Post by Paddy by Grace on Jan 29, 2011 5:37:22 GMT -7
Yeshua is our only way of Salvation
Not Muhammad
Not Buddah
Not the Dalai-Lama
Not Osirus
Not Krishna
Not Apollo
Not Doctrines of men
Not Denominationalism
Not Political leaders
Not Philosophy
Honor and Obey the Commandments of God
1. "You shall have no other gods besides Me" [TV, Cars, Money, Job, Hobbies, Self-Esteem, Parents, Wife, Children, Grandchildren]
2. "You shall not make for yourself an idol" [lit. drawings, paintings, statues, movies, etc.]
3. "You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain" The Jews have a saying: "When Yahweh gave the third commandment, the whole world trembled" It is the commandment more than any other that show how much Yah should be a part of our every word, deed and attitude. It shows that the test of our spiritual cleanliness is how we use the name of Yah, whether in truth or in vanity. It indicates that man it better off being sincerely wrong than to be a professing Christian and deny His name by the conduct of his life.
The third commandment is certainly against common swearing, including using euphemisms so common in society. Many commonly use "gee", "gosh", "golly", "got all muddy", "Cheese and crackers", "Jiminy Cricket", "OMG", and "doggonit" to substitute for the more offensive words some carelessly spew forth. This commandment also covers the light or disrespectful use of any of Yah's attributes or character.
4. "Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy" (This will be discussed later)
5. "Honor your father and your mother" To honor one's parents means to respect their authority, to love them and under no circumstances to offend them by any word or action, to submit to them, to assist them in their work, to be solicitous in their time of need and especially during illness or old age, and likewise to pray to God for them during their life as well as after their death. Dishonoring one's parents is a grave sin. In the Old Testament, anyone who slandered his parents was punished by death. ("He who curses father or mother, let him be put to death" (Exodus 21:17)).
6. "Thou shalt not kill." The sixth commandment orders us to respect our life and the life of other people as one of the greatest and most marvelous gifts of God. Only the Author and the Giver of life can determine man's span of life. Killing has always been acceptable in defense of ones own life or anothers. Yahweh has left it up to civil governments to deal with war and punishments for capital crime. Abortion has never been acceptable.
7. "Thou shalt not commit adultery" With this commandment God enjoins husband and wife to preserve mutual fidelity, and the unmarried to be chaste in their deeds, words, thoughts and desires. In explaining this commandment, the Lord Jesus Christ added, "Whoever looks at a woman to lust for her, has already committed adultery with her in his heart" (Matthew 5:28). In other words, not only actions but all our thoughts and feelings must also be pure. In order to avoid sins related to sexual immorality, one must shun all that evokes unclean feelings, such as unbridled behavior, obscene conversations, music and dancing which arouses lustful desires, watching of indecent movies and magazines, and the like.
8. "Thou shalt not steal." This commandment orders us to respect the property of others. Sins against this commandment include theft, robbery, sacrilege (to misuse that which belongs to the Church), extortion or bribery (requesting money or gifts for services which are supposed to be rendered free of charge), usury (overcharging interest on loans), fraud (to appropriate someone's property by cunning). In general, robbery is committed by him who gives false weight; by him who sells at exorbitant prices; by him who, for love of gain, adulterates provisions in the market; by him who deprives his servants of their wages; by him who pays his employees starvation wages; by him who misappropriates common funds; and by him who forfeits paying a debt, conceals a find, etc.
9. "Thou shalt not bear false witness." By this commandment the Lord God forbids all forms of lying, as for instance: perjury in court, false complaints, slander, gossip, and swearing. In particular, slander should be considered an act of the devil, bacause the very name "devil" means "slanderer." Mockery magnifies the shortcomings of another person in a comic and degrading way in order to humiliate that person. It is a sign of a proud spirit and a cruel heart, which are so contrary to what Jesus Christ taught.
10. "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife; thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, nor his field... nor anything that is thy neighbor's." This last commandment orders us to refrain from envy and avoid all sinful desires. While the preceding commandments spoke preeminently regarding external behavior, this last one turns our attention to our inner world - to our thoughts, feelings and desires. It calls on us to strive towards spiritual cleanliness. It is important to understand that every sinful act starts inside as a sinful disposition of our soul. When a person lingers on a bad thought, it becomes a desire, and as that desire strengthens, it draws the will toward accomplishing the sinful act. That is why, in order to successfully battle against temptations, it is important to learn how to overcome them at the very onset - in our mind.
