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  • Does the law of Jesus do away with the 10 commandments?

    Does the law of Jesus do away with the 10 commandments?

    Does the law of Jesus do away with the 10 commandments? No.

    Does the law of Jesus do away with the 10 commandments? No

    Are the ten commandments in the new testament

    Paul says

    Ro 7 11 “For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me. 12 Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.”

    Jesus’ law is just a concentrate of the 10 commandments. It is simplified even more when it says:

    Ro 13 10 “Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.”

    Paul kept the Sabbath all his life. Jesus, to make it simple, said love God and love others. Then, to simplify it more, Jesus said love is the fulfilling of the law. It does not mean it does away with the ten commandments. It is just Jesus explaining the law in a simple way. Nobody is saved by keeping the law. God keeps the law through us, as our works are dirty rags. But the law is not done away with.

    Ac 17 2 “And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures”

    Paul kept the Sabbath, which is one of the ten commandments, all his life. Paul never said the law is done away with. Paul said we are not under the law, or under the condemnation of the law, as the price for sin has been paid by Jesus. We do not need to bring animal sacrifices anymore.

    Does the law of Jesus do away with the 10 commandments? No, as the law of Jesus is the same as the ten commandments. Jesus did not come to do away with the law. Jesus said not one jot from the law will pass until heaven pass. If Jesus kept the Sabbath all His life, as it says in Luke 4 16, then Jesus did not do away with the ten commandments, as Jesus is the One who gave the ten commandments to Moses.

    Paul says a man is bound by the 10 commandments as long as he lives

    Ro 7 1 “Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?”

    As long as we live, we will have the ten commandments. It never was done away. If God could have done away with the ten commandments, then Jesus would not have needed to die on the cross.

    Ro 3 20 “Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.”

    Sin is known by the ten commandments. Are there sinners today? Yes, then it means we are breaking the ten commandments. Sin is the breaking of the ten commandments.

    Was the Sabbath done away after Jesus died? No. The Sabbath is part of the ten commandments.

    Lk 23 54 “And that day was the preparation, and the Sabbath drew on. 55 And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid. 56 And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the Sabbath day according to the commandment.”

    The Sabbath was kept by the apostles after Jesus died. They did not start to keep Sunday, as it says they returned to the tomb on Sunday, but they rested on Sabbath. If the Sabbath was changed to Sunday, then the apostles would have rested Sunday also. Does the law of Jesus do away with the 10 commandments? But Sunday is a pagan holiday. Why would the apostles keep a pagan holiday?

    Apostles rested according to commandment? Which commandments? The 10.

    If the commandments were done away, would they have rested on Sabbath? No. It proves the 10 commandments were not done away with.

    Lk 24 1 “Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.”

    If Sabbath was changed to Sunday, why did they not rest on Sunday? Because Sabbath was not changed to Sunday. They rested on Sabbath and came to see Jesus’ tomb on Sunday because Sunday is a working day, as Monday, etc. Does the law of Jesus do away with the 10 commandments? No.

    Lk 4 16 “And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up for to read.”

    Jesus kept the Sabbath all His life. Jesus is the Lord of the Sabbath. When it says the law was given because of transgressions, it means the law was spoken because of transgressions. Watching the Greek and Hebrew in the Bible is very important. So the verse would say the law was spoken because of transgression, or spoken again.

    To the young ruler, Jesus tells him keep the commandments. Through Jesus’ righteousness, as we do not keep the law. No one can keep the law. We are all sinners and none is good, not one. There is no righteousness in us. Our best works are dirty rags. Jesus does the works through us only for those who ask for His righteousness.

    Mt 19 17 “And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments. 18 He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness”

    James says if we break one commandment, like the Sabbath, we become transgressors of the whole law and condemned of God. We are all sinners and nobody can keep the law. Only Jesus through us keeps the law. We do not have to make efforts anymore; it is by faith.

    Ja 2 10 “For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. 11 For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law. 12 So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.”

    The Bible says we will be judged by the 10 commandments. We need to overcome sin through Jesus. When we die, if we are still proud, selfish, unloving, unkind, then we cannot enter heaven. Thank God Jesus can remove sin from us, as we cannot do it.

