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Chart 24
The Ten Commandments - A Perfect Moral Code?
Consider the Following: Which of the Ten Commandments forbids the
Following?
- Suing a brother. Cf. 1 Corinthians 6
- Holding a grudge against a brother. Cf. James 5:9
- Dishonoring the King. Cf. 1 Peter 2:17
- Hypocrisy. Cf. Romans 12:9; 1 Peter 2:1
- Drunkenness. cf. Galatians 5:19-21
- Divorce. Cf. Matthew 19:9
- Swearing. Cf. Matthew 5:33-37
- Obscene talk. Matthew 12:36
- Pride. Cf. James 4:6; 1 Peter 5:5
- Sodomy. Cf. Leviticus 18:22
- Bestiality. Cf. Leviticus 18:23
- Do the Ten Commandments command forgiveness, repentance, help the poor?
- The Ten Commandments did not even contain the two Greatest commandments. Matthew
22:36-39
- The Rich Young Ruler had kept the Ten Commandments from his youth up, but
he lacked something, and that lack was not met by suggesting obedience to
one of the Ten Commandments. Luke 18:18-23
- The Ten Commandments forbid overt acts, but they are silent relative to
motives that lead to the acts -- except perhaps in the case of coveting.
Chart #25 Those Led By the Spirit Are Not Under the Law.
- Galatians 5:18 - But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law
- Romans 6:14 - For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace
- Romans 3:20-22 - 20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
21 But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
22 Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference
- Romans 7:4, 6-7 - 4 Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God...6 But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.
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
- Galatians 3:13, 21
13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:..21 Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law
- Romans 8:2 - For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death
Chart #26 The Law Given to Israel -- Not Gentiles.
- The Gentiles Have Not the Law - Romans 2:14 - "For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves:"
- The Law of Moses, the Ten Commandments, The Law of God was given to
Israel. Exodus 20:1-2, 22; Deuteronomy 5:1-6; 6:20-25
No Gentile in any age, any country, anytime, anywhere, was ever required to
keep the Law of Moses, unless he became a member of the covenant and submitted
to circumcision, thereby receiving the sign of membership in the covenant.
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