
revellings, and such
like: of the which I
tell you before, as I
have also told you in
time past, that they
which do such things
shall not inherit the
kingdom of God."
The Eighth Commandment
A. Established before Sinai: Genesis 44:8 "Behold, the money,
which we found in our sacks' mouths,
we brought again unto thee out of the
land of Canaan: how then should
we steal out of thy lord's house silver
or gold?"
B. God gives the Command in Stone: Exodus 20:15 "Thou shalt
not steal."
C. Commandment Held after Messiah: Romans 13:9a "For this,
Thou shalt not commit
adultery, Thou
shalt not kill, Thou shalt
not steal..."
D. Commandment Will be in the End of Days: 1 Corinthians 6:10
"Nor thieves, nor
covetous, nor
drunkards, nor
revilers, nor
extortioners, shall
inherit the kingdom
of God."
The Ninth Commandment
A. Established before Sinai: John 8:44 "Ye are of your father the
devil, and the lusts of your father ye
will do. He was a murderer from the
beginning, and abode not in the
truth, because there is no truth in him.
When he speaketh a lie, he
speaketh of his own: for he is a liar,
and the father of it."
a2. If satan is the father of lies, then lies
have been wrong from the beginning.
B. God gives the Command in Stone: Exodus 20:13 "Thou shalt
not bear false witness against
thy neighbour."
C. Commandment Held after Messiah: Acts 6:13 "And set up false
witnesses, which said, This
man ceaseth not to speak
blasphemous words against
this holy place, and the
law."
D. Commandment Will be in the End of Days: Revelation 22:14-15
"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.
For without are
dogs, and sorcerers,
and whoremongers,
and murderers, and
idolaters, and
whosoever loveth
and maketh a lie."
The Tenth Commandment
A. Established before Sinai: Genesis 14:23 "That I will not take
from a thread even to a shoelatchet,
and that I will not take any thing that
is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I
have made Abram rich."
a2. Though Abram was not directly
coveting the principle of
wanting/taking what belongs to another
was looked down upon.
B. God gives Command in Stone: Exodus 20:17 "Thou shalt not
covet thy neighbour's house, thou
shalt not covet thy neighbour's
wife, nor his manservant, nor his
maidservant, nor his ox, nor his
donkey, nor any thing that is thy
neighbour's."
b2. And who is our neighbor?
(Luke 10:29-37)
C. Commandment Held after Messiah: Luke 12:15 "And he said
unto them, Take heed, and
beware of covetousness: for
a man's life consisteth not in
the abundance of the things
which he possesseth."
D. Commandment Will be in the End of Days: Corinthians 6:9-10
"Know ye not that
the unrighteous
shall not inherit the
kingdom of God?
Be not deceived:
neither fornicators,
nor idolaters, nor
adulterers, nor
effeminate, nor
abusers of
themselves
with mankind, Nor
thieves, nor
covetous, nor
drunkards, nor
revilers, nor
extortioners, shall
inherit the kingdom
of God."
Consistent Morals Through Scripture.
Romans 7:7 "What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet"
37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
38 This is the first and great commandment.
39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
The first four of the ten commandments deal with our relationship with God. The first great commandment. The last six deal with our relationship with other people. The second great commandment.
The First Commandment.
A. Established before Sinai: Genesis 3:5 "For God doth know that
in the day ye eat thereof,then your eyes
shall be opened, and ye shall be as
gods, knowing good and evil."
a2. Satan tempts Eve. The original sin was,
in essence, the breaking of the first
commandment. Elevating the self to the
level of God thus having other
"gods" before, with, in the face of, or
along side, the true God of
Abraham Isac and Jacob.
B. God gives the Command in Stone: Exodus 20:2-3 " I am the
Lord thy God, which have
brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage. Thou shalt have no
other gods before me."
C. Command Held by Messiah: Mathew 4:10 "Then saith Jesus
unto him, Get thee hence, Satan:
for it is written, Thou shalt
worship the Lord thy God, and
him only shalt thou serve."
