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**AMAZING TREASURES IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION**
Posted : 31 Oct, 2016 08:28 AM
**AMAZING TREASURES IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION**
Revelation 1:1-3: The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must take place. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John, who testifies to everything he saw--that is the **WORD OF GOD** and the testimony of Jesus Christ. Blessed is the one who reads the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it!!
Revelation 1:4,5: Grace and peace to you from Him who is, and who was, and who is to come and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful Witness... To Him who loves us and has freed us from our sins **BY HIS BLOOD**!!
Revelation 1:19: Jesus said to John, "Write therefore what you have seen, what is **NOW**{Revelation chapters 2 & 3} and what will **TAKE PLACE LATER** {The rest of Revelation}
Revelation 2:9,11,17: Jesus says, "I know your afflictions, and your poverty--yet **YOU ARE RICH**...Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you the **CROWN OF LIFE**...To him who overcomes...I will also give him a white stone with a **NEW NAME** written on it known only to him who receives it!!"
Revelation 3:12: Jesus says, "Him who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of My God. I will write on him the name of My God and the name of the city of My God, the New Jerusalem, which is coming down out of heaven from My God, and I will write on him My new name!!"
Revelation 3:19-21: Jesus says, "Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent. Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him and he with Me! To him who overcomes, I will give the right to **SIT WITH ME** on My throne, just as overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.
NOTE: Jesus Christ our Savior is called the **LAMB** 30 times in the book of Revelation.
Revelation 5:6,9: Then I saw a **LAMB**, looking as if it had been slain, standing in the center of the throne...You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals because You were slain , and **WITH YOUR BLOOD** You purchased men for God from every tribe and language and people and nation!!{See Rev 7:9}
NOTE: 666 is called the **BEAST** 36 or 6X6 times in the book of Revelation.
Revelation 13:5-10: The beast will exercise his authority for 42 [30-day} months {Or 1260 days}.... He will be given power to make war against the saints and to conquer them. And he will be given authority over *EVERY** tribe, people, language an nation. All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast--all whose name have not been written in the Book of Life belonging to the **LAMB** who was slain!! he who has an ear let him hear: If anyone is to go into captivity, into captivity he will go. If anyone is to be killed with the sword he will be killed. This calls for patient endurance and faithfulness on the part of the saints. {See Matthew 24:9-13}
Revelation 12:11: They overcame him by the **BLOOD OF THE LAMB** and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death!!
Revelation 6:9-11: I saw under the altar the souls of these who had been slain because of the Word of God and the testimony they had maintained. They called out in a loud voice, "How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until You judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?" Then each of them was give a **WHITE ROBE** , and they were told to wait a little longer, until the number of their fellow servants and brothers who were to be killed as they had been was completed!!
It is interesting to note that the **MARTYRS** and the 24 elders are the only saints mentioned as awake and speaking in heaven during the Great Tribulation in Revelation!
Revelation 7:9;13-15: I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language,{See Matt 24:14} standing before the throne and in front of the **LAMB**. They were wearing **WHITE ROBES**... Then one of the elders asked me, "These in **WHITE ROBES** who are they, and where did they come from? I answered, Sir, you know." And he said, "These are they {Martyrs} who have come out of the Great Tribulation, they have washed their robes and made them white in the **BLOOD OF THE LAMB**! Therefore, they are before the throne of God and serve him night and day and night in His temple, and He who sits on the throne will spread His tent over them!
Revelation 14:14-16: I looked, and there before me was a white cloud and sitting on the cloud was One like a Son of Man with a crown of gold on His head and a sharp sickle in His hand. Then another angel came out of the temple and called in a loud voice to Him who was sitting on the cloud, "Take your sickle and reap, because the time has come. for the harvest of the earth is ripe." So He who sitting on the cloud swung his sickle on the earth, and the earth was harvested. {See Matt 24:29-31 & I Thess 4:16,17}
NOTE: There will be 2 Comings of Jesus on the same Last Day. The first Coming will be **FOR HIS SAINTS** and the 2nd Coming **WITH HIS SAINTS** right after the Marriage Feast of the **LAMB**!!
Revelation 19:6-8,11,13,14,19,20: Hallelujah! For the Lord God Almighty reigns. Let us rejoice and be glad and give Him glory! For the wedding of the **LAMB** has come and His bride has made herself ready. Fine linen, bright and clean was given her to wear.... I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose Rider is called Faithful and True...He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood and His name is the Word of God. The armies of heaven were following Him riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen white and clean (See Rev 19:8 above}... Then I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies gathered together to make war against the rider on the horse and His army. But the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who had performed the miraculous signs on his behalf. With these signs he had deluded those who received the mark of the beast and worshiped his image. {See Rev 13:11-17} The two of them were thrown **ALIVE** into the fiery lake of burning sulfur. Rev 20:10: And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet had been thrown. They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever.{Just like all their followers as per Rev 14:9-11}
Revelation 17:14: They will make war against the **LAMB**, but the **LAMB** will overcome them because He is Lord of lords and King of kings, and with Him will be His **CALLED**, **CHOSEN** and **FAITHFUL** followers!!
WE ARE ALL WAITING FOR THE NEW EARTH, THE NEW HEAVENS AND THE **HEAVENLY** NEW JERUSALEM!!
Revelation 21:1-5: Then I saw a **NEW HEAVEN** and a **NEW EARTH**, for the first heaven and first earth had **PASSED AWAY**, and there was **NO LONGER ANY SEA**.{See 2 Peter 3:10-13] I saw the Holy City, the **NEW JERUSALEM**, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Now the dwelling of God is with men, and He will live with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them and be their God. He will wipe every tear from their eyes, There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away." He who was seated on the throne said, "I am making **EVERYTHING NEW**!" Then He said, "Write this down, for these words are TRUSTWORTHY and TRUE!"
Revelation 22:1-6: Then the angel showed me the river of the Water of Life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and the **LAMB**{Jesus} down the middle of the great street of the City.{See Rev 21:9-27!} On each side of the river stood the Tree of Life, bearing 12 crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month... The throne of God and of the *LAMB** will be in the City,{There will be only **TWO THRONES** in the New Jerusalem!} and his servants will serve Him. They will see His face and His name will be on their foreheads. There will be **NO MORE NIGHT**!! They will no need the light of the lamp or the light of the sun, {**AND NO MORE SUN** for the Lord God will give them light. And they will reign for ever and ever. The angel said to me, �These words are TRUSTWORTHY and TRUE!!�
Revelation 22:16,18,19: "I, Jesus, have sent My angel to give you this testimony for the churches.... I warn everyone who hears the words of the Prophecy of this Book. If anyone **ADDS**{Like the Roman Catholic Church} anything to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this Book. {{Which includes eternal hell} And if anyone **TAKES WORDS AWAY** from this Book of Prophecy, God will take away from him his share in the Tree of Life and in the Holy City {The New Jerusalem}which are described in this Book!!"
