It is wrong to assume that the annual feast days came to an end with the sacrifice of Christ, simply because they were connected with the sacrificial system of the Temple. However, if the feasts foreshadow also the consummation of redemption to be accomplished by Christ at His second coming, then their function continues in the Christian church, with new added meaning and manner of observance.
To obey means to do as one is told. To honor means to respect and love. It is not shameful for us to suffer being a Christian, and if we do we can be assured, Jesus will be with us all the way. Christians must have a great respect for their marriage vows. Love between husband and wife must be nurtured throughout life. Marriage partners must make sure that their love runs deep enough to affect their hospitality, sympathy, fidelity, and contentment.
If we lie to one another it will disrupt unity in private life, destroying trust, tearing down relationships, and leading to divisiveness in the church. As Christians we are in a continuous program of education. The more we know and understand about Jesus Christ and His work, the more we are being changed to be like Him. We must never cease learning and obeying Jesus or allow ourselves to just drift along. Prosperity, more than poverty, can dull our spiritual vision, because it tends to make us self-sufficient and eager to acquire still more of everything, except God.
You kill and covet, but you cannot have what you want. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask God. Just as hatred leads to murder, so covetousness leads to strife and lust to adultery. Jesus magnified the law and made it honorable.
The curse of the law is the penalty of death that hangs over us. Jesus, by bearing our sin upon the tree of crucifixion, has taken away our sins and removed the penalty of death from us that we could not afford to pay.
The question we must ask now is, just what was nailed to the cross stake? Clearly it was Christ who was nailed to the cross stake. It is He who bore our sins. When He shed His blood from the cross in our stead, He blotted out all our sins by paying for them in full with His own life.
It is sin that was blotted out. Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil. James "But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.
Hebrews , 8 "For he spake in a certain place of the seventh [day] on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works. For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day. Luke "And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read. Mark "And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:".
Mark "And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him. Matthew "But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:".
Matthew "In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre. Ephesians , 2 "Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise;".
Matthew "Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Matthew - 6 "For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death. But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free.
Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition. Matthew , 22 "Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
Matthew "He saith unto him, Which? Writing about truly converted Christians who live in the time just before Jesus returns to earth he states they 'keep the commandments of God' AND they also have faith in Jesus Christ Revelation !
John is stating that both obedience and faith can coexist! Listed below are God's commandments as found in the book of Exodus, chapter Along with each one is where they are repeated, either exactly or in principle, in the New Testament.
You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him alone shall you serve Matthew , see also 1Corinthians - 6. You shall not make for yourself a carved image - any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. Exodus - 5. But the cowardly, and unbelieving. Revelation You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain , for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain Exodus Remember the Sabbath day , to keep it holy.
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