Originally Posted by Pilgrim
Originally Posted by Jacy
Where I am right now is trying to study and discern what exactly are Christ's commandments and what are man's.
Jacy,

May I make a suggestion by way of a question? Consider the following: 'Are "Christ's commandments" different than His Father's commandments?' Put another way, 'Are the laws God the Father commanded which ALL men are to heed different from Christ's commandments and/or different from those laws which God writes upon the hearts of all believers along with the ability and desire to keep them?'

In His grace,

Hmm...........interesting question and I'm not sure where you're going with it. Since Christ and His Father are one, there would be no conflict or contradiction in commands, right? I look at God's commands and Christ's both being binding upon me, the believer, knowing that those who do not have the Spirit of Christ do not have the ability nor the desire to obey. They are held accountable nonetheless.

The difference I see is that some of God's commands were given to the Jews, though, as opposed to Christ's commands that were given to all believers. So how do we know which laws applied to the Jews only, which are not directed to us, other than what the Jerusalem counsel decided, namely that the only requirements of the Jewish law were to be abstinence from sexual immorality, things polluted by idols, things strangled, and from blood?

What do you mean by "laws which God writes upon the hearts of all believers"? Is there another law God gives other than His Word? I know Paul talks about the fact the God has given evidence of His existence in creation through general revelation (Romans 1:18-21)