Envy is truly a poison for the soul. One who envies others always feels unhappy, even if he is the richest person in the world. The Scriptures say, "The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord," and, "By the envy of the devil, death entered the world" (Proverbs 15:26 and Book of Wisdom 2:24). To help us to overcome any feelings of envy or discontent, the Apostle instructs: "Having food and clothing, with these we shall be content. But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare ... For love of money is the root of all evil" (1 Timothy 6:8- 10). It is very helpful to remind ourselves of the innumerable mercies which God bestows on us. He should have destroyed us for our many sins, but, instead, He keeps forgiving us and sends us His material and spiritual gifts. To save us from eternal d**nation, the Son of God came to our world, took our sins and spilled His Precious Blood to wash them out. With His Resurrection, He gave us eternal and blessed life in the Kingdom of Heaven. Shouldn't we every instant thank Him for His infinite love?
One of the main goals in our life is to purify our heart to make it a temple for the Lord. The Lord Yeshua HaMashiach promises a great reward for those who have abstained from all unclean thoughts and feelings: "Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God" (Matthew 5:8). The Apostle Paul instructs, "Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, and you are that temple" (1 Cor. 3:16-17).
When a young Jew asked Jesus what he should do in order to inherit everlasting life, the Lord replied: "Observe the commandments," and enumerated several commandments from the list of ten (Matthew 19:16-22). In many other sermons Jesus reiterated the importance of the Ten commandments and explained their spiritual meaning.
In the above exposition, we saw that the first commandment teaches us to focus on God with our thoughts and aspirations; the second forbids making anything more important than God; the third teaches us to respect God; the fourth dedicates to Him the seventh day of the week and, in general, a part of our life; the fifth teaches us to honor our parents and elders. The following four commandments admonish us to respect our neighbor's life, family, property and good reputation. Finally, the last commandment forbids envy and calls for purity of heart.
Thus, the Ten commandments give man fundamental moral guidance for the formation of personal, family and community life. Life shows us that as long as the government in its lawmaking guides itself with these moral principles and concerns itself with their observance, life within a country flows at a normal pace. On the other hand, when it eschews these principles and begins to tread on them, be it a totalitarian or a democratic government, life within the country falls into confusion and catastrophe becomes imminent.
The Lord Jesus Christ unveiled the deep meaning of all the commandments, explaining that through their essential points they merge toward the teaching of love of God and neighbor: "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets" (Matthew 22:37-40).
In order for God's commandments to do us any good, it is necessary to make them ours; that is, we should try to have them not only as a guide for our actions, but they should also become our viewpoint, permeating our subconscious, or, according to the picturesque expression of the prophet, they should be written upon the tablets of our hearts. Then, by personal experience we will be convinced of their regenerating power, about which the righteous King David wrote, "Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the oath of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in His law he meditates day and night. He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also shall not wither; and whatever he does shall prosper" (Psalm 1:1-3).
Value and Learn the Feasts of the LORD
Leviticus 23:1-44 NKJV
1. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
2. "Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: 'The feasts of the Lord, which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, these are My feasts.
3. 'Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation. You shall do no work on it; it is the Sabbath of the Lord in all your dwellings.
4. 'These are the feasts of the Lord, holy convocations which you shall proclaim at their appointed times.
PASSOVER
FEAST OF UNLEAVENED BREAD
FEAST OF FIRSTFRUITS
FEAST OF PENTECOST (WEEKS)
FEAST OF TRUMPETS
DAY OF ATONEMENT
FEAST OF TABERNACLES
Honor & Remember the Sabbath, to keep it Holy
Exo 20:10 But the Seventh day is the Sabbath of YHWH thy Elohim: 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:
Exo 20:11 For in six days YHWH made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the Seventh day: wherefore YHWH Blessed the Sabbath Day, and Hallowed it.
Exo 31:14 Ye shall keep the Sabbath therefore; for it is Set-Apart unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
Exo 31:16 Wherefore the Children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual Covenant.
Lev 16:31 It shall be a Sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a Statute for ever.