    Ec 12 13 “Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. 14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.”

    All good works comes from God. All desire to do good and to love God and love others come from God.

    In heaven everyone will keep the Sabbath

    Is 66 22 “For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain. 23 And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one Sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD.”

    If the Sabbath ever existed and was given to Adam and Eve, and all prophets kept the Sabbath, and all apostles kept the Sabbath, Jesus says in Revelation 12 that His true end-time movement will keep the Sabbath also. Then Isaiah also says in heaven everyone will keep the Sabbath. It makes no sense to believe that the Sabbath would have been done away. Does the law of Jesus do away with the 10 commandments? No.

    Jesus keeps the law through faith

    Jn 14 10 “Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.”

    The works that Jesus did were by faith. The Father did the works through Him. Why are so many Christians believing that they have to work and do something for heaven? Our part is faith, not works. If it is by works, then it is no more of faith. Salvation is not of works. Does the law of Jesus do away with the 10 commandments? No.

    Jesus’ end-time movement will keep the Sabbath compared to Babylon that will teach the law is passed.

    Re 14 12 “Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.”

    Jesus says here is the group that keeps the Sabbath compared to over there; on the other side is Babylon. This is the great body of modern Christianity which has fallen under the second angel’s message of Revelation 14.

    By rejecting the first angel’s message, they became Babylon. They fell under unbelief. They fell from the truth. The group that teaches Babylon teachings, that the Sabbath is done away with, is led by Satan. Please, my brother, come out of her. And do not partake of her sins and the plagues that will be falling on the majority of Christian churches. Study the 3 angels’ messages. Read The Great Controversy by Ellen G. White.

  • Will you burn in hell forever ?

    Will you burn in hell forever ?

    Jesus says in the Bible that many are called and few will be chosen. Jesus says many shall come and say, “We have done wonderful things.” Jesus will tell them, “I do not know you. Depart from Me.” Will Jesus say this to non-Christians only? No, it is also to the majority of Christians. Jesus said, “As it was in the days of Noah,” when only 8 persons were saved out of probably millions.

    The same thing will happen soon. Why will most people end up burning in hell? Why is this the case? Why will most people not enter heaven? Why will most people be destroyed in hell according to the Bible? Let us find out.

    Unbelief

    This was a big problem before the flood, and this is a big problem today. When humans trust their own mind and reasoning powers, they cannot trust God at the same time. Either we trust humans or God. Why will most people end up burning in hell according to the Bible? Prophet Ellen White says that most people during the flood did not go into the ark because they trusted the wise men, the great men of the day.

    They followed their reasoning powers instead of following the call of God to get into the ark. Why will most people end up burning in hell according to the Bible? Following the crowd. Honest people believe the truth; they do not follow trends, because they are honest and follow truth even if the majority says something else. Truth has nothing to do with majority opinions.

    It is staggering to see how many people judge a person by what a few people say about them. It is incredible that a grown, intelligent human being cannot use their mind and the leading of God to decide something; they need to follow what other people are saying. Why would someone do that? Do they not know that the majority of people are not of God, that this world is in rebellion against God? Satan is the leader of the world. Why would they continue to follow majority opinion and not the truth?

    Unbelief comes from being dishonest, as all honest people will accept the truth, and all dishonest people will reject the truth. This is how God will judge. He sends truth to people, the Bible. And what people do with it will make all the difference. Why will most people end up burning in hell according to the Bible? Because of unbelief. People look at what other people say, and often they follow other people. Animals do that, but why would humans do such a thing? If everyone says oranges are triangles, then most people will say oranges are triangles.

    Following the world

    It costs a lot to follow God and the truth and to go contrary to popular opinion. Martin Luther, before the Pope, was standing almost alone against the great religious powers of earth. But he said, “I will follow my conscience; I cannot do otherwise.” Martin Luther saw the truth, and he saw that God is the author of truth. He saw that since Adam and Eve, human beings have hearts that are deceitful above all things. Martin Luther saw that the only thing we can trust is the Bible. Martin Luther followed truth rather than majority opinion and human reasoning.

