THE TEN COMMANDMENTS AND COMMON SENSE

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<div> “God has given no commandments which cannot be obeyed by all.  His laws sanction no unreasonable or selfish restrictions.”  DA:204.  “The Law of God existed before man was created.  [Because] The angels were governed by it.  Satan fell because he transgressed the principles of God's government [else he did not sin].”  1SP:261.  “God will not make the slightest compromise with sin.  If He could have done this, Christ need not have come to our world to suffer and die.  No conversion is genuine which does not change both the character and the conduct of those who accept the truth.”  3BC:1144.</div> <bR> <div> “If the law of God could have been changed or abolished then Christ need not have come to a fallen world to suffer the consequence of man's transgression.”  2SP:218; GC:466; DA:307-308.  “I saw that it was impossible for God to alter or change His law, to save lost, perishing man;  therefore He suffered His beloved Son to die for man's transgression.”  1SG:27; 1SP:48.  “If the law could be changed, man might have been saved without the sacrifice of Christ;  but the fact that it was necessary for Christ to five His life for the fallen race, proves that the law of God will not release the sinner from its claims upon him.”  PP:70.  “The Saviour's life of obedience maintained the claims of the law;  it proved that the law could be kept in humanity, and showed the excellence of character that obedience would develop.”  DA:309.</div> <bR> <div> “The remedy for transgression is not to be found in declaring that the law is abolished.  To abolish the law would be to dishonor it, and to cast contempt upon the Lawgiver.”  YI, February 7, 1895.  “He gave all heaven, from which we may draw strength and efficiency, that we be not repulsed or overcome by our great adversary.  But the love of God does not lead Him to excuse sin.  He did not excuse it in Satan;  He did not excuse it in Adam or in Cain; nor will He excuse it in any other of the children of men.  He will not connive at our sins or overlook our defects of character. He expects us to overcome in His name.”  COL:316.</div> <bR> <div> “Many who teach that the law of God is not binding upon man, urge that it is impossible for him to obey its precepts.  But if this were true, why did Adam suffer the penalty of transgression?  The sin of our first parents brought guilt and sorrow upon the world, and had it not been for the goodness and mercy of God, would have plunged the race into hopeless despair.  Let none deceive themselves.  `The wages of sin is death.'  The law of God can no more be transgressed with impunity now than when sentence was pronounced upon the father of mankind.”  PP:61.</div> <bR> <div> “Had it been possible for the law to be changed or abrogated, then Christ need not have died.  But to abrogate the law would be to immortalize transgression, and place the world under Satan's control.  It was because the law was changeless, because man could be saved only through obedience to its precepts, that Jesus was lifted up on the cross.  Yet, The very means by which Christ established the law Satan represented as destroying it.  Here will come the last conflict of the great controversy between Christ and Satan.”  DA:762-763; See DA:307-308.  “Had it been possible for the law to be changed or set aside, then Christ need not have died to save man from the penalty of sin.  The death of Christ, so far from abolishing the law, proves that it is immutable.”  GC:466.</div> <bR> <div> “The great sacrifice of the Son of God was neither too great nor too small to accomplish the work.  In the wisdom of God it was complete;  and the atonement made testifies to every son and daughter of Adam the immutability of God's law.  The value of the law of Jehovah is to be estimated by the immense price that was paid in the death of the Son of God to maintain its sacredness.  The law of God is a transcript of his character;  it portrays the nature of God.  As in Christ we behold the brightness of His glory, the express image of His person, so also in the law the attributes of the Father are unfolded.  Although the law is unchangeable, His having provided a means of salvation for the law-breaker does not in the least detract from the dignity of the character of God, since the penalty of man's transgression was borne by a divine Substitute.”  