Isa 56:4 For thus saith YHWH unto the eunuchs that keep My Sabbaths, and choose the Things that Please Me, and take hold of My Covenant;
Isa 56:6 Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to YHWH, to serve Him, and to love the Name of YHWH, to be His Servants, every one that keepeth the Sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of My Covenant;
Isa 56:2 Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it; that keepeth the Sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.
Eze 20:12 Moreover also I gave them My Sabbaths, to be a Sign between Me and them, that they might know that I am YHWH that Sanctify them.
Eze 20:20 And Hallow My Sabbaths; and they shall be a Sign between Me and you, that ye may know that I am YHWH your Elohim.
Eze 20:13 But the House of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness: they walked not in My Statutes, and they despised My Judgments, which, if a man do, he shall even live in them; and My Sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out My Fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.
Eze 20:16 Because they despised My Judgments, and walked not in My Statutes, but polluted My Sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.
Eze 22:8 Thou hast despised Mine Set-Apart Things, and hast profaned My Sabbaths.
Eze 22:26 Her priests have violated My Law, and have profaned Mine Set-Apart Things: they have put no difference between the Set-Apart and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the Clean, and have hid their eyes from My Sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.
Mat 12:12 How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is Lawful to do well on the Sabbath Days.
Mar 3:4 And He saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath Days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace.
Luk 13:10 And He was teaching in one of the Synagogues on the Sabbath.
Luk 13:16 And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath Day?
Act 13:42 And when the Jews were gone out of the Synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these Words might be preached to them the next Sabbath.
Act 13:44 And the next Sabbath Day came almost the whole city together to hear the Word of Elohim.
Act 15:21 For Moses of old time hath in every city, them that preach him, being read in the Synagogues every Sabbath Day.
Act 17:2 And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three Sabbath Days reasoned with them out of the Scriptures,
Act 18:4 And he reasoned in the Synagogue every Sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.
Mat 24:20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the Sabbath Day:
The Sabbath Law is the 4th Commandment laid down by Yahweh. It is one of the TEN commandments. It IS NOT one of 613 Mosaic Laws, nor one of the many rabbinical or Talmudic laws. It is God's eternal law for all mankind and all ages. If one violates this law, they violate all the commandments. Arguing against it shows ignorance and pride. No one, No Church, No King can alter or nullify this law...EVER
Shalom
Not Muhammad
Not Buddah
Not the Dalai-Lama
Not Osirus
Not Krishna
Not Apollo
Not Doctrines of men
Not Denominationalism
Not Political leaders
Not Philosophy
Honor and Obey the Commandments of God
1. "You shall have no other gods besides Me" [TV, Cars, Money, Job, Hobbies, Self-Esteem, Parents, Wife, Children, Grandchildren]
2. "You shall not make for yourself an idol" [lit. drawings, paintings, statues, movies, etc.]
3. "You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain" The Jews have a saying: "When Yahweh gave the third commandment, the whole world trembled" It is the commandment more than any other that show how much Yah should be a part of our every word, deed and attitude. It shows that the test of our spiritual cleanliness is how we use the name of Yah, whether in truth or in vanity. It indicates that man it better off being sincerely wrong than to be a professing Christian and deny His name by the conduct of his life.
The third commandment is certainly against common swearing, including using euphemisms so common in society. Many commonly use "gee", "gosh", "golly", "got all muddy", "Cheese and crackers", "Jiminy Cricket", "OMG", and "doggonit" to substitute for the more offensive words some carelessly spew forth. This commandment also covers the light or disrespectful use of any of Yah's attributes or character.
4. "Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy" (This will be discussed later)
5. "Honor your father and your mother" To honor one's parents means to respect their authority, to love them and under no circumstances to offend them by any word or action, to submit to them, to assist them in their work, to be solicitous in their time of need and especially during illness or old age, and likewise to pray to God for them during their life as well as after their death. Dishonoring one's parents is a grave sin. In the Old Testament, anyone who slandered his parents was punished by death. ("He who curses father or mother, let him be put to death" (Exodus 21:17)).
6. "Thou shalt not kill." The sixth commandment orders us to respect our life and the life of other people as one of the greatest and most marvelous gifts of God. Only the Author and the Giver of life can determine man's span of life. Killing has always been acceptable in defense of ones own life or anothers. Yahweh has left it up to civil governments to deal with war and punishments for capital crime. Abortion has never been acceptable.