D.The Command Will be in the End of Days: Isaiah 2:11 "The
lofty looks of man
shall be humbled,
and the haughtiness
of men shall be
bowed down, and
the Lord alone shall
be exalted in that
day."
The Second Commandment
A. Established before Sinai: Genesis 35:2 "Then Jacob said unto his
household, and to all that were
with him, Put away the strange gods
that are among you, and be clean,
and change your garments:"
B. God gives the Command in Stone: Exodus 20:4 " Thou shalt
not make unto thee any
graven image, or any likeness
of any thing that is in heaven
above, or that is in the earth
beneath, or that is in the water
under the earth.
C. Commandment Held after Messiah: Acts 15:20 "But that we
write unto them, that they
abstain from pollutions of
idols, and from fornication,
and from things strangled,
and from blood."
D. Command Will be in the End of Days: Isaiah 2:11 "The lofty
looks of man shall be
humbled, and the
haughtiness of men shall
be bowed down, and the
Lord alone shall be
exalted in that day."
The Third Commandment
A. Established before Sinai: Exodus 3:15 "And God said moreover
unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say
unto the children of Israel, the Lord
God of your fathers, the God of
Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the
God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you:
this is my name for ever, and this is
my memorial unto all generations."
a2. God himself demonstrates that His
name is His memorial unto all
generations. Thus putting reverence on
His name.
B. God gives the Command in Stone: Exodus 20:7 "Thou shalt
not take the name of the
Lord thy God in vain; for the
Lord will not hold him
guiltless that taketh his name
in vain."
C. Commandment Held after Messiah: 1 Timothy 6:1 "Let as many
servants as are under the
yoke count their own
masters worthy of all
honour, that the name
of God and his doctrine be
not blasphemed."
D.Command Will be in the End of Days: Isaiah 2:11 "The lofty
looks of man shall be
humbled, and
the haughtiness of men
shall be bowed down,
and the Lord alone shall
be exalted in that day."
The Fourth Commandment
A. Established before Sinai: Genesis 2:2-3 " And on the seventh
day God ended his work which he
had made; and he rested on the
seventh day from all his work which
he had made. And God blessed the
seventh day, and sanctified it: because
that in it he had rested from all his
work which God created and made."
B. God gives the Command in Stone: Exodus 20:8 "Remember the
sabbath day, to keep it holy."
C. Commandment Held after Messiah: Mark 2:27-28 "And he said
unto them, The sabbath was
made for man, and not man
for the sabbath: Therefore
the Son of man is Lord also
of the sabbath."
D. Command Will be in the End of Days: Isaiah 66:23 "And it shall
come to pass, that from
one new moon to another,
and from one sabbath to
another, shall all flesh
come to worship before
me, saith the Lord."
The Fifth Commandment
A. Established before Sinai: Genesis 9:21-29 This story, though
not posted for space sake, shows that
respect (or the lack thereof) of one's
parents was for sure an important
thing!
B. God gives the Command in Stone: Exodus 20:12 "Honour thy
father and thy mother: that
thy days may be long upon
the land which the Lord thy
God giveth thee."
C. Commandment Held after Messiah: Ephesians 6:1-3 "Children,
obey your parents in the
Lord: for this is right.
Honour thy father and
mother; which is the
first commandment with
promise; That it may be well
with thee, and thou mayest
live long on the earth."
D. Commandment Will be in the End of Days: Though there is no
specific text that is
a near quote we
can gauge from
principle this will
remain. God is our
Father, and we will
honor Him in the
end of days!
The Sixth Commandment
A. Established before Sinai: Genesis 9:5-6 " And surely your blood
of your lives will I require; at the
hand of every beast will I require it,
and at the hand of man; at the hand
of every man's brother will I require
the life of man. Whoso sheddeth
man's blood, by man shall his blood
be shed: for in the image of God
made he man."
B. God gives the Command in Stone: Exodus 20:13 "Thou shalt
not kill."
