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Subject: Re: What commandments shall be followed? - (nf)
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ecn-ee!beatyr    Aug 22 21:08:00 1984

In response to your question, I will try to give you what I
believe to be the truth of the "commandment question".  In the
book of Hebrews, from around chapter 7 to about chapter 10, a
lot is said concerning the Old Testament Laws and their replacement
by the guidelines given in various places in the New Testament
through various sources (Sermon on the Mount, through the Apostles,
the writings of Paul, etc.)  If you take this as the basis for
which "commandments" are to be followed in the present day, you
will see that it is no longer necessary to  observe the Sabbath
because the day of worship is now given as Sunday (the day the
Apostles came together to worship), no longer to necessary to 
sacrifice animals because of the arguments (in Galatians somewhere?)
about 'if the blood of bulls and goats were sufficient (paraphrased)'
but that in the New Testament foul speech is stil spoken out
against : 'it is not what enters the mouth that defiles the man,
but what proceeds out of the mouth (again paraphrased)', and
hospitality by Christians is still shown by example at the end 
of the second chapter of Acts.  

I guess what I'm trying to say is that the Old Testament is now
only useful as a set of examples (the books of Ruth and Jonah) and
as history and verification that Jesus is the Christ.

Does this help any?

                          Jim Alred