Do the 10 Commandments Still Apply To Us Today?

In the Hebrew Scriptures, the God of Israel commanded his people to observe the Sabbath (Exod. 20:8). Did the earliest followers of Jesus believe that this commandment remained binding on them? One way to approach this question is to observe how Jesus and his earliest followers lived with respect to the Sabbath.

The Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles contain numerous references to the Sabbath. This article examines these references to explore how Luke depicts the Sabbath practices of Jesus and his earliest followers. Through this examination, it becomes evident that from the beginning of Jesus’s ministry to the end of Acts, Luke consistently situates Jesus and his followers within Judaism by portraying them as Sabbath observant. Luke’s account underscores the importance of Sabbath observance in the lives of the earliest followers of Jesus, challenging the notion that they considered the Sabbath to be no longer binding

I would say yes they do apply. Jesus himself stated in the Bible that he did not come to remove anything from the law but he came to fulfill it. So we look at the world today and ask ourselves did he do this. And we say yes! He did. How is another story. But the law stands and its not burdensome 10 simple rules. Holy means set apart. Do what you do. but one day honor me. Don’t cheat on your spouse that’s adultery. love people as they were you. love God with everything because your hope is that he is right. I mean does anyone want him to be wrong. So read his words and ask yourself. If you remove one word from the camandments he gave us. Where would his kingdom be. Incomplete. Why?

Your right, but your wrong to.maybe not wrong. Just incomplete. don’t get offended just get ready for a debate.

Fritzpw_Admin:

re: “We rest in the finished work of Christ. This is our Sabbath rest. The work is done. Jesus completed it, and now we rest in His completed work.”

I still don’t understand - rest from doing what?

It is a symbolic commemoration of the rest God has given us from the taskmaster of sin.

“Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and that the Lord your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. Therefore the Lord your God has commanded you to observe the Sabbath day.” Deuteronomy 5:15.

It is also symbolic of the rest God has given us from the task of preserving our own lives on a Day when there will be no Manna to gather and instead trusting God to provide for and sustain us on that Day with the Manna he has already provided. Jesus is the Manna that God has provided to sustain us. The person who has been obedient to gather that Manna before that Day will live. See Exodus 16.

Our rest is based on what Jesus accomplished for us through the cross. We no longer work towards winning His favor or salvation. He did it. It’s done.

In the book of Hebrews, the author is addressing the Jews. Many priests came to faith in Christ after the cross, but they struggled to maintain that faith and were being drawn back into the sacrificial system by other Jews. Paul is referencing the Exodus and how because of unbelief, Israel never entered the promised land and roamed 40 years in the desert. They didn’t enter God’s rest because of their unbelief. The author is advocating not to do that again. They never entered the rest God provided for them. Don’t do the same.

In other places in the Bible, Paul talks about it too. While he encourages us not to stop meeting together because we need each other, he also tells us not to be yoked to the law. Galatians 4 talks about this and Romans 14 talks about the intent and purpose behind observing the Sabbath. If we go to church or do certain things to earn our salvation, we’re in the wrong.

Amen!

Amen!

In the end, we will be able to rest in peace with our God!

Peter

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JudgeHardcastle,

re: “It is a symbolic commemoration of the rest God has given us from the taskmaster of sin.”

To what is “it” referring?

Bestill,

Our rest is based on what Jesus accomplished for us through the cross. We no longer work towards winning His favor or salvation. He did it. It’s done.

What are some of the works that you have stopped doing?

“When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, ‘It is finished,’ and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.” John 19:30

Jesus paid the price for all sin for all of us. We no longer have to follow the Law in the hopes of earning anything. Jesus took our place, and He overcame the world.

“Jesus answered them, “Do you now believe? Behold, the hour is coming, indeed it has come, when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me.

I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world, you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.” John16:31-33

We can rest in our Faith in Jesus, who has set us free from the law of sin and death. We do not have to work ourselves to death because we have a God who supplies.

“But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.” Matthew 6:33

Then, when we die, we can rest assured that it is a far better place to which we go than this from which we leave.

Peter

PeterC,
re: “Our rest is based on what Jesus accomplished for us through the cross.”

What are you resting from doing that you used to do?

re: “Jesus paid the price for all sin for all of us.”

Exactly what is the price that the Messiah paid that would otherwise have to be paid by us?

That is a simple enough answer

“For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,” Romans 3:23

“Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death"spread to all men because all sinned—” Romans 5:12

“For the wages of sin are death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 6:23

I guess that leads us back to your first question.

I thought I answered that already, but to reiterate, we can rest from the world, sin, and death, working ourselves to death just to pay bills and do it again, and we can trust that no matter what is going on around us, our Father is with us always and we need have no fear.

Peter

PeterC,
I asked, “Exactly what is the price that the Messiah paid that would otherwise have to be paid by us?”

You replied:
“That is a simple enough answer”

Apparently it isn’t, since your comments didn’t answer it.

