IndigoChild5559
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agreedIMO, Jesus' sarcasm with "the Pharisees" is basically a "family argument".
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agreedIMO, Jesus' sarcasm with "the Pharisees" is basically a "family argument".
Yes. I find your rationale shallow and without regard for the facts we know, and narrow without rationale for being so.¡¡¡ underwhelming !!! Are you christian?
This is cheap religious entitlement.Jesus Christ is God made man, and his Law is the only true law of God. The precepts of Jesus Christ abolished the death penalty, slavery and sacrifices of the Old Testament.
The mercy and forgiveness is what God wants, and is the Law of the Gospel. You (many who call yourselves Jews), ye have not yet received the Gospel. So you do not know that the true commandments of God are what Jesus Christ teaches us in the Gospel.
Many, just like you, are wrong and misinterpret the Scriptures, because Jesus Christ taught his disciples to beware of the doctrine of the Pharisees (Matthew 16:11-12)
As for the word "do it", it is translated from the Greek word: "poihsate" (in some Greek texts) or "poieite" (in other Greek texts). And these words that have been translated as "do it" do not come in some Greek texts.Matthew 23:
1 Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples,
2 Saying The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat:
3 All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do
Dear friends, I have studied the writings of the prophets, and I found several quotes that make me think what happened to God's Law.
The writings of the prophets tell us that God's law was changed.
The prophets tell us that the scribes had changed the God's Law
The Mosaic covenant and law were given by God, but after the years and centuries, the prophets tell us that the scribes changed the law of God. So tell us the prophets:
"... My people know not the judgment of Yahweh. How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Certainly has changed into a lie the lying pen of the scribes" (Jeremiah 8: 7-9).
"Woe to those who give wicked laws and scribes who write tyrannical prescriptions to set aside the poor and violate the rights of the underdog of my people, to rob widows and orphans" (Isaiah 10.1 -2)
"And the land is defiled under its inhabitants, because they have transgressed the laws, changed the commandments, broken the everlasting covenant" (Isaiah 24: 5-6).
"He says, therefore, the Lord: Because this people draw near me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which have been taught" (Isaiah 29.13).
And Jesus Christ, remembering the words of the prophet Isaiah, also told the scribes and Pharisees who were teaching the commandments of men:
"Hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,
This people honors me with their lips;
But their heart is far from me.
But in vain they do worship me,
Teaching for doctrines commandments of men" (Matthew 15.7-9
Dear friends, this is what happened, what the prophets tell us: The God's law was changed by the scribes. The Old Testament's law is different to the commandments of Jesus Christ.
As for the word "do it", it is translated from the Greek word: "poihsate" (in some Greek texts) or "poieite" (in other Greek texts). And these words that have been translated as "do it" do not come in some Greek texts.
So, we are faced with a variant, because some Greek texts contain the word "do it", indicating that we do everything that the scribes and Pharisees say, but other texts do NOT contain that word, and therefore, those texts do NOT say that let us do everything the scribes and Pharisees say, but they only say to watch what they say. And that is very different.
The Greek texts that do not contain the word "do it" are the uncial manuscript F (Phi) or papyrus 043 and "pc" (a few). These texts would be expressed like this:
"In the chair of Moses sit the scribes and the Pharisees. So, whatever they tell you, watch over it ...". (Matthew 23.3).
This verse written like this is very different, and it coincides with what the Gospel tells us in the following verses:
"Hypocrites, well Isaiah prophesied of you, when he said: This people with their lips honors me; But, his heart is away from me. For in vain do they honor me, Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men. "(Matthew 15: 7-9
If the scribes and Pharisees taught the commandments of men as doctrines, how are we going to do everything that the scribes and Pharisees say?
