The Love Many Shall Wax Cold

[BroTan]

Not at all, you are still blending the Old Covenant with the New. The law is not partially suspended so that we can pick and choose which commandments we want to follow. James 2: 10 says, “For if anyone keeps the whole law but fails in one point, he has become guilty of all.” You quoted the book of Hebrews, yet you skipped Hebrews 8:13 which says the Old Covenant is passing away. Christ is the end of the law for righteousness (Romans 10: 4), and 2 Corinthians 3 says the Ten Commandments are “the ministration of death” that is being done away with.

Revelation 22: 12 is not evidence for salvation by works of law. Yes, works are important, but for the sake of rewards, not for salvation. Salvation is a free gift (Ephesians 2: 8–9), and you are perverting it when you make it conditional on keeping commandments that were given to Israel, but not to the Church.

You have been shown this already. If you continue to preach a blended law/grace system, you are renouncing the gospel and putting yourself under the curse (Galatians 1:6–9, 5:4). This is not a minor mistake. This is another gospel altogether.

The point that is not understood is that we all have sin, but until Jesus came, there was no way of getting out from under your sins. So God institute a Priesthood and laws that went with the priesthood to control the sinning, and so the Lord use animal Sacrificial laws, even though it could not remove sins.

When Jesus died on the cross that was the end of the first covenant, which consisted of the blood of animals and the keeping of God’s commandments. And his death also brought in the second covenant, which consist of the blood of Jesus and the keeping of God’s commandments.

Grace is nothing more than a free gift. And that free gift is our access back to the tree of life (Jesus) which Adam caused us to lose by disobeying God. Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: (Romans 5: 12) But to maintain your grace you must keep the law. (1John 3:4) Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. Now we have just read the biblical definition of sin, the transgression (breaking) of the law (commandments.) It doesn’t matter what you or I think sin is, it’s what God says sin is that counts.

Paul says in Romans 3:31 Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law. So when you quoted all the places in the Bible that do away with this animal sacrificial law, not understanding that Paul talks about two sets of law. The Royal law (Ten Commandments) and the animal sacrificial law sometimes in the same verse you bring can bring destruction to yourself not knowing which law is which.

At some point common sense should kick in. If I'm reading about the doing away of a law or not under a law, then somewhere else Paul tell you that the law is Holy just and good, another place and break mostly all the Ten commandments down. A light bulb should come on in your head, Paul have to be talking about two sets of laws. In other places Paul explain the animal sacrificial laws.

If you are following all of the writing of Paul, then you will find out that you are following Jesus, and if you are truly following Jesus then you are following the law of God.

Paul says in (Rom. 7:7,12) (v.7) What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, THOU SHALT NOT COVET.

Paul asked a question, is the law sin? He said God forbid, he said the only way that he knew what sin was, was by the law.

(v.12) Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good. Why in the world would a Christian want to do away with something that God said is holy.

Paul says in (Rom. 4:15) Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression. If there is no law there is no sin.

 

[BroTan]

It is difficult to talk with others when some take the Bible so literally. And many people forget that the Bible that they read may not have the same words in it that another person's Bible has . Like the words in the King James Bible are not the same as the American Bible . And it doesn't mean that the one Bible is any better than the other it's just the translation is different.

With all the different Bible translations we have floating around today, it seems a hard task to choose the most accurate one. You might even question the fact of there being an accurate account of the Bible, aside from the original Hebrew Scrolls. Much of this confusion has come about because many modern day religious translators have attempted to interpret the Bible, instead of merely translating it. Therefore, when they translate the Bible they add, change or delete certain words to make it confirm to their religious doctrine. God was aware that this would happen and had John write, "For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book: If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophesy,

God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book." (Revelation 22:18-19).

When King James had the Bible translated he appointed 54 scholars to do the work instead of religious people. This made it possible for him to change the form, from Hebrew and Greek to English, without changing the meaning. In other words he made the Bible say the exact same thing, only in another language. This in itself was a fulfillment of prophecy, "For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people" (Isaiah 28:11). The Lord knew that his people would not always remain in their own land, speaking Hebrew, so he had Isaiah to prophesy that he would have his word put into other languages.

Another bad thing too when preachers ( and priests) don't work on a whole understanding of what is being meant in the scripture. Because some understanding of scripture goes a little deeper than just one phrase or one paragraph. The understanding of what the law is as you described is a good example of that.

Paul said in 2 Timothy 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. People can't go around picking verses out the Bible that lines up with your doctrine. Rightly dividing the true starts from Genesis to Revelation.
In the scriptures it's written in Isaiah 28: 9 Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts. 10 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little: 11for with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.

Most in important Jesus says in Matthew 4: 4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

 

[BroTan]

Let’s go to John 8: 1 Jesus went unto the mount of Olives. 2 And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them. 3 And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst, 4 they say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. 5 Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou? 6 This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not. 7 So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her. 8 And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground.

9 And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. 10 When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee? 11 She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.

We see the Pharisee having a double stared here, they brought the woman and not the man. This was very wrong and hypocritical. A woman can’t commit adultery by herself. They both were to be brought to be stone, not just her.

 

[Bill]

With all the different Bible translations we have floating around today, it seems a hard task to choose the most accurate one. You might even question the fact of there being an accurate account of the Bible, aside from the original Hebrew Scrolls. Much of this confusion has come about because many modern day religious translators have attempted to interpret the Bible, instead of merely translating it. Therefore, when they translate the Bible they add, change or delete certain words to make it confirm to their religious doctrine. God was aware that this would happen and had John write, "For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book: If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophesy,

God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book." (Revelation 22:18-19).

When King James had the Bible translated he appointed 54 scholars to do the work instead of religious people. This made it possible for him to change the form, from Hebrew and Greek to English, without changing the meaning. In other words he made the Bible say the exact same thing, only in another language. This in itself was a fulfillment of prophecy, "For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people" (Isaiah 28:11). The Lord knew that his people would not always remain in their own land, speaking Hebrew, so he had Isaiah to prophesy that he would have his word put into other languages.