** Saul (Paul) [a lessor apostle] was, actually, an interloper who was run out of Antioch by the Christian community for preaching heresy in contradiction to the teachings of Jesus Christ.
**BUT WHAT DOES GOD'S WORD SAY??**
John 15:16: Jesus said to His Apostles, "You did not choose Me. but **I CHOSE YOU**and appointed you to go and bear fruit--fruit that will last!!"
Ephesians 4:7,11-13: But to each one of us grace has been given as **CHRIST APPORTIONED IT **... It is **HE** {Not other Apostles or Bishops}who gives some to be **APOSTLES**, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists. and some to be pastors and teachers!!
Acts 9:5,6,11,15: As he {Saul or Paul} neared Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. He fell to the ground and heard a Voice say to him, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?" "Who are you, Lord," Saul asked. ""I am Jesus whom you are persecuting." He replied. "Now get up and go into the city , and you will be told what you must do!"...The Lord called to him in a vision, "Ananias!" "Yes Lord," he replied. The lord said to him, "Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying... The Lord said to Ananaias, Go! This man is **MY CHOSEN INSTRUMENT** to carry My name before the Gentiles and their kings and before the people of Israel!"
I Timothy 1:1: Paul, an **APOSTLE** of Christ Jesus **BY THE COMMAND** of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope!
And so Paul chosen By Jesus and not Matthias chosen by men by LOT became the 12th Apostle. And after the Apostle James was put to death in Acts 12:2 we see that Paul and Barnabas were called **APOSTLES** in Acts 14:1,4,14. And so Barnabas mentioned 34 times in God's Word and who was the constant companion of Paul replaced James as the 12th and **LAST APOSTLE**!! Acts 13:2-5: While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for me **BARNABAS AND SAUL** for the work to which I have called them."''' The two of them, sent on their way by the Holy Spirit, went down to Selucia and sailed from there to Cyprus. When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the Word of God... John (The **APOSTLE**} was with them as their helper!!
Acts 14:1-4,14: At Iconium **PAUL AND BARNABAS** went as usual into the Jewish synagogue There they spoke so effectively that a great number of Jews and Gentiles believed.... So **PAUL AND BARNABAS** spent considerable time there speaking boldly for the Lord, who confirmed the **MESSAGE OF GRACE** by enabling them to do miraculous signs and wonders. The people of the city were divided, some sided with the Jews, others with the **APOSTLES**..The crowd wanted to offer sacrifices to them. But when the **APOSTLES** **PAUL AND BARNABAS** heard of this...
Romans 1:1: Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an **APOSTLE** and set apart for the Gospel of God!!
Acts 15:1-11: Some men {Like ADAM7777} came down from Judea to Antioch and were teaching the brothers: "Unless you are circumcised, according to the custom taught by Moses, you cannot be saved." This brought **PAUL** and Barnabas into sharp dispute and debate with them. So **PAUL** and Barnabas were appointed, along with some other believers to go up to Jerusalem to see the **APOSTLES** and elders about this question the church sent them on their way, and as they traveled through Phoenicia and Samaria, they told how the Gentiles had been converted. This news made **ALL THE BROTHERS** very glad. When they came to Jerusalem, they were **WELCOMED BY THE CHURCH AND THE **APOSTLES*** AND ELDERS**, to whom they reported everything God had done through them. Then some of the believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees {Like ADAM7777} stood up and said, "The Gentiles must be circumcised and required to obey the law of Moses. The brother and elders met to consider this question. After much discussion, Peter got up and addressed them. "Brothers you know that some time ago God made a choice among you that the Gentiles might hear from my lips the message of the Gospel and believe. God, who knows the heart showed that the accepted them by giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as He did to us. he made no distinction between us and them, for He purified their hearts by **FAITH**. Now then, why do you try to test God by putting on the necks of the disciples a yoke that we nor our fathers have been able to bear? No! We believe it is through the **GRACE** of our Lord Jesus that we are saved as they are!"
Acts 15:12,13,27: The whole assembly became silent as they listened to Barnabas and **PAUL** telling about the miraculous signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them..... Then the **APOSTLES AND ELDERS AND THE WHOLE CHURCH**, decided to choose some of their own men and send them to ***ANTIOCH*** with **PAUL**and Barnabas!
And the **APOSTLE** Peter was inspired by God to write: 2 Peter 3:15,16: Bear in mind that our Lord's patience means salvation, just as **OUR DEAR BROTHER PAUL** also wrote with the **WISDOM THAT GOD GAVE HIM**. He writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which **IGNORANT AND UNSTABLE PEOPLE**{Like ADAM7777} distort, as they do other Scriptures to their own destruction!!{NIV}
**ARE WE ONLY REDEEEMED AND OUR SINS FORGIVEN BY THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OF CHRIST??**
Galatians 2:18-21: I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me! The life I live in the body, I live by **FAITH** in the Son of God, who loved me and **GAVE HIMSELF FOR ME**!! I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing!!
Hebrews 9:22; 26-28: The law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood **THERE IS NO FORGIVENESS**.... But now He has appeared **ONCE FOR ALL** at the end of the ages to do away with sin **BY THE SACRIFICE OF HIMSELF**!! Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, and Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people, and He will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for Him!!
Hebrews 10:8-10: First He said, "Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not desire, nor were You pleased with them," although the law required them to be made. Then He said, "Here I am, I have come to do Your will." He sets aside the first **TO ESTABLISH THE SECOND**. And by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ **ONCE FOR ALL**
Romans 3:21-25: But now a righteousness from God, **APART FROM THE LAW**, has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. This righteousness from God comes **THROUGH FAITH** in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by **HIS GRACE** through the **REDEMPTION** that came by Christ Jesus. God presented Him as a **SACRIFICE OF ATONEMENT**, **THROUGH FAITH IN HIS BLOOD**!!