    Pride

    The Bible says that pride is the worst sin we can have. The cause of sin is pride; this is what made Satan sin. The Bible calls sin a mystery. But it says that because Satan was so beautiful and so intelligent, he started to think he was God. And he tried to take over the universe and the territory from God. Why will most people end up burning in hell? Pride is at the head of the list.

    Jesus says, “Without Me you can do nothing.” And unless the branch is connected to the vine, or to God, we have no life in ourselves; we can do nothing. But many human beings do not recognize that God is the one blessing them, prospering them, and giving them all they have and are. How few people realize how frail and insignificant human beings are without God.

    Why will most people end up burning in hell? Because of pride. Many people, because of pride, refuse the truth. They stay with their false beliefs. They follow the crowd, thinking that crowd mentality is more important than the truth.

    In the Bible we have several examples of people who were so proud God had to punish them. King Nebuchadnezzar said, “This is the greatest city in the world, and I did it all by myself.” God had to humble him as a beast for 7 years to learn that the kingdom he had came from God’s power and not his own abilities.

    “Let his heart be changed from man’s, and let a beast’s heart be given unto him; and let seven times pass over him. This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.” God humbled the pride of the greatest king on earth to teach that the Most High rules over the kingdoms of men and gives them to whomsoever He wills.

    Herod was very proud, and when people said he was a god for his oratory skills, God killed him with great suffering. This is how offensive pride is to God. “And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them. And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man. And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.”

    Pride is lying to God. Pride is stealing from God. If someone gives you a shirt and you say, “I bought it,” you lie. All things come from God. We do not own anything. We do not deserve anything. God is the owner of all things. God glorifies people and humbles others. We do not bring anything ourselves. Without God we cannot do anything. Why will most people end up burning in hell according to the Bible? Because of pride.

    Not accepting Jesus’ righteousness

    This is a great reason why most people end up burning in hell according to the Bible. Because most religious and non-religious people are legalists. They think humans have goodness; this follows the sin we just saw of pride. The pride in our hearts refuses to realize that we have nothing good in us. While we refuse to see our own sinfulness, then we are lost. But this is the condition of most religious people. They are no more saved than the Pharisees, whom Jesus said were of their father the devil.

    Not 1 in 100 in religious circles understands this topic. Righteousness by faith is the most important topic in the Bible. Most people will be lost because of their pride; they think they are good. Not only do such people condemn and are very aggressive over the sins of others in a harsh manner, but they are blind to their own condition. Like the Pharisees, they thought they were better than Jesus. Can you imagine a person who is so blind as to believe they are better than Jesus? Incredible. Why will most people end up burning in hell according to the Bible? Because of refusing righteousness by faith.

    Do you believe there is something good in you? While you do, you are unconverted and lost. Conversion comes when we understand none is good, no, not one. “Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin… There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

    Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: their feet are swift to shed blood: destruction and misery are in their ways: and the way of peace have they not known: there is no fear of God before their eyes.”

    We can be pastors and work for God, but not be converted. We are lost. Someone who teaches others is even more responsible to give to others the truth of righteousness by faith.

    “All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.”

    Following human reasoning

    Little by little the truth of God is removed from human hearts, and people trust human reasoning and human opinions. Let us understand that if God created the universe, then God is the only one who has truth, who can create truth, and who can decide what truth is. No human being can create truth or decide what truth is. Why will most people end up burning in hell according to the Bible?

    Because many people think humans choose and decide what truth is. In the time of Noah, many people did not get into the ark because they listened to the great men and the scientists of the day who said a flood could not happen. Everyone has a choice to make: to follow God, which is often in the minority, or to follow men. On which side do you stand?