Paul said in 2 Timothy 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. People can't go around picking verses out the Bible that lines up with your doctrine. Rightly dividing the true starts from Genesis to Revelation.
In the scriptures it's written in Isaiah 28: 9 Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts. 10 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little: 11for with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.

Most in important Jesus says in Matthew 4: 4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

Except for the old english, lol. Thee thy though thum. Lol

 

[bdavidc]

The point that is not understood is that we all have sin, but until Jesus came, there was no way of getting out from under your sins. So God institute a Priesthood and laws that went with the priesthood to control the sinning, and so the Lord use animal Sacrificial laws, even though it could not remove sins.

When Jesus died on the cross that was the end of the first covenant, which consisted of the blood of animals and the keeping of God’s commandments. And his death also brought in the second covenant, which consist of the blood of Jesus and the keeping of God’s commandments.

Grace is nothing more than a free gift. And that free gift is our access back to the tree of life (Jesus) which Adam caused us to lose by disobeying God. Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: (Romans 5: 12) But to maintain your grace you must keep the law. (1John 3:4) Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. Now we have just read the biblical definition of sin, the transgression (breaking) of the law (commandments.) It doesn’t matter what you or I think sin is, it’s what God says sin is that counts.

Paul says in Romans 3:31 Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law. So when you quoted all the places in the Bible that do away with this animal sacrificial law, not understanding that Paul talks about two sets of law. The Royal law (Ten Commandments) and the animal sacrificial law sometimes in the same verse you bring can bring destruction to yourself not knowing which law is which.

At some point common sense should kick in. If I'm reading about the doing away of a law or not under a law, then somewhere else Paul tell you that the law is Holy just and good, another place and break mostly all the Ten commandments down. A light bulb should come on in your head, Paul have to be talking about two sets of laws. In other places Paul explain the animal sacrificial laws.

If you are following all of the writing of Paul, then you will find out that you are following Jesus, and if you are truly following Jesus then you are following the law of God.

Paul says in (Rom. 7:7,12) (v.7) What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, THOU SHALT NOT COVET.

Paul asked a question, is the law sin? He said God forbid, he said the only way that he knew what sin was, was by the law.

(v.12) Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good. Why in the world would a Christian want to do away with something that God said is holy.

Paul says in (Rom. 4:15) Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression. If there is no law there is no sin.

You are still making salvation dependent on keeping the law. The Bible is clear that the law, whether you call it “royal” or “sacrificial,” was part of the Old Covenant and cannot make anyone righteous before God. Romans 3:20 says plainly, “By the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin.” Paul’s point in Romans 7:7 is not that the law remains binding for righteousness, but that its purpose was to reveal sin and show our need for Christ.

You say we must “maintain grace” by keeping the law, but that contradicts the very definition of grace in the New Testament. The Greek word charis means unearned favor. Romans 11:6 says, “If by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace.” Grace is not something we “maintain” through our performance. If righteousness comes by the law, then Christ died in vain (Galatians 2:21).

When Paul says in Romans 3:31 that we “establish the law,” he is not teaching continued obligation to the Mosaic code for righteousness. The law is established in the sense that its righteous standard is fulfilled in Christ and in those who walk by the Spirit (Romans 8:3–4). The “law of God” you speak of is not the Ten Commandments imposed as a covenant obligation on the believer, but the moral will of God written on the heart under the New Covenant (Hebrews 8:10), which is walked out in love (Romans 13:8–10).

Your claim that there are “two sets of laws” Paul is keeping separate, one abolished, one binding, is not found in Scripture. Second Corinthians 3:7–11 calls the ministry “written and engraven in stones” a “ministration of death” that is “done away.” That is the Ten Commandments themselves. They serve as a witness to God’s holiness, but in Christ the believer is “not under the law, but under grace” (Romans 6:14).

Your use of 1 John 3:4 ignores that John defines sin as lawlessness, but the solution to sin is not going back under the law. The solution is being born of God, so that “whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin” because His seed remains in him (1 John 3:9). That is a work of the Spirit, not the old letter that kills (2 Corinthians 3:6).

You are preaching what Galatians 1:6–9 calls “another gospel” by adding law-keeping as a condition for grace. Scripture says we are “justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus” (Romans 3:24), and to put yourself back under the law is to fall from grace (Galatians 5:4).

 

[Bill]

You are still making salvation dependent on keeping the law. The Bible is clear that the law, whether you call it “royal” or “sacrificial,” was part of the Old Covenant and cannot make anyone righteous before God. Romans 3:20 says plainly, “By the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin.” Paul’s point in Romans 7:7 is not that the law remains binding for righteousness, but that its purpose was to reveal sin and show our need for Christ.

You say we must “maintain grace” by keeping the law, but that contradicts the very definition of grace in the New Testament. The Greek word charis means unearned favor. Romans 11:6 says, “If by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace.” Grace is not something we “maintain” through our performance. If righteousness comes by the law, then Christ died in vain (Galatians 2:21).

When Paul says in Romans 3:31 that we “establish the law,” he is not teaching continued obligation to the Mosaic code for righteousness. The law is established in the sense that its righteous standard is fulfilled in Christ and in those who walk by the Spirit (Romans 8:3–4). The “law of God” you speak of is not the Ten Commandments imposed as a covenant obligation on the believer, but the moral will of God written on the heart under the New Covenant (Hebrews 8:10), which is walked out in love (Romans 13:8–10).

Your claim that there are “two sets of laws” Paul is keeping separate, one abolished, one binding, is not found in Scripture. Second Corinthians 3:7–11 calls the ministry “written and engraven in stones” a “ministration of death” that is “done away.” That is the Ten Commandments themselves. They serve as a witness to God’s holiness, but in Christ the believer is “not under the law, but under grace” (Romans 6:14).

Your use of 1 John 3:4 ignores that John defines sin as lawlessness, but the solution to sin is not going back under the law. The solution is being born of God, so that “whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin” because His seed remains in him (1 John 3:9). That is a work of the Spirit, not the old letter that kills (2 Corinthians 3:6).

