According to my blog statistics there are many people reading articles about the Ten Commandments. These articles are the second highest of all the articles read on this blog. Therefore in this article I will share with you what the spirit of GOD through Christ has revealed to me. Then it is up to GOD whether or not you will understand.
Scripture says “sin is the transgression
of the law.”1 John 3:4
Romans 6:23 “For the wages of sin is death.”
Now we must ask, what law is it that if we break it brings death ? The answer is the Ten Commandments. If you Break any one of the Ten Commandments you have broken them all.
James 2:10-11 “Whoever breaks one commandment is guilty of breaking them all. For the one who said do not commit adultery also said do not murder. Even if you do not commit adultery but do commit murder then you are a lawbreaker .”
Here James makes it plain that it is the Ten Commandments that produces death if we break them. What many fail to understand is that this death by breaking the Ten Commandments is everlasting, you cease to exist. The heaven hell idea is a pagan myth. In GODS eyes all sin is the same with no one sin greater than the other.
Until GOD sent Jesus to provide repentance, forgiveness, grace and faith and the hope of everlasting life in the kingdom of GOD, All unconverted people were separated from GOD because of their sins. There is a common belief by many that think they are Christians that they must keep the Ten Commandments but as I will show you the Ten Commandments were and are the old covenant that Jesus came to save us from.
The Ten Commandments were kept in the ark of the covenant and Moses called the Ten Commandments the tables of the covenant.
Exodus 32:15 “Moses turned and went down the mountain with the two tables of the covenant in his hands. They were written on both sides.”
Hebrews 9:4 “This ark contained the gold jar of mana, Aaron’s rod that budded and the stone tablets of the covenant.”
The Ten Commandments are the old covenant that GOD gave to humanity in order to imprison all in disobedience so that HE may show mercy to all.” Jew and Gentiles alike. Romans 11:32 Amplified Bible
No one can keep the Ten Commandments and if you say you are you are a liar.
1 John 1:10 If we say we have no sin (because we think we are keeping the Ten Commandments) then we make GOD a liar.” This is because GOD said,
“For all have sinned and have fallen short of the glory of GOD.” Romans 3:23
The only human being to ever fulfill the Ten Commandments was Jesus Christ and he fulfilled them with GODS love and Paul confirms this,
Romans 14:10 “Love does no harm to a neighbor therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.”
This love is GODS love that we humans do not have and is a gift from GOD by HIS Holy Spirit in us.
Romans 5:5 “And hope does not disappoint us because GOD has poured out HIS love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit HE has given to us.”
You see our trying to keep the Ten Commandments is our working in the law rather than GOD working in us by HIS love. This is why Jesus gave us two commandments in Matthew 23:37-40 that say;
“Jesus declared, love the LORD your GOD with all your heart, all your soul and all your mind and this is the first and greatest commandment and the second is like it; love your neighbor as yourself. All the law and the prophets hang on these two commandments.”
In Marks gospel Jesus adds this additional comment,
“There is no commandment greater than these.”
This means that the Ten Commandments are inferior to the two commandments Jesus gave. Without GODS love in us we remain sinners under the Ten Commandments that provided no mercy, forgiveness, grace, faith, repentance or hope of everlasting life. The Ten Commandments kill us, they do not give life.
2 Corinthians 3:6 “HE made us competent as ministers of a new covenant, not the letter, but the spirit; for the letter kills but the spirit gives life.”
Galatians 3:21 “Is the law against the promises of GOD ? Absolutely not ! For if a law had been given that could impart life then righteousness would have come by the law.”
Righteousness does not come by the law else Jesus died for nothing.
Galatians 2:21 “I do not set aside the grace of GOD, for if righteousness could be gained by the law then Christ died for nothing.”
So, I hope you may see that keeping the Ten Commandments can only produce death and are our works of righteousness that are filthy rags to GOD.
It must be by GODS love in us, by GOD working HIS love in us.
“ It isn’t worth anything to have a lot of knowledge, to speak in tongues, to have the gift of prophecy, or have absolute faith but if we don’t have GODS love then we are nothing.” 1 Corinthians 13:1-13
The greatest gift of all is love, GODS love, because HIS love is what enables us to live a righteous life, to overcome our sins and gives us the hope of immortality at the return of Jesus.
If you claim to be in Christ yet still try to keep the Ten Commandments……..
Galatians 5:4 “You who are trying to be justified by the Ten Commandments have been alienated from Christ, you have fallen from grace.”
You have hear it said many times we are under grace and not the law, well that law is the Ten Commandments. The Ten Commandments are not evil, people are. The law is holy, just and good but we don’t have what it takes to fulfill it which is the love of GOD.
Jesus took upon himself the death penalty for our breaking the Ten Commandments should we then continue trying to keep them or should we surrender ourselves to allow GOD to work in us with HIS love to fulfill them ? It is like our sitting in the electric chair ready to be executed when Jesus comes in to take our place then afterwards you sit back in the electric chair. That would be spiritually insane.
The Ten Commandments are not the new covenant that GOD made possible through Jesus. The Ten Commandments are the old and dead way while the new covenant is the new and living way.
There is much more I could write but I hope this is enough. If you have a question or comment use the comment section below.
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