Based on what authority?
I have a question about observing God’s commands in light of New Testament scriptures
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Based on what authority?
The "new" covenant is new with regard to what?
God's Truth
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Answer my question and stop merely saying whatever comes to your mind.
Tell me WHAT the ceremonial/purification works were and what they meant.
You said you studied the Torah, go and study and answer so you can prove you have studied and know the truth.
God's Truth
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It is everything that Jesus taught while he walked the earth.
God's Truth
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You have no understanding.
What about the scriptures that say the ceremonial/purification WORKS OF THE LAW WERE A TEACHING TOOL AND SHADOW?
Why don't you humble yourself and listen?
theophilus
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The old Covenant...made at Sinai. The Mosaic Covenant. The Law.
The new Covenant...made at Calvary. The Gospel. Grace.
And this I say that the law, which was four hundred and thirty years later, cannot annul the covenant that was confirmed before by God in Christ that it should make the promise of no effect.(Galatians 3:17)
What covenant was Paul referring to that preceded the Law of Moses by 430 years?
theophilus
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Gen. 12:1-3
So do you mean to say that today all Christians should observe Sabbath?
You underestimated God's power of predicting things before hand.
In effect, all mankind is observing God's Sabbath as in human calendars both Sat and Sun are holidays generally speaking. It is so because God wants humans to take a rest after a week's work, just like He did.
In a nutshell, God won't arbitrarily ask you to observe something. It's for a good purpose that He asks you to observe the Law. You may fail to speculate His intentions though.
Correct, however Jesus' disciples were governed by the Mosaic covenant which came after the Abrahamic covenant. Being guided by a covenant made with an uncircumcised Gentile was a new concept to them. Totally new.
Do you believe Christ created all things?
Observing the Sabbath is for a purpose. I already post that in another post.
It seems that you miss the point. It's not my point of view. I repeat here what Paul says in his episodes.
What's that to do with my post?
Do you believe that God won't arbitrarily ask you to observe a law?
I'll pass. Are you defending his view?
I think you are asking a Christian question in regard to the old covenant, not a Jewish question to be answered from Torah teaching. Do you disagree?
I already know what the New Testament scriptures say. I deny none of them.
It's simple, Christ created the Sabbath for humans.
Everyone has a conscience. Which verse are you speaking of? The new covenant was spoken of in Jeremiah 31:31-34 NASB. It doesn't say that the new covenant is about a conscience and a moral code.
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