Thank you Pastor Roger for your recent comment.  Yes, there are other sins that we should be on guard for.  My purpose for naming the commandments was to show that they were a guide for God's people. They were to give us an idea about what God considered as sin so that we could self-examine our selves and not do anything that was even close to it. By the commandments we had the simple commandment of do not commit adultery, now through Christ it is sexual immorality. Do you see what I was trying to explain?  If we want to know what sin is, look at the commandments. That's a starting point. Then compare it to everything that Jesus taught his disciples and you will have the entire picture of what sin is and we will be on better guard not to sin. Paul spoke of sin this way, The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy,fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkeness, orgies, and the like.(Galatians 5:19-21) As a Christian, to know the strategies and influences of the enemy help us to guard our hearts from falling into the enemies snares. This is all that I was trying to explain.

I am a Christian; I am not any of the people that was banned from this forum.  Please understand what I was trying to explain in my previous post.  I was not trying to explain that our salvation comes from works of the Law and not through our Lord Jesus. Salvation only comes through our faith in Jesus. What I was trying to explain in my recent post was that because of God's salvation through Christ our attitude toward sinning should be different. We should not sin deliberately. If we know what sin is, why should we knowingly commit it. When I spoke of the Ten commandments, my point was that the commandments show us what God viewed as sin and that as a Christian I should not purposely break it. I am not saying that we should keep the Law as a way to be saved. We can't earn our way to heaven. It is only by God's grace that we are saved. My point was that because I truly love God; I will not purposely sin. I apologize for any misunderstandings.

To God's Blessed
Bro. Niciah

Jesus taught, " If you want to enter life, obey the commandments."  Jesus then began to name some of them. He said, "Do not murder, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not give false testimony, Honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself.(Matthew 19:16-19) Jesus didn't come to abolish the Law. He said, "Anyone who breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.(Matthew 5:19) Instead of teaching against keeping the Law, Jesus magnified it and gave the true meaning of the commandments. LOVE. Jesus said, "Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it.' Love your neighbor as yourself.' All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.(Matthew 22:37-40) *Read the Ten Commandments of God's Royal Law and notice what Jesus is teaching. The first four commandments teach us how to show our love toward God, and the last six show us how to love our neigbor. Jesus magnified our understanding of the Ten Commandments by showing that it is LOVE that fulfills them. In other words, love complete's the righteous requirement of the Law. Jesus said, " If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father's commands and remain in his love.(John 15:10) Keeping the commandments is our way of showing true love to God and man. If we are Christians, that means that we are followers of Jesus and that we walk by his Spirit. We are to imitate him, and follow his example. Yes, Christians are to let Jesus' life live through them. This includes keeping and upholding the Ten Commandments. The commandments are a love relationship between God, us as an individual, and each other. Since when is it legalism or a form of bondage to truly love God and Mankind? Look! God's people are identified as those who obey God's commandments and hold to the testimony of Jesus.(Revelation 12:17/14:12) Walking by the Spirit of God only means letting the life of Christ fulfill in us the righteous requirements of the Commandments. Notice that walking in the Spirit is the opposite of breaking God's commandments.(Colossians 3, Ephesians 4:20-32/5:1-11, Galatians 5:16-26) Jesus taught this and so did his apostles. Paul has been quoted as if he taught against keeping the commandments. No, Paul taught that even though we live by faith, we still should uphold the Law, not nullify it and use faith as an excuse to sin.(Romans 3:31) Paul also taught that in our minds we should be a slave to God's Law.(Romans 7:25) Also notice that for Paul, in his inner being he delighted in God's Law.(Romans 7:22) The Law shows us what sin is so that we can practice righteousness and not sin. It is impossible for us to live righteously and not keep the commandments because the Law is righteous. So if I claim to be a Christian, I must understand that I will want to keep the Ten Commandments out of love for God, Christ, and man. Think about it. When has it ever been right to worship other gods? To make an idol and worship it? To misuse the name of God? To not keep the Sabbath(7th)Day holy? To not honor your Father and Mother? To murder? To commit adultery? To steal? To bear false testimony against your neighbor? To covet anything of your neighbors? It is very clear that God has said that anyone who continues to break these commandments will not inherit everlasting life.(Revelation 22:15, Ephesians 5:3-5. Galatians 5:19-21) Don't deceive yourselves into believing that you don't have to uphold the commandments, because it is clear that if you truly love God, you will want to.(No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God's seed remains in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God. This is how we know who the children of God are and who the children of the devil are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not a child of God; nor is anyone who does not love his brother. 1 John 3;9-10)

To The Blessed Of God,
Bro. Niciah