You are preaching what Galatians 1:6–9 calls “another gospel” by adding law-keeping as a condition for grace. Scripture says we are “justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus” (Romans 3:24), and to put yourself back under the law is to fall from grace (Galatians 5:4).

Do you follow the ten commandments? Why it's the Old Testament. Do you belong to a church that does tithing? Why that's Old Testament too? why follow the Old Testament?

 

[bdavidc]

Do you follow the ten commandments? Why it's the Old Testament. Do you belong to a church that does tithing? Why that's Old Testament too? why follow the Old Testament?

The answer is simple. The Old Testament is still the Word of God, but we approach it through the lens of the New Covenant. We are not under the law as a covenant for righteousness (Romans 6: 14), but the Old Testament still teaches God’s character, His standards, and the prophecies pointing to Christ (Luke 24:44).

The Ten Commandments, like the rest of the Mosaic law, were part of that Old Covenant “ministration of death” written on stones that 2 Corinthians 3: 7–11 says is “done away.” That does not mean God’s moral will vanished, it means the law’s role as a binding covenant over God’s people ended at the cross. Under the New Covenant, His moral will is written on our hearts (Hebrews 8: 10), and it is fulfilled in love (Romans 13:8–10), not in tablets of stone.

As for tithing, yes, that too was part of the Old Covenant system tied to the Levitical priesthood (Numbers 18:21–26). The New Testament does not command Christians to tithe. It teaches freewill, Spirit-led giving (2 Corinthians 9:7), not a legal percentage.

So, we “follow” the Old Testament in the sense that we learn from it and see how it points to Christ (Romans 15: 4), but we do not place ourselves back under its covenant law for salvation or righteousness. In Christ, we walk by the Spirit, not the old letter that kills (2 Corinthians 3:6).

 

[BroTan]

You are still making salvation dependent on keeping the law. The Bible is clear that the law, whether you call it “royal” or “sacrificial,” was part of the Old Covenant and cannot make anyone righteous before God. Romans 3:20 says plainly, “By the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin.” Paul’s point in Romans 7:7 is not that the law remains binding for righteousness, but that its purpose was to reveal sin and show our need for Christ.

You say we must “maintain grace” by keeping the law, but that contradicts the very definition of grace in the New Testament. The Greek word charis means unearned favor. Romans 11:6 says, “If by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace.” Grace is not something we “maintain” through our performance. If righteousness comes by the law, then Christ died in vain (Galatians 2:21).

When Paul says in Romans 3:31 that we “establish the law,” he is not teaching continued obligation to the Mosaic code for righteousness. The law is established in the sense that its righteous standard is fulfilled in Christ and in those who walk by the Spirit (Romans 8:3–4). The “law of God” you speak of is not the Ten Commandments imposed as a covenant obligation on the believer, but the moral will of God written on the heart under the New Covenant (Hebrews 8:10), which is walked out in love (Romans 13:8–10).

Your claim that there are “two sets of laws” Paul is keeping separate, one abolished, one binding, is not found in Scripture. Second Corinthians 3:7–11 calls the ministry “written and engraven in stones” a “ministration of death” that is “done away.” That is the Ten Commandments themselves. They serve as a witness to God’s holiness, but in Christ the believer is “not under the law, but under grace” (Romans 6:14).

Your use of 1 John 3:4 ignores that John defines sin as lawlessness, but the solution to sin is not going back under the law. The solution is being born of God, so that “whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin” because His seed remains in him (1 John 3:9). That is a work of the Spirit, not the old letter that kills (2 Corinthians 3:6).

You are preaching what Galatians 1:6–9 calls “another gospel” by adding law-keeping as a condition for grace. Scripture says we are “justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus” (Romans 3:24), and to put yourself back under the law is to fall from grace (Galatians 5:4).

Paul didn’t come preaching and teaching his own thing, but he abided in the doctrine of Christ. (Rom. 3:20) Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sights for by the law is the knowledge of sin. The deeds of the law is referring to the animal sacrificial laws, all those sacrifices can never remove sins, so they could never be justified. This is true because the blood of Jesus can only justify us. The animal sacrificial laws was added because people continue to sin, and the wages of sin bring for death. So instead of God killing people every time they sin, the Lord gave Moses a law to use, animals. So by the other law (Ten Commandments, statutes and Judgement) is the knowledge of sin.

Paul says in Romans 3:31 Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law. You wouldn’t know what sin was if there was no law.

Throughout the bible we find that in order to receive eternal salvation we must keep God's commandments to the end. If we make a mistake we must not give up, but I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus (Philippians 3:13-14). The last chapter in the whole bible reminds us of this one last time. "Blessed are they that do his commandments that they may have right to the tree of life." (Revelation 22:14). After this we find only seven more verses in the bible, and none of them does away with God's commandments.

The commandments of God are not hard to keep (I John 5:3) and furthermore, they teach us love in the highest degree. If you love Jesus you will keep his commandments (St. John 14:15). You will not displease the Lord by: Worshipping other gods, having graven images, taking his name in vain, breaking his Sabbath day (which is Saturday not Sunday), or dishonoring your parents. On the other hand, if you love your neighbor as yourself you will not kill him, commit adultery with his spouse, steal from him, falsely accuse him, or covet anything of his. Stop committing fornication.

This is true love, and if obeyed how much better would our world be? This is why Jesus said that the two greatest commandments are loving the Lord with all your heart, soul, and mind; and loving your neighbor as yourself (Matthew 22:35-40). These two commandments are the foundation of the entire law. Many reject the law, but it is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good (Romans 7:12) even today.

 

[bdavidc]

Paul didn’t come preaching and teaching his own thing, but he abided in the doctrine of Christ. (Rom. 3:20) Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sights for by the law is the knowledge of sin. The deeds of the law is referring to the animal sacrificial laws, all those sacrifices can never remove sins, so they could never be justified. This is true because the blood of Jesus can only justify us. The animal sacrificial laws was added because people continue to sin, and the wages of sin bring for death. So instead of God killing people every time they sin, the Lord gave Moses a law to use, animals. So by the other law (Ten Commandments, statutes and Judgement) is the knowledge of sin.

