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From: dubois@uwmacc.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.religion
Subject: What commandments shall be followed?
Message-ID: <135@uwmacc.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 11-Jul-84 11:30:28 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul 11 11:30:28 1984
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There are some six hundred commandments in the Old Testament
(the Hebrew Bible).  Christians follow some of these while
rejecting others.  For example, Christians do not observe the
Sabbath on Saturday, nor do most refrain from work on Sunday;
on the other hand, adultery is a sin.  In this newsgroup the
question has been raised as to whether this isn't somewhat
inconsistent (when put nicely) or a pick-what-suits-me-and-
throw-out-the-rest attitude (when not put quite so nicely).

My question:  what *is* the basis for selection of those
commandments that will be observed by Christians and
those that will not?

Some Jewish Christians, such as (some? all?) Jews for Jesus,
maintain that Jesus fulfilled all the commandments during
His time on earth.  Hence, circumcision (for instance) is
unnecessary.  Does this hold water?  For example, qualities
such as hospitality, purity of speech and so forth are regarded
(if I understand correctly) as non-optional.  Why is this?
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Paul DuBois		{allegra,ihnp4,seismo}!uwvax!uwmacc!dubois

And he is before all things, and by him all things consist...
						Colossians 1:17