Kathy (1 Jan 2013)
"Keeping the commandments"



I try not to argue with people about this but I just can't believe how some people think you are not to keep commandments.  First of all, our beloved Savior said "If you love me, you will keep the commandments.". Please show me, from our Savior's words, where He says you don't have to keep them.  Don't give me Paul's words.  Paul is very hard to understand unless you look at him from a practicing Hebrew's point of view, which most Christians can not do. Next, you are not saved by grace, you are saved by the blood!  The Savior said "many will come to me saying Lord,Lord . . But I did not know them!". Many people believe that grace is a license to sin.  Before you tell me it's not, then which commandments do you not follow and which ones do you try to follow?  Telling people you're saved by grace and we do not have to follow the commandments is giving a person a way out.  Let's go back to my question.  Which commandments can you not follow?  We are not talking about man made laws by the Jewish leaders about which shoe to put on first or how far to walk on a Sabbath.  We are talking about true commandments that our Creator gave us to follow.  Do you really think you are going to see your Creator but you don't have to love and honor Him.  That's one of the commandments and I think out of love you would do that.  Remember, you do it out of love not because your going to win a bigger, better prize.  How about murder.  In your heart you think you can walk up to people and end their lives and that's okay?  You're saved by grace so it won't matter, right?  Wrong, with the love of the Savior, your heart tells you it's wrong.  I think people who think you are not to follow Commandments get them mixed up with all the many man made laws that the leaders created to control the people and to lift themselves up.  My Savior, Yahushua, said we are to write the commandments in our heart, not on stone.  We are to love our Creator, Yahuwah, will all our heart and soul and to treat our fellow man with love and respect.  These sum up the commandments, and yes we are to follow them!