Any scriptural evidence that evangelized Gentiles are to keep the Sabbath?

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Another words NO! I added nothing.

The let me quote that again with also "adding nothing":

1. I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. 2. You shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments. 3. You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name. 4. Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns. For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy. 5. Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you. 6. You shall not murder. 7. You shall not commit adultery. 8. You shall not steal. 9. You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor. 10. You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

If you discover any addition in the above text, it is the same kind of addition as yours, if you added nothing, I also added nothing.

And as you see, with my addition of "nothing" the text supports what the Jews say. Are you so blind, or simply dishonest that you deny having added numbers?
 
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The let me quote that again with also "adding nothing":

1. I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. 2. You shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments. 3. You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name. 4. Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns. For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy. 5. Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you. 6. You shall not murder. 7. You shall not commit adultery. 8. You shall not steal. 9. You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor. 10. You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

If you discover any addition in the above text, it is the same kind of addition as yours, if you added nothing, I also added nothing.

And as you see, with my addition of "nothing" the text supports what the Jews say. Are you so blind, or simply dishonest that you deny having added numbers?

I see your refusing to address any of the content of my posts shared with you and are now seeking to make straw-man arguments no one is talking about while sadly seeking to attack the messenger while ignoring the message of the scriptures which are God's Word not my words that you disagree with. That being the case, maybe it is time for us to finish our conversation and perhaps you should ask yourself your own question dear friend. Is it you who is so blind or being dishonest by denying that there are 10 commandments in Exodus 20:2-17? For me I believe only God's Word is true and we should believe and follow it over the teachings and traditions of men that seek to break the commandments of God *Romans 3:4; Matthew 15:2-9. Thank you for the conversation.
 
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1. There are ten commandments written in Exodus 20:2-17 as shown through the scriptures.
The only way to show this is adding numbers to the text, so your proof is not just based ion Scripture, but on Scripture with your numbers added to it.

I simply add two numbers at a different point than you do (see post #521), and the text "proves" the first word is no commandment. You blatantly say that the text proves your 10 commandments without your numbers, whether out of ignorance or dishonesty I do not know.

2. Elsewhere in the bible there are references to these 10 written in *Exodus 34:28; Deuteronomy 4:13; Deuteronomy 10:4.
When I open my German Bible, there is no "commandment" these verse. It is only interpretation by translators, nothing more. So if you say you have proof from Scripture, you therefore imply that Luther (and many others) translated wrong, instead of saying there are several ways to interpret (and hence translate) the text.

The Hebrew dictionary here shows that the number ten is used.
No one denies the number ten, it is about the "10 words" which you declare are commandments, without given a proof beyond "this is done so in English". But there is a reason this text is named Decalogue and not Decanomium.

Hebrew and Greek Dictionaries w/TVM, Strong - H1697
דּבר; dâbâr daw-bawr' From H1696; a word ; by implication a matter (as spoken of) of thing ...
The quote above is the main explanation of the meaning, the rest are details (I suppose simply listing the way it is translated in the KJV). You high lighten the unimportant. All that can be said from that is: "commandment" is a possible translation (which I never denied). But whether this translations fits into the context depends on whether the first dabar is "I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery" or not. Your dictionary entry does not help on this matter.

3. These 10 commandments are Gods' LAW, spoken by God and are God's Words spoken in Exodus 20:2-17 and written with the finger of God on two tables of stone *Exodus 32:16
The Decalogue is not the whole law. Never seen that Jesus called law what is not there, e.g. Mt 12:5?

4. In the new covenant the purpose of God's LAW (10 commandments)
Nowhere in the NT the word "law of God" is just about the Decalogue.]

5. If we knowingly break anyone of God’s 10 commandments when God has given us the knowledge of the truth of Gods Word we stand guilty before God of sin *Acts of the Apostles 17:30-31; Hebrews 10:26-31; James 4:17.
Where do you see a "10" in the verses you listed? So why do you say "10 commandments", thus begging the question which law is meant?

6. Sunday worship as a replacement of God’s 4th commandment seventh day Sabbath rest is a teaching and tradition of men that has been handed down by the Roman Catholic Church
... and is in contradiction to Rom 14:5.

7. There is not one scripture in all of God’s Word that says God’s 4th commandment of the 10 commandments have been abolished
... and therefore I don't say it is abolished. As to Sunday, see above. If you just copy arguments that are against a position I do not share, you start using "straw man argument"s.

