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Puritan Board Doctor
Is it right thinking to say that the whole of the Moral Law is summarized in the Ten Commandments?
If it is right to say that, then can we take any issue and compare it with the Ten Commandments in order to determine if it is binding?
I have been confused lately by the passages which I had thought were speaking of Civil or Ceremonial Law being considered by others to be Moral Law.
Certainly both thoughts cannot be correct and there must be a way for us to know, right? Please?
While I was fixing lunch, and still thinking about the Law, I had this personal breakthrough...unless, of course, I am wrong. Then this would be, I guess, a setback
I do not want to further debate the tattoo issue, since that has been closed, so I won't use that as an example. However, I did want to use something that is
A)Something possibly found to be impermissible in Leviticus
and
B)Something that even Christians cannot agree on the lawlessness of.
Since I cannot come up with any examples, I will use the eating of pork, which I know is NOT an issue for Christians today, nor are there any people who I know of who think so. And again,this is NOT the tattoo debate, though I am asking if this is an appropriate way to determine the legality of things, such as tattoos.
Is it biblical for a person to look at the passage of Leviticus 11:7
For instance, can I say, "Does eating pigs, in and of itself, go against:
“You shall have no other gods before me."
Does pork, in general, always come before God?
“You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. 5 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, 6 but showing steadfast love to thousands [2] of those who love me and keep my commandments.
Does pork serve as an idol?
“You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.
Is eating pork an attempt to take the Lord's name in vain?
“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates. 11 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.
Is pork a violation of the Sabbath?
“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
Does eating pork bring dishonor to one's parents?
“You shall not murder."
Does eating pork work against the preservation of human life?
14 “You shall not commit adultery."
Is eating pork unfaithful to one's spouse (present or future)?
15 “You shall not steal."
Is eating pork somehow stealing from someone else?
16 “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor."
Is eating pork a false testimony?
17 “You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor's.”
Does eating pork necessarily and always make one covetous?
I am sincerely asking if that is a proper way we can look at issues to determine whether they are neutral (permissable but perhaps not always wise) or unlawful.
Or do other laws have to be taken into account??
If it is right to say that, then can we take any issue and compare it with the Ten Commandments in order to determine if it is binding?
I have been confused lately by the passages which I had thought were speaking of Civil or Ceremonial Law being considered by others to be Moral Law.
Certainly both thoughts cannot be correct and there must be a way for us to know, right? Please?
While I was fixing lunch, and still thinking about the Law, I had this personal breakthrough...unless, of course, I am wrong. Then this would be, I guess, a setback
I do not want to further debate the tattoo issue, since that has been closed, so I won't use that as an example. However, I did want to use something that is
A)Something possibly found to be impermissible in Leviticus
and
B)Something that even Christians cannot agree on the lawlessness of.
Since I cannot come up with any examples, I will use the eating of pork, which I know is NOT an issue for Christians today, nor are there any people who I know of who think so. And again,this is NOT the tattoo debate, though I am asking if this is an appropriate way to determine the legality of things, such as tattoos.
Is it biblical for a person to look at the passage of Leviticus 11:7
(or any issue: drinking, tobacco use, etc.) and go line by line with the Ten Commandments to see if that is an application of Moral Law?And the pig, because it parts the hoof and is cloven-footed but does not chew the cud, is unclean to you.
For instance, can I say, "Does eating pigs, in and of itself, go against:
“You shall have no other gods before me."
Does pork, in general, always come before God?
“You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. 5 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, 6 but showing steadfast love to thousands [2] of those who love me and keep my commandments.
Does pork serve as an idol?
“You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.
Is eating pork an attempt to take the Lord's name in vain?
“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates. 11 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.
Is pork a violation of the Sabbath?
“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
Does eating pork bring dishonor to one's parents?
“You shall not murder."
Does eating pork work against the preservation of human life?
14 “You shall not commit adultery."
Is eating pork unfaithful to one's spouse (present or future)?
15 “You shall not steal."
Is eating pork somehow stealing from someone else?
16 “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor."
Is eating pork a false testimony?
17 “You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor's.”
Does eating pork necessarily and always make one covetous?
I am sincerely asking if that is a proper way we can look at issues to determine whether they are neutral (permissable but perhaps not always wise) or unlawful.
Or do other laws have to be taken into account??