Re: [TruthTalk] 613 Commands

[Terry Clifton]

Slade Henson wrote: Go back and read that, Judy. Jesus says TWO commands....Love GOD with all your heart, soul, and mind and Love your neighbor as yourself. Now, go check out the 613. Every single one of them have to do with either loving God or loving your neighbor. So...can we choose how to love God on our own, or do we choose how to love Him by the way He says to?   Kay =================================================== Sorry Kay, but I am afraid that you are missing something very important. The original laws were for the children of Israel (lev.27:34). The two commands are for followers of Christ, no matter what their linage (Whosoever will )  Surely that should convince you that there have to be differences.  God did not doctor up the old covenant.  He made a new one. The original commands contained stuff about feasts and sacrifices and tithing and keeping the Sabbath.  The new commands do not. The original commands made it a sin to murder or commit adultery. The new commands make it a sin to even entertain such thoughts in your mind. The new has replaced the old, but nothing has been lost except that that is no longer necessary, and nothing has been added, except that which is necessary to show the mind of Christ.  For example, Christ was our sacrifice, so those who trust Him no longer need bring sheep to a Priest.  That is over.  Deleted.  Added was the intent of the heart .  God always looks at the heart, so it naturally follows that desiring to murder some one of His creations is just as evil as doing the deed.  That is clarified in the new law. According to the Bible, no one could ever keep the old law, so I would think you would rejoice at it's demise instead of clinging to it as if it still had some value.  Everything you need to please the Lord is still there in the two that Jesus gave us . I tried to get Suzy to think about that, but she responded so fast that it is obvious she did not dwell on it much.  I hope you will mull it over a little longer. Terry