Why are "The 10 Commandments" CALLED "The 10 Commandments"?
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Because Christianity founded itself on the Septuagint (Greek Bible) and later the Vulgate (latin) rather than the Hebrew originals.\n\nThe Septuagint word used in Exodus 20:6 is "prostagma" (Greek for "orders".) In the Vulgate, the word used is "praecepta" for precepts. \n\nSo because of this, there is definitely a slightly different emphasis in Christian understanding. We don't really consider ourselves wrong to use these texts, as they're actually older (by several centuries) than the Masoretic Hebrew used for modern Torah scrolls. They do offer a valid insight into how the texts were interpreted and thought of in ancient times.
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God's "current" commandments have been summarized as.\n\n1. "Love your (true) God with all your heart."\n\nAnd \n\n2. "do unto others as you would have them do unto you"
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Do you mean the ten commandments or what church laws?\n\nif yes\n\nDo not worship any other Gods\nDo not worship Idols\nYou shall not use my name in vain\nYou shall respect the sabbath and keep it holy\nHonour your father and Mother\nYou shall not kill\nYou shall not steal\nYou shall not commit adultery\nYou shall not give false witness\nYou shall not covet your neighbours property
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how about the 10 commandments?\n\nExo 20:2  [#1]  I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. \n\nExo 20:3  Thou shalt have no other gods before me. \n\nExo 20:4  [#2]  Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. \n\nExo 20:5  Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; \n\nExo 20:6  And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. \n\nExo 20:7  [#3]  Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. \n\nExo 20:8  [#4]  Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. \n\nExo 20:9  Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: \n\nExo 20:10  But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: \n\nExo 20:11  For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. \n\n[Note:  The "sabbath day" being referred to here is the Hebrew/Israel/Jewish sabbath day [the seventh (7th) day of the week, Saturday], that begins Friday at sundown, and continues until Saturday at sundown.] \n\nExo 20:12  [#5]  Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. \n\nExo 20:13  [#6]  Thou shalt not kill. \n\nExo 20:14  [#7]  Thou shalt not commit adultery. \n\nExo 20:15  [#8]  Thou shalt not steal. \n\nExo 20:16  [#9]  Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. \n\nExo 20:17  [#10]  Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's. \n\nExo 20:18  And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off. \n\nExo 20:19  And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die. \n\nExo 20:20  And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not. \n\nExo 20:21  And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was. \n\n~ Idols and Altars \n\nExo 20:22  And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven. \n\nExo 20:23  Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold. \n\nExo 20:24  An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee. \n\nExo 20:25  And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it. \n\nExo 20:26  Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.
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Ok here goes.\n\nFirst off, you need to revise your question. Matthew 7:9-10 says,"\n\n\nAnd Mark 7:9-10 says this " He said to them, "All too well you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition.  For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother'; and, 'He who curses father or mother, let him be put to death.\n\n\nNow in the OT (Old Testament) that was the Law.\n\nIn this passage though, it was allegory. If you read before and after these verses you will see that the Pharisees were trying to stump Jesus with another question/accusation, and ended up making themselves look like fools. Lets examine this, shall we?\n\nk, lets put things into context.\n\nMark 7\n\n2 Now when they (pharisees) saw some of His disciples eat bread with defiled, that is, with unwashed hands, they found fault(they found something with which to accuse him). \n\n3 For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands in a special way, holding the tradition of the elders. \n\n4 When they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. And there are many other things which they have received and hold, like the washing of cups, pitchers, copper vessels, and couches.\n\n5 Then the Pharisees and scribes asked Him, "Why do Your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashed hands?"\n\n6 He answered and said to them, "Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written: 'This people honors Me with their lips, But their heart is far from Me.\n\n7 And in vain they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.'\n\n8 "For laying aside the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men*--the washing of pitchers and cups, and many other such things you do."\n\n9 He said to them, "All too well you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition.\n\n10 For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother';  and, 'He who curses father or mother, let him be put to death.'\n  \n11 But you say, 'If a man says to his father or mother, "Whatever profit you might have received from me is Corban"--' (that is, a gift to God),\n\n \n\n12 then you no longer let him do anything for his father or his mother,\n\n   ***They ended up making Gods law void by picking and choosing what they would and would not follow. See the next verse***\n\n13 making the word of God of no effect through your tradition which you have handed down. And many such things you do(that aint the only thing you do)."