1 John 2:3-4 is not talking about the 613 commandments found in the Torah, but the two commandments that summarize the law: Love God, and love your neighbour. We can be sure of this because John goes on to say in 1 John 2:10, 'He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.'
There you go again not reading what you are quoting from again. Here you are once more trying to also argue that loving God and neighbor is separate from obedience to those laws that teach us how to love God and neighbor. As posted earlier and proven through the scriptures, no one loves neighbor by breaking any of Gods 10 commandments that show us how we are to love our neighbor. This is why Jesus says in Matthew 22:36-40 that on these two great commandments of love to God and neighbor hang all the law and the prophets. 1 John 2:3-4 is indeed talking about Gods 10 commandments because the context from John in 1 John 2:1 is "These things I write unto you that you sin not... Sin is defined by so there is no wiggle room in 1 John 3:4 as breaking Gods law. So sin is the transgression of the law according to the context of 1 John 2:3-4 which says 3, And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. 4, He that said, I know him, and keeps not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. These scriptures are a test to know if we know God or do not know God and if we believe and follow the truth or if we do not. Love is not separate from Gods law according to the scriptures, genuine faith that works by love is expressed in obeying Gods law (see Romans 3:31; 1 John 3:4-9).
When a lawyer asked Jesus [Luke 10:25] what he had to do to inherit eternal life, Jesus replied, What is written in the law? how readest thou?
And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself. And he answered unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.'
Think about your argument here. Who is telling Jesus what they must do to be saved? It is the Lawyer, that is a Scribe of Pharisee that is an expert in Torah (old testament scriptures) answering his own question. Jesus also says the same thing with a slight modification in Matthew 22:36-40 where He is asked the question " 36, Master, which is the great commandment in the law? 37, Jesus said to him, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. 38, This is the first and great commandment. 39, And the second is like to it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. 40,
On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. Note here how Jesus links love to obedience to Gods law when he says "On these two commandments of love to God and neighbor hang all the law and the prophets"? Jesus is quoting from the same scriptures the Lawyer was quoting from found in Deuteronomy 6:5 and Leviticus 19:18 that are simple summing up Gods 10 commandments they show us our duty of love to God and neighbor. According to the torah the 10 are love (see Deuteronomy 7:9; 11:1, 22; 19:9; 30:16; Joshua 22:5; Nehemiah 1:5; Danial 9:4; Romans 13:9-10; 1 John 5:2-3). Love is therefore not separate from Gods law as you teach. According to the scriptures love is expressed in obeying to those laws that are our duty of love to God and neighbor. For example the same question asked by the Lawyer in Luke 10:25 was asked by the rich young ruler in Matthew 19:16-19 16, And, behold, one came and said to him,
Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? 17, And he said to him, Why call you me good? there is none good but one, that is, God:
but if you will enter into life, keep the commandments. 18, He said to him, Which? Jesus said,
You shall do no murder, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness, 19,
Honor your father and your mother: and, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. Note how once again Jesus links love to neighbor with obedience to those commandments in the 10 that show us our duty of love to neighbor. "On these two great commandments of love to God and neighbor hang all the law and the prophets (Matthew 22:36-40).
Nowhere here, or anywhere else that l can see, does scripture say that our eternal life is compromised by not keeping the weekly sabbath. If you find it helpful to keep a Saturday as a rest day, fine for you. It is not, however, an obligation on the Church, as the body of Christ. Paul says in Romans 14:5: 'One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike, let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind'. I am fully persuaded in my own mind that it is not a sin to treat every day alike. I'm also happy for those who choose to keep a day of rest, but l'm not happy when l hear someone denounce and judge others for not keeping the sabbath. To pass such a judgement is clear evidence that the person is not walking in the spirit of grace!
Not true at all. Sin according to the scriptures is breaking anyone of Gods 10 commandments and not believing and obeying what Gods Word says (see 1 John 3:4; Romans 7:7; Romans 3:20; James 2:10-11) once God gives us a knowledge of the truth (Acts 17:30-31; James 4:17) of His Word and we choose to reject Gods Word in unbelief in order to follow sin (Hebrews 10:26-31). These are all God's Words not my words. I do not judge you. According to Jesus it is the very words of God we choose to accept or reject that will be our judge come judgement day in John 12:47-48. On that day according to Jesus, "Not every one that said to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven;
but he that does the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in your name? and in your name have cast out devils? and in your name done many wonderful works? And
then will I profess to them, I never knew you: depart from me, you that work iniquity. (Matthew 7:13-23). You close your eyes and ears in order to justify your sins because it is written in the Isaiah 6:9-10 9, Hear you indeed, but understand not; and see you indeed, but perceive not. Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed. Receive Gods correction through His Word and be blessed. Ignoring them does not make them disappear. I am not leaving you with any wiggle room dear friend. Do you want to show me where in Romans 14 that it is talking about Gods 10 commandments of Gods 4th commandment of the 10 commandments? You have to read your interpretation into the scripture because it does not say this anywhere in the Romans 14 or the entire bible. Romans 14 is talking about eating and not eating (fasting) on days that men esteem over other days and judging others in this regard. You do err not knowing scripture. It is time to unlearn the lies we have all been taught from Sunday school. God is calling those who have ears to hear and eyes to see back to His Word to worship Him in Spirit and in truth. God is a Spirit and those who worship Him must worship Him in Spirit and in truth (John 4:23-24)
Take Care.