Romans 4:6-8: David says the same thing when he speaks of the righteousness of the man whom God credits righteousness **APART FROM WORKS**. "Blessed are they whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man whom sin the Lord **WILL NEVER COUNT AGAINST HIM**!"{David was inspired to write this in Psalm 32:1,2}
Isaiah 1:18: "Come now, let us reason together," says the Lord. "Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow!!"
Colossians 1:15-20: He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by Him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities, all things were created by Him and for Him. He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. And He is the **HEAD OF HIS BODY, THE CHURCH**; He is the beginning and the firstborn from the
dead, so that is **EVERYTHING HE MIGHT HAVE THE SUPREMACY**. For God was pleased to have all His fullness dwell in Him, and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether things **ON EARTH** or things in heaven, by making peace **THROUGH HIS BLOOD**, shed on the cross!!
Colossians 2:13-15: When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you **ALIVE WITH CHRIST**. He forgave us **ALL OUR SINS**, having canceled the written code, with its regulation, that was against us and that stood opposed to us, He took it away, **NAILNG IT TO THE CROSS**!!.
Ephesians 1:3-8; 11: Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with **EVERY** spiritual blessing in Christ. For He chose us in Him before the creation of the world to be holy and **BLAMELESS** in His sight. In love He predestined us to be adopted as His sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with His pleasure and will--to the praise of His **GLORIOUS GRACE**, which He has freely given us in the One He loves. In Him we have **REDEMPTION THROUGH HIS BLOOD**, **THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS**, in accordance the riches of God's grace that He lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding!!
I Peter 1:18,19: For you know that was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were **REDEEMED** from the empty way of life handed down to you by your forefathers, but with the **PRECIOUS BLOOD OF CHRIST**, Lamb without blemish or defect!!
I Peter 2:24,25: He Himself **BORE OUR SINS** in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness, by **HIS WOUNDS** we are healed{See Isaiah 53:5,6}!! For you were like sheep going astray, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls!!
I Peter 3:18 For Christ **DIED FOR SINS ONCE FOR ALL**, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God!!
I John 2:1,2: My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have One who speaks to the Father in our defense--Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. He is the **ATONING SACRIFICE FOR OUR SINS**, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world!!
I John 4:10-12: This is **LOVE**, not that we loved God, but that He **LOVED** us and sent His Son as an **ATONING SACRIFICE** for our sins. Dear friends, since God so **LOVED** us, we also ought to **LOVE** one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we **LOVE** one another, God **LIVES IN US** and His **LOVE** is made complete in us.
Revelation 1:4,5: Grace and peace to you from Him who is, and who was, and who is to come and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful Witness... To Him who loves us and has freed us from our sins **BY HIS BLOOD**!!
NOTE: Jesus Christ our Savior is called the **LAMB** 30 times in the book of Revelation.
Revelation 5:6,9: Then I saw a **LAMB**, looking as if it had been slain, standing in the center of the throne...You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals because You were slain , and **WITH YOUR BLOOD** You purchased men for God from every tribe and language and people and nation!!
Revelation 12:11: They overcame him by the **BLOOD OF THE LAMB** and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death!!
Revelation 7:14: These are they who have come out of the Great Tribulation, they have was their robes and made them white in the **BLOOD OF THE LAMB**!!
Isaiah 53:5,6: But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His wounds we are healed! We all, like sheep, have gone astray , each of us has turned to his own way, and **THE LORD HAS LAID ON HIM THE INIQUITY OF US ALL**!!
Romans 5:6-10: You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless. Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates His love for us in this: While we were still sinners Christ died for us. Since we are now justified **BY HIS BLOOD**, how much more will we be saved from God's wrath through Him! When we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to Him **THROUGH THE DEATH OF HIS SON**!!
Isaiah 53:5,6: But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His wounds we are healed! We all, like sheep, have gone astray , each of us has turned to his own way, and **THE LORD HAS LAID ON HIM THE INIQUITY OF US ALL**!!
Romans 5:6-10: You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless. Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates His love for us in this: While we were still sinners Christ died for us. Since we are now justified **BY HIS BLOOD**, how much more will we be saved from God's wrath through Him! When we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to Him **THROUGH THE DEATH OF HIS SON**!!
Hebrews 2:9: But we see Jesus who was made a little lower than the angels, now crowned with glory an honor because He suffered death, so that by the **GRACE OF GOD** **HE MIGHT TASTE DEATH FOR EVERYONE**!!
Prop: No where did Jesus say He came to do away with any Laws of Moses.
1 John 2:3-5 King James Version (KJV)
ADAM7777 then quotes 1 John 2:3-5 to prove that we should obey all the{613}commandments of Moses. However, I John 2:3-5 states that we should obey all the commandments of Jesus and has nothing to do with the commandments of Moses!!
I John 2:1-5: Jesus Christ the Righteous One. He is the **ATONING SACRIFICE FOR OUR SINS**..We know that we have come to know Him **IF** we obey **HIS COMMANDS**! The man who says,"I know Him," but does not do what **HE COMMANDS** is a liar, and the truth is not in Him. But if anyone **OBEYS HIS WORD**, God's love is truly made complete in Him. This is how we know we are in Him!!
John 12:48: Jesus says, "There is a Judge for the one who **DOES NOT ACCEPT MY WORDS**, that very word which I spoke will condemn him at the Last Day!
Luke 21:5,6: Some of His disciples were remarking about how the temple was adorned with beautiful stones and with gifts dedicated to God. But Jesus said {In AD 33}, "As for what you see here, the time will come when not one stone will be left on another , every one of them will be thrown down!" {Which took place in AD 70 within this generation as per Luke 21:32}
According to the Laws of Moses only Levites from the tribe of Levi could be priests. In the NT every believer Jew or gentile are priests. About 400 of the 613 commandments of Moses had to do with Temple worship and temple sacrifices and temple embellishments which were all eliminated in AD 70 and all the thousands of animal sacrifices for the atonement for sins when Jesus became the **ATONING SACRIFICE FOR SINS** in April AD 33.
In the OT God ordered Israel to kill their enemies many times and God helped them do it. However in the NT Jesus commands, "Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you. If someone strikes you on one cheek, turn to him the other also." Luke 6:27-29
Leviticus 26:7,8: God said to Israel, "You will pursue your enemies, and they will fall by the SWORD before you. Five of you will chase a hundred, and a hundred of you will chase ten thousand, and your enemies will fall by the SWORD before you!" Numbers 25:16,17" The Lord said to Moses, "Treat the Midianites as enemies and kill them!" etc etc
HOWEVER IN THE NEW COVENANT, JESUS SAYS, "ALL WHO DRAW THE SWORD WILL DIE BY THE SWORD!"