I repeat: The US law is not abolished by the fact that I am no subject to it.

8. Love is not separated from God’s law it fulfills its requirements and is expressed through obedience to it through faith in God’s promises and it is why JESUS says on these two great commandments of love to God and man hang all the law and the prophets
So why do folks shift this from the love to the Sabbath, a commandment Jesus or the aposles never confirmed to be relevant for Gentile believers?

Good point something we agree on.
Saying you agree seems not credible if you deny this by not saying "Yes, there are two ways to understand the text, so it is unnecessary to post more on that".
 
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I see your refusing to address any of the content of my posts shared with you
I addressed the first point, the lie that you did not add anything.

Unless you become honest on that point, I do not see a basis for further discussion.
 
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The only way to show this is adding numbers to the text, so your proof is not just based ion Scripture, but on Scripture with your numbers added to it.
Well that is not true dear friend. You were shown from God's Word not my words where each of the commandments where found in Exodus 20:2-17 and they are God's Words not mine. So I guess your argument is with God not me. You were then asked if the ten commandments shared with you were ten commandments. Your response was silence because anyone can see that they were indeed commandments written in the scriptures of Exodus 20:2-17. So if I have only shared the scriptures with you dear friend, what is it that you do not believe?
I simply add two numbers at a different point than you do (see post #521), and the text "proves" the first word is no commandment. You blatantly say that the text proves your 10 commandments without your numbers, whether out of ignorance or dishonesty I do not know.
Adding two numbers has nothing to do with what I was sharing with you. You were shown from the scriptures alone ten commandments in Exodus 20:2-17. Your making a straw-man argument no one is talking about. If no one is talking about what you are talking about what is your argument? Do you disagree that the ten commandments pointed out to you earlier from the scriptures in Exodus 20:2-17 are not ten commandments written and spoken by God?
When I open my German Bible, there is no "commandment" these verse. It is only interpretation by translators, nothing more. So if you say you have proof from Scripture, you therefore imply that Luther (and many others) translated wrong, instead of saying there are several ways to interpret (and hence translate) the text.
We are not talking about a German bible as are talking about the English bibles.
No one denies the number ten, it is about the "10 words" which you declare are commandments, without given a proof beyond "this is done so in English". But there is a reason this text is named Decalogue and not Decanomium.
Getting closer. Do those ten words refer to God's ten commandments pointed out to you earlier in Exodus 20:2-17?
The quote above is the main explanation of the meaning, the rest are details (I suppose simply listing the way it is translated in the KJV). You high lighten the unimportant. All that can be said from that is: "commandment" is a possible translation (which I never denied). But whether this translations fits into the context depends on whether the first dabar is "I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery" or not. Your dictionary entry does not help on this matter.
Not really dear friend. Get your facts right. H1697; דּבר; dâbâr is not even used in Exodus 20:2-17 the dictionary entry was in reference to *Exodus 34:28; Deuteronomy 4:13; Deuteronomy 10:4.
The Decalogue is not the whole law. Never seen that Jesus called law what is not there, e.g. Mt 12:5?
Straw-man again? Who said that the ten commandments is all the law? It is God's law however and it is this law that every other revolves around. These 10 commandments are Gods' LAW, spoken by God and are God's Words spoken in Exodus 20:2-17 and written with the finger of God on two tables of stone *Exodus 32:16. In the new covenant they give us the knowledge of what sin is when broken *Romans 3:20; Romans 7:7; 1 John 3:4.
LoveGodsWord wrote: 4. In the new covenant the purpose of God's LAW (10 commandments) is to give us the knowledge of GOOD and EVIL; SIN and RIGHTEOUSNESS *Romans 3:20; Romans 7:7; 1 John 3:4; Psalms 119:172
Your response here...
Nowhere in the NT the word "law of God" is just about the Decalogue.
Straw-man again? Where does it say in what you are quoting from me that I am saying that the word "law of God" is in the NT?
LoveGodsWord said: 5. If we knowingly break anyone of God’s 10 commandments when God has given us the knowledge of the truth of Gods Word we stand guilty before God of sin *Acts of the Apostles 17:30-31; Hebrews 10:26-31; James 4:17.
Your response here...
Where do you see a "10" in the verses you listed? So why do you say "10 commandments", thus begging the question which law is meant?
Why do you need to see a word ten in the versus listed? I see you do not understand what point 5 is talking about try re-reading it.
LoveGodsWord said: 6. Sunday worship as a replacement of God’s 4th commandment seventh day Sabbath rest is a teaching and tradition of men that has been handed down by the Roman Catholic Church that has lead many to disregards and break God’s 4th commandment of the 10 commandments that give us the knowledge of what sin is when broken.
Your response here...
... and is in contradiction to Rom 14:5.
Hmmm what? Sorry your post makes no sense to what you are quoting from. There is no mention of God's 4th commandment in Romans 14:5 which is talking about eating and not eating on days that men esteem over other days. God's 4th commandment Sabbath is where?
LoveGodsWord said: 7. There is not one scripture in all of God’s Word that says God’s 4th commandment of the 10 commandments have been abolished and we are now commanded to keep Sunday as a Holy day
Your response here...
... and therefore I don't say it is abolished. As to Sunday, see above. If you just copy arguments that are against a position I do not share, you start using "straw man argument"s. I repeat: The US law is not abolished by the fact that I am no subject to it
Seems your contradicting yourself here in what you were trying to say in point 6. See previous section. Those who are not subject to God's law according to the scriptures are not subject to God's Kingdom *Matthew 7:21-23.
LoveGodsWord said: 8. Love is not separated from God’s law it fulfills its requirements and is expressed through obedience to it through faith in God’s promises and it is why JESUS says on these two great commandments of love to God and man hang all the law and the prophets *Matthew 22:36-40; Romans 13:8-10; James 2:8-12; 1 John 5:3-4; John 14:15; 1 John 3:6-9; Revelation 12:17; Revelation 19:10; Revelation 14:12 and Revelation 22:14 and if you love me keep my commandments *John 14:15.
Your response here...
So why do folks shift this from the love to the Sabbath, a commandment Jesus or the aposles never confirmed to be relevant for Gentile believers?
Matthew 5:17-20 [17], THINK NOT THAT I AM COME TO DESTROY THE LAW, OR THE PROPHETS: I AM NOT COME TO DESTROY, BUT TO FULFILL. [18], FOR TRULY I SAY TO YOU, TILL HEAVEN AND EARTH PASS, ONE STROKE OR ONE PRONUNCIATION MARK SHALL IN NO WISE PASS FROM THE LAW, TILL ALL BE FULFILLED. [19], WHOEVER 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 whoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. 20, For I say to you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Hebrews 4:9 THEREFORE IT REMAINS FOR THE PEOPLE OF GOD TO KEEP THE SABBATH

