Are Christians supposed to follow these rules or not?
- Not eating any pork.
- Not trimming the hair at your head's sides or clip the beard.
- Not wearing clothes made from more than two fabrics.
- Circumcising your children.
- Putting to death family members who worship other god(s).
- Marrying your brother's widow.
Are you supposed to follow these or not? If you are, do you follow all of them? If you don't, will you stop quoting these books when telling others what's right or wrong?
Christians - the books of Leviticus and Deuteronomy, do they apply to you or not? You're asking them to stop being hipocritical. I believe that runs counter to their religious beliefs... so it might just work! That is, if they choose not to ignore the parts of your question that they don't like, which is also against their religious teaching.
Christians - the books of Leviticus and Deuteronomy, do they apply to you or not? well i for one have a beef with leviticus.
Christians - the books of Leviticus and Deuteronomy, do they apply to you or not? No, Jesus came around and the OT is obsolete....but they continue to use it when need be...like when teh gays want to get married.
Christians - the books of Leviticus and Deuteronomy, do they apply to you or not? No, because I don't live in ancient theocratic Israel.
And I don't quote them when telling others what's right and wrong.
Christians - the books of Leviticus and Deuteronomy, do they apply to you or not? they apply sometimes and not always, they only apply when it's needed to attack gays or something, any other time they've been invalidated
they premise the attack on gays on a mistranslation
Christians - the books of Leviticus and Deuteronomy, do they apply to you or not? No, absolutely not. This is part of the Mosaic law-given to ancient Jews only!
Christians have never been under the law-although many try to get under the law.
Christians - the books of Leviticus and Deuteronomy, do they apply to you or not? Christians mean followers of Christ Jesus. Jesus made corrections to parts of the old testaments. So to answer your question, yes and no.
Christians - the books of Leviticus and Deuteronomy, do they apply to you or not? The Law of Moses was fulfilled by the Law of Christ as stated in the Bible.
For example, baptism was the fulfillment of circumcision.
If you did not adhere to the Law of Moses, you shall be put to death. There was no forgiveness under that law. That is why Paul called it the law of death.
Now we are under the Law of Christ (New Covenant).
There also are certain regulations, but it is nothing like the Law of Moses.
The Law of Moses, was only a copy and shadow, pointing to Christ.
Christians - the books of Leviticus and Deuteronomy, do they apply to you or not? apostle paul hated gays
if you follow apostles pauls teachings, and if you are a christian, you do follow apostle pauls teachings
then homosexuality is wrong
1 man
1 woman
thats what apostle paul taught
Christians - the books of Leviticus and Deuteronomy, do they apply to you or not? Yes. They do to me except I don't have a brother to marry his widow.
Christians - the books of Leviticus and Deuteronomy, do they apply to you or not? Just like the rest of the bible and their beliefs, they will pick and choose those parts which best fit the lifestyle that they've already chosen to live and completely ignore the rest. If they can't find something to justify their behaviour, they'll twist and turn words in the book until they can construct some semblance of an excuse.
Any christian who says that doesn't happen isn't being honest.
Christians - the books of Leviticus and Deuteronomy, do they apply to you or not? Hebrews 8:8 from Jeremiah 31 -- Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah: Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord. For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people: And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest. For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more. -- back to Paul; 13 In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.
Christians - the books of Leviticus and Deuteronomy, do they apply to you or not? Christ answered that question over 2,000 years ago. He said the Law was summed up in the two great commands, to love God whole-souled and to love your neighbor as yourself. So you can work it out very easily. Which of the Ten Commandments can be dropped if those two principles are to be honored?
Christians - the books of Leviticus and Deuteronomy, do they apply to you or not? Yes and no. There are certain laws in the books of Leviticus and Deuteronomy that we are to follow as God's children. However, there are some things that are written in the books that applied to the early tribes of Israel.
When Christ came to earth, he came to put an end to the old covenant and he came to fulfill the law of Moses. As believers in Christ, we have been redeemed, and sealed for eternity by the Holy Spirit, and our names have been written in the Lamb's Book Of Life. Not only that, but we have been etched into the hands of our Redeemer. When Christ was nailed to the cross, all of our sins, (Past, Present, and Future) were nailed to the cross with him. Therefore we were made righteous before him.
The Bible also states that we are to abstain from things that would cause your fellow brother/sister in Christ to stumble and fall away.
Christians - the books of Leviticus and Deuteronomy, do they apply to you or not? The question is not as simple as some may think when it comes to providing an answer that is tenable and free of problems. There are simplistic answers too often given that have resulted in chaos, the rejection of precious truths, and false teaching in general.
For instance, some say all teaching before Acts 2 is the Law of Moses and is, therefore, inapplicable to the Christian today. Others maintain that the gospels are part of the Covenant of Christ and as a consequence, are binding on Christians. Both these positions are extreme and untenable.
We are under the Last Will and Testament of Jesus Christ, not the Law of Moses. There is no mistake that the "handwriting of ordinances" was "nailed to his (Christ, dm) cross" (Col. 2: 14). The Law of Moses was never designed to be a universal law for all nations (Deut. 5: 1-3).
