From the beginning of creation, the devil twisted the words and truth of God and commanded the exact opposite of what God commanded. Deus disse, that man couldn’t eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil, contudo, the devil said, that man could eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil and encouraged man to eat from the tree. And to whom did man listen? And which commandment did man obey? Man obeyed the commandment of the devil. Just like so many people today, who say they know God and believe in Jesus Christ, enquanto isso, they listen to the voice of the devil and believe in his lies, and obey the commandments of the devil. And so by the walk of people, os filhos de Deus, who keep the commandments of God, and the sons of the devil, who keep the commandments of the devil, are revealed. What are the commandments of God and the commandments of the devil?
The distinction between God’s people and the pagan nations
God made His will known by giving Moses the law and commandments in the Old Covenant. The law of Moses consisted of precepts, regulamentos, rituais, sacrifices, e festas, which God’s people had to keep and was meant for the carnal old man.
By keeping the law of Moses, God’s people distinguished themselves from the pagan nations, who went their own way and belonged to the devil and served him by doing the will of the devil and through idolatry and uncleanness.
The works of a person revealed, whether the person belonged to God, the Creator of the heaven and the earth and all there is within, and was circumcised or the person belonged to the devil, the ruler of the world (world system) and was uncircumcised.
Na Nova Aliança, this is still the case. Because although the law of Moses, which was meant for the old carnal man, who belonged to God through natural birth, no longer applies to the new man, who is born again in Christ, o novo homem, who is circumcised in Christ, lives after the law of the Spirit that represents the will of God.
Pois o que a lei não podia fazer, na medida em que era fraco pela carne, Deus enviando Seu próprio Filho em semelhança de carne pecaminosa, e pelo pecado, condenou o pecado na carne: Para que a justiça da lei se cumprisse em nós, que não andam segundo a carne, mas depois do Espírito. Pois os que são segundo a carne inclinam-se para as coisas da carne; mas os que são segundo o Espírito, as coisas do Espírito. Pois a inclinação da carne é morte; mas a inclinação espiritual é vida e paz (Romanos 8:3-6)
The precepts and the moral commandments of God, which are the same commandments of Jesus Christ and Jesus even tightened the commandments, still apply in the New Covenant. Because just like Jesus came to fulfill the law, the new man shall also fulfill the law through obedience to the commandments of God and Jesus and by doing the will of the Father (Leia também: ‘Are the commandments of God still valid?’ And ‘O homem é capaz de cumprir a lei?').
The sons of God walk in the commandments of God
What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? Deus me livre. Como devemos, que estão mortos para o pecado, viver mais lá? Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into His death? Therefore we are buried with Him by baptism into death: que, assim como Cristo foi levantado dentre os mortos pela glória do Pai, assim também nós devemos andar em novidade de vida. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of His death, we shall be also in the likeness of His resurrection: Sabendo disso, that our old man is crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. Pois quem está morto está liberto do pecado (Romanos 6:1-7)
Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God. For He hath made Him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him (2 Coríntios 5:20-21)
The new man is not a sinner anymore. Isso significa, that the new man is no longer a slave of sin and shall not obey sin and persevere in sin. But the new man is cleansed from all sins and iniquities by the blood of Jesus Christ and has been made holy and righteous and reconciled with God (Leia também: ‘Você ainda é um pecador?‘ e ‘A paz, Jesus restored between fallen man and God').
The new man is born again in Christ. The flesh, in which the sinful nature dwells and sin and death reigns, has been crucified in Christ and the spirit, in which God’s nature dwells and righteousness and life reigns, has been raised from the dead.
The new man shall walk in the spiritual armor of God and shall resist the temptations of the devil and resist sin and shall reign over sin and death (Leia também: The spiritual armor of God')
The Holy Spirit dwells in the new man, whereby the law of God, or in other words, the will of God and His commandments are written upon the heart of the new man (Oh. Jeremias 31:33-34, hebraico 10:16-17 (Leia também: ‘Why did God write His commandments on tablets of stone?'))
If the will of God and His commandments are written upon the heart of the new man and the new man possesses God’s nature, then the new man shall do the will of God and shall walk in His commandments, since the will of God has become the will of the new man.
The new man walks in love by keeping God’s commandments
Meu filho, forget not My law; but let thine heart keep My commandments: For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee (Provérbios 3:1-2)
E Ele vivificou, que estavam mortos em delitos e pecados; Em que outrora andastes segundo o curso deste mundo, de acordo com o príncipe do poder do ar, O Espírito que agora opera nos filhos da desobediência: Entre os quais também todos nós andamos outrora nas concupiscências da nossa carne, satisfazendo os desejos da carne e da mente; e eram por natureza filhos da ira, even as others. But God, que é rico em misericórdia, por Seu grande amor com o qual Ele nos amou, Mesmo quando estávamos mortos em pecados, nos vivificou juntamente com Cristo, (by grace ye are saved;) E nos criou juntos, e nos fez sentar juntos nos lugares celestiais em Cristo Jesus: That in the ages to come He might shew the exceeding riches of His grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus (Efésios 2:1-7)
Se você me ama, guarde meus mandamentos (John 14:15)
As the Father hath loved Me, so have I loved you: continue ye in My love. If ye keep My commandments, ye shall abide in My love; even as I have kept My Father’s commandments, and abide in His love (John 15:9-10)
The new man shall no longer walk, as he or she walked before in the lusts of the flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the carnal mind, that thinks like the world and is controlled by the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now works in the children of disobedience.
