Parables Are For The Still Ignorant, Huh?

[Eventide]

Eat any rare or medium steaks lately? If you have, then you have violated a commandment that is repeated in the New Testament.

Does the Holy Spirit of God convict you that eating a rare piece of meat is breaking His commandment to love one another..?

Personally, I think the second option above is much more reasonable. With human laws, nobody can invalidate a law except the one who made it or someone with higher authority than the one who made it. In the US, city councils cannot change state laws, but the US congress can. That's because city councils have less authority than the state legislature, but the US congress has more authority. Who has more authority than God? Nobody I know of. That's why I think it is logical to assume that, unless God has changed them Himself, then His words stand as they were originally spoken, since nobody else has the authority to change them. Therefore, all of the Ten Commandments are still valid, unless you can show some place in the New Testament where it is clearly stated that one of them has been done away with.

I agree, not one jot or tittle will pass away from the law... and this is WHO Paul tells us that the Law is for..

Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine; According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.

 

[Eventide]

Where does it do that? Can you provide a Scripture reference that actually warns against obeying God's commandments?

And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses; Blotting 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; And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.

Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.

 

[Theofilus]

Does the Holy Spirit of God convict you that eating a rare piece of meat is breaking His commandment to love one another..?

The Bible tells me that it's wrong, in both the Old and New Testaments. I don't need to be convicted that something is wrong, when God as already clearly declared it wrong in His Word. Perhaps you live your life based on feelings (wheather you feel convicted or not), but I have learned that feelings are not a very firm foundation on which to build. I perfer building my life on God's Word

I agree, not one jot or tittle will pass away from the law... and this is WHO Paul tells us that the Law is for..

Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners

You know, I always find it kinda funny when people quote this verse to try to justify not keeping the law. If you try applying that line of thinking to any other laws, you will see how utterly ridiculous it is. For example:

The traffic laws are only for those who don't drive. Once you have your drivers license, you don't have to obey the traffic laws any more.

Or how about this:

The laws of the United States are for foreigners, to show them how bad they are and that they don't deserve to be citizens of the greatest country on earth. Once the US government has graciously given them citizenship, though, they don't have to obey the laws of the land any more.

Do you really not see how ridiculous that is? God's laws are for God's people. Claiming that God gave His laws to everyone but His people, and that God's childrend are free from obeying them, is complete nonsense.

 

[Theofilus]

And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses; Blotting 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; And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.

Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.

Have you ever heard of something called context? Probably not, since it is completely lacking from your quote above. I'm not going to waste too much more time on you, since you have obviously made up your mind and don't want to be confused by the facts, but here are a couple of things for you to think about, if you ever change your mind.

If a man commits a crime and then the governor pardens him, he is a free man and the "ordinances", or the law of the land, is no longer against him. But is he free to go out and commit more crimes, or is he free to go out and live his life according to the "ordinances" (law) of the land?

This chapter mentions the "rudiments of the world". The Colosians were Gentiles (i.e. former Pagans). They had never previously lived according to God's laws, but by the Pagan laws of their former religion. Paul is admonishing them for going back to the "rudiments". The "touch not, taste not" that they were going back to wasn't the law of God, but the Pagan regulations they had previously been under. They were now under God's law, and they were not to let their Pagan friends judge them for being different and not following the same Pagan customs as the rest of the society in which they lived.

 

[Alabaster]

1 John 2:18-26 NLT

Warning about Antichrists


18 Dear children, the last hour is here. You have heard that the Antichrist is coming, and already many such antichrists have appeared. From this we know that the last hour has come. 19 These people left our churches, but they never really belonged with us; otherwise they would have stayed with us. When they left, it proved that they did not belong with us. 20 But you are not like that, for the Holy One has given you his Spirit, and all of you know the truth. 21 So I am writing to you not because you don’t know the truth but because you know the difference between truth and lies. 22 And who is a liar? Anyone who says that Jesus is not the Christ. Anyone who denies the Father and the Son is an antichrist. 23 Anyone who denies the Son doesn’t have the Father, either. But anyone who acknowledges the Son has the Father also.
24 So you must remain faithful to what you have been taught from the beginning. If you do, you will remain in fellowship with the Son and with the Father. 25 And in this fellowship we enjoy the eternal life he promised us.
26 I am writing these things to warn you about those who want to lead you astray. 27 But you have received the Holy Spirit, and he lives within you, so you don’t need anyone to teach you what is true. For the Spirit teaches you everything you need to know, and what he teaches is true—it is not a lie. So just as he has taught you, remain in fellowship with Christ.

 

[Alabaster]

1 Corinthians 2:16 NLT
For, “Who can know the Lord’s thoughts?
Who knows enough to teach him?”
But we understand these things, for we have the mind of Christ.


2 Corinthians 3:14 NLT
But the people’s minds were hardened, and to this day whenever the old covenant is being read, the same veil covers their minds so they cannot understand the truth. And this veil can be removed only by believing in Christ.

2 Corinthians 4:4 NLT
Satan, who is the god of this world, has blinded the minds of those who don’t believe. They are unable to see the glorious light of the Good News. They don’t understand this message about the glory of Christ, who is the exact likeness of God.