I think what is being missed here is recognizing a great many posters reveal they don't know what the ten commandments are.
This is highly unlikely in most western cultures....unless you are saying that the average person cannot list them all. Most people gunderstand that such actions as murder, adultery and theft are wrong.
Their priority instead is to insist,Christians aren't to consider them valid.
So, in your view, people (even nominal Christians) do not think moral laws prohibiting theft, adultery and murder are wrong? While people are lawless this does not mean they do not know at (least in theory) that such behaviors are "wrong" This admission does not mean they understand the essence of their evil.
Jesus said,if we live him we will keep his commands Upon those commands, boiled down to,live God with all our mind and heart,and our neighbor as ourselves,are that upon which all the laws and prophets hang.
In context, Jesus was not referring simply to the ten commandments that were given by Moses. Jesus was referring specifically to HIS commands, which are far deeper applying to the
thoughts and
motives of the heart.
Even those who understand and seek to follow the Law of Moses are often unaware of the scope and depth of its application. When I lived in Israel, I discovered that many Rabbis denied Jesus moral teaching that we are responsible for what they allow to go on in our minds, insisting that sin was strictly behavioral. Thus, they could indulge in pornography of any kind whether mental or visual so long as they did not PRACTICE those things. By contrast, Jesus taught that the heart is seat of desires and motives by which ALL humanity would be judged in the Day Christ appears.
The Sabbath was made for us. It was never repealed. And if we are all 9 e in Christ,and we actually believe that,we can never argue morality, the 10 commandments,don't apply to us because it is for Jews only.
Your make the point that Shabbat was
never repealed. However, it is evident from history that the earliest Christians
ceased to practice Shabbat as the Jews had done. Instead, they CHANGED the day of worship and rest from Shabbat (the SEVENTH day) to Yom Rishon (the FIRST DAY) to the FIRST (
1 Cor. 16:1-2) because that was the day Jesus was resurrected. Just as Shabbat commemorated the completion of the Old Creation on the seventh day so the FIRST DAY (Yom Rishon) looks forward to the NEW DAY when mankind and the planet would be RESTORED AND RECREATED.
Christ said He was
Lord of the Sabbath. Both Father and Son had
created the original universe by sequential periods. Not only that but the author of Hebrews tells us that the Son
continues to hold it together by "
the word of His power (Hebrews 1:1-3). Does He not, therefore have the authority to establish a new day of worship based upon His greatest work which is redemption?
While I was a member of a Messianic congregation I kept Shabbat. However, I would never judge any believer for worshiping on another day as Paul said: 5
One person regards a certain day above the others, while someone else considers every day alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind. 6 He who observes a SPECIAL DAY does so to the Lord; he who eats does so to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who abstains does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God.…(Romans 14:5-6)
Historically, the earliest practice of the new covenant believers was to assemble and eat the covenant meal together on the
first day of the week. The purpose of “coming together” was for
fellowship and
worship. We have an example of this in Acts 20 o “
on the first day of the week” (v. 7). The day on which the early church was commanded to assemble was “
the first day of the week” not the Sabbath
(1 Cor. 16:1-2).