Paul says in Romans 3:31 Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law. You wouldn’t know what sin was if there was no law.

Throughout the bible we find that in order to receive eternal salvation we must keep God's commandments to the end. If we make a mistake we must not give up, but I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus (Philippians 3:13-14). The last chapter in the whole bible reminds us of this one last time. "Blessed are they that do his commandments that they may have right to the tree of life." (Revelation 22:14). After this we find only seven more verses in the bible, and none of them does away with God's commandments.

The commandments of God are not hard to keep (I John 5:3) and furthermore, they teach us love in the highest degree. If you love Jesus you will keep his commandments (St. John 14:15). You will not displease the Lord by: Worshipping other gods, having graven images, taking his name in vain, breaking his Sabbath day (which is Saturday not Sunday), or dishonoring your parents. On the other hand, if you love your neighbor as yourself you will not kill him, commit adultery with his spouse, steal from him, falsely accuse him, or covet anything of his. Stop committing fornication.

This is true love, and if obeyed how much better would our world be? This is why Jesus said that the two greatest commandments are loving the Lord with all your heart, soul, and mind; and loving your neighbor as yourself (Matthew 22:35-40). These two commandments are the foundation of the entire law. Many reject the law, but it is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good (Romans 7:12) even today.

The point is not whether God’s commandments are holy, just, and good, they are (Romans 7: 12), the point is whether they are the basis of our justification and eternal life. Scripture is clear that they are not. Romans 3: 20 does not limit “the deeds of the law” to animal sacrifices. Paul’s point in Romans 1–3 is that the whole law, moral and ceremonial, condemns all mankind. In Romans 7: 7, when he is explaining “the law,” he quotes the Tenth Commandment to show that even the Ten Commandments are not able to justify us, they are part of what condemns us. Galatians 3: 10, “For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse,” applies to all who try to be justified by keeping the law, not just by offering sacrifices.

When Revelation 22: 14 says that “blessed are they that do his commandments,” it is not teaching salvation by keeping the law, it is describing the life that results from those who have been born again. Under the New Covenant God writes His law on the heart (Hebrews 8: 10), and those in Christ “walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit” (Romans 8:1). That is why 1 John 5: 3 says that God’s commandments are not burdensome, not because the law is lighter, but because the Spirit of Christ in us enables us to walk in obedience out of love, not in order to earn salvation.

Jesus summed up the law in the two great commandments (Matthew 22: 37–40), but in so doing He also showed that perfect love fulfills the law (Romans 13:8–10). That is the fulfillment of the law, and that fulfillment is in Christ, not in our performance. You cannot “press toward the mark” (Philippians 3: 14) until you are in Christ by grace through faith apart from works (Ephesians 2:8–9). If righteousness could come by keeping God’s commands, “then Christ is dead in vain” (Galatians 2:21).

The fact is, the law shows sin, but it cannot save from sin. Salvation is in Christ alone, and the evidence of that salvation is a life that increasingly bears the fruit of obedience, not as a condition to gain life, but as the result of having received it (John 15:5, Titus 2:11–12).

 

[BroTan]

The point is not whether God’s commandments are holy, just, and good, they are (Romans 7: 12), the point is whether they are the basis of our justification and eternal life. Scripture is clear that they are not. Romans 3: 20 does not limit “the deeds of the law” to animal sacrifices. Paul’s point in Romans 1–3 is that the whole law, moral and ceremonial, condemns all mankind. In Romans 7: 7, when he is explaining “the law,” he quotes the Tenth Commandment to show that even the Ten Commandments are not able to justify us, they are part of what condemns us. Galatians 3: 10, “For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse,” applies to all who try to be justified by keeping the law, not just by offering sacrifices.

When Revelation 22: 14 says that “blessed are they that do his commandments,” it is not teaching salvation by keeping the law, it is describing the life that results from those who have been born again. Under the New Covenant God writes His law on the heart (Hebrews 8: 10), and those in Christ “walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit” (Romans 8:1). That is why 1 John 5: 3 says that God’s commandments are not burdensome, not because the law is lighter, but because the Spirit of Christ in us enables us to walk in obedience out of love, not in order to earn salvation.

Jesus summed up the law in the two great commandments (Matthew 22: 37–40), but in so doing He also showed that perfect love fulfills the law (Romans 13:8–10). That is the fulfillment of the law, and that fulfillment is in Christ, not in our performance. You cannot “press toward the mark” (Philippians 3: 14) until you are in Christ by grace through faith apart from works (Ephesians 2:8–9). If righteousness could come by keeping God’s commands, “then Christ is dead in vain” (Galatians 2:21).

The fact is, the law shows sin, but it cannot save from sin. Salvation is in Christ alone, and the evidence of that salvation is a life that increasingly bears the fruit of obedience, not as a condition to gain life, but as the result of having received it (John 15:5, Titus 2:11–12).

There are those who believe that because Christ overcame sin and kept the law that now we don't have to keep God's laws. But what do the Scriptures tell us? Here's what Jesus said in (Mat.5:17-19) (v.17) Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. (v.18) For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. (v.19) Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

Jesus came to fulfill, to fill to the full (Gk. plereo). He fulfilled many prophecies - but not all. There are many in the Book of Revelation still to be fulfilled. There is still some in the Old Testament that hasn’t been fulfilled. Jesus at His first coming came to fulfilled that which was written for Him to fulfill at His first coming. He has NOT fulfilled everything that was written for Him to do. And He kept all of the Law that he could - but that was not all! He was not a Temple priest. He was not a woman. He could not keep the laws intended only for priests and women. No matter how you think about Jesus, there is still much to be fulfilled! So not even the smallest part has yet passed from God's Law! Jesus made it quite clear that anyone who would break even the least commandment and teach people to do so would be called the least in the kingdom of heaven.

The fact is, God did not find fault with His laws but rather with the people who did not obey them. (Heb.8:7-8) (v.7) For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.(v.8) For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah: Paul says in Hebrews then proceeds to quote Jeremiah 31: 31 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: 32 not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD: 33 but this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. 34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more. quoted above.

