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THE TEN COMMANDMENTS ARE THE TEN CODES THAT WILL TEST EVERY RELIGION

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TAKE TO HEART THE FOLLOWING VERSES
Num. 23:19 - “God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good"?
Mal. 3:6 - "For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed".
1Cor. 14:33 - "For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints".
Rom. 7:1 - "Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth"?
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It has been established by all that God Most High is the Maker of the universe. He rules in the affairs of men. "For thus says the LORD, Who created the heavens, Who is God, Who formed the earth and made it, Who has established it, Who did not create it in vain, Who formed it to be inhabited: “I am the LORD, and there is no other" - Isaiah 45:18, forever but the first Adam was a liar, murderer, covetous (greedy), disobedient, spiritual adultery among others.

The law of God was applied and Adam and his wife were found guilty and wanting hence their banishment from the Garden of God, Eden. Knowing very well that the tree of the knowledge of good and evil was the Ten Commandments. The statement "thou shall not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil" was the "Decalogue".

The moment Adam and Eve ate the said fruit, they became
liars, murderers, covetous (greedy), disobedient, spiritual adultery, and finally broke the friendship and the marriage they had with God their Father. "For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin". - Romans 7:14

God Almighty signed an agreement with Abraham and declared all his intentions. Psalm 105:8-10. Read as followed: " 8 He hath remembered his covenant forever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations. 9 Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac; 10 And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant:".

God through Moses told the people what his covenant is all about. "And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone". - Deuteronomy 4:13

Paul, the Apostle of Jesus Christ wrote to testify: Romans 7:12-14. Read as follows: "12 Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good. 13 Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful. 14 For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin".

What law did Paul serve? "I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind, I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin."- Romans 7:25

The Psalmist also weeps: "Rivers of waters run down my eyes because they keep not thy law." - Psalm 119:136

The Psalmist wrote about the nature of God's law:
Psalms 19:7-8
"7 The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple. 8 The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes".

Prophet Isaiah
wrote about how we treat the law of God. "The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant". - Isaiah 24:5

Daniel the Prophet also prayed because the people did not keep the covenant: Daniel 9:4-5 Read as followed "4 And I prayed unto the Lord my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments; 5 We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments:"

John wrote: "For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous". - 1 John 5:3

James wrote about how the judgment will go: James 2:10-12.
Read as followed: 10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. 11 For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law. 12 So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty."

CONCLUSION
John the Revelator tells us which people will be in Heaven: Revelation 22:14-16
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Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. 15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie. 16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.
 
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Knowing very well that the tree of the knowledge of good and evil was the Ten Commandments.
What is the authority for this statement
 
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What is the authority for this statement
Ever since the world began, the bible has been the Christian authority. The Holy Ghost directs and teaches individually. The article was my finding from the bible. If you think there is something out of place, you do so by pointing it from the same bible and nothing else. Bible is beyond the university principles and degrees.
 
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OK since you have said that the Bible is the only authority you accept, can you tell me where in the Bible it is written: the tree of the knowledge of good and evil was the Ten Commandments.
 
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Let me add to your good list, Romans 3:19-20
Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
As for the Tree of the knowledge of good and evil, the only explicit 'thou shalt not' attached to it was to not eat the fruit. I believe the Decalogue would have been tied more to the command rather than the tree because of James 2:10. The tree itself was more of a symbol of the moral effect that would result through the disobedience of actually eating of it.
 
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OK since you have said that the Bible is the only authority you accept, can you tell me where in the Bible it is written: the tree of the knowledge of good and evil was the Ten Commandments.


The prelude to the Ten Commandments explains that God explicitly rescued Israel out of slavery so they could be free and then gave the Ten Commandments as an explanation of how to best live that life of freedom He wanted Adam and Eve to get. (Exodus 20:1-2, Deuteronomy 5:6). Jesus’ own brother, James, understood that the law was about giving freedom (James 1:25).

Ask yourself what is the actual sin Adam and Eve committed? The moment Adam and Eve ate the said fruit, they became liars, murderers, covetous (greedy), disobedient, spiritual adultery, and finally broke the friendship and the marriage they had with God their Father.

1. Adam and Eve disobeyed God.
2. Satan was a liar. When Adam and Even obeyed him, they also became a liar.
3. God told them not to eat from that tree and they ate. They took what they were not supposed to take and that made them become greedy.
4. God told them that the day they will eat they shall die. God foresaw that Adam and Eve were murderers. Their descendants still face the sentence of death. Remember the law says thou shall not kill.
5. When Adam and Eve disobeyed God, they broke the spiritual friendship with God and that is adultery.
6. When Adam and Eve obeyed stan, spiritually they worshipped him. The law says thou shall not worship anything above, below, or beneath the earth.
IT IS AGAINST THIS BACKGROUND THAT THEY WERE FOUND GUILTY AND WANTING - THEIR SIN WAS NOT PARDONABLE.
 
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I do not agree. There is a particular law we need to obey. By the pen of Saint Paul, he wrote: "I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind, I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin."- Romans 7:25. Paul said he serves the law of God.
 