Mark 2:27-28 [27], And he said unto them, THE SABBATH WAS MADE FOR MAN, and not man for the sabbath:[28], so that the Son of man is LORD OF THE SABBATH .

Your not reading what is being shared with you. Thank you for the conversation.
 
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I addressed the first point, the lie that you did not add anything.Unless you become honest on that point, I do not see a basis for further discussion.
You have not made a point. Your talking about things no one is talking about. I have only shared God's Word with you. They are God's Words not mine and only sent in love and as a help to you. One cannot get more honest than that. As posted earlier for me only God's Word is true and we should believe and follow it over the teachings and traditions of men that seek to break the commandments of God. Thank you for the discussion I will leave it between you and God.
 
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Where do you take this "one tribe" thing from? I suppose you misinterpret a verse which calls the people of Israel (all 12 tribes) a "tribe" (in some translations?).
nope...Jacob had 12 sons one of them was named Judah...and ONE of the tribes of Israel...but you wish to overcomplicate and overthink all this to blur the lines and move the goal posts

Why do you use a form (Yahushua) that is neither correct (three wrong vowels, I told you) nor convenient?
to initiate this very topic...He wasnt English after all...anything but “Jesus” then...because names matter...reveal things mean things represent things...shrines and even temples are built for them...

No. You are the one lying if you turn the remarks that specific laws were alikwe for strangers and Israelites into a general statement about all laws,
specific Laws specifically the Sabbath...included the strangers within thy gates...THE ONLY ONE of the “10” which adds to the irony of your rejection...

even after I pointed to a law in the Pentateuch which explicitely shows different rules for Israelites and foreigners.
Two...Passover meat is not for them...as in order to have the meat you must sacrifice a lamb...those Egyptians joining the Hebrews that day to head into the wilderness had sacrificed enough... their first born

but unleavened bread as are the other of His times IS for them now ADOPTED INTO grafted INTO Israel...even to receive land...