Jesus said to His 11 Apostles, "If you don't have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one. For it is written: "And He was numbered with the transgressors"{Isaiah 53:12} and I tell you that this must be fulfilled in Me. Yes, what is written about Me is reaching its fulfillment." The disciples said, "See Lord, here are 2 {Not 11}swords." "That is enough." Jesus replied.
Matthew 26:30-34: They seized Jesus and arrested Him. With that, one of Jesus' companions reached for his sword, drew it out and struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his ear. "Put your sword back in its place," Jesus said to him, "For *ALL* who draw the sword will die by the sword...But how then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that say it must happen in this way?"
And so the only reason that Jesus allowed the disciples to have 2 swords was so that the Scripture in Isaiah 53:12 would be fulfilled: "He was numbered among the transgressors."
Jesus said to Pilate, "My Kingdom is not of this world. If it were, My servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jews. But **NOW** My Kingdom is from another place!"
Former OT commands in Exodus 21:23-25 "If there is serious injury, you are to take life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise."
This was changed by these NT commands by Jesus:
Matthew 5:38,39: Jesus commands, "You have heard that it was said {In Exodus 21:23-25 above}, 'Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.' But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek turn to him the other also!"
Luke 6:27-29: Jesus commands, "LOVE YOUR ENEMIES, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. If someone strikes you on one cheek, turn to him the other also. If someone takes your cloak, do not stop him from taking your tunic. Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you. do not demand it back!"
Anyone who claims that Jesus did not change OT laws is completely blind. All of the ridiculous OT sabbath laws have been eliminated. All of the OT sacrificial and temple laws have been eliminated by the eternal sacrifice for sins by Jesus. All of the stoning to death laws {See John 8:3-11} for breaking the law have been eliminated. All of the laws concerning killing your enemies, and eye for an eye and making oaths {See Matthew 5:33-37} have been eliminated. All Circumcision laws have been eliminated. And Jesus declared that all foods are now *CLEAN*!!
Mark 7:18,19: Jesus says, "Are you so dull?" He asked. "Don't you see that nothing that enters a man from the outside can make him 'unclean'? For it doesn't go into his heart but into his stomach, and then out of his body." In saying this. Jesus declared **ALL FOODS CLEAN**! What comes out of a man is what makes him **UNCLEAN**. For from within, out of men's hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, slander, arrogance and folly. All these evils come from inside and make a man **UNCLEAN**!"
Matthew 5:17,18: Jesus says, "Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have not come to abolish them but to **FULFILL** them! I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of the pen will by any means disappear from the Law **UNTIL** everything is **ACCOMPLISHED!"
Jesus **FULFILLED** over 300 OT prophecies and there are still some end-time prophecies to be **FULFILLED**
Matthew 1:21;22: "She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins!! All this took place to **FULFILL** what the Lord had said through the prophet. {in Micah 5:2} "The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a Son, and they will call Him Immanuel"--which means, "God with us!"
Luke 18:31,32: Jesus took the Twelve aside and told them, "We are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written by the prophets about the Son of man will be **FULFILLED**!! He will be handed over to the Gentiles. They will mock Him, insult Him, spit on Him, flog Him and kill Him. On the third day He will rise again!!"
Luke 24:44-48: Jesus said, "This is what I told you while I was still with you: **EVERYTHING MUST BE FULFILLED** that is written about in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms!" Then He opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures. He told them, This is what is written: the Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, and repentance and forgiveness will be preached to **ALL NATIONS**, beginning at Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things . I am going to send you what My Father has **PROMISED**; but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high!"
Romans 13:8-10: Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for he who loves his fellow man **HAS FULFILLED THE LAW**. The commandments, "Do not commit adultery," Do not murder." "Do not steal," "Do not covet," **AND WHATEVER OTHER COMMANDMENT THERE MAY BE**, are summed up in this one rule: "Love your neighbor as yourself." Love does no harm to it neighbor. Therefore **LOVE IS THE **FULFILLMENT** OF THE LAW**!!"
Galatians 6:2: Carry each other's burdens, and in this way you will **FULFILL THE LAW OF CHRIST**!!
Ephesians 1:7-10: In Him we have **REDEMPTION THROUGH HIS BLOOD, THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS**, in accordance with the riches of God's grace that He lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding. And He made known to us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Christ, to be put into effect when the times have reached **THEIR FULFILLMENT**--to bring all things in heaven and on earth together under one Head, even Christ!!
Daniel 9:24; "Seventy 'sevens' are decreed for your holy people and your holy city to finish transgression, to put an end to sin, to **ATONE FOR WICKEDNESS**, to bring in **EVERLASTING RIGHTEOUSNESS**, to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the Most Holy"!!
Revelation 21:1-5: Then I saw a **NEW HEAVEN** and a **NEW EARTH**{Thus **FULFILLING ** Isaiah 66:22), for the first heaven and first earth had **PASSED AWAY**, and there was **NO LONGER ANY SEA**. I saw the Holy City, the **NEW JERUSALEM**, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Now the dwelling of God is with men, and He will live with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them and be their God. He will wipe every tear from their eyes, There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away." He who was seated on the throne said, "I am making **EVERYTHING NEW**!" Then He said, "Write this down, for these words are TRUSTWORTHY and TRUE!"
Revelation 22:1-6: Then the angel showed me the river of the Water of Life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and the **LAMB**{Jesus} down the middle of the great street of the City.{See Rev 21:9-27!} On each side of the river stood the Tree of Life, bearing 12 crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month... The throne of God and of the *LAMB** will be in the City,{There will be only **TWO THRONES** in the New Jerusalem!} and his servants will serve Him. They will see His face and His name will be on their foreheads. There will be **NO MORE NIGHT**!! They will no need the light of the lamp or the light of the sun, {**AND NO MORE SUN**} for the Lord God will give them light. And they will reign for ever and ever. The angel said to me, �These words are TRUSTWORTHY and TRUE!!�
Thus **FULFILLING THE PROPHECIES** in Daniel 7:25-27 and Daniel 12:1-7 and Daniel 9:24!!
Hebrews 7:18: The former regulation is set aside because it was weak and useless for the law made nothing perfect, and a **BETTER HOPE** is introduced, by which we draw near to God!
