Ten or 42 Commandments?

[Shintao]

Which set of Comandments can you live with in your daily life? Which set of comandments are better? And why? I personaly find the Egyptian set to be more thorough.

The Egyptian Book of Life Commandments
Transgressions Against Mankind

1. I have not committed murder, neither have I bid any man to slay on my behalf;

2. I have not committed rape, neither have I forced any woman to commit fornication;

3. I have not avenged myself, nor have I burned with rage;

4. I have not caused terror, nor have I worked affliction;

5. I have caused none to feel pain, nor have I worked grief;

6. I have done neither harm nor ill, nor I have caused misery;

7. I have done no hurt to man, nor have I wrought harm to beasts;

8. I have made none to weep;

9. I have had no knowledge of evil, neither have I acted wickedly, nor have I wronged the people;

10. I have not stolen, neither have I taken that which does not belong to me, nor that which belongs to another, nor have I taken from the orchards, nor snatched the milk from the mouth of the babe;

11. I have not defrauded, neither I have added to the weight of the balance, nor have I made light the weight in the scales;

12. I have not laid waste the plowed land, nor trampled down the fields;

13. I have not driven the cattle from their pastures, nor have I deprived any of that which was rightfully theirs;

14. I have accused no man falsely, nor have I supported any false accusation;

15. I have spoken no lies, neither have I spoken falsely to the hurt of another;

16. I have never uttered fiery words, nor have I stirred up strife;

17. I have not acted guilefully, neither have I dealt deceitfully, nor spoken to deceive to the hurt another;

18. I have not spoken scornfully, nor have I set my lips in motion against any man;

19. I have not been an eavesdropper;

20. I have not stopped my ears against the words of Right and Truth;

21. I have not judged hastily, nor have I judged harshly;

22. I have committed no crime in the place of Right and Truth;

23. I have caused no wrong to be done to the servant by his master;

24. I have not been angry without cause;

25. I have not turned back water at its springtide, nor stemmed the flow of running water;

26. I have not broken the channel of a running water;

27. I have never fouled the water, nor have I polluted the land.



Sins

28. I have not cursed nor despised God, nor have I done that which God does abominate;

29. I have not vexed or angered God;

30. I have not robbed God, nor have I filched that which has been offered in the temples;

31. I have not added unto nor have I diminished the offerings which are due;

32. I have not purloined the cakes of the gods;

33. I have not carried away the offerings made unto the blessed dead;

34. I have not disregarded the season for the offerings which are appointed;

35. I have not turned away the cattle set apart for sacrifice;

36. I have not thwarted the processions of the god;

37. I have not slaughtered with evil intent the cattle of the god;



Personal Transgressions

38. I have not acted guilefully nor have I acted in insolence;

39. I have not been overly proud, nor have I behaved myself with arrogance;

40. I have never magnified my condition beyond what was fitting;

41. Each day have I labored more than was required of me;

42. My name has not come forth to the boat of the Prince
http://www.perankhgroup.com/42%20commandments.htm
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The Biblical Commandments

You shall have no other Gods before me.

You shall not make for yourself any carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate me, but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.

You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.

Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your manservant, nor your maidservant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.

Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

You shall not murder.

You shall not commit adultery.

You shall not steal.

You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s."
http://www.bible-knowledge.com/10-Commandments.html

[Newscaster]

Shintao, your list of Egyptian commandments is all very nice but be practical......exactly how many of them could you realistically commit nowadays?
Distrubing someone else's land or stealing his cattle set aside for sacrifice? They may have been perfectly legitimate two or three thousand years ago, but most are gathering lots of dust these days...just like the 619 commandments in the OT Book Deuternomy. They were valid once but lets again be realistic....how much chance will I have to kill a man whose oxen knocks me down? I dont even know anyone who owns an ox. Do you?

[Ralph]

The "Facts" are as such. The Ten Commandments as issued to the nation of Israel on Mt. Sinai are "MOOT" as far as "Doctrinal Law" is to be considered by the Christian. They were nailed to the cross of the Christ as was the entirety of Old Testament Law. (Col.2:14). The apostle Paul goes further in explaining. 2Cor.3:7-18 tells us that.....The letters on "STONE" glory was fading....Thus, the apostles were ministers of a "NEW COVENANT". He(Paul) in Rom. 7:1-4 also tells us....For anyone to take advantage of the New Covenant, they must first be released from their prior commitment(Old Law). And it would be considered "SPIRITUAL ADULTERY" to attempt to live under both the Old Covenant and the New.

Did this in fact do away with the Laws of God? Of course not, all but one(concerning the sabbath) of the 10 commandments were carried forward by the New Testament teachings of Jesus and His apostles as led by the Spirit of Truth. 1)No other God (Matt.4:10, Act 17:22-30). 2.) Idolatry forbidden (1Cor.10:14, 1John5:21). 3.) Do not take God's name in vain (1Tim.6:1, Col.3:17). 4.) Keep the Sabbath day Holy (found no where in New Testament teachings as an act of worship, in fact Col. 2:16 clearly states "Let no man judge you......or of the sabbath days"). 5.) Honor your mother and father (Matt.15:4-9, Eph.6:1-3). 6.) Do not murder (Matt.5:21-22, Rev.21:6). 7.) Do not commit adultery (Gal.5:19, 1Cor.6:9-20). 8.) Do not steal (1Cor.6:10, Eph.4:28). 9.) Do not bear false witness (Matt.5:22, Col.3:9). 10.) Do not covet (Eph.5:3, Col.3:5.) (R)