Leviticus

[danielhenrybaker]

I am intersted in why more attention is paid to certain parts of the bible than others. For instance Leviticus bans things like wearing a garment made out of two kinds of material or plowing to the edge of a field. Nobody pays attention to these rules (even fundementalist Christians). Does anybody know why not?

 

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[Mela'h]

I do not know the answer to your question either Daniel, but I do welcome you here! Check out the "Theology" forums, you may find some answers there! Be blessed

 

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[Shubunkin]

Because we are no longer under the Law. Unless it's mentioned in the NT, we are not bound to do them. We still need to understand God's will though.


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[Hishandmaiden]

I am intersted in why more attention is paid to certain parts of the bible than others. For instance Leviticus bans things like wearing a garment made out of two kinds of material or plowing to the edge of a field. Nobody pays attention to these rules (even fundementalist Christians). Does anybody know why not?

Many of the preachers today believe that because Jesus died on the cross, we are now under the age of new covenant, and whatever is in the old covenant is not as applicable to us anymore, as compared to whatever is under the new covenant.

I did not believe that Jesus' death on the cross freed us from having to obey the laws, but that Jesus' death on the cross freed us from our sins so that we could obey the laws better.

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[murleyj]

I am intersted in why more attention is paid to certain parts of the bible than others. For instance Leviticus bans things like wearing a garment made out of two kinds of material or plowing to the edge of a field. Nobody pays attention to these rules (even fundementalist Christians). Does anybody know why not?

Those laws were under the old covenant. The Laws we should be concerned with now are the 10 perfect Laws. The Ten Commandments are what Paul is referring to when he said if it had not been for the Law he would not have known sin. Also when the Bible says that the Law of the Lord is perfect converting the soul it is talking about the Ten Commandments, not the Levitical Law (which is what you're referring to)

But the Ten commandments can be used as a mirror for us to examine ourselves in.

Ask yourself this (Or when you're witnessing ask the person your witnessing to this):

1 - Have youever told a lie? - Answer -Yes (all of us have) What does that make you? Answer - a liar

2 - Have you ever used God's name in vain? - Answer - Yes That's called blasphemy and the Bible says that God will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain (This is the same as taking the name of a Holy and Just and Perfect God that created you and me and using it as a cuss word to express disgust)

3 - Ever stolen anything (doesn't matter how small or the value of it)? - Most will answer Yes - What does that make you? - Answer a thief

4 - Ever committed adultery? (Jesus said that whoever looks at a woman with lust has committed adultery already in their heart - Jesus shows here that God sees not only our physical actions but the intents of our hearts and considers those the same) - Most will honeslty answer yes - that makes you and me adulterers

That's only 4 of the 10 commandments.

So you can see that by yours and my own admissions (or whoever else's) that we are lying, thieves and blasphemous adulterers at heart.

We will stand before God on judgement day ( the Bible says it is appointed to evry man to die and then the judgement) - We will be guilty because we have broken His commandments. he judges us by his perfect Holy standard . Not by our standard - even if we think we a good people (Jesus said there is none good but God)

The Ten Commandments sheds light on our sin and as a result we see our need for a Savior.

We are all guilty of violating God's perfect law. None of us can measure up.

If we are honest, we must agree that we are filthy and disgusting in God's sight and that we don't deserve to be with Him in heaven. In other words if we are judged by our own merits we all deserve Hell.

But the Gospel , the Good News, is that God loved us in spite of our transgressions against Him. And in order to fulfill his demand for justice He displayed His love for us on the cross. He (God) became a man and lived a perfect life. He didn't sin at all. He never broke a commandment. He suffered and died on the cross and He took God's wrath that you and I deserve on Himself because He does love us and wants to reconcile us to himself.(because He is Holy and perfectly Just in all His ways, the penalty for sin must be satisfied. much like a human judge would not be considered a good judge if He just forgave a criminal and didn't punish him, he wouldn't be a just judge)

That's the Good News! Even though we are all lliars, thieves, blasphemers, etc. (and the Bible says that no liar blasphemer thief etc can inherit the kingdom of heaven) we can be forgiven because of what God did for us. Jesus says we must repent. We must acknowledge we have sinned. But more than just acknowledge, we must confess our sin and forsake it, turn our backs on it. When we begin to see our sin through God's eyes and realize what He did to pay for our penalty for our sin, we should really be disgusted by it. We should not want anything more to do with sin. That's genuine repentance. Then put your trust in Jesus Christ. I'm not saying to ask Him into your heart (I can't find any specific Bible verse that says to ask Jesus into your heart, I'm saying put your trust in Him. Receive Him. Trust in what He did for you alone as payment in full for all your sins. Nothing you can do on your own is adequate. Even the faith we have in God is from God so that we can't even boast about that being from us. Trust in Jesus much like you trust in a parachute to save you from the law of gravity if you were to jump out of a plane, like you trust in a seatbelt to keep you from going sailing through a windshield. Get the idea?


5 words for Salvation:

Repent and trust in Jesus.

Then read your Bible evryday and obey it (and I don't mean the Levitical law) The bible says if you try to live by the law you'll be judged by it. And it's too late for that, because you've already broken it. So all that's left for you to do is repent and trust in Jesus.

Did I mention repent and trust in Jesus?

Love in Christ,

John

 

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