Under the New Covenant we now have a living High Priest, Jesus Christ, who can make intercession for us. One who was tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin. He is an intercessor who understands our weaknesses because He lived as a human being. When Jesus died on the cross that was the end of the first covenant, which consisted of the blood of animals and the keeping of God’s commandments. And his death also brought in the second covenant, which consist of the blood of Jesus and the keeping of God’s commandments.

Jesus Christ is the ultimate judge - all judgment has been committed to Him ,(John: 5:22). And He will judge righteously. He cannot be bribed or tempted as a human judge can. And, as we read in, (Num.15:15-16) He treats everyone alike. (v.15) One ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation, and also for the stranger that sojourneth with you, an ordinance for ever in your generations: as ye are, so shall the stranger be before the LORD. (v.16) One law and one manner shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you.

God does not make one set of rules for one group of people and another set for another. He is not a respecter of persons.

In, (Rev.20:11-12) is a reference to the final court appearance for everyone who has ever lived on this earth. (v.11) And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. (v.12) And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.

The word "books" is the Greek word from which is derived the English word `Bible'.

 

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There are those who believe that because Christ overcame sin and kept the law that now we don't have to keep God's laws. But what do the Scriptures tell us? Here's what Jesus said in (Mat.5:17-19) (v.17) Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. (v.18) For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. (v.19) Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

Jesus came to fulfill, to fill to the full (Gk. plereo). He fulfilled many prophecies - but not all. There are many in the Book of Revelation still to be fulfilled. There is still some in the Old Testament that hasn’t been fulfilled. Jesus at His first coming came to fulfilled that which was written for Him to fulfill at His first coming. He has NOT fulfilled everything that was written for Him to do. And He kept all of the Law that he could - but that was not all! He was not a Temple priest. He was not a woman. He could not keep the laws intended only for priests and women. No matter how you think about Jesus, there is still much to be fulfilled! So not even the smallest part has yet passed from God's Law! Jesus made it quite clear that anyone who would break even the least commandment and teach people to do so would be called the least in the kingdom of heaven.

The fact is, God did not find fault with His laws but rather with the people who did not obey them. (Heb.8:7-8) (v.7) For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.(v.8) For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah: Paul says in Hebrews then proceeds to quote Jeremiah 31: 31 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: 32 not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD: 33 but this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. 34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more. quoted above.

Under the New Covenant we now have a living High Priest, Jesus Christ, who can make intercession for us. One who was tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin. He is an intercessor who understands our weaknesses because He lived as a human being. When Jesus died on the cross that was the end of the first covenant, which consisted of the blood of animals and the keeping of God’s commandments. And his death also brought in the second covenant, which consist of the blood of Jesus and the keeping of God’s commandments.

Jesus Christ is the ultimate judge - all judgment has been committed to Him ,(John: 5:22). And He will judge righteously. He cannot be bribed or tempted as a human judge can. And, as we read in, (Num.15:15-16) He treats everyone alike. (v.15) One ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation, and also for the stranger that sojourneth with you, an ordinance for ever in your generations: as ye are, so shall the stranger be before the LORD. (v.16) One law and one manner shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you.

God does not make one set of rules for one group of people and another set for another. He is not a respecter of persons.

In, (Rev.20:11-12) is a reference to the final court appearance for everyone who has ever lived on this earth. (v.11) And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. (v.12) And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.

The word "books" is the Greek word from which is derived the English word `Bible'.

What Jesus says in Matthew 5: 17–19 does not contradict the truth that the law is not the basis of our justification. The Greek word plēroō (“fulfill”) means to bring to completion, to carry out fully, to bring to its intended goal. Jesus was not saying He came to keep the law in place forever as the rule for righteousness; He was saying He came to bring it to its full meaning and purpose. In context, Matthew 5 continues into verses 20–48, where He repeatedly says, “You have heard … but I say to you,” raising the standard beyond the letter to the heart. That is fulfillment, bringing the law’s shadow to the reality it pointed to.

When Jesus says “till all be fulfilled” (Matthew 5:18), the Greek ginetai means “to happen, to come to pass, to be accomplished.” The law remained binding until its purpose in God’s redemptive plan was accomplished in Christ. That is exactly what He declared on the cross, “It is finished” (tetelestai, paid in full, John 19:30). Hebrews 7:12 says, “For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.” This is not man discarding God’s Word, it is God fulfilling and superseding the old covenant with the new (Jeremiah 31:31–33, quoted in Hebrews 8:8–13). The fault was not with God’s law, it is holy, just, and good (Romans 7: 12) – but with sinful man, which is why the law could only condemn and never justify (Romans 3:20, Galatians 3:10–11).

Under the New Covenant, God’s law is written on the heart by the Spirit (Hebrews 8:10, Ezekiel 36:26–27). The believer’s obedience is the fruit of salvation, not the condition for it. Revelation 22:14 speaks of those whose lives reflect obedience because they have been made clean by the blood of the Lamb (Revelation 7:14). We are judged “according to our works” (Revelation 20:12), not as the means of salvation, but as the evidence of whether we truly belong to Christ. Those works will either prove a living faith (James 2:17–18) or expose unbelief (Matthew 7:21–23).

So yes, there is “one law” for all (Numbers 15: 15–16), but in the New Covenant that law is not the old written code of ordinances (Colossians 2:14), it is “the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus” which has set us free from “the law of sin and death” (Romans 8:2). To insist that the Sinai covenant remains as the standard for righteousness is to miss the very purpose for which it was given, to lead us to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith (Galatians 3:24–25). Now that faith has come, we are no longer under that tutor.

 

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What Jesus says in Matthew 5: 17–19 does not contradict the truth that the law is not the basis of our justification. The Greek word plēroō (“fulfill”) means to bring to completion, to carry out fully, to bring to its intended goal. Jesus was not saying He came to keep the law in place forever as the rule for righteousness; He was saying He came to bring it to its full meaning and purpose. In context, Matthew 5 continues into verses 20–48, where He repeatedly says, “You have heard … but I say to you,” raising the standard beyond the letter to the heart. That is fulfillment, bringing the law’s shadow to the reality it pointed to.

