God's Ten Commandments was never written with ink- it was written by the finger of God, the Spirit of the living God on stone. Exo31:18 Deut4:13
Ink is what man wrote with in scrolls.
The Ten Commandments are the Covenant, did you know?
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God's Ten Commandments was never written with ink- it was written by the finger of God, the Spirit of the living God on stone. Exo31:18 Deut4:13
Ink is what man wrote with in scrolls.
The Mitzvot Aseh and the Mitzvot Lo Ta'aseh.
The other laws are satisfied in and through the sacrifice of Jesus.
Look, you appear to be trying to convince believers here that the laws of God are no longer relevant because they're written in ink.
When you say they're written in our hearts instead and that's how they now apply,you're failing to make a distinction,because there is no difference.
God's laws are immutable.
That's definitely not true. Here are those instructions:
And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.” -- Matt 22:35-40 ESV
Sorry, it was meant to be informational for everyone, I know it seemed directed at you. My apologies for that.
Can you provide any quotes that exemplify either of these?
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No, we do not have an external law written in ink as the bible says
The bible verse I quoted, written in ink is not concerning law that is on the heart
Who said it is not relevant to commit adultery, steal or murder? Not me!
Ive always found, the people who insist you must obey the TC are less concerned about transgressing what is written in those commands than I am!
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Oh there's a huge difference:
This is the covenant I will make with them
after that time, says the Lord.
I WILL put my laws in their hearts,
and I WILL write them on their minds.”[b]
An external law does not mean you in your heart want to obey it
A law placed in your heart does mean in your heart you want to follow it
An external law does not convict of transgression to anywhere near the extent an internal law does
People who rely on an external law, often believe they can obey it to be righteous before God
Those relying on an internal law know they cannot be, of which Paul was one
An internal law is always more relevant than an external law
I think the Sabbath is repeated in the NT. Jesus taught how to keep it by doing what is lawful on the Sabbath Mat12:12 Mark3:4 He said the Sabbath was made for mankind Mark2:27 it is still a commandment after His death once He ratified His covenant Luke23:56 once God blesses, man cannot reverse Num23:19-20 it was kept by Jesus Himself Luke4:16 who is our example to follow 1John2:6 Heb4:4 Heb4:10 why Sabbath-keeping remains for God's people Heb4:9NIV and the rest in this verse literally translates into Sabbath-keeping.
I agree its sad to see Christians insisting God's laws no longer apply when they belong to God Exo20:6 given to man through love Exo20:6 John14:14 1John5:3 and are also in God's heavenly Temple under His mercy or atonement seat Exo25:21 Rev15:5 Rev11:19 and He has not given final atonement yet, why we are still separated from Him that will come at the last trumpet Rev11:18-19. Most people trust Him with 9 of the commandments, but when it comes to His sanctification Eze20:12 they reject it because the Bible tells us that many love their sins more than they do Jesus to seek Him and receive His help in overcoming John3:19-21 John14:15-18 so instead to make themselves feel better they have convinced themselves we need to keep 9 commandments forgetting the only commandment God said to Remember that reveals the only God we are to worship Rev14:7 Exo20:11
does something being placed in and written on your heart mean that you know it instinctively or that it is, to wit, the desire of your heart - your nature?
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(Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature things required by the law, they are a law for themselves, even though they do not have the law. 15 They show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts sometimes accusing them and at other times even defending them.) Rom2:14&15
You know it instinctively, and in your heart(the flesh is another matter) you desire to follow it
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When I was young, I would read my bible during the sermons at church(they were long and I was young) And I would read of the Ten Commandments, and I wondered why the tenth one was there. It seemed so trivial to me compared to the other nine. I figured God just tagged it along at the end to make the number up to ten. But in those days I only rationalised it to desiring your neighbours material goods, such as their nice house or car. Although I knew we should not do that, it hardly seemed so important in the grand scheme of things.
However, when I reached puberty, I instinctively knew in my heart and mind impure thoughts were sin, and yet at that time, I still only related the tenth commandment to desiring the material goods of another
However, when I reached puberty, I instinctively knew in my heart and mind impure thoughts were sin, and yet at that time, I still only related the tenth commandment to desiring the material goods of another
Excellent, then you can have no issue with the ten commandments being in place in our hearts today.
Wonderful .
My remarks were obviously referring to posts in this thread. Therefore,it is true.
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I have no problem with what is written in nine of them being in my heart and mind, absolutely. But I don't think of them as law as such, I never think of the words TC concerning them
I just instinctively know in my mind God does not want me to steal, commit adultery, murder, take His name in vain, covet, lie etc. And in my heart(the flesh is another matter) I do not want to do those things
In the circumstances, why would I need to think of the words ''Ten Commandments''?
So the some comments in this thread speak for the whole? I can tell you that they don't. There are few in the overall reformed camp who believe that.
You decided to challenge what I observed from my reading of the thread.
Show some respect for respondents and know what we're talking about . Read the thread.
I never said the few speak for the whole.
Don't inject conflict here by implying others said what is only in your omagination.. It's rude.