7. "Thou shalt not commit adultery" With this commandment God enjoins husband and wife to preserve mutual fidelity, and the unmarried to be chaste in their deeds, words, thoughts and desires. In explaining this commandment, the Lord Jesus Christ added, "Whoever looks at a woman to lust for her, has already committed adultery with her in his heart" (Matthew 5:28). In other words, not only actions but all our thoughts and feelings must also be pure. In order to avoid sins related to sexual immorality, one must shun all that evokes unclean feelings, such as unbridled behavior, obscene conversations, music and dancing which arouses lustful desires, watching of indecent movies and magazines, and the like.
8. "Thou shalt not steal." This commandment orders us to respect the property of others. Sins against this commandment include theft, robbery, sacrilege (to misuse that which belongs to the Church), extortion or bribery (requesting money or gifts for services which are supposed to be rendered free of charge), usury (overcharging interest on loans), fraud (to appropriate someone's property by cunning). In general, robbery is committed by him who gives false weight; by him who sells at exorbitant prices; by him who, for love of gain, adulterates provisions in the market; by him who deprives his servants of their wages; by him who pays his employees starvation wages; by him who misappropriates common funds; and by him who forfeits paying a debt, conceals a find, etc.
9. "Thou shalt not bear false witness." By this commandment the Lord God forbids all forms of lying, as for instance: perjury in court, false complaints, slander, gossip, and swearing. In particular, slander should be considered an act of the devil, bacause the very name "devil" means "slanderer." Mockery magnifies the shortcomings of another person in a comic and degrading way in order to humiliate that person. It is a sign of a proud spirit and a cruel heart, which are so contrary to what Jesus Christ taught.
10. "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife; thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, nor his field... nor anything that is thy neighbor's." This last commandment orders us to refrain from envy and avoid all sinful desires. While the preceding commandments spoke preeminently regarding external behavior, this last one turns our attention to our inner world - to our thoughts, feelings and desires. It calls on us to strive towards spiritual cleanliness. It is important to understand that every sinful act starts inside as a sinful disposition of our soul. When a person lingers on a bad thought, it becomes a desire, and as that desire strengthens, it draws the will toward accomplishing the sinful act. That is why, in order to successfully battle against temptations, it is important to learn how to overcome them at the very onset - in our mind.
Envy is truly a poison for the soul. One who envies others always feels unhappy, even if he is the richest person in the world. The Scriptures say, "The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord," and, "By the envy of the devil, death entered the world" (Proverbs 15:26 and Book of Wisdom 2:24). To help us to overcome any feelings of envy or discontent, the Apostle instructs: "Having food and clothing, with these we shall be content. But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare ... For love of money is the root of all evil" (1 Timothy 6:8- 10). It is very helpful to remind ourselves of the innumerable mercies which God bestows on us. He should have destroyed us for our many sins, but, instead, He keeps forgiving us and sends us His material and spiritual gifts. To save us from eternal d**nation, the Son of God came to our world, took our sins and spilled His Precious Blood to wash them out. With His Resurrection, He gave us eternal and blessed life in the Kingdom of Heaven. Shouldn't we every instant thank Him for His infinite love?
One of the main goals in our life is to purify our heart to make it a temple for the Lord. The Lord Yeshua HaMashiach promises a great reward for those who have abstained from all unclean thoughts and feelings: "Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God" (Matthew 5:8). The Apostle Paul instructs, "Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, and you are that temple" (1 Cor. 3:16-17).
When a young Jew asked Jesus what he should do in order to inherit everlasting life, the Lord replied: "Observe the commandments," and enumerated several commandments from the list of ten (Matthew 19:16-22). In many other sermons Jesus reiterated the importance of the Ten commandments and explained their spiritual meaning.
In the above exposition, we saw that the first commandment teaches us to focus on God with our thoughts and aspirations; the second forbids making anything more important than God; the third teaches us to respect God; the fourth dedicates to Him the seventh day of the week and, in general, a part of our life; the fifth teaches us to honor our parents and elders. The following four commandments admonish us to respect our neighbor's life, family, property and good reputation. Finally, the last commandment forbids envy and calls for purity of heart.