Mas o novo homem, who is raised from the dead, shall walk by faith after the Spirit in the will of God in love, which means that the person shall keep the commandments of God and the commandments of Jesus.
The distinction between the sons of God and the sons of the devil
And just like in the Old Covenant God’s people distinguished themselves from the pagan nations, in the New Covenant the sons of God distinguish themselves from the sons of the devil by their works and lifestyle.
The sons of God walk after the Spirit in the commandments of God and do His will and the sons of the devil walk after the flesh in the commandments of the devil and do his will.
Let’s look at some of the commandments of God and the commandments of the devil, whereby we can conclude, to whom the church belongs and to whom the church bends her roots, em outras palavras, to whom the members of the church, os crentes, belong to and to whom they listen and obey and whose commandments they keep (Leia também: 'To whom does the church bend her roots?')
Os mandamentos de Deus e os mandamentos do diabo
The commandments of God
- You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, mente, alma, e força.
- You shall love Me by keeping My commandments
- Você deve love your neighbour as yourself
- You shall not love the world of which the devil is the ruler
- You shall have no other gods before Me and shall not make carved images, and shall not bow down to them nor serve them
- You shall not get involved with idolatry and pagan religions
- You shall not take the Name of the Lord your God in vain
- You shall remember the sabbath day
- You shall honor your father and mother
- You shall speak the truth and shall not lie
- You shall not kill (including abortion, eutanásia, and suicide)
- You shall give
- You shall not steal
- You shall not covet your neighbour’s possessions
- You shall not deceive your neighbour
- You shall not get involved in sexual uncleanness
- You shall not commit fornication
- You shall not live together unmarried
- You shall not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers
- You shall not have sexual intercourse outside of marriage (sexo antes do casamento, extramarital sex, etc.)
- You shall not have sexual intercourse with someone of your own sex
- You shall not have sexual intercourse with children
- You shall not have sexual intercourse with yourself and masturbar
- You shall not have sexual intercourse with animals
- You shall not commit adultery and deceive your spouse
- You shall be loyal and shall not divorce
- You shall not speak evil
- You shall be thankful and shall not murmur and complain
- You shall forgive
- You shall not print any marks upon you and therefore shall not get a tattoo
- You shall not inquire the dead and consult spirits
- You shall not engage in divination
- You shall walk after the Spirit
The commandments of the devil
- You shall hate God and everything that God has created and has instituted
- You are important and you shall love yourself with all your heart, alma, mente, e força
- You shall love me by keeping my commandments
- You shall love the world of which I am the ruler and all the things of the world
- You shall have other gods and adopt pagan religions and make for yourself carved images, and shall bow down to them and serve them and commit idolatry
- You shall take the Name of the Lord your God in vain (use for unholy things, cursing, etc.)
- You shall consider the sabbat day as any other day
- You shall rebel against your father and mother
- Você deve mentira
- You shall kill (including abortion, eutanásia, and suicide)
- You shall not give, you shall only give if it profits you
- You shall lie, including making (falso) promises, and don’t keep them
- You shall be jealous and envious
- You shall covet your neighbour’s possessions
- You shall deceive your neighbour
- Você deve entrar (sexual) Impureza
- You shall commit fornication
- Você deve live together unmarried
- You shall have sexual intercourse outside of marriage
- You shall have sexual intercourse with someone of your own sex
- You shall have sexual intercourse with children
- You shall have sexual intercourse with yourself and masturbar
- You shall have sexual intercourse with animals
- You shall commit adultery and deceive your spouse
- You shall divorce
- You shall speak evil
- You shall murmur and complain
- You shall not forgive
- You shall print marks upon you and get tattoos
- You shall inquire the dead and consult spirits and communicate with them
- You shall engage in divination
- You shall walk after the flesh
(Oh. Êxodo 20, Levítico 18:22; 20:13; 19, Deuteronômio 5; 6; 18; 23:17, Malaquias 2:16, Mateus 5; 6; 19; 22:36-40, Marca 10, Lucas 12:15, John 14:15; Romanos 1:24-32, 1 Coríntios 6:9-11, Gálatas 5:19-26)
The Father of truth and the father of lies
The devil is a liar and twists everything and causes the people to doubt the words of God and make them believe that the commandments of God are not beneficial but evil for mankind and outdated and no longer applicable and that the commandments of God keep the people in bondage, which are lies ofcourse.
No entanto, the worst thing is, that many people, incluindo pessoas, who say they believe, have more faith in the words of the devil than the words of God and believe the lies of the devil, que é o pai da mentira, above the truth of God, Who is the Father of truth, and as a result obey the devil and keep his commandments and walk in his will instead of obeying God and keep His commandments and walk in His will.
‘Seja o sal da terra’