\n\n14 When He had called all the multitude to Himself, He said to them, "Hear Me, everyone, and understand: \n\n15 There is nothing that enters a man from outside which can defile him; but the things which come out of him, those are the things that defile a man.\n\n   ***Nothing you enters you from the mouth makes you unclean, it is the things exit your mouth which defile you.***\n\n16 If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!" \n\n17 When He had entered a house away from the crowd, His disciples asked Him concerning the parable. \n\n18 So He said to them, "Are you thus without understanding also? Do you not perceive that whatever enters a man from outside cannot defile him, \n\n19 because it does not enter his heart but his stomach, and is eliminated, thus purifying all foods?"\n\n20 And He said, "What comes out of a man, that defiles a man. \n\n21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, \n\n22 thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness. \n     \n***These are the things that defile a man, examine the above two verses carefully***  \n\n23 All these evil things come from within and defile a man." \n\nAs for the commands to kill you are refering to, yes they are not metaphor, They where rules for capital punishment. \n\nIf a
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i heard it a while back yeah, except "basic" instead of "brief".. some other stuff: the names of the first 10 patriarchs of the bible tell God's plan.. lookee here\nhttp://www.susancanthony.com/aboutSusan/bibleits.html\n\nanother interesting thing is when God was on the cross, they hung a sign that said "Jesus the Nazarean and King of the Jews" which in hebrew is: Yeshua HaNazarei WMelech HaYehudim, the first letter from each  is Y-H-W-H, the name of God...
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The Ten Commandments\n\nhttp://www.crystalinks.com/tencommandments.html\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_commandments\n\nSeven Deadly Sins\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_deadly_sins\n\nSins\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sins
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It's a biblical thing. Like, "Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son" - it comes from the bible. They say 666 a lot too, LOL!
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Jews do that... in the Old Testament it says "Thou shalt not take the "LORD GOD'S" Name in vain.  Jews have a very strict "law" that prohibits from using the name of god (which, btw, is NOT lord god, nor is it GOD).  But out of respect they decline from using GOD altogether and instead use G_D or something similar.
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LMAO\n\nWith so many court houses diplaying the 10 commandments.. i think its only right we get to use the devil as a reason in any type of defense!  l
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Because most of those old laws are really just an embarassment to the religion, so they are desperate to find a way to rationalize their abolishment.  Where in the bible does it say that the 10 commandments are still ok, but not stoning for adultery or putting women in tents during their periods?\n\nThe entire religion is based on 2 things:  Picking and choosing which "holy books" were included in the final version of the bible, and then picking and choosing which verses in those books de-emphasised the Jewish tradition and emphasised what they wanted their new religion to say.
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In the first commandment, Love the Lord with all your hearts, mind soul and strength, it is actually summarising the first 4 of the 10 Commandments.\n\nLove your neighbour as yourselves, it is actually summarising the next 6 commandments.\n\nJesus come not to throw away the Old Testament law, but to fulfil it.  When reading the New Testament, it is important to be guided by the principle of Old Testament.  In the same manner, the Old Testament need to be read with the light of New T.\n\nLove your neighbour.  Paul in the Romans 13, told us that if we have love, we will not steal, rob or do any harmful things.  Thus, all the law about what to do in Old T can be summarised by this Second Commandment of Jesus, Love your enemy as Yourselves.
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The Old Testament, was transcended by the New Testament.  Hence the terms, old and new.  The Old Testament is about works and law, the New Testament is about grace and mercy.\n\nJesus says he desires mercy, more than sacrifice.\n\nAlso, He states that the 2 "laws" that fulfill all the others are to love the Lord with all the heart, mind, soul, and strength, and love your neighbor as yourself.\n\nThe rest of the ten commandments would most likely be ways we would act in loving our neighbor as ourself.  But it would not be because it was a rule, it would be because of love.\n\nI think because the first "Christians" had no written New Testament, and were Jews, the Old Testament remained as a teaching tool in the services.  Also, they used the OT prophesy to prove to others that Jesus was the Messiah.\n\nAs instruction in the way of life and faith, the teachings of Jesus supercede it, and the study of Jesus teachings alone, are beyond sufficient.
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its amazing to me that christinans say that the Torah has been in some way fulfilled when the Bible clearly states that it is a eternal decree for the nation of Israel for all generations. As for the Ten Commandments they do not follow them. It says to keep the sabbath it also says not to light a fire in your home on the sabbath. I do not know of a single Christian that obstians from doing that. Oh and the commandments the Jews have are 613 biblical Commandments. \n\nand yes everyone should study the 7 noacide laws.
