Guest Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 Old & New Covenant Laws Compared The Old Covenant laws (Ten Commandments) were transformed into New Covenant laws through Jesus Christ. Following are the Ten Commandments from the old covenant compared to the equivalent new covenant commandments. Old Covenant Ten Commandments Equivalent New Covenant Laws 1. No other gods Do not love the world; worship and serve God only… 2. No Idols Do not make idols nor be full of greed… 3. Do not take God's name in vain Do not swear by anything, avoid hypocrisy… 4. Keep Sabbath holy Jesus Christ is our Sabbath Rest… 5. Honor parents Obey and honor parents… 6. Do not murder Do not be angry with or hate brothers or sisters… 7. Do not commit adultery Do not be filled with lust, do not divorce or marry one who is divorced… 8. Do not steal Do not take from others, and be generous to those in need… 9. Do not give false testimony Do not give false testimony or speak evil against your brother… 10. Do not covet Be content; do not worry… See it here. edit for format. Which didn't work, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nebula Posted July 15, 2012 Group: Royal Member Followers: 10 Topic Count: 5,823 Topics Per Day: 0.75 Content Count: 45,870 Content Per Day: 5.95 Reputation: 1,897 Days Won: 83 Joined: 03/22/2003 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/19/1970 Share Posted July 15, 2012 Parker, I am confused. What you said makes it sound like we were passed from one tough set of rules and regulations into an even tougher set set of rules and regulations, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xero Posted July 15, 2012 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 5 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 365 Content Per Day: 0.08 Reputation: 90 Days Won: 6 Joined: 03/16/2012 Status: Offline Share Posted July 15, 2012 Its cross reference of the OT with the NT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
combat68w Posted July 15, 2012 Group: Members Followers: 1 Topic Count: 6 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 31 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 6 Days Won: 1 Joined: 06/13/2012 Status: Offline Birthday: 03/23/1986 Share Posted July 15, 2012 (edited) Love God with everything in you... by doing that slowly we have the desire to be more Christ like, it starts with salvation, accepting the Christ as our Lord and Savior, and then as we continue to read and pray and worship we slowly grow and follow more and more of what Jesus wanted us to do... Edited July 15, 2012 by combat68w Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 (edited) Parker, I am confused. What you said makes it sound like we were passed from one tough set of rules and regulations into an even tougher set set of rules and regulations, Sorry, wrong topic. Edited July 15, 2012 by Parker1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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