First off one must understand No writer in the holy bible ever used phrases as The ceremonial law or moral etc... Nor they refer to The law into parts but Always as One unit! Look at paul letters if you do not believe me. The scriptures say in James if you break one point of The Law then you break all which ALL is referring to The Law in the whole not splints or parts.
Some had tried to reason that sabbaths in col 2:16 is The yearly sabbaths but paul already refer to Them by calling them festivals which were called Sabbaths also appointing times so we know it is referring to The weekly sabbath.
Some had tried to say since Sabbaths is plural it cannot be the weekly sabbath but what they fail to understand even the weekly sabbath is refer to in the plural in scriptures which are...
- Matthew 28:1, "Now after the Sabbath" [Greek- plural: sabbaton]
- Luke 4:16, "He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath" [Greek- plural: sabbaton]
- Acts 16:13, "And on the Sabbath day" [Greek- plural: sabbaton]
- Exodus 20:8 (in Septuagint) "Remember the Sabbath day" [Greek- plural: sabbaton]
- Leviticus 23:37-38 (in Septuagint) "besides those of the Sabbaths of the Lord" [Greek- plural: sabbaton]
- The 10 commandments are called the Law of Moses:
Mk 7:9-10 For Moses said, "Honor your father and your mother"
One will deal with One more thing and then I just leave the site where i got my info but disclaimer I do not agree with everything they say on that site.
Are The 10 commandments laws decrees ordinances? people that believe in The distinction between cereimonal law and The 10 would say no but is this biblical?
Look at these verses
Deut 5:1 The Ten commandments are called "My statures and all My ordinances"
Another Thing I my self would point out The invention of spiting The law into parts came long after Jesus and the apostles around 1000 years or more after.
We can see The scriptures do teach that the !0 commandments is apart of The Law of moses and people who argue different need to re-look at the verses that they used for their arguments.
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The Truth is distinction between The laws is a man made concept.
Update!
I forgot something important if you look at this verse
Eph 2:15 proves the 10 commandments are abolished!
"by abolishing [Strongs #2673] in His flesh the enmity, which is the Law of commandments contained in ordinances, so that in Himself He might make the two into one new man, thus establishing peace, and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by it having put to death the enmity. " (Ephesians 2:15-16)
Notice The Law and it called commandments? One and the same! commandments or ordinances! also to add The fact the bible calls The tablets of stone a ministry of death and compare that to col 2:14!
I was reading an articl by bible tools which they go to say the verse
ReplyDeleteCorinthians 3:7 (King James Version)
7But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:
does not refer to the law in the whole but solely to the Levitt priest hood and sacrifice system.
The Thing is if anyone wants to understand this verse in context we need to read this also.
olossians 2:14 (King James Version)
14Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
What was handing writing was The mosaic Law and it was contrary to us and we already seen that the 10 commands are not different set of commands that differ from the The law of moses but is apart of it.
We are told to not serve The law by The letter but spirit Romans 7:6
paul says we can take all the commandments and sum it in to one and that is love thy neighbor and of course if you do love them your not going to steal kill or covet them but help them through love which fulfills the Law.
paul says The law is holy and good and by the law we know what sin is which is correct Because that explains why we need a savior in the first place because we could not keep the letter of the law.
sin is breaking the Law but Now Christ had came we are no longer under it in the letter but by the spirit.
The Thing is the law is not a do and do not list but rather the law of Christ the law of the spirit is written in your hearts to love others to help others and most imporanted to love God.
if you wondering how to keep The law all you need to do is love neighbor which is a love that is in action not simply saying i love you and if do this then you are loving God with all your mind strength soul.
remember 2 col 2:14 ordinance is in the plural so it is referring to set law of conduct.
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