Hebrews 8:7,8: For if there had been nothing wrong with the first covenant, no place would have been sought for another. But God found fault with the people and said, "The time is coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a **NEW COVENANT**!!"
**HE**LOVED** US AND SENT HIS SON AS AN ATONING SACRIFICE FOR OUR SINS**!!
I John 4:7-12: Dear friends, let us **LOVE** one another, for **LOVE** comes from God. Everyones who **LOVES** has been **BORN OF GOD**. Whoever does not **LOVE**, does not know God, because **GOD IS LOVE**. This is how God showed **HIS LOVE** among us. He sent His one and only Son into the world that we might **LOVE THROUGH HIM**! This is **LOVE**: not that we **LOVED ** God, but that He **LOVED** us and sent His Son as an **ATONING SACRIFICE FOR OUR SINS** Dear friends, since God so **LOVED** us, we ought to **LOVE** one another. No one has ever seen God, but if we **LOVE** one another, **GOD LIVES IN US AND HIS **LOVE** IS MADE COMPLETE IN US**!!
Romans 13:8-10: Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for he who **LOVES** his fellow man **HAS FULFILLED THE LAW**. The commandments, "Do not commit adultery," Do not murder." "Do not steal," "Do not covet," **AND WHATEVER OTHER COMMANDMENT THERE MAY BE**, are summed up in this one rule: "Love your neighbor as yourself." Love does no harm to it neighbor. Therefore **LOVE IS THE **FULFILLMENT** OF THE LAW**!!"
I Corinthians 6:9-11: Do not be deceived: Neither the **SEXUALLY IMMORAL nor **IDOLATERS** nor ADULTERERS** nor **MALE PROSTITUTES** nor **HOMOSEXUAL OFFENDERS** nor **THIEVES**,nor the **GREEDY** nor **DRUNKERDS* nor **SLANDERERS** will inherit the Kingdom of God. And that is what some of you were, But you were **WASHED** you were **SANCTIFIED**, you were **JUSTIFIED** in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God!
Mark 7:20-22: Jesus says, "What comes out of a man is what makes him unclean. For from within, out of men's hearts, come **EVIL THOUGHTS**, **SEXUAL **IMMORALITY**, **THEFT**, ** MURDER**, ** ADULTERY**, **GREED**, **MALICE**, **DECEIT **, **ENVY**, **SLANDER**, **ARROGANCE** and **FOLLY**. All these evils come from inside and make a man **UNCLEAN**!"
I Timothy 4:1-4: The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving and things taught by demons. Such teachings com through **HYPOCRITICAL LIARS**, whose consciences have been seared with a hot iron. They **FORBID PEOPLE TO MARRY** and order them to **ABSTAIN FROM CERTAIN FOODS**, which God crested to be received with thanksgiving!
Matthew 5:22: Jesus says , "But I tell you that anyone who **ANGRY WITH HIS BROTHER** will be subject to judgment,. Again anyone who says to his brother 'Raca' is answerable to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says **YOU FOOL** will be in danger of the fire of hell"!
**AND THE NEW COVENANT IS A LOT TOUGHER THAN THE OLD COVENANT:
Matthew 5:27,28, 31,32: Jesus says, "you have heard that it was said {In Exodus 20:14}, But I tell you that anyone **WHO LOOKS AT A WOMAN LUSTFULLY** has already committed adultery with her in his heart!' .. "It has been said {in Exodus 20:13}, 'Anyone who divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.' But I tell you that anyone who **DIVORCES HIS WIFE**, except for marital unfaithfulness, causes her to become an **ADULTERESS**, and anyone who marries the divorced woman **COMMITS ADULTERY**!"
Matthew 6:2: Jesus says, " When you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the **HYPOCRITES** do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full"!
James 5:12: Above all, my brothers, do not swear-- not by heaven or by earth or by anything else. Let your "Yes" be yes, and your "No," no, or you will be **CONDEMNED**. {See Matthew 5:33-37!}
Matthew 6:14,15; 19-21; 31-34: Jesus says, "If you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if **YOU DO NOT FORGIVE MEN THEIR SINS**, your Father will not forgive your sins... Do not store up for yourselves **TREASURES ON EARTH** but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven. For where your treasure is there your heart will be also... **DO NOT WORRY**, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or "What shall we drink?' or "What shall we wear?" For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly father knows that you need them. But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness and all theses things will be given to you as well. Therefore, **DO NOT WORRY ABOUT TOMORROW**, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own!"
I John 2:15-17: Do not **LOVE THE WORLD** or **ANYTHING IN THE WORLD**. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For everything in the world--**THE CRAVINGS OF SINFUL MEN**, the **LUST OF HIS EYES**and the **BOASTING OF WHAT HE HAS OR DOES** comes not from the Father but from the world. The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever!!
Romans 12:9-21:Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil, cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves. Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Share with God's people who are in need. Practice hospitality. Bless those who persecute you bless and do not curse. Rejoice with those who rejoice., mourn with those who mourn. live in harmony with one another. Do not be **PROUD**. but be willing to associate with people in low position. Do not be **CONCEITED**. Do not repay anyone **EVIL FOR EVIL**. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of every body. If it is possible, so far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone. **DO NOT TAKE REVENGE**, my friends, but leave room for God's wrath, for it is written: "It is Mine to avenge, I will repay," says the Lord. On the contrary: If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head. Do not be overcome by evil, but **OVERCOME EVIL WITH GOOD**!
2 Peter 1:5-11: Make every effort to add to your **FAITH** {A Free Gift}, **GOODNESS**; and to goodness, **KNOWLEDGE**; and to knowledge , **SELF-CONTROL**; and to self-control, **PERSEVERANCE**; and to perseverance **GODLINESS**, and to godliness, **BROTHERLY KINDNESS**, and to brotherly kindness, **LOVE**. For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. Be all the more eager to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never fail, and you will receive a **RICH WELCOME** into the Eternal Kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ!
2 Corinthians 10:5: We take captive **EVERY THOUGHT** and make it obedient to Christ!!
Romans 13:14: Clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and **DO NOT THINK** about how to satisfy the desires of the sinful nature!
Matthew 22:37,38: Jesus says, "**LOVE** the Lord your God with **ALL YOUR HEART** and with **ALL YOUR SOUL** and with **ALL YOUR MIND**!! This is the first and **GREATEST** commandment!!"