C. Commandment Held after Messiah: Mathew 19:18 "He saith
unto him, Which? Jesus
said, Thou shalt do no
murder, Thou shalt not
commit adultery, Thou
shalt not steal, Thou shalt
not bear false witness."
D. Commandment Will be in the End of Days: Revelation 22:14-15
"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. For without
are dogs, and
sorcerers, and
whoremongers, and
murderers..."
The Seventh Commandment
A. Established before Sinai: Genesis chapter 20: 3 and 9 3" But
God came to Abimelech in a dream
by night, and said to him, Behold,
thou art but a dead man, for the
woman which thou hast taken; for
she is a man's wife."
9 "Then Abimelech called Abraham,
and said unto him, What hast thou
done unto us? and what have I
offended thee, that thou hast brought
on me and on my kingdom a great
sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that
ought not to be done."
B. God gives the Command in Stone: Exodus 20:14 "Thou shalt
not commit adultery."
C. Commandment Held by Messiah: Mark 10:11-12 "And he saith
unto them, Whosoever shall
put away his wife, and marry
another, committeth adultery
against her. And if a woman
shall put away her husband,
and be married to another, she
committeth adultery."
D. Commandment Will be in the End of Days:Galatians 5:19-21
"Now the works of
the flesh are
manifest, which are
these; Adultery,
fornication,
uncleanness,
lasciviousness,
Idolatry, witchcraft,
hatred, variance,
emulations, wrath,
strife, seditions,
heresies,
Envyings, murders,
drunkenness,
revellings, and such
like: of the which I
tell you before, as I
have also told you in
time past, that they
which do such things
shall not inherit the
kingdom of God."
The Eighth Commandment
A. Established before Sinai: Genesis 44:8 "Behold, the money,
which we found in our sacks' mouths,
we brought again unto thee out of the
land of Canaan: how then should
we steal out of thy lord's house silver
or gold?"
B. God gives the Command in Stone: Exodus 20:15 "Thou shalt
not steal."
C. Commandment Held after Messiah: Romans 13:9a "For this,
Thou shalt not commit
adultery, Thou
shalt not kill, Thou shalt
not steal..."
D. Commandment Will be in the End of Days: 1 Corinthians 6:10
"Nor thieves, nor
covetous, nor
drunkards, nor
revilers, nor
extortioners, shall
inherit the kingdom
of God."
The Ninth Commandment
A. Established before Sinai: John 8:44 "Ye are of your father the
devil, and the lusts of your father ye
will do. He was a murderer from the
beginning, and abode not in the
truth, because there is no truth in him.
When he speaketh a lie, he
speaketh of his own: for he is a liar,
and the father of it."
a2. If satan is the father of lies, then lies
have been wrong from the beginning.
B. God gives the Command in Stone: Exodus 20:13 "Thou shalt
not bear false witness against
thy neighbour."
C. Commandment Held after Messiah: Acts 6:13 "And set up false
witnesses, which said, This
man ceaseth not to speak
blasphemous words against
this holy place, and the
law."
D. Commandment Will be in the End of Days: Revelation 22:14-15
"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.
For without are
dogs, and sorcerers,
and whoremongers,
and murderers, and
idolaters, and
whosoever loveth
and maketh a lie."
The Tenth Commandment
A. Established before Sinai: Genesis 14:23 "That I will not take
from a thread even to a shoelatchet,
and that I will not take any thing that
is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I
have made Abram rich."
a2. Though Abram was not directly
coveting the principle of
wanting/taking what belongs to another
was looked down upon.
B. God gives Command in Stone: Exodus 20:17 "Thou shalt not
covet thy neighbour's house, thou
shalt not covet thy neighbour's
wife, nor his manservant, nor his
maidservant, nor his ox, nor his
donkey, nor any thing that is thy
neighbour's."
b2. And who is our neighbor?
(Luke 10:29-37)
C. Commandment Held after Messiah: Luke 12:15 "And he said
unto them, Take heed, and
beware of covetousness: for
a man's life consisteth not in
the abundance of the things
which he possesseth."