I also asked: “What are you resting from doing that you used to do?”

You replied: “I thought I answered that already, but to reiterate, we can rest from the world, sin, and death, working ourselves to death just to pay bills…”

So, are you saying that you are resting by stopping working to pay bills? If so, how are you paying them now?

Right here.

Isa 53:1 Who hath believed our report? And to whom is the Zero’a Hashem [Yeshayah 52:10] revealed?
Isa 53:2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a Shoresh (Root, Shoresh Yishai, Moshiach, Yeshayah 11:10, Sanhedrin93b) out of a dry ground; he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire [Chaggai 2:7] him.
Isa 53:3 He is despised and chadal ishim (rejected by men); a man of sorrows, and acquainted with suffering; and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
Isa 53:4 Surely he hath borne our sufferings, and nasah (carried [Vayikra 16:22; Yeshayah 53:12)] our sorrows; yet we did esteem him stricken, [i.e., like a leper is stricken] smitten of G-d, and afflicted [see verse 8 below].
Isa 53:5 But he was pierced [Yeshayah 51:9; Zecharyah 12:10 Sukkah 52a, Tehillim 22:17 Targum Hashivim] for our transgressions, he was bruised mei’avonoteinu (for our iniquities); the musar (chastisement) (that brought us shalom [Yeshayah 54:10] was upon him [Moshiach]; and at the cost of his (Moshiach’s) chaburah (stripes, lacerations) we are healed.
Isa 53:6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own derech (way; see Prov 16:25); and Hashem hath laid on him [Moshiach] the avon (iniquity, the guilt that separates from G-d) of us all.
Isa 53:7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; he is brought as a seh (lamb; see Shemot 12:3) to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
Isa 53:8 He was taken from prison and from judgment; and who of his generation declared? For he was cut off [ Dan_9:26 ; Lev_17:10 ] out of Eretz Chayyim [this refers to the mot of Moshiach Ben Dovid, see Isa_53:12 ] mipesha ami (for the transgression of my people [Yisroel]) -nega (plague cf Psa_91:10 ) lamo ([fell] on him [i.e., Moshiach; in light of Psa_11:7 and Job_22:2 we are warranted in saying the suffix is a singular, “him,” not “them”. Cf Gen_9:26-27 ; Deu_33:2 ; Isa_44:15 ; also compare 1Ch_21:17 ]).
Isa 53:9 And he made his kever (grave) with the resha’im, and with the oisher (rich man; see Mt 27:57-60) bemotayv (in his deaths, intensive plural should be translated singular, death); because he had done no chamas (violence), neither was any mirmah (deceit) in his mouth. T.N. We stray as sheep; we return in Moshiach as children (zera); the Techiyas HaMoshiach (Resurrection of Moshiach) predicted in v. 10 [Dead Sea Scrolls Isaiah Scroll says Moshiach “will see the light [of life];” see also the Targum HaShivim]
Isa 53:10 Yet it pleased Hashem to bruise him; He hath put him to suffering; when Thou shalt make his nefesh an asham offering for sin, he (Moshiach) shall see zera [see Psalm 16 and Yn 1:12 OJBC], He shall prolong his yamim (days) and the chefetz Hashem (pleasure, will of Hashem) shall prosper in his [Moshiach’s] hand.
Isa 53:11 He [Hashem] shall see of the travail of his [Moshiach’s] nefesh, and shall be satisfied; by knowledge of him [Moshiach] shall Tzadik Avdi [“My Righteous Servant,” Moshiach, Zecharyah 3:8, Yirmeyah 23:5; Zecharyah 6:11-12, Ezra 3:8 Yehoshua, Yeshua shmo] justify many (Ro 5:1); for he [Moshiach] shall bear their avon (iniquities).
Isa 53:12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his nefesh unto mavet (death); and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he nasah (Lv 16:22, carried) (like the Yom Kippur scapegoat) the sin of many, and made intercession [did the work of a mafgi’a, intercessor] for the transgressors [see Lk 23:34 OJBC].
OJB.

Therefore the price the Messiah paid was our death penalty, our guilt, our condemnation, our exclusion from God’s life, fully borne in His body at the cross, so that forgiveness, justification, reconciliation, and life could be granted without violating God’s justice, because the debt was not dismissed, it was paid in full by the crucified Christ ~John 19:30, “It is finished.”

J.

I love the way you avoided Scripture altogether. Almost like you cannot read it. Or receive it. It also almost seems like you are just arguing for argument’s sake. In that case, sorry, I can’t help you. Please be cautious, the Word declares this.

“A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion.” Proverbs 18:2

Also this.

“Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself.” Proverbs 26:4

Please do not be a fool. If you are legitimately seeking answers, then welcome. There are many here that can help. If you are just trolling, then there is no point.

Peter

Of course they apply, is an elephant heavy? Just because Jesus died on the cross for our sins doesnt mean we dont have to follow Gods rules. Just because my sins are paid for doesnt mean i can keep sinning.