A Memorable Fancy pg170

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A Memorable Fancy is mocking Jesus for not keeping the ten commandments, when in reality he honored the ten commandments. In regard to the 4th commandment, "Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the LORD your God has commanded you. 13 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 14 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your ox, your donkey or any of your animals, nor the alien within your gates, so that your manservant and maidservant may rest, as you do. 15 Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and that the LORD your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. Therefore the LORD your God has commanded you to observe the Sabbath day" (Duet 5:12-15). Jesus did not "mock at the sabbath, and so mock the sabbath's God (Mitchell). Jesus was a Jew who kept the sabbath religiousely throughout his lifetime. He even fought with the pharisees on this issue saying, " it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath" (Mathew 12:12). The Pharisees had missed the point, yes you shoud not do work (Duet 5:14) but that the sabbath was made for man (Mark 2:27) and you should do good on it (Isaiah 56:2) not evil. Jesus firmly believed and taught the keeping of the sabbath, and the "Memorable Fancy" is pulling this out of context.

In regard to the sixth commandment, "You shall not murder" (Duet 5:17), "A Memorable Fancy" states that Jesus "murdered those who were murder'd because of him." The definition of murder is "to kill or slaughter inhumanly or barbarously" (dictionary.com). Jesus did not "kill or slaughter" anyone in any records that human beings contain. Many people however, were killed because they stoodup for him and his teachings. Jesus did not force these people to believe what they did, nor did he brain wash them. Its not his fault that people arn't tolerant of others and their beliefs. Jesus did teach, "whoever loses his life for my sake will find it" (Mathew 10:39) but those people chose to Preach and standup for his teachings they weren't forced.

"A Memorable Fancy" also ridicules Jesus for the incident in John8 where a women had commited adultury and the punishment in Torah (Duet 5:18) would be to stone her. Jesus responce instead is, "He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her" (John 8:7) and everyone in return put down their stones. Jesus is not doing away with the law (Mathew 5:17) but he is showing that everyone sins and because he is giving up his life we can be forgiven for those sins instead of recieving death. So you can choose to live by the law and then die by it (Galatians 2:19) because no one can live perfectly, or you can choose to be forgive for your sins. This is the message Jesus was teaching, which still inforces that the seventh commandment should be kept. Infact an old testament prophesy about Jesus states that he came to magnify the law and make it honorable, meaning that he is coming to make it so we can escape death from the law if we repent. (Isaiah 42:21)

These are only three of the ten commandments addressed in this passage and i wish i had more time to hit each of them in greater depth. The point is that i personaly think that these points are taken out of context and that Jesus did personally keep and teach the ten commandments.