Moreover, as a theocracy it would have no practical application to any people other than the Nation of Israel (I am not saying the morals laws, as such, are irrelevant). However, a system was prophesied that would be for all nations (Isa. 2: 2, 3). In regards to the inauguration of Jesus' Testament, he said: "Go ye therefore, and teach all nationsé–³?quot; (Matt. 28: 19, cp. Mk. 16: 15, 16). Jesus' Testament was ratified by the shedding of Jesus' own efficacious blood and began to be officially binding when it was proclaimed and announced in Acts 2 (see Heb. 9: 15, also chapter eight).
Moreover, if one seeks justification by the law (the law containing circumcision) Paul said: "Ye are fallen from grace" (Gal. 5: 4, 1-3). A law demanding perfect law keeping in order for pardon (the Law of Moses) and the "perfect law of liberty," the law involving grace are mutually exclusive (Jn. 1: 17; Jas. 1: 25).
In other words, the Law of Moses and the "perfect law of liberty" cannot co-exist (Rom. 11: 6). Jesus' Testament is a system of law, but also, unlike the Mosaic Code, contains the provision of grace (Gal. 6: 2, I Cor. 9: 21; Jn. 1: 17, Eph. 2: 8-10).
The gospels and the Law of Moses. Jesus was born, lived, and died under the Law of Moses (Gal. 4: 4). Hence, the law that Jesus sinlessly kept was the Law of Moses (Heb. 4: 15, Gal. 4: 4, for the expression "law of Christ" and "Law of Moses" see Gal. 6: 2 and Luke 2: 22). Therefore, all of Jesus' personal teaching that he did while on earth was under the canopy of the system that God gave to Moses for the Jews.
Not only did Jesus perfectly live according to the Law, but also he instructed the Jews whom he taught to follow the law. Hear him:
"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; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not" (Matt. 23).
Jesus also exposed those who perverted the teachings of the Law by their oral traditions (Matt. 5: 20-48). Scorching condemnation proceeded from the lips of Jesus in regards to the teachers who did not live according to the Decalogue (Matt. 23: 13 ff.). In addition, Jesus provided instruction to different individuals that was congruous with the statutes peculiar to the Law, such as physical sacrifice or offerings (Matt. 5: 23-25). Notwithstanding, all these biblical facts do not simply mean that all anterior to Acts 2 pertained to the Law of Moses and the Jews and all subsequent to Acts 2 is binding today. It just is not that simple.
Much of Jesus' personal teaching (the Gospels) was anticipatory of his law. John the Baptist, just as Jesus, lived and died under the system of Moses. However, he preached to the people, "Repent ye, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand" (Matt. 3: 1). John, while under the law, "baptized in the wilderness, and preached the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins" (Mk. 1: 4). Many were baptized of John (Mk. 1: 5). While John's birth and life were prophesied in the Hebrew scriptures, John's teaching and baptism were anticipatory, that is, they looked beyond the arrangement God had made with physical Israel. John's baptism was not only a "baptism of repentance" (baptisma metanoias), but it was also a "baptism unto repentance" (baptizo eis metanoian, see Mk. 1: 4, Matt. 3: 11). John's baptism, then, was the result of people repenting and his baptism also produced repentance. The produced repentance, I submit, was that repentance to be associated with Jesus' baptism that was fully begun in Acts 2 (see. Vs. 38). In this same vein, we read that "Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John" (Jn. 4: 1).
Both John and Jesus' baptism were under the Law, but not part of the Law, as such. They were preparatory and anticipatory and of the New Era that was coming, the Age of the Son of God (I shall return to this thought later).
God spoke through his Son. The writer of Hebrews affirmed that God spoke to man ("the fathers," the Jews) in "divers manners" (Heb. 1: 1). The King James renders verse two thus: "Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Soné–³?" The proponents of the view that everything before Acts 2 is the Law of Moses and does not apply today say, "Hebrews 1: 2 is proof that God speaks in the last days through his Son, the time after Acts 2. The Greek of Hebrews 1: 2 is "ep eschatou ton emeron touton" (Interlinear Greek-English New Testament, Nestle/Marshall). Literally translated, the Greek is saying that the Father spoke to man at the end of these last days or toward the termination of the Law of Moses. The American Standard reads, "Hath at the end of these days spoken unto us in his Soné–³?quot; (Heb. 1: 2). What is the point? Hebrews 1: 2 shows that Jesus' teaching, at least some, while he was on earth and under the Law of Moses (before Acts 2) is binding and authoritative in this final era.
Some indicators as to Jesus' personal teaching being a part of his Last Will and Testament. Shortly after Matthew mentions the preparatory work of John the Baptist, we read regarding Christ, "Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand" (Matt. 3: 2; 4: 17). Six verses later we find this statement, "And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdomé–³?quot; (Matt. 4: 23). Was Jesus while on earth simply and only preaching matters peculiar to the Law of Moses? Nay, verily, Jesus was announcing kingdom truths.