D. Commandment Will be in the End of Days: Corinthians 6:9-10
"Know ye not that
the unrighteous
shall not inherit the
kingdom of God?
Be not deceived:
neither fornicators,
nor idolaters, nor
adulterers, nor
effeminate, nor
abusers of
themselves
with mankind, Nor
thieves, nor
covetous, nor
drunkards, nor
revilers, nor
extortioners, shall
inherit the kingdom
of God."
Consistent Morals Through Scripture.
Romans 7:7 "What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet"
1 John 3:4 "Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law."
The law is not sin, it shows us our sin! Sin is transgression of the law. Sin has existed since the fall, thus the law must have, by default, also have existed from creation. The first sin never could have been if there was not already a law by which to judge actions. It also must continue to the end of time or we would no longer know sin. If we do not know sin then we do not realize we need a Savior. Anyone who realizes they need a Savior only does so by the schooling of the law.
With the sacrifice of Yeshua (Jesus) the Messiah we are no longer under the law, meaning we are no longer condemned by the law because we have been forgiven. The law still stands. To be under means to bear the penalty of, only a guilty person is under the law. If we are forgiven we are no longer guilty.
Other things such sacrifices are also mentioned from the beginning. In Genesis 4:3-4 it talks about the sacrifices of Cain and Abel...where did they get this concept from? It wasn't until around Leviticus 2 God gave Israel any prescribed sacrifices. In Romans 12:1 we are told as believers to offer ourselves as sacrifices to Him. The concept of offering God sacrifices maintains itself all through scripture.
The feast days are mentioned in Genesis. The stars are for signs and seasons. The word "seasons" literally mean appointed times or feast. It was not until Leviticus 23 that God gave Israel the prescribed feasts that they were to keep forever and Zechariah 14:16-19 refers to all obedient people going to Jerusalem in the thousand year reign going up for the feast of tabernacles.
Isaiah 66:23 talks about from "One new moon to another..." This too is in regards to feast days.
None of this was something God just gave to the Jews or created at mount Sinai.
Genesis 26:5 "Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws."
What laws did Abraham follow? What Laws were the wicked men judged by before the flood?
The Unchangeable God
James 1:17 "Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning."
Malachi 3:6 "For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed"
Numbers 23:19 "God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?"
Hebrews 6:17 "Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:"
Mathew 5:17-19 "Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
To fulfill means to make more abundant and to a fuller effect... not to do away with.
2 Timothy 3:16-17 "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works."
What scriptures is Paul talking about? The Torah and the Prophets. The "New Testament" (The Gospels and Epistles) did not exist at that time.
Conclusion
There is no Old and New. There is ONE Bible, ONE Covenant, ONE Law, ONE Way, and they all came from the ONE GOD. "For I am the LORD God, I change not..."
The feast days are mentioned in Genesis. The stars are for signs and seasons. The word "seasons" literally mean appointed times or feast. It was not until Leviticus 23 that God gave Israel the prescribed feasts that they were to keep forever and Zechariah 14:16-19 refers to all obedient people going to Jerusalem in the thousand year reign going up for the feast of tabernacles.
Isaiah 66:23 talks about from "One new moon to another..." This too is in regards to feast days.
None of this was something God just gave to the Jews or created at mount Sinai.
Genesis 26:5 "Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws."
What laws did Abraham follow? What Laws were the wicked men judged by before the flood?
The Unchangeable God
James 1:17 "Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning."
Malachi 3:6 "For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed"
Numbers 23:19 "God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?"
Hebrews 6:17 "Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:"
Mathew 5:17-19 "Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
To fulfill means to make more abundant and to a fuller effect... not to do away with.
2 Timothy 3:16-17 "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works."
What scriptures is Paul talking about? The Torah and the Prophets. The "New Testament" (The Gospels and Epistles) did not exist at that time.
Conclusion
There is no Old and New. There is ONE Bible, ONE Covenant, ONE Law, ONE Way, and they all came from the ONE GOD. "For I am the LORD God, I change not..."
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