When Jesus says “till all be fulfilled” (Matthew 5:18), the Greek ginetai means “to happen, to come to pass, to be accomplished.” The law remained binding until its purpose in God’s redemptive plan was accomplished in Christ. That is exactly what He declared on the cross, “It is finished” (tetelestai, paid in full, John 19:30). Hebrews 7:12 says, “For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.” This is not man discarding God’s Word, it is God fulfilling and superseding the old covenant with the new (Jeremiah 31:31–33, quoted in Hebrews 8:8–13). The fault was not with God’s law, it is holy, just, and good (Romans 7: 12) – but with sinful man, which is why the law could only condemn and never justify (Romans 3:20, Galatians 3:10–11).

Under the New Covenant, God’s law is written on the heart by the Spirit (Hebrews 8:10, Ezekiel 36:26–27). The believer’s obedience is the fruit of salvation, not the condition for it. Revelation 22:14 speaks of those whose lives reflect obedience because they have been made clean by the blood of the Lamb (Revelation 7:14). We are judged “according to our works” (Revelation 20:12), not as the means of salvation, but as the evidence of whether we truly belong to Christ. Those works will either prove a living faith (James 2:17–18) or expose unbelief (Matthew 7:21–23).

So yes, there is “one law” for all (Numbers 15: 15–16), but in the New Covenant that law is not the old written code of ordinances (Colossians 2:14), it is “the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus” which has set us free from “the law of sin and death” (Romans 8:2). To insist that the Sinai covenant remains as the standard for righteousness is to miss the very purpose for which it was given, to lead us to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith (Galatians 3:24–25). Now that faith has come, we are no longer under that tutor.

Paul said in "1 Corinthians 6:9" Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, 6:10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

Let continue with Paul. Let go into Galatians 5: Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

Now Paul said in Ephesians 5:3 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; 5 For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. Paul said in 1 Thessalonians 4:7 For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.

Now lets understand and reason together, Paul just gave us a run down on condition of sins. People who are behaving in such manner will not inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God, even those who are unclean. Being unclean does not mean a person doesn’t wash up, we are not talking about soap and water. We are talking about defiling the body and the mind, with unholiness or unGodliness.

Now Paul said in Romans 15:4 For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope. Keep in mind there was no New Testament when Paul and the apostles wrote these letters. Now lets go back into the Old testament in Leviticus 11:46 This is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth: 47 To make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the beast that may be eaten and the beast that may not be eaten.

 

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Paul said in "1 Corinthians 6:9" Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, 6:10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

Let continue with Paul. Let go into Galatians 5: Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

Now Paul said in Ephesians 5:3 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; 5 For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. Paul said in 1 Thessalonians 4:7 For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.

Now lets understand and reason together, Paul just gave us a run down on condition of sins. People who are behaving in such manner will not inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God, even those who are unclean. Being unclean does not mean a person doesn’t wash up, we are not talking about soap and water. We are talking about defiling the body and the mind, with unholiness or unGodliness.

Now Paul said in Romans 15:4 For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope. Keep in mind there was no New Testament when Paul and the apostles wrote these letters. Now lets go back into the Old testament in Leviticus 11:46 This is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth: 47 To make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the beast that may be eaten and the beast that may not be eaten.

You have it all mixed up. When Paul says in 1 Corinthians 6, Galatians 5 and Ephesians 5 that people who do things like fornicate, worship idols, get drunk and covet will not inherit the kingdom of God, he is not speaking about food that comes from sacrifices in the temple, he is speaking about rebellion against God in these specific areas. It is sin that defiles (Mark 7:20–23). Christ explicitly states that “not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man, but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man” (Matthew 15:11). The Pharisees were concerned about food, but Christ is speaking about evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness and blasphemies as what defile (Matthew 15:19–20).

You quoted Leviticus 11, but the New Testament makes it very clear that the clean/unclean distinction for foods was a shadow and a type of things to come, and a temporary set of regulations designed to teach separation, not a permanent set of requirements for believers forever. In Acts 10: 15 God says to Peter, “What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.” Paul is saying the exact same thing in Colossians 2:16–17: “Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday… which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.” Romans 14:17 makes it very clear: “For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.”

Yes, God still requires holiness of us (1 Thessalonians 4: 7 is true) but holiness under the New Covenant is not about abstaining from pork or shellfish, it is about turning from sin and walking in the Spirit. Paul says in Galatians 5: 24, “They that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.” That is the difference between clean and unclean under the New Covenant. The dietary law concerning animals was “written for our learning” (Romans 15: 4), but its purpose was to teach separation from uncleanness and to point forward to Christ, the one who really makes us clean (Hebrews 9:13–14).

So the issue is not what we eat or do not eat, it is whether a person has been washed, sanctified and justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God (1 Corinthians 6:11). The unclean will be those who remain in unbelief and rebellion, but those who are in Christ have been fully cleansed by His blood. That is the real distinction between clean and unclean today.

 

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You have it all mixed up. When Paul says in 1 Corinthians 6, Galatians 5 and Ephesians 5 that people who do things like fornicate, worship idols, get drunk and covet will not inherit the kingdom of God, he is not speaking about food that comes from sacrifices in the temple, he is speaking about rebellion against God in these specific areas. It is sin that defiles (Mark 7:20–23). Christ explicitly states that “not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man, but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man” (Matthew 15:11). The Pharisees were concerned about food, but Christ is speaking about evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness and blasphemies as what defile (Matthew 15:19–20).

You quoted Leviticus 11, but the New Testament makes it very clear that the clean/unclean distinction for foods was a shadow and a type of things to come, and a temporary set of regulations designed to teach separation, not a permanent set of requirements for believers forever. In Acts 10: 15 God says to Peter, “What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.” Paul is saying the exact same thing in Colossians 2:16–17: “Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday… which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.” Romans 14:17 makes it very clear: “For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.”