The Gospel also tells us to beware of the doctrine of the Pharisees. This is how the Gospel tells us:
"Look, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees." (Matthew 16: 6)
Jesus' disciples thought that Jesus was talking about the bread that they had not brought, but Jesus tells them:
"How is it that ye do not perceive that I spake not to you concerning bread? But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees. Then understood they that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees." (Matthew 16: 11-12)
This teaching tells us that Jesus Christ told his disciples to beware of the doctrine of the Pharisees and Sadducees. And this is what the whole context of the Gospel teaches us. So the Gospel teaches us that we should not do everything the scribes and Pharisees tell us, but rather watch what they say.
God's law is immutable, because God gave His Law forever, but in the Scriptures it was changed into a lie by the lying pen of the scribes, as Jeremiah 8:7-8 tells us.GOD's Laws cannot be changed. if GOD sets a law, it is unchangeable........
God's law is immutable, because God gave His Law forever, but in the Scriptures it was changed into a lie by the lying pen of the scribes, as Jeremiah 8:7-8 tells us.
God can do whatever God wants to do because God is All-Powerful, so if God wants to change a Law, God can change a Law.GOD's Laws cannot be changed. if GOD sets a law, it is unchangeable.
God can do whatever God wants to do because God is All-Powerful, so if God wants to change a Law, God can change a Law.
Do you really think that the Laws in the Old Testament written 3500 years ago apply to today's world?
God has revealed new Laws which were written for the present age.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baha'i_laws
The world changes and as the world changes Laws have to change. God changes those Laws by sending a new Messenger who reveals a new religion with a new Book of Laws. The Laws that were revealed in the Old Testament that state the penalty for adultery and homosexuality is being put to death does not apply to today's world.What? They are not new laws, HIS Laws are the same, today, yesterday, and forever.
You need to understand what it means "laws". An example of Laws of GOD, is the Law of Gravity. Its not something that can be changed in a terrestrial earth. Then look at the ocean, there is the laws of that world, and even the air, there is the laws of the air. These are laws. GOD's Laws are not breakable. The only Law that was like the Law that must be broken, for procreation, is the Sacred Law of Eternal Life. Even the Law of Procreation was kept.
The law and the commandments that God gave to Moses are the commandments of the Gospel because Jesus Christ teaches us in the Gospel the law and the commandments that were really given by God to Moses.But the law in question has been badly misunderstood. It isn't the Laws of the Great Moses, they are the Laws of GOD, it is the Law that Father Adam and Mother Eve were held down by, the Law of Procreation stated in John 12:24
Those laws of adultery etc, was pointing to the fact that the people were supposed to be Holy, set apart unto HIM. They were supposed to be assimilating Revelations to the point that they subdued the mortal nature, drained the blood in the body, and were nearly immortals. But, Moses took everything literally, HE was not supposed to stone anyone. It means that people like that are not jews; they were not sent by GOD into the womb for them to be born, but they were sent from the Abyss. This is what it means: And I will bless the fruit of your womb: Simply meaning, the child you have will be a pure homind that GOD sent to that womb. So Moses was commanded to communicate them; not to teach them the things GOD is saying because they are not of GOD....The world changes and as the world changes Laws have to change. God changes those Laws by sending a new Messenger who reveals a new religion with a new Book of Laws. The Laws that were revealed in the Old Testament that state the penalty for adultery and homosexuality is being put to death does not apply to today's world.
In the following passage, the Law of God refers to the divinely revealed religion of God. The spiritual message (spiritual virtues and divine qualities) are the same in all the great world religions:
“the Law of God is divided into two parts. One is the fundamental basis which comprises all spiritual things—that is to say, it refers to the spiritual virtues and divine qualities; this does not change nor alter: it is the Holy of Holies, which is the essence of the Law of Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Christ, Muhammad, the Báb, and Bahá’u’lláh, and which lasts and is established in all the prophetic cycles. It will never be abrogated, for it is spiritual and not material truth; it is faith, knowledge, certitude, justice, piety, righteousness, trustworthiness, love of God, benevolence, purity, detachment, humility, meekness, patience and constancy. It shows mercy to the poor, defends the oppressed, gives to the wretched and uplifts the fallen......
