And yes, I have heard the counter-argument. That all the Ten Commandments are found in the New Testament. I've been through the list. Just a lot of fluff, provided for those who want to believe it, for those who will not check the references to see what is and isn't there.
Not really Steve. ALL of God's commandments are all through the NEW TESTAMENT scriptures and there is not one scripture to say that any of them have been abolished.
GOD'S TEN COMMANDMENTS IN THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT
1. NO ONE/NOTHING BEFORE GOD
OLD TESTAMENT REFERENCE: "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." (
Exodus 20:2-3)
NEW TESTAMENT REFERENCES: Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and
him only shalt thou serve. " (
Matthew 4:10;
Luke 4:8)
"No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other.
Ye cannot serve God and mammon." (
Matthew 6:24)
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2. DO NOT COMMIT IDOLATRY
OLD TESTAMENT REFERENCE: "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; Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God
am a jealous GOD, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fouth
generation of them that hate Me; And shewing mercy unto thousands who love Me, and keep my commandments." (
Exodus 20:4-6)
NEW TESTAMENT REFERENCES: "But that we write unto them, that they
abstain from pollutions of idols"(Acts 15:20)
"Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God,
we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device. And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth
all men every where to repent:" (Acts 17:29,30)
" I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an
idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat." (
1 Corinthians 5:11)
"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." (
1 Corinthians 6:9,10)
Neither be ye
idolaters. (
1 Corinthians 10:7)
Wherefore, my dearly beloved,
flee from idolatry. (
1 Corinthians 10:14)
Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb
idols, even as ye were led." (
1 Corinthians 12:2)
And what agreement hath the temple of God with
idols? (
2 Corinthians 6:16)
"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." (
Galatians 5:19-21)
"For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an
idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God." (
Ephesians 5:5) [This verse and the next both show the connection between covetousness and idolatry - when you covet something, it becomes your idol, and therefore your god (breaking the 1st commandment also)]
Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is
idolatry. (
Colossians 3:5)
how ye turned to God from
idols to serve the living and true God. (
1 Thessalonians 1:9)
Little children, keep yourselves from
idols. (
1 John 5:21)
And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and
idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk. (
Revelation 9:20)
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and
idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. (
Revelation 21:8)
For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and
idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie. (
Revelation 22:15)
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3. DO NOT USE GOD'S NAME IN VAIN
OLD TESTAMENT REFERENCE: 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. (
Exodus 20:7)
NEW TESTAMENT REFERENCES: "Our Father which art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy name. (
Matthew 6:9;
Luke 11:2)
I say unto you, That
every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. (
Matthew 12:36)
This people
draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and
honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. But
in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. (
Matthew 15:8-9)
And
call no man your father upon the earth:
for one is your Father, which is in heaven. (
Matthew 23:9)
that the
name of God and his doctrine
be not blasphemed. (
1 Timothy 6:1)
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4. REMEMBER THE SEVENTH DAY SABBATH TO KEEP IT HOLY
OLD TESTAMENT REFERENCE: "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work: But the seventh day
is the Sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that
is within thy gates: For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them
is, and rested the seventh day; wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it." (
Exodus 20:8-11)
NEW TESTAMENT REFERENCES: "For the
Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day." (
Matthew 12:8;
Luke 6:5) [So the Sabbath is the TRUE Lord's Day]
it is lawful to do well on the
sabbath days. (
Matthew 12:12)
But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the
sabbath day. (
Matthew 24:20)
they went into Capernaum; and straightway on the
sabbath day he (Jesus) entered into the synagogue, and taught. (
Mark 1:21)
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. (
Mark 2:27-28) [Notice: The Sabbath is NOT just for Jews, or Israelites, or Hebrews, or Semites (descendants of Shem), but FOR ALL MANKIND]
And when the
sabbath day was come, he began to teach (
Mark 6:2)
And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and,
as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day (
Luke 4:16)
(Jesus) taught them on the sabbath days. (
Luke 4:31)
AFTER JESUS' DEATH, HIS DISCIPLES OBSERVED THE SABBATH:
And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid. And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and
rested the sabbath day according to the commandment." (
Luke 23:55-56) [ This occured after Jesus' death obviously, which is when the false teachers claim the law was done away. They say the law was "nailed to the cross", but His disciples obviously didn't believe that, as we see here, they "rested the Sabbath day according to the commandment"]
when they (the apostles) departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the
sabbath day." (Acts 13:14)
And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next
sabbath." (Acts 13:42) [Notice: the Gentiles (non-jews) wanted to hear the word of God on the next Sabbath. Paul DID NOT tell them, "Come back tomorrow, the first day of the week, because that's the day us Christians keep." He had them return the following SABBATH]
And the next
sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God. (Acts 13:44)
For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every
sabbath day. (Acts 15:21)
And on the
sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was wont to be made. (Acts 16:13)
And
Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and
three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures. (Acts 17:2)
And he reasoned in the synagogue
every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks. (Acts 18:4)
For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And
God did rest the seventh day from all his works. (
Hebrews 4:4) [See
Ephesians 5:1 where it states that we are to be imitators of God.]
There remaineth therefore a
SABBATH Rest [See margin: Greek word is "Sabbatismos" which means "
Sabbath-keeping"] to the people of God." (
Hebrews 4:9)
For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain. 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." (
Isaiah 66:22-23) [I realize this is an OT scripture, BUT as you can clearly see here, this is dealing with the NEW heavens and earth (after Christ's return) and it states that ALL shall keep the Sabbath then.
It seems quite preposterous, that God would give the seventh day Sabbath to mankind at creation (
Genesis 2:1-3), re-introduce it to Israel BEFORE Sinai - after they lost sight of it in captivity (
Exodus 16:4-23; 27-29), codify it at Sinai (
Exodus 20:1-17) having all His people observe it, including Christ, then change it to Sunday, just to change it back to Friday sunset - Saturday sunset.
THE SABBATH HAS NEVER CHANGED AND IS STILL TO BE OBSERVED!
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to be continued...