In Leviticus, 23rd Chapter the Sabbath day and the High Holy Days which begin I believe on the new moon. Are the feast of the Lord's. These days are to be observe in their season. In Colossians 2:16-17, "Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days. Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ. These feast days are the plans of God, they represent the future, with example from the past. All Holy Days are not to eat or drink, such as the atonement, but still to be observe. So this is actually what a person would say to someone who do not keep these feast day of the Lord, if they were judging them on those High and Holy Sabbath days, they were keeping. They would quoted Colossians 2: 16-17. So if you keep the first day of the week, Sunday, Easter and Christmas Paganism, then it makes no sense to use this verse. You cannot worship other days and God’s, that’s not written in the Bible to do, and then use the Bible to justify it. So if you keep another day thats not written in the Bible, then you are doing something on your own, thus it would really be contradictorily.


Lets go into Acts chapter 10 is another part of the Bible that some individuals attempt to use to avoid the dietary law. Let's start at the first verse.

There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band, a devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God always. He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius. And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, “What is it, Lord?” And he said unto him, “Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God. And now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose surname is Peter” (Acts 10:1-5)

The angel of the Lord could have told Cornelius all he needed to know about the Lord, but that would have broken the protocol of God. The word of God is in the hands of Israel and can only be taught by the sons of Jacob (Israel). That's why the angel sent Cornelius, which was a son of Japheth (Gentile), to Peter the Israelite. Cornelius sent two of his servant to find Peter. The Lord prepares Peter before the two servants arrived. Let's skip down to the 9th verse.

On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour: And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance, And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth: Wherein were all manner of four-footed beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air. And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat. But Peter said, “Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.” (Acts 10: 9-14)

Peter was on the house top and became very hungry, correct? And the Lord showed Peter all different types four footed beasts, creeping things, and fowls of the air. The Lord told Peter kill and eat, correct? But, what was Peter's responds? "Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean." This vision was shown to Peter three times. Note what the 17th verse states.

Now while Peter doubted in himself what this vision which he had seen should mean, behold, the men which were sent from Cornelius had made inquiry for Simon's house, and stood before the gate, (Acts 10:17)

Peter knew that the vision had a deeper meaning. So, what was the Lord trying to show Peter? Let's see what Peter's vision was all about.

And the morrow after they entered into Caesarea. And Cornelius waited for them, and had called together his kinsmen and near friends. And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and worshipped him. But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also am a man. And as he talked with him, he went in, and found many that were come together. (Acts 10:24-27)

Pay very close attention to the next verse!

And he said unto them, “Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath showed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.” Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: but in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him. 36 The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all (Acts 10:28, 34,35)

So, was the Lord telling Peter its okay to eat things that are common or unclean? No! The verse states, "I should not call any man common or unclean." Peter now understood the purpose of the vision, which was the allowance of the Gentiles into the church of God that was set up by Moses in the wilderness (Acts 7:38). Now that we see Acts chapter ten has nothing to do with the "Dietary law", let's take a look at another set of verse that individuals attempt to use to do away with the Lord's dietary law.

Yes, God still requires holiness of us (1 Thessalonians 4: 7 is true) but holiness under the New Covenant is not about abstaining from pork or shellfish, it is about turning from sin and walking in the Spirit. Paul says in Galatians 5: 24, “They that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.” That is the difference between clean and unclean under the New Covenant. The dietary law concerning animals was “written for our learning” (Romans 15: 4), but its purpose was to teach separation from uncleanness and to point forward to Christ, the one who really makes us clean (Hebrews 9:13–14).

So the issue is not what we eat or do not eat, it is whether a person has been washed, sanctified and justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God (1 Corinthians 6:11). The unclean will be those who remain in unbelief and rebellion, but those who are in Christ have been fully cleansed by His blood. That is the real distinction between clean and unclean today.

The commandments of God are not hard to keep (I John 5:3) and furthermore, they teach us love in the highest degree. If you love Jesus you will keep his commandments (St. John 14:15). You will not displease the Lord by: Worshipping other gods, having graven images, taking his name in vain, breaking his Sabbath day (which is Saturday not Sunday), or dishonoring your parents. On the other hand, if you love your neighbor as yourself you will not kill him, commit adultery with his spouse, steal from him, falsely accuse him, or covet anything of his. Stop committing fornication.

This is true love, and if obeyed how much better would our world be? This is why Jesus said that the two greatest commandments are loving the Lord with all your heart, soul, and mind; and loving your neighbor as yourself (Matthew 22:35-40). These two commandments are the foundation of the entire law. Many reject the law, but it is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good (Romans 7:12) even today.


Well, modern day church people think Moses' laws are nailed to the cross. So, they don't trust in Moses, they trust in rev. X Y or Z. But, notice this;

For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me. But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words? (John 5:46-47)

So, if you call yourself a New Testament Christian, and don't read and believe Moses' writings, how can you believe in Jesus? In conclusion sisters and brothers, this is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth: To make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the beast that may be eaten and the beast that may not be eaten. Leviticus 11:46-47 For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. (Leviticus 11:44)

 

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In Leviticus, 23rd Chapter the Sabbath day and the High Holy Days which begin I believe on the new moon. Are the feast of the Lord's. These days are to be observe in their season. In Colossians 2:16-17, "Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days. Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ. These feast days are the plans of God, they represent the future, with example from the past. All Holy Days are not to eat or drink, such as the atonement, but still to be observe. So this is actually what a person would say to someone who do not keep these feast day of the Lord, if they were judging them on those High and Holy Sabbath days, they were keeping. They would quoted Colossians 2: 16-17. So if you keep the first day of the week, Sunday, Easter and Christmas Paganism, then it makes no sense to use this verse. You cannot worship other days and God’s, that’s not written in the Bible to do, and then use the Bible to justify it. So if you keep another day thats not written in the Bible, then you are doing something on your own, thus it would really be contradictorily.


Lets go into Acts chapter 10 is another part of the Bible that some individuals attempt to use to avoid the dietary law. Let's start at the first verse.

