Paul had had conversations /arguments with Peter on many subjects Among which circumcisions, food, sabbath…He was to bring the gospel to the gentiles. Here, in this passage, he s talking to the romans.
I don't know about Paul and Peter having arguments - but there is the case in Gal 2 where Paul corrects Peter on something to do with eating with gentiles - but then being a hypocrite about it when certain people from James show up.
I agree that in Rom 14 - Paul is talking to Romans, of which some are Jews (see Rom 2) and some are gentiles (see Rom 11)
Just like Christ, he hasn’t come to abolish the law but to fulfill it.
amen .
This is his position when it comes to "do not take God's name in vain" and "do now worship other gods" as well.
The new alliance, in Jesus, is to everyone. The old ones were for the hebrews
Gal 1:6-9 - only one gospel in all of time
Gal 3:8 that one and only gospel "preached to Abraham"
Heb 4:1-2 "we have had the gospel preached to us just as they also"
Acts 10:42 "all the prophets proclaimed forgiveness of sins by faith in Jesus' name" is Peter's gospel to the gentile - Cornelius.
but now we have to understand that we’re beyond the law,
No text says "beyond the law"
Rather both Jer 31:31-34 and Heb 8 quote the same New Covenant from the Old Testament that starts with "Law written on the heart" rather than "beyond the Law"
True - Rom 6 makes it clear that "we are not to sin - since we are not under Law but under grace"
1 John 3:4 says "Sin IS transgression of the Law"
1 John 2:1 says "I am writing these things to you that you sin not"
1 John 5:3 "This IS the LOVE of God that we KEEP His commandments"
where "
the first commandment with a promise - is honor your father and mother" Eph 6:1-3
When we have Christ in us, we don’t need to follow the different steps
Rev 14:12 "
the saints KEEP the Commandments of God AND their faith in Jesus"
James 2 says that to break even one of the commandments is to break them all
that were valid during the sanctuary times.
To your point - Heb 10:4-11 does teach that the animal sacrifice and offerings ended at the cross.
It does not say "do not take God's name in vain" ended at the cross.
And I suspect you do agree with that point already.
Jesus has put an end to it And gave us a greater commandment “Honor God and Love your neighbor as yourself”!
Matt 22 - Jesus' two greatest commandments
Love God with all your heart - Deut 6:5
Love your neighbor as yourself -- Lev 19:18
Even the Jews agreed with that arrangement - before the cross as Luke points out
(It s a perfect commandment including the 10). Honor God, keep the commandments and the faith in Jesus
True . Jesus said it is the rock-solid foundation upon which not only the Law is based but all the teaching of the prophets.
…. Remember, what you put in your mouth goes down to the ground but what goes out defiles you.
Mark 7 is where Christ makes that statement -- but it is "in the context" of not washing hands before eating BREAD at home. It is in reference to the tradition of ceremonial washing of sin from hands out of superstition that gentiles touched food that was in the market place ant the sin of gentiles would -- get in you -- if you ate your bread without first baptizing your fingers , washing them of sin.
Jesus said "In vain do they worship me teaching for doctrines the commandments of men... setting aside the commandment of God"
Mark 7:
7 ‘
But in vain do they worship Me,
Teaching as doctrines the precepts of men.’
8
Neglecting the commandment of God, you hold to the tradition of men.”
9 He was also saying to them, “You are experts at
setting aside the commandment of God in order to
keep your tradition. 10
For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, is to be put to death’; 11
but you say, ‘If a man says to
his father or
his mother, whatever I have that would help you is Corban (that is to say, given
to God),’ 12 you no longer permit him to do anything for
his father or
his mother; 13
thus invalidating the word of God by
your tradition which you have handed down; and you do many things such as that.”
Notice Jesus equates "Moses said", "Word of God", "Commandment of God"
Mark 7 ends this way
18 And He *said to them, “Are you so lacking in understanding also? Do you not understand that whatever goes into the man from outside cannot defile him, 19 because it does not go into his heart, but into his stomach, and is eliminated?” (
Thus He declared all foods clean.) 20 And He was saying, “That which proceeds out of the man, that is what defiles the man. 21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed the evil thoughts, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries, 22 deeds of coveting
and wickedness,
as well as deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride
and foolishness. 23 All these evil things proceed from within and defile the man.”
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Jesus warns us not to set the traditions of man above the commandments of God in the text you are referencing where He says it is not what goes in that defiles.
