Which of these 50 commands found in the Bible are permanent,timeless and apply today, and which ones are temporary and only applicable in the original historical setting? Let me know what you think and why?
1. Greet one another with a holy kiss.(Rm. 16:16)
2. Abstain from meat that has been sacrificed to idols.(acts 15:29)
3. Be baptized. (acts 2:38)
4. A woman ought to have a veil on her head.
(1 cor 11:10)
5. wash each other’s feet.(John 13:14)
6. Enroll no widow under 60 years old.(1 tim. 5:9)
7. Ordain by the laying on of hands. (Acts 13:3)
8. It is indecent for a woman to speak in an assembly (1cor 14:35)
9. have fixed hours of prayer.(acts 3:10)
10. Beware of dogs.(Phil 3:2)
11. Sing songs, hymns and spiritual songs. (col3:16)
12. Abstain from eating blood. (acts 15:29)
13. Observe festivals, new moons, and Sabbaths. (col 2:16)
14. Observe the lords supper.(1 cor 11:24)
15. Remember the poor. (gal 2:10)
16. Anoint the sick with oil. (james 5:14,15)
17. Permit no woman to teach men. (1 Tim 2:12)
18. Preach two by two. (Mark 6:7)
19. Speak Greek in the assembly. (Acts 14:1)
20. Eat what is set before you asking no questions. (1 Cor 10:27)
21. Prohibit women from wearing braided hair, gold, or pearls
22. Abstain from fornication. (acts 15:29)
23. Do not seek marriage (1 Cor 7:27)
24. Be circumcised. (Acts 15:50)
25. Refuse to eat reptiles or birds of the air.
(acts 10:12)
26. Drink communion from a single cup. ( Mark 14:24)
27. Take formal religious vows (acts 18:18)
28. Refrain from public prayer. (mt.6:5,6)
29. Speak in tongues. (1 cor 14:5)
30. Meet in homes for church. (col 4:15)
31. Work with your hands (1 thess 4:11)
32. Lift your hands when praying.( 1 tim 2:8)
33. Give to those who beg from you.(mt 5:42)
34. Pray before meals. (luke 24:30)
35. Extend the right hand of fellowship(left hand?) Gal 2:9
36. Say “Amen at the end of prayers.(1cor .14:16)
37. Fast in connection with ordination. (acts 13:3)
38. Wives be subject to your husbands.(col. 3:18)
39. Show no partiality toward the rich.(James 2:1-7)
40. Use unleavened bread for communion. (lk 22:13,19)
41. Cast lots for officers. (acts 1:26)
42. Owe no man anything.(Rm. 13:8)
43. Have 7 deacons in the church.(acts 6)
44. Abstain from the meat of animals killed by strangulation.(acts 15:29)
45. If anyone will not work, let them not eat.(2 thess.3:10)
46. Worship on Saturday.(acts 13:14,42,44)
47. Sell lands and houses when one becomes a Christian.(acts 4:32-37)
48. Have self-employed clergy.(2 thess. 3:7,8)
49. Take collections in church for the poor.(1 cor.16:1)
50. Refuse to take oaths.(Mt. 5:33-37)
Now that you are finished, Ask yourself what principle you used to distinguish that which is permanent and essential, and that which is temporary and cultural. Since you made a separation, you must have used some standard. What was it?
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