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Not to discredit anyone, but luv_2sing06 is so wrong. Nowhere in the 10 commandments does it state ANYTHING about premarital sex.The closes it comes is "Thou shall not commit adultery". In fact, if it is so wrong in the eyes of God, why did Jesus hang out with prostitutes, thieves, killers, and tax collectors? In fact there is a story (John 4:4-26)in which a woman is talking to Jesus and she tells him that she is not married, and he replies that she has been married 5 times and is living with a guy. BUT NOT ONCE does he say anything about it being wrong. Also in John 8:1-11, Jesus says "Let the one without sin cast the first stone."\nNo sin is greater than another.
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Can you follow the 10 commandments?  Can you go without breaking a single one?  Neither can anyone else.  The laws were given to show the need for a messiah to die and atone for our sins.  Rom. 10:4: “Christ is the end of the Law\n\n By setting out a perfect pattern covering the various facets of life, it showed up the Jews as sinners. It became evident that, despite any good intentions and diligent efforts, they could not measure up to its requirements. Using the Jews as a sample of the imperfect human family, the Law exposed all the world, including each one of us, as sinners, liable to God for punishment. (Rom. 3:19, 20)Thus it emphasized the need for a savior for mankind, and it led faithful ones to Jesus Christ as that Savior. In what way? It identified him as the only one who kept the Law perfectly, thus the only human who was sinless.\n\nWas the Mosaic Law ever meant to be binding on all mankind? (Ps. 147:19, 20; Ex. 31:12, 13)\n\nDid Jehovah give any indication to Israel that someday the Law covenant would end? (Jer. 31:31-33; Heb. 8:13)\n\n In the light of this, what is implied by arguing that the Mosaic Law is still in force? In effect, this constitutes a repudiation of faith in Jesus Christ. Why is that so? Because such a view rejects the fact that Jesus fulfilled the Law, thus paving the way for God to terminate it. To persons who professed to be Christians but who were swayed by arguments in favor of keeping the Law, or some portion of it, the apostle Paul forcefully wrote: “You are parted from Christ, whoever you are that try to be declared righteous by means of law; you have fallen away from his undeserved kindness.”—Gal. 5:4; see also Romans 10:2-4.
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Sadly, again you are twisting the scripture. According to the structure of the verse, you are likely using the KJV of the Bible. While many Christians swear that this is the "most accurate" version of the Bible, theologians have long disagreed. When looking at the original text for the word "gods" in this text, we find it is the word Elohim. In different translations Elohim is translated as these different words:\nGod\ngods\njudges\n\nIn Exodus 22:8-9, the word Elohim is translated as judges. So what is the proper translation in the case of Ex 22:28. Well, we should read the rest of the chapter to find the proper context. \n\nWhat concept best fits the context of the term? What concept is best understood in the second language? The idea has to be transferred from one culture and time to another culture and time. There may or may not be a literal translation from the first to the second language.\n\nIn the case of the term Elohim in Exodus 22: 28. the translators of the various versions have used gods, God, judges, or simply have carried the Hebrew term over as is. Technically, each translation is correct. However, which one is the best in this passage?\n\nThe term gods carries the idea of something other than the true God of heaven. Why would the people be told not to revile the gods? They were to have nothing to do with them. Because of its connotation, this is not a good translation here.\n\nWhen Exodus 22: 8 and 9 are considered, the term God has definite meaning for the time when this commandment was given. The people were being led by God. He had just issued the Ten Commandments. Whatever the people did or said was considered to be before God. Thus, all judgments were considered to be made by God.\n\nThe judges were considered to be knowledgeable men who represented God. It was they who made decisions when there was a dispute. As a guide, they used the laws that God had given to them through Moses. Because of their position and the authority given to them by Moses, going before them with a case to be decided was as if they were going before God.\n\nAt first glance, the use of several versions for understanding in this example will cause confusion. However, with a knowledge of the background, one can see why the versions use different words in translation. Now, the reader can choose the rendering that he can best comprehend. The person who uses one version only can be at a disadvantage. If there is a poor translation in his version, he may obtain a misunderstanding of the concept. \n\nIn conclusion, I would suggest that either God or judges can be used. However, the reader must read the whole chapter to avoid interpreting this verse out of context. Here is a lesson for not using one verse by itself to formulate a belief.