May 24, 2012

1. T L S Is Love The Only Command? A New Testament Look at the 10 Commandments May 24, 2012

2. Is Love the Only Command? Really? In many conversations with Christians I have found that they absolutely want nothing to do with keeping the laws of efei One of the most famous quotes I get is “All I need to do is love”

3. Is Love the Only Command? Some have suggested that this comes from John’s writings about the commandments in which he only states that Christians should love one another

4. Is Love the Only Command? “And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Yeshua Messiah, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.” 1st John 3:23 “And this commandment have we from him, That he who lovethElohimlove his brother also.” 1st John 4:21

5. Is Love the Only Command? • But John also wrote: “By this we know that we love the children of Elohim, when we love Elohim, and keep his commandments.” 1st John 5:2 • What about Paul and James? • Both Paul and James made it clear that you must keep His commandments in order to love your brother / neighbor

6. Is Love the Only Command? “Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.” Romans 13:8-10

7. Is Love the Only Command? Confusing “If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well: But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors. For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.” James 2:8-11

8. Is Love the Only Command? “Yes indeed, it is good when you obey the royal law as found in the Scriptures: "Love your neighbor as yourself." But if you favor some people over others, you are committing a sin. You are guilty of breaking the law. For the person who keeps all of the laws except one is as guilty as a person who has broken all of God's laws. For the same God who said, "You must not commit adultery," also said, "You must not murder." So if you murder someone but do not commit adultery, you have still broken the law.” James 2:8-11 (NLT)

9. John Makes it Clear Let’s see what John thinks of the 10 Commandments “And Elohimspakeall these words, saying, I am efeithy Elohim, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.” Exodus 20:1-2

10. Commandment 1 “Thou shalt have no other gods before me.” Exodus 20:3

11. Commandment 1 “Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.” 1st John 2:15 Put nothing in the world before efei

12. Commandment 1 “…If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of Elohim,…” Revelation 14:9b-10a

13. Commandment 1 “And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Yeshua, and for the word of Elohim, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Messiah a thousand years” Revelation 20:4

14. Commandment 1 “But the…unbelieving…shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.” Revelation 21:8

15. Commandment 2 “Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I efeithy Elohimam a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments” Exodus 20:4-6

16. Commandment 2 “Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.” 1st John 5:21 “But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.” Revelation 2:14

17. Commandment 2 “Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.” Revelation 2:20

18. Commandment 2 “And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk.” Revelation 9:20

19. Commandment 2 “But…idolaters… shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.” Revelation 21:8 “For without are…idolaters…” Revelation 22:15

20. Commandment 3 “Thou shalt not take the name of efeithy Elohimin vain; for efeiwill not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.” Exodus 20:7

21. Commandment 3 “Who is a liar but he that denieth that Yeshua is the Messiah? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.” 1st John 2:22

22. Commandment 4 “Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of efeithy Elohim: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days efeimade heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore efeiblessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.” Exodus 20:8-11

23. Commandment 4 “These things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.” John 6:59 (Speaking of Yeshua) “He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.” 1st John 2:6

24. Commandment 4 “Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem. But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down.” Acts 13:13-14

25. Commandment 4 “And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath. Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of Elohim.” Acts 13:42-43

26. Commandment 4 This was about 22 years after Yeshua’s resurrection! “Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews: And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,…” Acts 17:1-2

27. Commandment 4 • Let’s count attendance at the synagogue on the Sabbath: Scripture Attendance Total Acts 13:13-15 1 1 Acts 13:42-43 1 2 Acts 16:11-13 1 3 Acts 17:1-4 3 6 Acts 18:1-4 Many (at least 1) 7 Acts 18:5-11 18 Months (78 weeks) 85 • Where is the account of going to church on Sunday?

28. Commandment 4 “And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all. 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.” Luke 4:15-16 (Speaking of Yeshua)

29. Commandment 4 “He taught regularly in their synagogues and was praised by everyone. When He came to the village of Nazareth, His boyhood home, He went as usual to the synagogue on the Sabbath and stood up to read the Scriptures.” Luke 4:15-16 (NLT)

30. Commandment 5 “Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which efei thy Elohimgiveth thee.” Exodus 20:12

31. Commandment 5 “Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of Elohim: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.” 1st John 3:1

32. Commandment 6 “Thou shalt not kill.” Exodus 20:13

33. Commandment 6 “Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.” 1st John 3:15 “Neither repented they of their murders…” Revelation 9:21

34. Commandment 6 “He that…killethwith the sword must be killed with the sword...” Revelation 13:10 “But…murderers… shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.” Revelation 21:8 “For without are…murderers…” Revelation 22:15

35. Commandment 7 “Thou shalt not commit adultery.” Exodus 20:14

36. Commandment 7 “For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes…is not of the Father, but is of the world.” 1st John 2:16 “Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.” Revelation 2:22

37. Commandment 7 “Neither repented they of their…fornication…” Revelation 9:21 “But…the whoremongers… shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.” Revelation 21:8 “For without are…whoremongers…” Revelation 22:15

38. Commandment 8 “Thou shalt not steal.” Exodus 20:15

39. Commandment 8 “But let none of you suffer as…a thief...” 1st Peter 4:15 “But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?” 1stJohn 3:17

40. Commandment 8 The NLT makes it even more pointed “If someone has enough money to live well and sees a brother or sister in need but shows no compassion—how can God's love be in that person?” 1stJohn 3:17 (NLT)

41. Commandment 8 “Neither repented they of their…thefts…” Revelation 9:21

42. Commandment 9 “Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.” Exodus 20:16

43. Commandment 9 “He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.” 1st John 2:4 “I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.” 1st John 2:21

44. Commandment 9 “…and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:” Revelation 2:2b “But…all liars… shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.” Revelation 21:8

45. Commandment 9 “For without are…whosoever loveth and maketh a lie” Revelation 22:15

46. Commandment 10 “Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.” Exodus 20:17

47. Commandment 10 “For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.” 1st John 2:16

48. But Wait…There’s More! “Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.” Revelation 22:14

49. But Wait…There’s More! “By this we know that we love the children of Elohim, when we love Elohim, and keep his commandments. For this is the love of Elohim, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.” 1st John 5:2-3

50. But Wait…There’s More! “And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him. He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.” 1st John 2:3-6