John 13:34,35: Jesus says, "A **NEW COMMAND** I give you: Love one another. **AS I HAVE LOVED YOU**, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are My disciples. John 15:13,14: Jesus says, My command is this: Love each other **AS I HAVE LOVED YOU**. Greater love has no one than this: that he **LAY DOWN HIS LIFE** for his friends!!
Galatians 6:2: Carry each others burdens and in this way you will **FULFILL THE LAW OF CHRIST**!!
I Corinthians 9:21; I am under **CHRIST'S LAW**!!
2 Corinthians 5:9,10: We make it **OUR GOAL TO PLEASE HIM** for we must all appear before the Judgment Seat of Christ that each one may receive what is due him for the things done in the body, whether good or bad!
THE FATHER LOVES HIS FAITHFUL SAINTS JUST AS MUCH AS HE LOVES JESUS!!
John 17:23: Jesus says to His Father, "You sent Me and have **LOVED THEM** even as you **LOVED** Me!!"
JESUS LOVES HIS FAITHFUL SAINTS JUST AS MUCH AS THE FATHER LOVES HIM!!
John 15:9,10: "Jesus says, "As the Father **LOVED** Me, so I have **LOVED** you!! Now remain in My **LOVE**. **IF** you obey My commands, you will remain in My **LOVE**, just as I have obeyed my Father's commands and remain in His **LOVE**!"
John 14:21,23: Jesus says, "Whoever has My commands and obeys them, he is the one who **LOVES** Me! He who **LOVES** Me will be **LOVED** by My Father, and I will **LOVE** him....If anyone **LOVES** Me, he will obey My teaching. My Father will **LOVE** him, and we will come to him and make Our home with him!!"
WHAT'S **LOVE** GOT TO DO WITH IT??
I Peter 1:22: "Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere **LOVE** for your brothers, **LOVE** one another deeply, from the heart. For you have been born again... through the living and enduring Word of God!
I Corinthians 13:2,4-8: If I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not **LOVE** I am nothing...**LOVE** is patient, **LOVE** is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. **LOVE** does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. **LOVE** never fails!!"
Ephesians 4:15: "Speaking the Truth in **LOVE**, we will in all things grow up into Him who is the Head, that is, Christ! From Him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in **LOVE**, as each part does its work."
Ephesians 3:17-19: "I pray that you, being rooted and established in **LOVE** may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the **LOVE** of Christ, and to know this **LOVE** that surpasses knowledge--that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God!!"
Titus 3:3,4: At one time we too were foolish, disobedient, deceived and enslaved by all kinds of passions and pleasures. We lived in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another. But when the kindness and **LOVE** of God our Savior appeared , he saved us, **NOT BECAUSE OF RIGHTEOUS THINGS WE HAD DONE**, but because of **HIS MERCY**!!
Ephesians 1:5-8: In **LOVE** He predestined us to be adopted as His sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with His pleasure and will--to the praise of His **GLORIOUS GRACE**, which He has freely given us in the One He loves. In Him we have **REDEMPTION THROUGH HIS BLOOD**, the **FORGIVENESS OF SINS**, in accordance with the riches of God's grace that He lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding!
Ephesians 2:4-10: Because of His great **LOVE** for us, God,, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions--it is **BY GRACE** you have been saved! And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with Him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, in order that in the coming ages He might show the incomparable riches of His grace, expressed in His kindness to us in Christ Jesus. For it is **BY GRACE** you have been saved, through faith-- and this **NOT FROM YOURSELVES**, it is the **GIFT** of God--**NOT BY WORKS**, so that no one can boast. For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do!!
If we really **LOVE** our brothers and sister in Christ we will lovingly teach them to obey all the approximately 400 commands of the NT with **LOVE** in the hope of countless eternal rewards when Jesus comes with great power with all His angels.
Matthew 16:27: Jesus says, For the Son of Man is going to come in His **FATHER'S GLORY WITH HIS ANGELS**, and **THEN** He will reward each person according to what he has done."
John 6:37,39,44,65: Jesus says, "**ALL** that the Father gives Me **WILL** come to Me, and whoever comes to Me I will **NEVER** drive away... And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that I shall **LOSE NONE** of all that He has given Me, but raise them up at the Last Day.... No one can come to Me **UNLESS** the Father who sent Me **DRAWS HIM**, and I will raise him up at the Last Day!!... No one can come to Me **UNLESS** the Father has **ENABLED THEM**!!"
Romans 8:29-33,35,38,39: For those God foreknew He also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of His Son...And those He **PREDESTINED**, He also called; those He **CALLED**, He also justified; those He **JUSTIFIED** He also **GLORIFIED**. What shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare His Son but gave Him up for us all--how will He not also give us all things? Who will bring any charge against those **WHOM GOD HAS CHOSEN**? It is God who justifies. Who is he who condemns... Who shall separate us from the **LOVE** of Christ?... For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels or demons, neither the present or the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the **LOVE** of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord!!
**ALL THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS HANG ON THESE THREE COMMANDMENTS**
In the Old Testament Covenant with Israel God made 613 commandments. Included are the first 10 commandments in Exodus 20:3-18:
1} You shall have no other gods before Me.
2} You should not make idols of anything and you shall not worship or bow down to any idol but only to the Lord your God.
3} You shall not use any of the names of the Lord your God in vain.
4} You shall not do any work on the Sabbath or 7th day of the week
5} You shall not murder..
6} You shall not steal.
7} Honor your father and mother.
8} You shall not commit adultery.
9} You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
10} You shall not covet anything that belongs to your neighbor.
It is interesting to note that when asked which were the Greatest Commandments Jesus quoted 2 other Commandments of God in Deuteronomy 6:5 and Leviticus 19:18:
Matthew 22:36-40: Jesus says, "**LOVE** the Lord your God with **ALL YOUR HEART** and **WITH ALL YOUR SOUL** and **WITH ALLYOUR MIND**! {Deut 6:5){Which fulfills the first 3 commandments} This is the **FIRST** and **GREATEST** Commandment. And the **SECOND** is like it: **LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF**! {Lev 19:18}. All the Law and the Prophets hang on these **TWO COMMANDMENTS**.
And Jesus then gave us the **THIRD** Greatest Comandment in John 13:34,35 and John 15:12,13: Jesus says, "A **NEW COMMAND** I give you. Love one another. **AS I HAVE LOVED YOU, SO YOU MUST LOVE ONE ANOTHER**! By this all men will know that you are my disciples!!... My command is this: **LOVE EACH OTHER AS I HAVE LOVED YOU**! Greater love has no one than this; that **HE LAYS DOWN HIS LIFE** for his friends!!