Thus, the Ten commandments give man fundamental moral guidance for the formation of personal, family and community life. Life shows us that as long as the government in its lawmaking guides itself with these moral principles and concerns itself with their observance, life within a country flows at a normal pace. On the other hand, when it eschews these principles and begins to tread on them, be it a totalitarian or a democratic government, life within the country falls into confusion and catastrophe becomes imminent.
The Lord Jesus Christ unveiled the deep meaning of all the commandments, explaining that through their essential points they merge toward the teaching of love of God and neighbor: "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets" (Matthew 22:37-40).
In order for God's commandments to do us any good, it is necessary to make them ours; that is, we should try to have them not only as a guide for our actions, but they should also become our viewpoint, permeating our subconscious, or, according to the picturesque expression of the prophet, they should be written upon the tablets of our hearts. Then, by personal experience we will be convinced of their regenerating power, about which the righteous King David wrote, "Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the oath of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in His law he meditates day and night. He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also shall not wither; and whatever he does shall prosper" (Psalm 1:1-3).
Value and Learn the Feasts of the LORD
Leviticus 23:1-44 NKJV
1. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
2. "Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: 'The feasts of the Lord, which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, these are My feasts.
3. 'Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation. You shall do no work on it; it is the Sabbath of the Lord in all your dwellings.
4. 'These are the feasts of the Lord, holy convocations which you shall proclaim at their appointed times.
PASSOVER
FEAST OF UNLEAVENED BREAD
FEAST OF FIRSTFRUITS
FEAST OF PENTECOST (WEEKS)
FEAST OF TRUMPETS
DAY OF ATONEMENT
FEAST OF TABERNACLES
Honor & Remember the Sabbath, to keep it Holy
Exo 20:10 But the Seventh day is the Sabbath of YHWH thy Elohim: 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:
Exo 20:11 For in six days YHWH made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the Seventh day: wherefore YHWH Blessed the Sabbath Day, and Hallowed it.
Exo 31:14 Ye shall keep the Sabbath therefore; for it is Set-Apart unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
Exo 31:16 Wherefore the Children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual Covenant.
Lev 16:31 It shall be a Sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a Statute for ever.
Isa 56:4 For thus saith YHWH unto the eunuchs that keep My Sabbaths, and choose the Things that Please Me, and take hold of My Covenant;
Isa 56:6 Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to YHWH, to serve Him, and to love the Name of YHWH, to be His Servants, every one that keepeth the Sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of My Covenant;
Isa 56:2 Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it; that keepeth the Sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.
Eze 20:12 Moreover also I gave them My Sabbaths, to be a Sign between Me and them, that they might know that I am YHWH that Sanctify them.
Eze 20:20 And Hallow My Sabbaths; and they shall be a Sign between Me and you, that ye may know that I am YHWH your Elohim.
Eze 20:13 But the House of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness: they walked not in My Statutes, and they despised My Judgments, which, if a man do, he shall even live in them; and My Sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out My Fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.
Eze 20:16 Because they despised My Judgments, and walked not in My Statutes, but polluted My Sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.
Eze 22:8 Thou hast despised Mine Set-Apart Things, and hast profaned My Sabbaths.
Eze 22:26 Her priests have violated My Law, and have profaned Mine Set-Apart Things: they have put no difference between the Set-Apart and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the Clean, and have hid their eyes from My Sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.
Mat 12:12 How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is Lawful to do well on the Sabbath Days.
Mar 3:4 And He saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath Days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace.
Luk 13:10 And He was teaching in one of the Synagogues on the Sabbath.
Luk 13:16 And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath Day?
Act 13:42 And when the Jews were gone out of the Synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these Words might be preached to them the next Sabbath.
Act 13:44 And the next Sabbath Day came almost the whole city together to hear the Word of Elohim.
Act 15:21 For Moses of old time hath in every city, them that preach him, being read in the Synagogues every Sabbath Day.
Act 17:2 And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three Sabbath Days reasoned with them out of the Scriptures,
Act 18:4 And he reasoned in the Synagogue every Sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.
Mat 24:20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the Sabbath Day:
The Sabbath Law is the 4th Commandment laid down by Yahweh. It is one of the TEN commandments. It IS NOT one of 613 Mosaic Laws, nor one of the many rabbinical or Talmudic laws. It is God's eternal law for all mankind and all ages. If one violates this law, they violate all the commandments. Arguing against it shows ignorance and pride. No one, No Church, No King can alter or nullify this law...EVER
Shalom