A person not curcmcised is no Israelite, so your distinction points back to the distinction Jew/Gentile.
oh my...so woman are not Israelite?

And just as all who are circumcised are NOT Israel other nations practiced cutting...finally Israel was judged as uncircumcised...THE IRONY...

And the foreigner who settled with them even received land promised to Israel...because they were adopted in...neat eh?

Again...those that followed Him into the wilderness and to receive the Sabbath were not asked if they were circumcised...and the Sabbath was the ONLY commandment including those strangers within thy gates...

Why do you think I missed that? Just because I didn't say it explicitly, but focused on our discussion?
nope...because your rebellion from His Ways its Sabbath...is such that you rather strain at a GNAT while swallowing a CAMEL...pharisees are known to do that...

Of course.
good it’s settled Law NEVER JUSTIFIED but His people having been SAVED then DO IT...because they were by Him...

just like Israel was saved from Egypt and THEN given His living oracles to teach them who they were...

Rem,ember, I answered to one who denied it was Israelm who will be saved as a whole, reinterpreting Rom 11 aas if the cut-off branches will never be re-inserted.
WHOSEVER believes will be saved and called Israel...and if those branches that were cut off come to BELIEVE Him they will be redrafted...and rejoin those branches which were NOT cut off...and US strangers within their gates...who ALSO match those branches NOT cut off because we bear MORE similar fruit to Him and His...

I tell you a "secret": Since the temple has been destroyed about 1950 years ago, Jews long ago have abandoned a "faith in the temple",
two world wars and the ongoing wars of Zionism and you wish to tell me a people have given up on a temple? LOL

Even those claiming to abide IN HIM champion this cause...while rejecting His Way...

even Messianics minimize Him while rather supporting Zionism...

as Heb 8:13 predicted: This has disappeared "soon". This does not mean that they received Christ,
yes the original bride separated herself her marriage contract “I DO” from Sinai by killing her Husband

but from Rom 11 we gain the confidence all Israel will repent
if they do not continue in unbelief of Him

(when Jesus returns, after what Gentile Christians and "Christians" did to Jews in the last two millennia, they are almost immune to preaching from this quarter, its our fault).
ironic the Jews believe as taught by Christians is He did away with the Law is their primary rejection...maybe if Christians were NOT so keen on forgetting He was Jewish and followed customs Moses delivered and instructed ALL His do the same...

Do not eat anything you find already dead. You may give it to the foreigner residing in any of your towns, and they may eat it
This is a law equal for Israelites and foreigners?
this is your champion?

Don’t forget the Passover Meat is also NOT for the uncircumcised...ironic His no longer serve it...but the bread yes...

You put this word out of context - the contrast is not "man or Jew", it is "Sabbath for us" or "we for Sabbath".
glad you see it...indeed it is for us...mankind...NOT A BURDEN because it is a DAY OF REST...lol...your rebellion against His Way made for us is without rest too...

His way is NOT burdensome for those that Love Him...and as He did us...

If anyone interprets the Sabbath commandment in a way to make it into a burden rather than a gift, he is wrong.
and yet you/yours do...

It is a twisting of words to read "man, not Jew" into that.
if He had meant it was made for Jews He would have said that...He did NOT

In fact had He intended ANY of what you insist He would have clearly said that...it is NOT hard to say “Sabbath is abolished you can eat Ham now” in Greek Latin German or English...and I am sure language alone does NOT prevent it being said in Hebrew or Aramaic

No, it is you who misses a point: During the covenant of Sinai, God let the people in the world go their own was,
He came to search among the Gentiles a people for His Name...to be a blessing to the world...those at Sinai were the descendants of one He made THAT covenant with...and already at Sinai full of those NOT of Jacob...

only with the New Covenant of Jesus he called everyone (not just every Israelite) to repent, Acts 14:16; 17:30. The coveant about the blessing for every natiion is not thecovenant from mount Sinai.
sure it is...as SPECIFIED in the Sabbath commandment...you think He created the world in six days for just Jews?

But for ALL as was the dedication of His temple...read Solomon’s prayer of dedication

Incidentally He could have created everything in a BIG BANG and instantaneous like...but He chose to do it in six days and then the seventh day rest...made Holy

Why do you write "Saul" instead of "Shaul"? It is saulos in the NT for the very same reason it is iesou(s), not ieshou(s).
to provoke responses such as yours...My Savior His way message and gospel is NOT Paul...so his name is not as important...that His is NOT “Jesus” is...