Romans 13:8-10: Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt **TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER**, for he who loves his fellow man has **FULFILLED THE LAW**! The commandments "Do not commit adultery," "Do not murder," "Do not steal," "Do not covet," and **WHATEVER OTHER COMMANDMENT THERE MAY BE**; are summed up in this one rule **LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF**. Love does no harm to its neighbor. Therefore **LOVE IS THE FULFILLMENT OF THE LAW**!!!
In the Old Testament Covenant with Israel God made 613 commandments. Included are the first 10 commandments in Exodus 20:3-18:
1} You shall have no other gods before Me.
2} You should not make idols of anything and you shall not worship or bow down to any idol but only to the Lord your God.
3} You shall not use any of the names of the Lord your God in vain.
4} You shall not do any work on the Sabbath or 7th day of the week
5} You shall not murder..
6} You shall not steal.
7} Honor your father and mother.
8} You shall not commit adultery.
9} You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
10} You shall not covet anything that belongs to your neighbor.
It is interesting to note that when asked which were the Greatest Commandments Jesus quoted 2 other Commandments of God in Deuteronomy 6:5 and Leviticus 19:18:
Matthew 22:36-40: Jesus says, "**LOVE** the Lord your God with **ALL YOUR HEART** and **WITH ALL YOUR SOUL** and **WITH ALLYOUR MIND**! {Deut 6:5) This is the **FIRST** and **GREATEST** Commandment. And the **SECOND** is like it: **LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF**! {Lev 19:18}. All the Law and the Prophets hang on these **TWO COMMANDMENTS**.
And Jesus then gave us the **THIRD** Greatest Commandment in John 13:34,35 and John 15:12,13: Jesus says, "A **NEW COMMAND** I give you. Love one another. **AS I HAVE LOVED YOU, SO YOU MUST LOVE ONE ANOTHER**! By this all men will know that you are my disciples!!... My command is this: **LOVE EACH OTHER AS I HAVE LOVED YOU**! Greater love has no one than this; that **HE LAYS DOWN HIS LIFE** for his friends!!
Romans 13:8-10: Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt **TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER**, for he who loves his fellow man has **FULFILLED THE LAW**! The commandments "Do not commit adultery," "Do not murder," "Do not steal," "Do not covet," and **WHATEVER OTHER COMMANDMENT THERE MAY BE**; are summed up in this one rule **LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF**. **LOVE** does no harm to its neighbor. Therefore **LOVE IS THE FULFILLMENT OF THE LAW**!!!
I John 4:10-12: This is **LOVE**, not that we loved God, but that He **LOVED** us and sent His Son as an **ATONING SACRIFICE** for our sins. Dear friends, since God so **LOVED** us, we also ought to **LOVE** one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we **LOVE** one another, God **LIVES IN US** and His **LOVE** is made complete in us.
Galatians 6:2: Carry each other's burdens, and in this way you will **FULFILL THE LAW OF CHRIST**!!
Jesus repeated 9 of the first 10 commandments many times but he toughened up the adultery and murder commandments and completely changed the many strict Sabbath laws which allowed no work at all on the Sabbath or lighting a fire on the Sabbath.
Galatians 6:2: Carry each other's burdens, and in this way you will **FULFILL THE LAW OF CHRIST**!!
Jesus repeated 9 of the first 10 commandments many times but he toughened up the adultery and murder commandments and completely changed the many strict Sabbath laws which allowed no work at all on the Sabbath or lighting a fire on the Sabbath. The **LAW OF CHRIST** includes about 400 NT commands to be done in **LOVE** with the hope of countless eternal rewards for faithful and loving service.
Quote from ADAM7777:: No where did Jesus say He came to do away with any Laws of Moses. 1 John 2:3-5 King James Version (KJV)
ADAM7777 then quotes 1 John 2:3-5 to prove that we should obey all the 613 commandments of Moses. However, I John 2:3-5 states that we should obey all the commandments of Jesus and has nothing to do with the commandments of Moses!!
I John 2:1-5: Jesus Christ the Righteous One. He is the **ATONING SACRIFICE FOR OUR SINS**..We know that we have come to know Him **IF** we obey **HIS COMMANDS**! The man who says, "I know Him," but does not do what **HE COMMANDS** is a liar, and the truth is not in Him. But if anyone **OBEYS HIS WORD**, God's love is truly made complete in Him. This is how we know we are in Him!!
John 12:48: Jesus says, "There is a Judge for the one who **DOES NOT ACCEPT MY WORDS**, that very word which I spoke will condemn him at the Last Day!
Luke 21:5,6: Some of His disciples were remarking about how the temple was adorned with beautiful stones and with gifts dedicated to God. But Jesus said {In AD 33}, "As for what you see here, the time will come when not one stone will be left on another , every one of them will be thrown down!" {Which took place in AD 70 within this generation as per Luke 21:32}
According to the Laws of Moses only Levites from the tribe of Levi could be priests. In the NT every believer Jew or gentile are priests. About 400 of the 613 commandments of Moses had to do with Temple worship and temple sacrifices and temple embellishments which were all eliminated in AD 70 and all the thousands of animal sacrifices for the atonement for sins when Jesus became the **ATONING SACRIFICE FOR SINS** in April AD 33.
Colossians 2:16,17: Therefore do not let anyone judge you be what you **EAT** or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration, or a **SABBATH DAY**. These are just a **SHADOW** of the things that were to com; the reality, however is found **IN CHRIST**!!!
**ALL THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS HANG ON THESE THREE COMMANDMENTS**!!
In the Old Testament Covenant with Israel God made 613 commandments. Included are the first 10 commandments in Exodus 20:3-18:
1} You shall have no other gods before Me.
2} You should not make idols of anything and you shall not worship or bow down to any idol but only to the Lord your God.
3} You shall not use any of the names of the Lord your God in vain.
4} You shall not do any work but you must rest on the Sabbath or 7th day of the week.
5} You shall not murder.
6} You shall not steal.
7} Honor your father and mother.
8} You shall not commit adultery.
9} You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
10} You shall not covet anything that belongs to your neighbor.
