THE WHOLE DUTY OF MAN IS OBEY AND LIVE OR DISOBEY AND PERISH .
To the law and to the testimony is how God's true people live(Isaiah 8:20), and this is why Satan is wroth with God's true people( Rev12:17), because we keep the commandments of God (to the law) and have the testimony of Jesus Christ (to the testimony)( Rev 14:12). What did the apostle John see in vision in Revelation 11 during the blowing of the seventh trumpet?
Revelation 11:19 ...'And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.'
Why did God show John the ark of the testament? What is inside the ark of God's testament? The ten commandments. Remember, this isn't on earth, the verse says that this is in the temple of God IN HEAVEN. And this was shown John about 50-60 years AFTER Jesus' resurrection. So what is God showing the world through John? That the ten commandments of God are still active and binding upon everyone. The whole scene, if you read verse 18 of Revelation 11 also, is a scene of JUDGMENT. And what is God showing we are judged according to? God's holy moral law contained in the ten commandments.
Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 ...'Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.'
The apostle John already knew this, which is why in his epistle, he said the following:
1 John 5:2-3 ...'By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.'
This is the 'beloved disciple' of Jesus who was closest to Christ and yet many years after Jesus had gone back to heaven, the beloved disciple says that we should be keeping the commandments of God. Look at what the apostle Peter said to the people while preaching to them:
Acts 3:19 ...'Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord.'
Repent from what? From sin. What is sin? Again, the beloved disciple John said that "Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law" (1 John 3:4). The apostle Paul said ... "by the law is the knowledge of sin" (Romans 3:20). Paul also said ... "What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet" (Romans 7:7). Paul is clearly talking of the ten commandments. And all this was written decades after Christ went back to heaven! So clearly, the ten commandments STILL show us what is sin. So what are we doing by not keeping the 4th commandment? Sinning. Thus according to Peter we are to REPENT from breaking the 4th commandment, or any other commandment and be converted to the true ways of God by faith.
To the law and to the testimony is how God's true people live(Isaiah 8:20), and this is why Satan is wroth with God's true people( Rev12:17), because we keep the commandments of God (to the law) and have the testimony of Jesus Christ (to the testimony)( Rev 14:12). What did the apostle John see in vision in Revelation 11 during the blowing of the seventh trumpet?
Revelation 11:19 ...'And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.'
Why did God show John the ark of the testament? What is inside the ark of God's testament? The ten commandments. Remember, this isn't on earth, the verse says that this is in the temple of God IN HEAVEN. And this was shown John about 50-60 years AFTER Jesus' resurrection. So what is God showing the world through John? That the ten commandments of God are still active and binding upon everyone. The whole scene, if you read verse 18 of Revelation 11 also, is a scene of JUDGMENT. And what is God showing we are judged according to? God's holy moral law contained in the ten commandments.
Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 ...'Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.'
The apostle John already knew this, which is why in his epistle, he said the following:
1 John 5:2-3 ...'By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.'
This is the 'beloved disciple' of Jesus who was closest to Christ and yet many years after Jesus had gone back to heaven, the beloved disciple says that we should be keeping the commandments of God. Look at what the apostle Peter said to the people while preaching to them:
Acts 3:19 ...'Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord.'
Repent from what? From sin. What is sin? Again, the beloved disciple John said that "Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law" (1 John 3:4). The apostle Paul said ... "by the law is the knowledge of sin" (Romans 3:20). Paul also said ... "What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet" (Romans 7:7). Paul is clearly talking of the ten commandments. And all this was written decades after Christ went back to heaven! So clearly, the ten commandments STILL show us what is sin. So what are we doing by not keeping the 4th commandment? Sinning. Thus according to Peter we are to REPENT from breaking the 4th commandment, or any other commandment and be converted to the true ways of God by faith.
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To the law and to the testimony is how God's true people live(Isaiah 8:20), and this is why Satan is wroth with God's true people( Rev12:17), because we keep the commandments of God (to the law) and have the testimony of Jesus Christ (to the testimony)( Rev 14:12). What did the apostle John see in vision in Revelation 11 during the blowing of the seventh trumpet?
Revelation 11:19 ...'And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.'
Why did God show John the ark of the testament? What is inside the ark of God's testament? The ten commandments. Remember, this isn't on earth, the verse says that this is in the temple of God IN HEAVEN. And this was shown John about 50-60 years AFTER Jesus' resurrection. So what is God showing the world through John? That the ten commandments of God are still active and binding upon everyone. The whole scene, if you read verse 18 of Revelation 11 also, is a scene of JUDGMENT. And what is God showing we are judged according to? God's holy moral law contained in the ten commandments.
Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 ...'Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.'
The apostle John already knew this, which is why in his epistle, he said the following:
1 John 5:2-3 ...'By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.'
This is the 'beloved disciple' of Jesus who was closest to Christ and yet many years after Jesus had gone back to heaven, the beloved disciple says that we should be keeping the commandments of God. Look at what the apostle Peter said to the people while preaching to them:
Acts 3:19 ...'Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord.'
Repent from what? From sin. What is sin? Again, the beloved disciple John said that "Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law" (1 John 3:4). The apostle Paul said ... "by the law is the knowledge of sin" (Romans 3:20). Paul also said ... "What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet" (Romans 7:7). Paul is clearly talking of the ten commandments. And all this was written decades after Christ went back to heaven! So clearly, the ten commandments STILL show us what is sin. So what are we doing by not keeping the 4th commandment? Sinning. Thus according to Peter we are to REPENT from breaking the 4th commandment, or any other commandment and be converted to the true ways of God by faith.
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