Even before Shaul started to persecute, one leader of the Greek-speaking part of the church was sentenced to death by the highest Jewish court.
yup they do that...

You didn't give any scriptural evidence for that.
Matt 24 scopes into “end times” unless you think 70AD the WORST EVER in history or to come... and had those days not been shortened NO FLESH would be saved...

Did I ever say anything in this direction? Please stop asking silly questions.
you said Heb 4:9 is not about the Sabbath...not a seventh day of rest after six of work...

You forgot to mention Aramaic ... and a person that changes sh to s in omne name cannot compülaint about a form that only deviates from the Aramaic original in that same point.
not a Greek word...is the point...necessary to emphasis the Shabbat of it all which remains for His people and NOT JUST JEWS

... and then
then? Did you read the OT?

the world saw the emergence of hatred against Israel in that very people that you refer to. It crept there from pagan antisemitism.
even Rabbis joke if Yah hadn’t written the OT then antisemites did...

You cannot love Jesus and hate Jews.
true...we are to love even our enemies...

and be wise as snakes harmless as doves...

The very kernel of the Christian faith is the faith in the saving power who died on the cross and stood up again on the 3rd day.
having rested in the tomb on the Sabbath and risen that day refreshed in time for First Fruits festival...and continued 40 days and 5 weekends NOTHING changed or taught changed...

Which means that he did not hers iesou(s) (pronounced "yesus", with deep long u, as "oo" in "cool"), but rather yeshu`(with a consonant [ayin] at the end that is absent from modern Ivrit).
certainly NOT “Jesus”

He is not Joshua, but he has the same name. Modern "messianic" Jews call him jhowshu` (pronounced "Joshua" in Ivrit), because they do not speak Aramaic, but rather Hebrew, so they use the Hebrew for, not the Aramaic one.
He was named an Aramaic name? Certainly not English or German Greek or Latin...

What do you want to say? Just putting the word "Jesus" (in any form) into your mouth has power? Well, Acts 19:11-16 tells otherwise (and v.15 shows this was not an issue about the correct variant of that name).
it is enough to remind people that He was Jewish following customs delivered by Moses...

The word "name" has to be interpreted, especially when a literal rendering leads to a contradiction with other parts of Scripture. I did not say the correct interpretation is always the same word, you have to look into the context, of course.
the context remaining the same that He followed the customs Moses delivered...and instructed His to do the same...

You twisted the name of or Lord and Savior, you twisted the name of Shaul, it is no surprise you even twist my name. It's not English, it is from a German dialect, the etymology is probably something like hail-mood.
see? Names matter...lol...so you are German...that does explain or?

I never read in Scripture that a wrong form of the name (which, BTW, includes the form we read in the NT!) is anything we should worry about, on the contrary I read we should not dispute about words, 2Tm 2:14. So I stand up against those that make an issue about the word Jesus, and don't see the significance of that name.
the significance is that Yah saves us with His Son Who followed customs He delivered to Moses...

He came in His Father’s Name and is STILL not accepted...nor are His Ways which He demonstrated and taught...but His ONE bride will...and be returned to Factory Installled Manufacturer Default Settings...as it was before this detour of sin...when ONLY the Sabbath was revealed...but ALREADY His way for His people...
 
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You have not made a point. Your talking about things no one is talking about. I have only shared God's Word with you. They are God's Words not mine and only sent in love and as a help to you. One cannot get more honest than that. As posted earlier for me only God's Word is true and we should believe and follow it over the teachings and traditions of men that seek to break the commandments of God. Thank you for the discussion I will leave it between you and God.
OK: now I answer in the style you speak to me.

You were shown from Scripture that there are 10 words (or sayings), of which the first is no commandment:

1. I am the LORD your God, V.2.
2. You shall have no other gods or any image before me. v3-6
3. You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain v7
4. Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy... v8-11
5. Honor your father and your mother v12
6. You shall not kill v13
7. You shall not commit adultery v14
8. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor v15
9. You shall not steal v16
10. You shall not covet... v17

Therefore your claim that we should translate "commandment" in Deut 4:3 and similar verses makes no sense, because (as shown above) the first word is no commandment.

In spite of this clear evidence from Scripture, you insist that it should be "10 commandments", making the first half of the second word a specific commandment, thusdropping the first word and hence denying the fact that Ex 20:2 is a part of Ex 20:2-17. But God's Word is true and we should believe and follow it and not the teachings and traditions of men that seek to alter it by adding numbers or removing the first word from the list.

