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to be single of eye is the same truth as the two shall become ONE...that does not happen with five senses perceiving...like the woman at the well and her five husbands...So do you propose that we will have intimate relations with Jesus like a man and wife? Uncle!
bugkiller
Very well stated. Yeshua did not come to create a new religion and rewrite the moral code of an unchanging God, He came to bridge the gap between man and God AND walk in a manner that reflects the perfect will of God, and act as a model for, those who seek to follow God.Amen - Christ argues against the fiction being promoted in modern times that Christ was at war with the word of the Father.
John 14
9 Jesus said to him, ""Have I been so long with you, and yet you have not come to know Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; how can you say, "Show us the Father'?
10 ""Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father is in Me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on My own initiative, but the Father abiding in Me does His works.
11 ""Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me; otherwise believe because of the works themselves.
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15 "" If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
John 12:
49 "" For I did not speak on My own initiative, but the Father Himself who sent Me has given Me a commandment as to what to say and what to speak.
John 14:15 "" If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
This is interesting as it is the only quote of the actual text of the 2nd commandment found in the NT.
Ex 20:6 love Me and keep My commandments.
Hebrews 8:6-10 it is Christ speaking the TEN Commandments at Sinai
Very well stated. Yeshua did not come to create a new religion and rewrite the moral code of an unchanging God, He came to bridge the gap between man and God AND walk in a manner that reflects the perfect will of God, and act as a model for, those who seek to follow God.
The age old question, which commandments?
I guess the question then arises, is it working for you? Not fully attempting to obey, but actually doing it.
Gids
Bottom line guys. Either we know how to fully obey, or we do not. It is not a question of what we believe we should do, but what we are actually doing. If we do not have the answer, we need to fall on our knees and ask Him for the how of holiness.
Do we love God with all of our hearts? All is a big word.
Do we love our neighbor as we love ourselves?
Profound questions. When we can finally admit we haven’t a clue how to see these things manifested in our lives, we are at step number one.
Blessings,
Gideon
You missed 'beware the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy'.
But otherwise, good list!
Jesus also said -
10 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
2 But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
So what exactly is the truth? Can we indeed enter heaven by keeping the 10 Cs?
My Bible says none do including those that make such a false claim as Mat 19 aptly shows us.
The law of Christ, the law of love.Eph 6:2 "Honor your father and mother for this is the FIRST commandment with a promise" in that still valid - unit of TEN
Matt 19 "Jesus said if you would enter into eternal life KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS" -- then the rich young ruler asked "WHICH ONES?" - And Jesus listed commandments from the TEN Commandments.
Romans 13 - Paul gives that SAME LIST -- unchanged even after the cross.
It just does not get any easier than that!
Exodus 20:6 "LOVE Me and KEEP My Commandments"
John 14:15 "If you Love Me KEEP My Commandments"
True ... He did say that.
Do we enter heaven by taking God's name in vain each step of the way?
Does the lost man earn salvation if he manages to stop taking God's name in vain for a few minutes?
The same list of commandments in Matthew 19 ... is also in Romans 13. Unchanged.. strongly affirmed before the cross in Matthew 19... strongly affirmed after the cross in Romans 13.
The law of Christ, the law of love.
The only true response is to admit you don't love Jesus because you are not keeping them; regardless of what they are. Jesus said this to bury people under the law to show them the only means by which to enter Heaven was through the grace and mercy of God.Hey I know this has probably been posted a lot but I have really been thinking about this verse. I realize and believe works DO NOT save us, Jesus sacrifice does.
I have been switching my focus from a life of fear to a life of love. I have treated God, and the people I love most as a a result of fear and them leaving me etc. Which is not sound in the mind at all.
I want to love, serve and obey God (and people too!) out of pure love and not out of fear of Hell.
Please pray for me I really feel The Holy Spirit working on me and could use some prayer warriors
So what commandments does He Jesus mean? Is it the 10? Thanks for your input and prayers God Bless.
Good thread.Hey I know this has probably been posted a lot but I have really been thinking about this verse. I realize and believe works DO NOT save us, Jesus sacrifice does.
I have been switching my focus from a life of fear to a life of love. I have treated God, and the people I love most as a a result of fear and them leaving me etc. Which is not sound in the mind at all.
I want to love, serve and obey God (and people too!) out of pure love and not out of fear of Hell.
Please pray for me I really feel The Holy Spirit working on me and could use some prayer warriors
So what commandments does He Jesus mean? Is it the 10? Thanks for your input and prayers God Bless.
So happy for you!!Hey I know this has probably been posted a lot but I have really been thinking about this verse. I realize and believe works DO NOT save us, Jesus sacrifice does.
I have been switching my focus from a life of fear to a life of love. I have treated God, and the people I love most as a a result of fear and them leaving me etc. Which is not sound in the mind at all.
I want to love, serve and obey God (and people too!) out of pure love and not out of fear of Hell.
Please pray for me I really feel The Holy Spirit working on me and could use some prayer warriors
So what commandments does He Jesus mean? Is it the 10? Thanks for your input and prayers God Bless.
So happy for you!!
I've been in that process too!
Fear of man isn't cool and God doesn't love it.
Not sure what He was saying here because the 10 were actually
to teach us that we CANT keep them.. but that was then when
we didn't have the Spirit of God living in us to give us the power
to live rightously.
Now that we have the Spirit, we walk BY the Spirit and thus we don't
satisfy the lusts of the flesh.
So to obey God NOW means every second, every little unction!
MUCH more micromanagement than the ten commandments
IJK!
but seriously, it's definitely a higher bar now.
But it's easy because HE gives us that power
I am weak yet He is strong...
My 2 cents!
Hi lamb7Thank you for your reply. I was just thinking yes ita not the ten per say since we could not keep them all perfectly. Only Jesus could which makes Him the Lamb without blemish.
It is much deeper as you say and now we have The Spririt in and with us! Thank God.
Sorry for late reply haven't been on.
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