Christianity and the Ten Commandments.

Yes, i believe the whole Bible is the word of God. However, following the Ten Commandments for Christians is not about the cold religion of the Pharisees - it is about doing it in the framework of love for our Lord and savoiur. Once you truly love him, it becomes easier to follow the commandments - besides the majority of them will help us stop being selfish and consider other people (and God) first rather than just the "me, myself and I" attitude that comes from not following the commandments. Failure to follow even one of them will land us in hell - yes, but not only that - Jesus modified it a bit and said even thinking about it in our hearts, without outwrad actions is sin. Obviously noone can meet this standard but thank God we can go to him in repentance each day and he will forgive us, the more we do this in earnest, the less we transgress and the more like Jesus we becaome each day. The main trick is to know when you have sinned (dont ignore your consience!!) and pray to God for forgiveness and strentgh to overcome similar situations in future!! Try it, it works. Be Blessed!!

Yes, everyone is obliged to follow the 10 commandments, but If you read through them the 4th 'til the 10th commandment is more of common sense and being sensitive to others. There are 2 types of sins 1. Mortal Sins 2. Venial Sins Mortal sins are sins that break our relationship with God while venial sins are lighter or "forgivable" sins. Mortal sins are grave sins that would cause God to punish us and send us to hell Breaking one of the 10 commandments that is considered to be grave, is a Mortal Sin.

28 One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, "Of all the commandments, which is the most important?" 29 "The most important one," answered Jesus, "is this: 'Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. 30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.' 31 The second is this: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no commandment greater than these." 32 "Well said, teacher," the man replied. "You are right in saying that God is one and there is no other but him. 33 To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices."

Everyone refers to the Torah as the "Old Testament" as if it were useless and outdated. Interesting...that is until they want to "Prove" something with a mistranslated quote of course. So few christians realize that when the christ said to follow the commandments, he was not referring to the "10 commandments", but to the 613 Mitzvot in the Torah. He was a Jew remember. Jews follow ALL of the Mitzvot, not just the 10 that christians follow. If you follow these, you will not need to worry too much about the 10. You will not need to sin as much. Your path is well marked for you by HaShem. I wish all Jews were able to follow them closely...as I wish I was...It is a difficult road. We are not perfect enough and there is much temptation in the world to distract us. The more folks who try however, the less temptation there will be out there and the easier it will be for all. Shalom~Adoniah

Christians should be striving to follow the Ten Commandments. Jesus quoted them, explained them further, lived by them & taught them... so therefore, if Christ did this, then Christians (Christ-followers) should follow him. Should Christians break even one of the Ten Commandments, they will reap the rewards outlined in Galatians 6:7 ("...as a man sows, so shall he reap..."), or as the Old Testament says "an eye for an eye & a tooth for a tooth" or the Buddhist law of karma, etc, etc (it's all the same thing). A merciful, loving God does not send a man to a so-called permanent Hell just for stealing a loaf of bread to feed his starving family. What kind of God is that? People I meet everyday in the street have a better sense of "fair" than that! I don't think Christians need to worry about not entering Eternal Life. The Ten Commandments of Moses, the Five Precepts of Buddhism or any of the other codes of other religion were given for one reason & one reason only. The Master gives them to their disciples to protect or safeguard the inner progress the disciples or "baptized" followers make from their diligent practice in their meditation practice, as instructed. The breaking of even one detail of these will greatly impair one's progress for a long time. Jesus outline many of these subtleties in his ministry, like a refinement of "thou shalt not kill" went as far as "he who hates his brother is a murderer" (1 John 3:15). For today's Christian to break a Commandment, the consequences will be no greater than if a non-Christian were to break that same Commandment, in the same way, to the same extent.

Jesus says "If you love me keep my commandments". Christian should obey the ten commandments out of love for God not because it is some kind of obligation. Most Christians are confused and some are just so afraid that they might end up in hell that they are oblige to do the commandment. It is hard to keep the commandments of God because when you violate one you also violate the other. It's like a murderer is no different from those who covet adultery. We need love to keep the commandments of God.

Hi Gordano, Jesus Christ summed us the law including the ten commandments in just two statements. He also gave us the golden rule and if we live that there is no need for the ten commandments. Blessings.

organized Christians most obviously do not fully accept the ten commandments if they did they would keep the one that tells them to remember the sabbath (SATURDAY) to keep it holy No where in scripture are we told we "man""has Gods PERMISSION TO CHANGE IT TO SUNDAY I challenge anyone to show me where we are given that permission !One day we will have to answer for this !! I am a Christ follower but do not follow organized religion who I feel would ban Christ himself if he were here today!Also do not give me any of the not under the law but now under grace rot God does not change his mind to suit us his creation

Hi Gordano, Ten Commandments was ammended by Jesus Christ during His time, as we can read in Hebrews 7:12 "For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law." As a matter of fact, you can read it in Matthew 5:33-43 how He changed. So we're not anymore under ten commandments for it is a law of Moses, and we could not be justified by that law, let us read in Act 13:39 "And by Him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses" As a Christian we are indeed obliged to follow God's law, because that is the whole duty of man, in Eccl 12:13 it says "Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep His commandments: for this is the whole duty of man"