It is interesting to note that when asked which were the **GREATEST** Jesus quoted 2 other Commandments of God in Deuteronomy 6:5 and Leviticus 19:18:
Matthew 22:36-40: Jesus says, "**LOVE** the Lord your God with **ALL YOUR HEART** and **WITH ALL YOUR SOUL** and **WITH ALL YOUR MIND**! {Deut 6:5){Which fulfills the first 3 commandments above}is the **FIRST** and **GREATEST** Commandment. And the **SECOND** is like it: **LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF**! {Lev 19:18}. All the Law and the Prophets hang on these **TWO COMMANDMENTS**.
Romans 13:8-10: Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt **TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER**, for he who **LOVES** his fellow man has **FULFILLED THE LAW**! The commandments "Do not commit adultery," "Do not murder," "Do not steal," "Do not covet," and **WHATEVER OTHER COMMANDMENT THERE MAY BE**; are summed up in this one rule **LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF**. **LOVE** does no harm to its neighbor. Therefore **LOVE IS THE FULFILLMENT OF THE LAW**!!!
Mark:23,24,27: One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and as His disciples walked along they began **TO PICK SOME HEADS OF GRAIN**. The Pharisees said to Him, "Look, why are they doing what is **UNLAWFUL** on the Sabbath?"... Jesus answered, The Sabbath was **MADE FOR MAN** not man for the Sabbath. So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath."
Matthew 12:11,12: Jesus says, If any of you has a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath; will you not take hold of it and lift it out?... Therefore it is **LAWFUL TO DO GOOD ON THE SABBATH**!!
Luke 13:15: Jesus said, "You hypocrites! Doesn't each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or donkey from the stall and lead it out to give it water!"
John 5:8-10: Jesus said to him "Get up! **PICK UP YOUR MAT** and walk!"... The Jews said to the man, "It is the Sabbath and the law forbids you to carry you mat!"
Exodus 35:2,3: Whoever does **ANY WORK** on the Sabbath must be **PUT TO DEATH**. Do not light a fire on the Sabbath Day!!
And so the Lord of the Sabbath changed the Sabbath Law by saying it is ok to do **GOOD WORKS** on the Sabbath!!
I was a missionary in Israel and it is quite comical how the Orthodox Jews try to keep the OT Sabbath laws. One OT law states that you should not light a fire during the Sabbath and anyone who lights a fire on the Sabbath shall be put to death as per Exodus 35:2,3. This would of course mean that any Eskimo who lights a fire to keep from freezing to death must be put to death. Israel has very mild temperatures, about the same as Southern Georgia!
Since car motors have pistons that continually light fires the Orthodox Jews will not drive their cars on the Sabbath but the 7th Day Adventists drive cars to their churches on the Sabbath so according to OT Sabbath laws all SDA members should be put to death. A Sabbath days walk is only about 2/3rd's of a mile so you must not walk or travel over 2/3rd's of a mile on the Sabbath.{Acts 1:12}
Now in Israel most utilities burn coal which of course lights a huge fire so the Orthodox Jews turn on their lights and heaters a few minutes before the Sabbath begins??? But of course all the Jews and SDA's who do this are increasing the amount of coal utilities burn thus increasing the fires set during the Sabbath.
The last time the NT saints kept the Sabbath was the day before The resurrection of Jesus as per Luke 23:55,56. The NT saints worshipped and witnessed every day and so every day is the Lord's Day especially TODAY.
Acts 2:44-46: All the believers were together and had everything in common. Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need. ***EVERY DAY*** they continued to meet in the temple courts.
Hebrews 3:13: Encourage one another ***DAILY***, as long as it is called **TODAY**, so that none of you may be hardened by sin's deceitfulness.
Colossians 2:16,17: Therefore *DO NOT LET ANYONE JUDGE YOU* by what you **EAT** or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration **OR A SABBATH DAY**!! These are a **SHADOW** of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found **IN CHRIST**!!!
"PRAY CONTINUALLY; GIVE THANKS IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES, FOR THIS IS GOD'S WILL FOR YOU IN CHRIST JESUS!!" {I Thess 5:17,18}
Matthew 6:5-11 Jesus commands, �When you PRAY, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues {churches} and on the street corners to be seen by men...But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and PRAY to your FATHER, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret will reward you..This, then, is how you should pray: �Our Father in heaven hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread.� and Luke 11:4 adds, Forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us.�
Matthew 26:41: Jesus says, �Watch and pray that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing but the body is weak.�
I Timothy 5:5: The widow who is really in need and left all alone puts her hope in God and continues night and day to pray and ask God for HELP!
I Thessalonians 5:17,18: Pray CONTINUALLY; give thanks in ALL circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.
James 5:13-16: Is any one of you in trouble? He should pray. Is anyone happy? Let him sing songs of praise Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven. Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.
Philemon 1:6: I pray that you may be active in sharing your faith.
Acts 6:4: We will give our attention to prayer and the ministry of the Word!
Matthew 5:44: Jesus commands, �Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.�
Acts 21:5: All the dsciples and their wives and children accompanied us out of the city and their on the beach we *KNELT to pray.
Luke 22:41: Jesus *KNELT down and prayed.
Acts 9:40: Peter sent them all out of the room; then he got down on his *KNEES and prayed.
I Thessalonians 3:10: Night and day we pray most earnestly that we may supply what is lacking in your faith.
Ephesians 3-19: I pray that out of his glorious riches He may stenghten you with power through His Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know that love which surpasses knowledge�that you may be filled to the measure of the fullness of God!
2 Thessalonians 1:11,12: We constantly pray for you, that our God may count you worthy of His calling, and that by His power He may fulfill every good purpose of yours and every act prompted by your faith. We pray this that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in Him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
John 17:15-17: Jesus prayed, �My prayer is not to take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. Sanctify them by the Truth Your Word is Truth!�
I Peter 3:12: The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and His ears are attentive to their prayer.
Colossians 4:12: He is always wrestling in prayer for you, that you may stand firm in all the will of God, mature and fully assured.
Philippians 4:6: Do not be anxious about anything, but in everthing, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving present your requests to God.
I John 5:17 This is the confidence we have in approaching God; that if we ask anything ACCORDING TO HIS WILL He hears us.
James 4:3: When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with the wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures!
Romans 8:26,27: The Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express. And He who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with GOD'S WILL!
Matthew 18:10-14: Jesus said, �Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood up and prayed about himself: 'God, I thank you that I am not like other men�robbers, evildoers, adulterers�or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.' �But the tax collector stood at a distance, He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, 'God, have mercy on me, a sinner.� �I tell you that this man rather than the other, went home justified before God. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted!�
, just as I have obeyed my Father's commands and remain in His **LOVE**!"