    Had the antediluvians believed the warning and repented of their evil deeds, the Lord would have turned aside His wrath, as He afterward did from Nineveh. But by their obstinate resistance to the reproofs of conscience and the warnings of God’s prophet, that generation filled up the measure of their iniquity and became ripe for destruction. But men had become so hardened by their persistent rejection of light that even this scene produced but a momentary impression. Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 97

    It is indeed sad to see so many people not caring what truth is, but following their own reasoning powers. A man at sea cannot, with his reasoning powers, know where he is. He needs a compass. Human reasoning is not powerful enough for a pilot to know where he is in the sky. Only the Bible can lead you to know where you are and where you are going.

    Do not trust men; trust God. Why will most people end up burning in hell according to the Bible? Because they follow frail men, blind leading the blind.

    Repeat after me: Father God, please forgive my sins, give me your righteousness, help me to walk with you, give me the desires of my heart, in the name of Jesus, amen.

  • Does the Bible Teach That Jesus is Divine or Human?

    Does the Bible Teach That Jesus is Divine or Human?

    Is Jesus human, or is Jesus God? What is the true nature of Jesus? These are profound questions that many people don’t fully understand. We were recently discussing this topic with members of our WhatsApp Bible study group, and two people in the conversation were focusing only on the verses that describe Jesus’ humanity.

    So, is Jesus human or divine? God calls us to be wise and to search the Scriptures to discover what He wants to teach us — not simply what we want to see. Is Jesus human, or is Jesus God? The answer is: Jesus is both. How can Jesus be both, when God cannot become human? Jesus is fully God. He existed before He took on a human form two thousand years ago. What is the nature of Jesus? Jesus is fully God, just as His Father is.

    The two friends in our group were looking at Bible verses that describe Jesus as fully human. But do those verses say that Jesus is not God? No — they simply show that when Jesus came to earth, He took on the likeness of humanity. It’s similar to when we leave the house and put on a coat. Do we become the coat? No. When we return home, we take the coat off, and we are still the same human being who merely wore it for a time.

    Jesus: Both Divine and Human

    This is difficult to fully grasp, but Jesus has always existed. Jesus said, “Before Abraham was, I am.” He also said that Abraham saw Him and rejoiced. How could Abraham have seen Jesus, when Abraham lived thousands of years before Jesus was born? It’s because Jesus took on human form when He was born in Bethlehem — His existence did not begin there. Jesus never ceased to be God.

    Consider an illustration: imagine a professional player like Messi or Mbappé came to a local stadium to play a friendly match with children and won the game. The referee would likely say the result doesn’t count, since professionals competing against children isn’t a fair contest. In the same way, if God had simply lived a sinless life on earth by relying on His divine power, Satan could rightly object that the victory wasn’t fair — that God had used His divinity to win the battle of living without sin.

    It would have been entirely unfair for Jesus to come as God alone. So Jesus had to become fully what we are — human — and live a sinless life in that humanity, then die on the cross.

    Romans 8:3 explains: “For what the law could not do, in that it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh.” Jesus took on the likeness of mankind.

    Philippians 2:6-7 adds: “Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men, and was found in fashion as a man.” Jesus took on the form of a servant. He was made like mankind. Notice that Scripture does not say Jesus became a mere man — Jesus put on human nature in addition to His divine nature. Why? Because there was no other way to win the battle against sin and pay the price for our sins.

    Both Divine and Human — Why It Had to Be This Way

    So, was Jesus divine or human? The answer is both. Jesus could not have come only as God, because that would have made the contest with sin unfair, and Satan would have had grounds to claim victory. At the same time, Jesus could never set aside His divine nature, because He will always be God — and for God, nothing is impossible. Jesus put on human nature the way we might put on a coat.

    Is Jesus human, or is Jesus God? Jesus is God, and Jesus took on a human body. What is the nature of Jesus? His nature is divine — but He clothed Himself in a human body.

    Did the Divine Jesus Die on the Cross?

    No. According to the writings of Ellen G. White, this would have been impossible, because God can never die.

    “There is no one who can explain the mystery of the incarnation of Christ. Yet we know that He came to this earth and lived as a man among men. The man Christ Jesus was not the Lord God Almighty, yet Christ and the Father are one. The Deity did not sink under the agonizing torture of Calvary, yet it is nonetheless true that ‘God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.’” (Letter 140, 1903, in Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, vol. 5, pp. 1129–1130)

    “Was the human nature of the Son of Mary changed into the divine nature of the Son of God? No; the two natures were mysteriously blended in one person — the man Christ Jesus. In Him dwelt all the fullness of the Godhead bodily.