There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band, a devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God always. He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius. And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, “What is it, Lord?” And he said unto him, “Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God. And now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose surname is Peter” (Acts 10:1-5)

The angel of the Lord could have told Cornelius all he needed to know about the Lord, but that would have broken the protocol of God. The word of God is in the hands of Israel and can only be taught by the sons of Jacob (Israel). That's why the angel sent Cornelius, which was a son of Japheth (Gentile), to Peter the Israelite. Cornelius sent two of his servant to find Peter. The Lord prepares Peter before the two servants arrived. Let's skip down to the 9th verse.

On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour: And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance, And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth: Wherein were all manner of four-footed beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air. And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat. But Peter said, “Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.” (Acts 10: 9-14)

Peter was on the house top and became very hungry, correct? And the Lord showed Peter all different types four footed beasts, creeping things, and fowls of the air. The Lord told Peter kill and eat, correct? But, what was Peter's responds? "Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean." This vision was shown to Peter three times. Note what the 17th verse states.

Now while Peter doubted in himself what this vision which he had seen should mean, behold, the men which were sent from Cornelius had made inquiry for Simon's house, and stood before the gate, (Acts 10:17)

Peter knew that the vision had a deeper meaning. So, what was the Lord trying to show Peter? Let's see what Peter's vision was all about.

And the morrow after they entered into Caesarea. And Cornelius waited for them, and had called together his kinsmen and near friends. And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and worshipped him. But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also am a man. And as he talked with him, he went in, and found many that were come together. (Acts 10:24-27)

Pay very close attention to the next verse!

And he said unto them, “Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath showed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.” Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: but in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him. 36 The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all (Acts 10:28, 34,35)

So, was the Lord telling Peter its okay to eat things that are common or unclean? No! The verse states, "I should not call any man common or unclean." Peter now understood the purpose of the vision, which was the allowance of the Gentiles into the church of God that was set up by Moses in the wilderness (Acts 7:38). Now that we see Acts chapter ten has nothing to do with the "Dietary law", let's take a look at another set of verse that individuals attempt to use to do away with the Lord's dietary law.


The commandments of God are not hard to keep (I John 5:3) and furthermore, they teach us love in the highest degree. If you love Jesus you will keep his commandments (St. John 14:15). You will not displease the Lord by: Worshipping other gods, having graven images, taking his name in vain, breaking his Sabbath day (which is Saturday not Sunday), or dishonoring your parents. On the other hand, if you love your neighbor as yourself you will not kill him, commit adultery with his spouse, steal from him, falsely accuse him, or covet anything of his. Stop committing fornication.

This is true love, and if obeyed how much better would our world be? This is why Jesus said that the two greatest commandments are loving the Lord with all your heart, soul, and mind; and loving your neighbor as yourself (Matthew 22:35-40). These two commandments are the foundation of the entire law. Many reject the law, but it is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good (Romans 7:12) even today.


Well, modern day church people think Moses' laws are nailed to the cross. So, they don't trust in Moses, they trust in rev. X Y or Z. But, notice this;

For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me. But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words? (John 5:46-47)

So, if you call yourself a New Testament Christian, and don't read and believe Moses' writings, how can you believe in Jesus? In conclusion sisters and brothers, this is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth: To make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the beast that may be eaten and the beast that may not be eaten. Leviticus 11:46-47 For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. (Leviticus 11:44)

you are mixing shadows with the substance. The feasts, new moons, and sabbaths were given as “a shadow of things to come,” but “the body is of Christ” (Colossians 2:16–17). Hebrews says the same, “the law having a shadow of good things to come” (Hebrews 10:1), and it calls those rules “meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation” (Hebrews 9:10). In Christ, that time has come. God “abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances” (Ephesians 2:15). You are not allowed to judge believers over feast days or sabbaths. Scripture says so.

On food, Jesus settled the defilement question. “Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man, but that which cometh out” (Matthew 15:11; see 15:18–20). Paul states it plainly, “I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself” and “all things indeed are pure” in matters of food and drink, while urging us to walk in love toward weaker consciences (Romans 14:14, 20–21). Forbidding foods is called a doctrine of devils, because “every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving” (1 Timothy 4:3–5). That is the New Covenant teaching.

Acts 10 does exactly what I said it does. God told Peter, “What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common” (Acts 10:15). Peter applies the vision to people, yes, but the point stands, God himself used clean and unclean imagery to teach that He has cleansed those whom He receives. Your extra rule that only Israelites can teach is not in Scripture. Jesus said, “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations” (Matthew 28:19–20). Paul was “the apostle of the Gentiles” (Romans 11:13). The Word spreads through the whole church without ethnic restriction, “there is neither Jew nor Greek… for ye are all one in Christ Jesus” (Galatians 3:28). Your “protocol” claim is man-made.

On sabbath keeping, the New Testament does not command the church to keep the seventh day. It says, “Let no man therefore judge you… in respect of… the sabbath days” (Colossians 2:16). It also says, “One man esteemeth one day above another, another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind” (Romans 14:5–6). Our true rest is in Christ, “he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his” (Hebrews 4:10). If you choose to observe a day to the Lord, do it unto the Lord, but you cannot bind the church with Moses.

Yes, we love God and neighbor, and the moral sins you listed are condemned in the New Testament. “The works of the flesh” will keep a man from inheriting the kingdom, including fornication, idolatry, drunkenness, and such like (Galatians 5:19–21; 1 Corinthians 6:9–11; Ephesians 5:5). That is holiness by the Spirit, not by meats and days. “Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth” (Romans 10:4). If you make feast days, sabbaths, or dietary rules a requirement for righteousness or acceptance with God, you have crossed into a different gospel. Paul warned that if you go back to law for standing with God, “Christ shall profit you nothing… ye are fallen from grace” (Galatians 5:2–4; see 1:6–9).

Keep the feasts as a personal reminder if you want, but do not preach them as binding on the church. Scripture gives liberty on days and food, and it forbids you to judge the body of Christ over shadows. Preach Christ, not the shadows.