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You are reading a good deal into the Bible that is not in the Bible. You are also teaching that the tree of good and evil was the 10 commandments, some people are going to take your statement as fact and believe that the Bible makes that statement, it does not. The 10 commandments did not even exist at the time of Adam and Eve. Do you see how this teaching could become a problem? You are also teaching "Adam and Eve ate the said fruit, they became liars, murderers, covetous (greedy), disobedient, spiritual adultery, and finally broke the friendship and the marriage they had with God their Father" again that is not in the Bible, Adam and Eve became prideful and wanted to have the knowledge that they had been told by satan was being withheld from them, they wanted to be like God, their sin was disobedience (nothing more) That disobedience violated the covenant Adam had with God. They were never married to God. That also is not in the Bible. It is important I feel, that when we teach we do not add anything to the Bible, it says exactly what God wants it to say. If we are going to draw conclusions it should be indicated that they are personal conclusions that we are teaching. Does that seem fair and reasonable to you? I am not discouraging you from preaching your message, I would simply suggest that you are clear about what is in the Bible and the conclusions you have drawn from the Bible which are not in the Bible.
 
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Please my loved one, take your time and read my article very well. How can a man marry God? I am not talking about physical marriage here. The friendship that existed between God, Adam, and Eve is likened to physical marriage. Eathly's wife should not leave the husband for any reason except those outlined in the bible. For your information, I believe in the Ten Commandments. Those who believe in the Ten commandments know this teaching too. I am not given false doctrine as you put it. I am not a SUNDAY KEEPER OR WORSHIP ON THE DAY OF THE SUN. Almighty God Most High gives us insight through His Son Jesus Christ, the Messiah.
 
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The thing about the Holy Spirit is, from it we are able to see better the things we are supposed to see, but IMO, that same Holy Spirit keeps us from seeing what we are not supposed to see, like when we go over the line, or when we see things that are not an actual fact. The spirit keeps us straight, and lets us know when we are doing things for our own glory or for the glory of God.

Or in short, the Holy Spirit will not force us to do a thing, but gives us the knowledge we need in order to do the right thing.

Even shorter, lets not get too far out there, and make certian there is ironclad reasoning to all our conclusions.

Welcome Windeneda Innusah, it's good that you stopped in to see us.
 
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OK since you have said that the Bible is the only authority you accept, can you tell me where in the Bible it is written: the tree of the knowledge of good and evil was the Ten Commandments.

Adam and Eve had free will, or they wouldn't have chosen to eat of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. To even understand why they shouldn't eat of the tree, they had to have the knowledge of what disobedience of God is. If God's law is eternal (God doesn't change, Jesus doesn't change), then that means God's law has always been and always will be.

The Ten Commandments are genius, in that they specifically condemn the actions of sinful man completely. The language (do not steal, do not murder, do not commit adultery) was not necessary for sinless Adam and Eve, because those things had not manifested themselves yet. However the core of what God's law is had to have been known in its full scope. Love.

The law of God hasn't changed, it's eternal. It has always been love. The Ten Commandments are God's way of bringing sinful man to recognize the totality of His law, in language that is specifically applicable to fallen man.

The statement that the tree of the knowledge of good and evil is the Ten Commandments is a true statement, minus the condemning language meant only for sinful man. It has always been the same law of love, but it had to be presented in such a way as to maximize its potential for a world of sin.

Those are my thoughts. Is it scriptural? I think you can come away with a good picture from scripture to make these reasonable conclusions.

Angels of heaven obey the law of God out of free will. Some didn't and they fell. This shows us that they are well aware of the law of God; they understand completely the love of God's holy law, where fallen man has to be guided to these conclusions.

Side note: Imagine the sadness and horror of the angels, watching six thousand years of earth's history of evil and depravity from a place of complete and utter love. I imagine it breaks their hearts. It should break our hearts too.
 
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The Spirit has revealed to you a great truth of the bible that almost no one I have encountered understands. Even those who grasp that the tree of life is representative of Christ do not understand the tree of knowledge of good and evil represents the Law and even if you find someone who does they probably do not believe satan is representative of the fleshly nature of man. The scripture is replete with figurative, metaphorical, ect. language and just like Jesus disciples, most folks do not get it but I suppose it does not really matter because in the end all that matters is if we really trust in God/Christ. God Has blessed you with understanding. Hopefully He supplies the wisdom to know how to use it. I am reminded of:
Ec 1:18 For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
 
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Keeping the Sabbath is one of the Ten Commandments. Most Christians do not observe . Surprisingly, the Sabbath is not mentioned in any of your scripture examples. So, we will be judged on faith . Be blessed,
 
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The law of God is LOVE.
 
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OK since you have said that the Bible is the only authority you accept, can you tell me where in the Bible it is written: the tree of the knowledge of good and evil was the Ten Commandments.
The Ten Commandments exposed evil. The 613 Mitvot continued that exposure. The tree represents all that is good and evil so it would stand to reason all commands are a result of all this knowledge that was released by Adam's sin.
 
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Paul likened the law to a tutor whose purpose was to bring us to Christ so that we could be justified by faith. It's no coincidence then, that the law and prophets hang on love, and the new commandment under the new priesthood of Christ also hangs on love (being a new priest after the order of Melchizedek)

But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster. Galatians 3:23-25

Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
This is the first and great commandment.
And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. Matthew 22:37-40

Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets. Matthew 7:12

A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. John 13:34

For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law. Hebrews 7:11-12
 
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as you say the law of God is love. The tree of good and evil has to contain more than the law of love, for what is the evil that it contains? As you have said any assumption that the tree of the knowledge of good and evil is the Decalogue is not scriptural.
 
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What breaks our heart is when we get a glimpse of the potential for evil and depravity that resides within us and the willingness of God to provide a Way out, called being born again. Good post.
 
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