    When Christ was crucified, it was His human nature that died. Deity did not sink and die; that would have been impossible. Christ, the sinless One, will save every son and daughter of Adam who accepts the salvation proffered them, consenting to become the children of God. The Saviour has purchased the fallen race with His own blood.” (Letter 280, 1904, in Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, vol. 5, p. 1113)

    How Can Jesus Be God and Man at the Same Time?

    The Bible says that nothing is impossible for God. Can God make rocks speak? Yes. Can God make a donkey speak? Yes. Can God make an iron axhead float? Yes. Can God transport Elijah and Enoch to heaven? Yes. Can God send a flood to cover the whole earth? Yes. Can God send fire from heaven to destroy Sodom? Yes. So why would it be hard to believe that God could take on a human body and still remain fully God?

    Does the Bible teach that Jesus was divine or human? Jesus is God, and Jesus took on a human body. Just as a caterpillar can transform into a butterfly, all things are possible for God.

    Luke 1:37 — “For with God nothing will be impossible.”

    Jeremiah 32:27 — “Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh. Is there anything too hard for Me?”

    Verses That Describe Jesus as a Man

    There are verses that seem to describe Jesus simply as a man. But wisdom requires that we not take one part of Scripture while neglecting the rest — to do so would be dishonest with the text.

    1 Timothy 2:5 — “For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus.” Likewise, Jesus said He did not know the hour or the day of His return, and Jesus needed water, food, and sleep. In His humanity, Jesus became like us in every way.

    Hebrews 2:17 — “Therefore, in all things He had to be made like His brethren, that He might be merciful and a faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.”

    These verses describe the humanity Jesus took on when He came to earth two thousand years ago. But consider three things:

    1. We see Jesus worshiped as God throughout the Old Testament.
    2. Jesus never set aside His divinity when He became a man.
    3. While the Bible sometimes describes Jesus in His human form, those verses never say that Jesus was not God at the same time.

    Jesus as God in the Bible

    In the Old Testament, Jesus appears as the Angel of the LORD — note the capital letters, which distinguish this figure from the ordinary angels the Bible refers to using lowercase. In Genesis 18, the LORD appears to Abraham along with two angels. Genesis 19:1 tells us that the two angels then leave for Sodom, while Abraham remains in the presence of the LORD.

    Genesis 19:1 — “Now the two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them, and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground.”

    Later in that same chapter, the LORD who had been speaking with Abraham on earth calls on the LORD in heaven to send fire and brimstone:

    Genesis 19:24 — “Then the LORD rained brimstone and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah, from the LORD out of the heavens.”

    In Hebrews 1, the Father commands all the angels to worship Jesus. If Jesus were not God, why would the Father command the angels to worship Him?

    Hebrews 1:6 — “And again, when He brings the firstborn into the world, He says: ‘Let all the angels of God worship Him.’”

    And finally, the Father Himself declares to Jesus that He is God:

    Hebrews 1:8 — “But to the Son He says: ‘Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; a scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom.’”

    Conclusion: Jesus Is Fully God and Fully Man

    Does the Bible teach that Jesus was divine or human? The Bible is clear: Jesus is fully God, and He took on a human body. The mistake many make is refusing to look at the verses that affirm Jesus’ divinity, focusing only on those that describe His human body.

    Is Jesus human, or is Jesus God? This is no small question. If Jesus were merely a man, then no one could go to heaven, and no one’s sins could be forgiven — because a man cannot even pay for his own sins, much less for the sins of the whole world. What is the nature of Jesus? Jesus is God. Jesus has always existed. Jesus is as fully God as His Father is.

    What is keeping you from accepting Jesus into your heart today, and asking forgiveness for your sins? You can pray this simple prayer right now: “Father God, I believe Jesus is God. Please forgive my sins and help me make it to heaven, in the name of Jesus. Amen.”