Hello LGW.
So you have been taught that the ten commandments is what matters, that is how sin is defined.
Hello LGW. Do we have to forgive others when they sin against us? Is forgiving others a commandment or not?
What part of
post # 133 did you not understand? God's Word says sin is the transgression of God's Law (10 commandments). We are to live by EVERY WORD that proceed out of the mouth of God (
Matthew 4:4) because whatsoever is not of faith is SIN (
Romans 14:23). If God asks you to do something and you do not do it through faith that works by love, God's Word says you do not have the fruit of obedience and your faith is dead and you are still in your sins because you have not believed what God says. (
James 2:18; 20; 26; Matthew 7:19-20; Hebrews 10:26-27; 1 John 3:3-9). If anyone does not believe and follow God's Word it is written they have neither seen him or known him and are still in their sins (
1 John 3:3-9)
Acts 15
20 but that we write to them that they abstain from things contaminated by idols and from fornication and from what is strangled and from blood.
If you sitting at the table eating a steak with the blood in it, are you sinning? Gentiles were told not to do that but you seem to think that this is not important? Do you see eating meat with the blood in it as comparable to fornication? Please explain how you can ignore these instructions and how are they included in the ten commandments?
You misinterpret the scriptures. Your mistake is that you and some others look at Acts 15 and interpret the chapter as referring to God's Law (10 commandments). What you did not read however in Acts 15 is that the context and chapter of your scripture is talking about circumcision and the laws of Moses as a means of salvation which were types pointing to Jesus.
You clearly do not know the purpose of the laws of Moses and God's Law. Let's look at what God's Words says.
What is the purpose of God's Law (10 commandments) and the Mosaic laws...................
(1) God’s Law (10 commandments)
Purpose; reveals what sin and righteousness (right doing) is and the describes the penalty for sin (
Romans 3:20; 1 John 3:4; Romans 6:23)
. It was never a cure for sin. But it was the work of God which is forever and the foundation of the Old Covenant, the New Covenant and the Judgement to come. (
Exodus 32:16; Exodus 31:18; 31:18; Exodus 20:1-22; Deuteronomy 10:5; Romans 3:20; 1 John 3:4; Romans 6:23; Hebrews 7:19; Ecclesiastes 12:13-14, James 2:10-12, 1 John 3:4, Acts 17:31; Ps 111:7-8; Revelation 12:17; 14:12; 22:14; 1 John 3:5-8; 1 John 2:3-4; Ecclesiastes 3:14)
(2) The laws of Moses (Levitical, ceremonial, sacrificial)
Purpose; was the prescriptive cure for sin with all the Levitical and ceremonial laws, burnt offerings for sin, annual feast days foretelling the plan of salvation which were connected to Feast days with New Moon sabbaths, food and drink offerings and other Holy days. These where all types pointing to Jesus and the plan of salvation and provided a cure for sin through animal sacrifice and food and drink offerings and yearly sin atonement's for God’s people. (
Leviticus 1:1-13; Leviticus 23:1-44; Numbers 28:1-31; 29:1-40; Deuteronomy 24:10-11; Exodus 24:3; Deuteronomy 31:24-26; Colossians 2:16-16; Hebrews 10:1; Ephesians 2:14-15; Leviticus 4; 5; 6; Hebrews 4:14; 9;10; John 1:29; not exhaustive there are many more).
Why were the ceremonial laws of Moses (handwriting of ordinances) nailed to the cross and shadows of things to come......
Jesus was our true sacrifice for our sins and the saviour of the world that the ceremonial laws of Moses all pointed to. When Jesus came and died the old Covenant laws of Moses that pointed to Jesus and the plan of salvation was fulfilled
(John 1:29; 36; Revelation 5:6; 1 Corinthians 5:6-7; Hebrews 8:2-13; 9:1-28). Jesus is our true Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world and our sacrifice for our sins. It is our sins as well as the ceremonial laws of Moses that were nailed to the cross at the death of Jesus (
Colossians 2:14; Ephesians 2:15; John 3:16).
More scriptures on this subject here linked referring to Colossians 2:14-17 linking old and new testament writings.................
Now what is Acts 15:10 talking about. Let's look at the chapter and context.......
Acts 15
1, And
certain men which came down from Judea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved <The controversy is that
if you are not circumcised after the law of Moses you cannot be saved>
.
2, When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question.
3, And being brought on their way by the church, they passed through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and they caused great joy unto all the brethren.
4, And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church, and of the apostles and elders, and they declared all things that God had done with them.
10, Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
19, Wherefore
my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God: <New converts do not need to be
circumcised after the law of Moses>
20, But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.
21, For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day <the new converts will learn more because the scriptures are read in the synagogues every Sabbath>.
22, Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren:
23, And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia:
24,
Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment: <what law are we referring to? The law of Moses; circumcision>
As mentioned above already the Mosaic laws (
not God's Law; 10 commandments) that were the cure for sin in the Old Covenant pointing to Jesus have been done away. They were shadows that pointed to Jesus and were fulfilled at the cross. For example with circumcision...........................
Romans 2
28, For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:
29, But
he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
Now let's look at your interpretation of Acts 15. You imply by your interpretation of the Chapter because none of God's Law (10 commandments) are mentioned that the Gentiles do not need to follow them. So they can go kill, steal, covet etc etc as long as they abstain from things contaminated by idols and from fornication and from what is strangled and from blood v20. This is despite more then 1300 scriptures in God's Word that say the opposite. You may need to reconsider your interpretation of God's Word.
Yep everything is as it is according to God's Word and we should believe it.
Sunday worship is a tradition and teaching of man that has lead many to break the commandments of God. Jesus says that if we follow the traditions of man that break the commandments of God we are not following God (Matthew 15:3-9)
Who should we follow the teachings and traditions of men or the Word of God? Who should we believe the Words of men or the Word of God?
May God bless you as you seek him through His Word.