It is God's word, not mine, that the first word is "! am the LORD your God", so I honestly admonish you in love to no longer speak against Scripture.

EDIT: Sorry, the 7th command has been wrong I corrected it, I excuse for this editing error.
 
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If you worship idols, do you love God...if you dishonor your parents, you are not showing love to them...if you covet your neighbors wife, you are not showing love to him...if you steal from him, do you love him...get it?
What you write are examples of how we treat others. I stand by the fact that there is nothing in the ten commandments about love. The love commands are found in Leviticus and Deuteronomy.

The new covenant is all about love and not about keeping a bunch of rituals meant for only Israel and ended at Calvary.
 
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Did Yeshua say: "Shabbat was made for JEWS, JEWS were not made for Shabbat"?? God made the 7th day Holy in Genesis 2:3...not at Sinai...
Such wording would have shifted the focus from Shabbat being a gift that a man can take a rest into something for the people (not the individual). The question whether the Shabbat was a law for gentiles was not at stake at the occasion when Jesus said so.
 
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Oh yes, sorry for the type. I'll mend it.


"loing" seems to be a typo - please explain what you mean.
Thanks Helmet, this proves that we really do need each other. I, too, amended my post. The word I suspect you already know is "loving". Love is the greatest theme in all of the Bible especially in the New Testament.

Over and over we see the results of the lack of love. It is a shame what is happening to our cities across our nation. Pray for us. Like the old rhyme "Humpty Dumpty" the nations of this World are sitting on a wall and we are close to the great fall. No earthly king or his men will be able to put us together again. Come Lord Jesus.
 
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What you write are examples of how we treat others. I stand by the fact that there is nothing in the ten commandments about love. The love commands are found in Leviticus and Deuteronomy.

wow just wow...

The 10 are EXACTLY descriptions to Him His character His kingdom and its people/His people...

of HOW TO LOVE...HIS LOVE...AS HE LOVES...

BECAUSE where "I AM":

there is no other...why do you need another?
there is no image to worship...no need for copy or counterfeit
His name is not for naught...but is used and in action
hierarchy is honored...revered and appreciated
no killing...why would you?
no adulterating...again why?
no stealing...you have everything you need...
ONLY TRUTH
no coveting...why would you?

do we work every day...do we have others work for us every day...NO...since we are made in His image to do as He does we LOVE AS HE DOES...we enter into our rest as He entered His...after six days of work...one day of rest...

may you never have to work 7 days a week...or force others to...

or might that you would have to work EVERY DAY...in order to fully understand a day of rest...GRACE given UNEARNED to Mankind at creation BEFORE SIN...before he even needed it...

Where "I AM" is LOVE and described in the 10 to be established on earth as it is in heaven...His will be done...not ours...

Is WHY we were made in His image to LIVE and LOVE JUST AS the Creator...

and hopefully soon we will be restored to Him "that where I AM ye may be also"

to LOVE as He does...

The new covenant is all about love and not about keeping a bunch of rituals meant for only Israel and ended at Calvary.
only for Israel already full of those NOT of Jacob following Him and receiving the promise...

this NEW COVENANT lifestyle which He christened to a room full of Jews...He demonstrated AND taught BEFORE He signed it with His blood and sealed it with His death...

after the death of the Testator of a Last Will and Testament there are NO CHANGES...and for 40 days and 5 weekends NO CHANGES were noted...NONE...they met for the Pentecost and kept from unclean meats even...
 
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wow just wow...

The 10 are EXACTLY descriptions to Him His character His kingdom and its people/His people...

of HOW TO LOVE...HIS LOVE...AS HE LOVES...

BECAUSE where "I AM":
Never the less there are no words in the ten that tells us to love. Even the command about parents tells us to honor our parents, but it doesn't say to love them. Everyone of the ten can be done out of fear or duty.

As to the Ten being His character, that is a very short sided description of God.
 
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Never the less there are no words in the ten that tells us to love. Even the command about parents tells us to honor our parents, but it doesn't say to love them.
Brother, you keep thinking that you already know what the word "love" means. Don't you know you don't define a word by including the word itself in the definition? I know that you don't know how to "love" God, because you don't recognize how to "love" Him in the ten commandments as the least "love" that God expressed. You could always "love" Him more but not less.

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. (1 John 4:7-8 NIV)​

United in our hope for the soon return of Jesus, Jorge
 
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I do not. I just draw the consequences from taken the cited passage literal.