ST, December 30, 1889.</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>A Little More Common Sense:</B></I>  Psa. 143:10 - "Teach me to do Thy will;  for Thou art my God:  Thy spirit is good;  lead me into the land of uprightness."  Notice that the Psalmist doesn't ask God to show him His will, because he already knows that!  Consider also Psalm 19:16:  "He that keepeth the commandment keppeth his own soul;  but he that despiseth his ways shall die."  The cost of obedience is <B>nothing</B> compared to the cost of disobedience.  <B>A MAN CANNOT BREAK THAT WHICH DOES NOT EXIST, ELSE WHAT DO YOU NEED GRACE FOR IF THERE IS NO LAW?</B>  To Change the Ten Commandments in any way would be to admit that something was inherently wrong with them from the start.  Jesus said of the Comforter:  "And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment."  John 16:8.  A man must feel his need before he will accept help.  The first part of the comforting work of the Holy Spirit therefore, is to convict the sinner of his sins.  And, "By the law is the knowledge of sin," Rom. 3:20.  No one hates the man who has saved his life by pointing out to him an unknown peril.  By contrast, the law should also be regarded as a friend.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="mailto: heislord@teacher.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto: heislord@teacher.com"><U><IMG SRC="20a584f0.gif" border=0 width="600" height="79" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <I><B><U>THE TEN COMMANDMENTS HAVE ALWAYS EXISTED BEFORE SINAI</U></B></I></div> <bR> <div> We know that "sin is the transgression of the law," 1Jo. 3:4 and that God regards sin as the breaking of His law (Rom. 3:20; 4:15; 5:13; 7:7; 1Co. 15:56; Gal. 2:17-19; 3:10,22).  Therefore, since the Bible states that Satan "sinneth from the beginning," 1Jo. 3:8, God's law has always existed.  See:  Gen. 4:7; Gen. 13:13; Gen. 17:1-4; Gen. 18:19; Gen. 26:5; Exo. 16:28 (note the plural); Exo. 18:16; Exo. 19:5; 1Ch. 16:15-17; Psa. 105:44-45; Eze. 28:15; John 8:44; Rom. 5:12-13; 2Co. 3:3-11; Gal. 3:17-22; 2Pe. 2:4; 1Jo. 3:8; Rev 11:19. </div> <bR> <div> <I><B><U>GOD IS UNCHANGING</U></B></I></div> <bR> <div> Num. 23:19; Psa. 89:34; Psa. 102:27; Ecc. 3:14-15; Mal. 3:6; Heb. 1:11-12; 13:8; Jam. 1:17; 1Pe. 1:23.</div> <bR> <div> <I><B><U>THE TEN COMMANDMENTS WILL ALWAYS EXIST</U></B></I></div> <bR> <div> Isa. 2:2-4 (verse 3); Isa. 66:23 (4th); Heb. 8:2 & 9:24 & Rev. 15:5 (in the ark are the Ten Commandments).  Certainly, a loving God, would not give beings commandments that are impossible to obey, and then punish them for not obeying Him.  The Creator is a moral God Who created us to live in a moral universe.</div> <bR> <div> <B>THE TEN COMMANDMENTS</B></div> <bR> <div> <I><B><U>BEFORE SINAI</U></B></I></div> <bR> <div> (1)  Genesis 35:1-3</div> <div> (2)  Genesis 31:32; 35:1-3</div> <div> (3)  Genesis 12:3</div> <div> (4)  Genesis 2:1-4; Exodus 5:4-5; 16:4,23-30</div> <div> (5)  Genesis 9:22-25: 27:12</div> <div> (6)  Genesis 4:8-11,23-24; 9:5-6</div> <div> (7)  Genesis 20:3-9; 39:7-9</div> <div> (8)  Genesis 30:33; 31:19,36; 44:8,16</div> <div> (9)  Genesis 27:12</div> <div> (10)  Genesis 3:6; 27:6-10; Exodus 18:21; 1Sa. 14:14</div> <bR> <div> <I><B><U>IN THE NEW TESTAMENT</U></B></I></div> <bR> <div> (1)  Mat. 4:10; Acts 14:11-15</div> <div> (2)  Acts 17:29-30; Rom. 2:22; 1Co. 8:4-6; 10:14; 1Jo. 5:21</div> <div> (3)  Jam. 5:12; 1Ti. 6:1</div> <div> (4)  Mat. 12:8; 24:20; Luke 23:56; Acts 13:14,42,44; 16:13; 17:2; 18:4; Rom. 9:29; Heb. 4:4,9-10; Jam. 5:4</div> <div> (5)  Mat. 15:4; 19:19; Mark 10:19; Luke 18:20; Rom. 13:9; Eph. 6:2</div> <div> (6)  Mat. 5:21; 19:18; Mark 10:19; Luke 18:20; Rom. 13:9</div> <div> (7)  Mat. 5:27; 19:18; Mark 10:19; Luke 18:20; Rom. 13:9</div> <div> (8)  Mat. 19:18; Mark 10:19; Luke 18:20; Rom. 13:9</div> <div> (9)  Mat. 19:18; Mark 10:19; Luke 18:20; Rom. 13:9</div> <div> (10)  Rom. 7:7; 13:9</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="mailto: heislord@teacher.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto: heislord@teacher.com"><U><IMG SRC="21a4b4b0.gif" border=0 width="75" height="75" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </td> </tr></table></body>