These divine qualities, these eternal commandments, will never be abolished; nay, they will last and remain established for ever and ever. These virtues of humanity will be renewed in each of the different cycles; for at the end of every cycle the spiritual Law of God—that is to say, the human virtues—disappears, and only the form subsists.
The second part of the Religion of God, which refers to the material world, and which comprises fasting, prayer, forms of worship, marriage and divorce, the abolition of slavery, legal processes, transactions, indemnities for murder, violence, theft and injuries—this part of the Law of God, which refers to material things, is modified and altered in each prophetic cycle in accordance with the necessities of the times.”
Some Answered Questions, pp. 48
The law and the commandments that God gave to Moses are the commandments of the Gospel because Jesus Christ teaches us in the Gospel the law and the commandments that were really given by God to Moses.
There is no other law or other commandments
because God gave His Law forever. But in the Scriptures the God"s Law was changed into a lie by the lying pen of the scribes, as Jeremiah 8:7-8 tells us.
The law and the commandments that God gave to Moses are the commandments of the Gospel because Jesus Christ teaches us in the Gospel the law and the commandments that were really given by God to Moses.
There is no other law or other commandments
because God gave His Law forever. But in the Scriptures the God"s Law was changed into a lie by the lying pen of the scribes, as Jeremiah 8:7-8 tells us.
God's Word and his commandments will not pass away, because they were given forever. But God's Word and his commandments are what Jesus Christ teaches us in the Gospel, not everything that is written in the Old Testament. Everything that is written in the Old Testament that contradicts the merciful commandments of the Gospel is not the true Word of God or the true commandments of God.The X commandments and all that Moses said are the Word of GOD, and GOD's Word can never pass away.
What you just said also applies to the Word of God that was revealed after the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Anything that was written in the Gospel of Jesus Christ that contradicts the commandments of Baha'u'llah no longer applies.God's Word and his commandments will not pass away, because they were given forever. But God's Word and his commandments are what Jesus Christ teaches us in the Gospel, not everything that is written in the Old Testament. Everything that is written in the Old Testament that contradicts the merciful commandments of the Gospel is not the true Word of God or the true commandments of God.
God's law is immutable, because God gave His Law forever, but in the Scriptures it was changed into a lie by the lying pen of the scribes, as Jeremiah 8:7-8 tells us.
God's Word and his commandments will not pass away, because they were given forever. But God's Word and his commandments are what Jesus Christ teaches us in the Gospel, not everything that is written in the Old Testament. Everything that is written in the Old Testament that contradicts the merciful commandments of the Gospel is not the true Word of God or the true commandments of God.
Bahá'u'lláh's commandments are not those to be kept, but only the commandments of the Gospel that Jesus Christ commanded to keep, because Jesus Christ is God and his commandments are the true commandments of God.What you just said also applies to the Word of God that was revealed after the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Anything that was written in the Gospel of Jesus Christ that contradicts the commandments of Baha'u'llah no longer applies.
God's law is immutable, because God gave His Law forever, but in the Scriptures it was changed into a lie by the lying pen of the scribes, as Jeremiah 8:7-8 tells us.
Those who are misinformed are those who believe that the commandments that God had given to Moses and the people of Israel are all those that are written in the Old Testament.
It’s one thing to be uninformed/uneducated about something. It’s another to be, as you have been over the years, aggressively insistent that one wants to remain uninformed/uneducated about a matter.
Jesus Christ is not God and He never claimed to be God. Jesus was a Manifestation of God. Baha'u'llah was also a Manifestation of God so His commandments are true commandments of God. Since Baha'u'llah's commandments are the most current ones, they are the ones that apply to this new age. What Jesus commanded applied to a former age, or dispensation.Bahá'u'lláh's commandments are not those to be kept, but only the commandments of the Gospel that Jesus Christ commanded to keep, because Jesus Christ is God and his commandments are the true commandments of God.