It rather seems you "dismiss" the heavenly rest, for you insist on the Sabbath taken literally.

I think all of Gods laws should be taken literally ... I mean after all He did write them down on tablets of stone with His own finger.
 
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OK: now I answer in the style you speak to me.

You were shown from Scripture that there are 10 words (or sayings), of which the first is no commandment:

1. I am the LORD your God, V.2.
2. You shall have no other gods or any image before me. v3-6
3. You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain v7
4. Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy... v8-11
5. Honor your father and your mother v12
6. You shall not kill v13
7. You shall not commit adultery v14
8. You shall not steal v15
9. You shall not bear false witness v16
10. You shall not covet... v17

Therefore your claim that we should translate "commandment" in Deut 4:3 and similar verses makes no sense, because (as shown above) the first word is no commandment.

In spite of this clear evidence from Scripture, you insist that it should be "10 commandments", making the first half of the second word a specific commandment, thusdropping the first word and hence denying the fact that Ex 20:2 is a part of Ex 20:2-17. But God's Word is true and we should believe and follow it and not the teachings and traditions of men that seek to alter it by adding numbers or removing the first word from the list.

It is God's word, not mine, that the first word is "! am the LORD your God", so I honestly admonish you in love to no longer speak against Scripture.

And this is where your argument falls to pieces. How is Exodus 20:2 alone in your view listed as a commandment when it is clearly not a commandment ? - Exodus 20:2 alone is clearly not a commandment so why have you listed it as one of God's 10 commandments? As posted earlier you have provided no evidence to claim that Exodus 20:2 is a commandment because it simply reads...

Exodus 20:2 I am the Lord your God.

BTW there are no numbered verses or chapters in any of the Hebrew or Greek scrolls. These were added in by the translators. Therefore my argument is about content not numbers. I am only using the verse numbers to point to the Spoken and written Word of God to point out within the content what are God's commandments found in Exodus 20:2-17 which is the spoken Word of God. It is also this same content (not numbers) that also clearly state that there are ten commandments in Exodus 34:28; Deuteronomy 4:13 and Deuteronomy 10:4. This is also shown in the Hebrew word meanings used. My evidence is in scripture content. Where is your evidence? You have not provided any and neither can you claim that Exodus 20:2 is a commandment because it is not one. Is it the spoken Word of God? Sure is. Is it a commandment to do anything? - Nope! The commandments in the spoken and written Word of God in Exodus 20:2-17 are found in the scripture content of Exodus 20 here.

1. I am the LORD your God, V.2.
2. You shall have no other gods or any image before me. v3-6
3. You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain v7
4. Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy... v8-11
5. Honor your father and your mother v12
6. You shall not kill v13
7. You shall not commit adultery v14
8. You shall not steal v15
9. You shall not bear false witness v16
10. You shall not covet... v17

As posted earlier my conversation with you has never been about numbers but scripture content. For some reason you choose not to see this. Yet they are God's Word not mine. Tell me which one of the scriptures being referred to above are not a commandment from God? You cannot answer me can you. Yet these are God's Words not mine. Yet you cannot disagree with me that Exodus 20:2 is not a commandment therefore you have no claim to it being one and no evidence that it is a commandment.

Something to pray about.
 
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That may be true but Genesis 2:3 is not written law. The Sabbath in Exodus 20 is written law given to the Jews at Mt Sinai.

it was written later, it was oral law...it is still Torah
 
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Jesus preached and kept the Torah.

What he did not preach was: Gentiles have to keep the Torah.

Have I been so unclear about that? Sorry.

He preached and was sent to Jews. However, just as in Judaism at the time, gentiles could enter into covenant. There were ger toshav and ger tzedek as well as a court of the gentiles in the Temple.
 
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So if your neighbor says, 'can you give me a hand'. Giving someone a hand is not one of the nine or ten commandments. Therefore you can reply to your neighbor, 'I don't have time to give you a hand'.

yet it is still Torah...love your neighbor
 
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What you write are examples of how we treat others. I stand by the fact that there is nothing in the ten commandments about love. The love commands are found in Leviticus and Deuteronomy.

The new covenant is all about love and not about keeping a bunch of rituals meant for only Israel and ended at Calvary.

it is all Torah...why are you trying to separate Yeshua from Torah? Again, if you steal from your neighbor you do NOT love them...why is that so hard for you to understand?
 
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