Let me start with a disclaimer, this thread is not meant to question, at all, the need for christians to obey the Ten Commandments today.
I would be interested in understanding more of why the reformed view the Ten Commandments as being the complete summation of the moral Law of God.
Or rather, why is there a need to have every single sin or duty fall under one of the Ten Commandments? Some of the efforts I have seen to 'force' particular sins under one of the Ten Commandments do seem to me to be rather strained.
As an example, the WLC lists sodomy as one of the sins against the seventh commandment. But why is there a need to 'force' this sin into that category? How is sodomy an example of adultery? True, they are both sexual sins, but why not see them as two distinct sins or commandments rather than one being a subset of another?
I can see how the bible exalts the Ten Commandments, but I don't see how it does so in quite the manner that many theologians do. Can anyone help?
I would be interested in understanding more of why the reformed view the Ten Commandments as being the complete summation of the moral Law of God.
Or rather, why is there a need to have every single sin or duty fall under one of the Ten Commandments? Some of the efforts I have seen to 'force' particular sins under one of the Ten Commandments do seem to me to be rather strained.
As an example, the WLC lists sodomy as one of the sins against the seventh commandment. But why is there a need to 'force' this sin into that category? How is sodomy an example of adultery? True, they are both sexual sins, but why not see them as two distinct sins or commandments rather than one being a subset of another?
I can see how the bible exalts the Ten Commandments, but I don't see how it does so in quite the manner that many theologians do. Can anyone help?