As I think about this issue, although there are many things that come to mind; I can’t help thinking that the belief that Jesus Beatitudes supersedes the Decalogue is simply wrong, to put it mildly.
In my understanding neither supersedes the other; they are equally God’s Word and should therefore be obeyed by any Christian who truly loves their Lord.
It would appear to me also that John Reisinger believes that the words of Jesus are more important than the words of Moses. This is rather silly, doesn’t Reisinger believe in Reformed doctrines such as Sola Scriptura and the Inspiration of Scripture? Not to mention that the words of the 10 commandments were the Lord’s words, not Moses’ words.
Does Reisinger also believe, that something Jesus said in the Beatitudes cancels out the 4th Commandment?
Something has always puzzled me about Christians who view the 4th Commandment as a ceremonial law, rather than a moral law. It seems odd that God would give us 9 moral laws that must be obeyed for all time and one ceremonial law amongst it that needs only to be obeyed until the NC.
Their arguments remind me of the egalitarian argument that says that Paul wrote 1Tim.2 &3 in a culture, where a woman would never be accepted as a leader (ya so, did that stop Jesus from going against culture, particularly the Pharisees when they were wrong? The Mishnah comes to mind, see John 9).
These egalitarians believe the words from Paul are not for today. Yet these same egalitarians use the same words surrounding those particular words from Paul (1Tim. 3) for the qualification of both elders and deacons.
To be consistent both those who believe the 4th Commandment is ceremonial and egalitarians would need to take scissors to cut out portions of Scripture that no longer apply in our culture today.
Perhaps I am missing something?
Tom