Remember that Jesus told his apostles that the Holy Spirit would, "閳ヮ泩ring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you" (Jn. 14: 26). These matters brought to their remembrance that Jesus had taught them (before Acts 2) would help constitute the teaching for the kingdom. Were these matters simply Jesus' teaching relative to endemic truths concerning the Law of Moses? I think not. In addition to the miraculous assistance of the Holy Spirit, Jesus told his disciples, "Remember the word that I said unto you閳?quot; (Jn. 15: 20). We find about fifteen references to "the gospel" or "the gospel of the kingdom" in the Gospels. Jesus said, "The poor have the gospel preached to them" (Matt. 11: 5). Notice that this is before Acts 2.
In regard to the matter of the woman who anointed Jesus he said, "Verily I say unto you, wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her" (Matt. 26: 13). The "whole world" meant Jew and Gentile. Hence, "the gospel" as here used by Jesus was not the Law of Moses. Notice, however, that Jesus said "this gospel," it was then being preached, at least in prospect.
In connection with the Great Commission, Jesus said "Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded youé–³?quot; (past tense, Matt. 28: 20). Relative to kingdom truths being enunciated during the three and one half year period of Jesus' ministry, please consider Jesus' statement: "The law and the prophets were until John; since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it" (Lk. 16: 16).
Present tense teachings issued in the gospels while the Law of Moses was still binding. The gospel of John contains the famous "I ams" (ego eimi) of Christ. Jesus said, "I am the resurrection, and the lifeé–³?quot; (Jn. 11: 25). Jesus was not, in a technical sense, actually the resurrection as he spoke, he had to first die and be raised (I Cor. 15: 20). However, it was certain that he would be raised (the figure of prolepsis, cp. Rom. 4: 17, "calling those things which be not as though they were"). Jesus spoke in the present tense climate to the Jews anterior to Acts 2 regarding "eating his flesh and drinking his blood" (Jn. 6: 53). Jesus continued to say that those who imbibed him "hath eternal lifeé–³?quot; (vs. 54). All of these teachings and more Jesus enunciated before Acts 2. We understand, though, that these matters, while spoken in the present tense, looked to Jesus' resurrection, coronation, and glorification.
Jesus taught in the present tense when he emphatically told Nicodemus, "Ye must be born again" (Jn. 3: 7, see vs. 3-8). Even though Jesus presently spoke, we know his teaching was anticipatory (Jn. 3: 14 ff.). Consider Jesus' teaching regarding personal offences:
"15: Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. 16: But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more,
Christians - the books of Leviticus and Deuteronomy, do they apply to you or not? One of the 'deviations' to God's word is the 'definition' of old testament. Satan defines it (via deceit of man) as Genesis-Malachi; God defines it as thelaw of Moses. The 'law of Moses' includes much of Leviticus and part of Deut. but not all; therefore it is next to impossible to say 'all or none' of Lev.%26amp; Deut. apply or do not to 'us' Christians' today.
Christians - the books of Leviticus and Deuteronomy, do they apply to you or not? The following verses are taken only from the Gospel of John and they tell us that Moses was a thief, a robber and a liar, are you to blind to see the truth ?
For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
--No man hath seen God at any time--; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
John 1:17-18 (KJV)
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: John 3:14 (KJV)
Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape. And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not. Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: John 5:37-39 (KJV)
Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven;
but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world. Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread.
And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life John 6:32-35 (KJV)
Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep. --All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers--: but the sheep did not hear them. John 10:7-8 (KJV)
Christians - the books of Leviticus and Deuteronomy, do they apply to you or not? Sigh.
No, those laws no longer apply, unless they're affirmed by the New Testament. For example, homosexuality (which I'm pretty sure this is a reference to) is condemned in the New Testament, along with sexual immorality in general.
Let me see if I can explain this. Jesus said, many times, that the Israelites (specifically the Pharisees) were following the law to the letter, but had no love for God in their hearts. And this, to God, was just as bad as not following the law at all.
I've been wrestling with this issue myself, lately, but after reading Jesus' own words, I understand. It doesn't matter if I eat pork, or wear blended clothing materials, or trim my hair. What matters is if I TRULY love God, and want to do His will. Does that other stuff really matter? No. As long as I'm not doing anything that could harm me, or harm others, I'm fine.
Does my eating pork harm others? No. Does it harm ME? Well, it could, if I didn't cook it properly, or if I ate too much too often.
Does it harm others if I wear a shirt made of a poly-cotton blend? No. Does it harm ME? Heh, no.
See my point?
It's not about "picking and choosing" like others say. I don't cherrypick the Bible. I take the entire Bible, as a whole, and step back to look at the big picture. And the big picture is that the most important thing to God is that we love Him, and love each other.
Christians - the books of Leviticus and Deuteronomy, do they apply to you or not? Funny how you only single out only christians for this question, but not jews or muslims (who believe Moses is a prophet).
Christians - the books of Leviticus and Deuteronomy, do they apply to you or not? Usually not, it's under the Old Covenant and Christians were freed by that and theyre under the New Covenant. I know it says later in the bible that circumcision isn't necessary. most of those things people ignore, it's sad that they do some of the most primitive ones like circumcising though.
