SHOULD WE
FOLLOW THE TEN COMMANDMENTS TODAY??
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Most people believe we should still keep the ten commandments? Is this true? What does the Bible say?
The ten commandments were given to the nation of
Deuteronomy 5:2-3 “THE LORD OUR GOD MADE A COVENANT WITH US IN HOREB. THE LORD DID NOT MAKE THIS COVENANT WITH OUR FATHERS, BUT WITH US, THOSE WHO ARE HERE TODAY, ALL OF US WHO ARE ALIVE.”:
This was a new law God had given. It had not been given to their
ancestors. It was given only to the
children of
The command
to keep the sabbath (the seventh day of the week, which is Saturday) was not
required of man before
Jeremiah, who lived under the Law given at Sinai, said that this Law was temporary and that God was going to make a New Law with His people:
Jeremiah 31:31-32 “BEHOLD, THE DAYS ARE COMING, SAYS THE LORD, WHEN I WILL MAKE A NEW COVENANT WITH THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL AND THE HOUSE OF JUDAH - NOT ACCORDING TO THE COVENANT THAT I MADE WITH THEIR FATHERS IN THE DAY THAT I TOOK THEM BY THE HAND TO LEAD THEM OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT.”
The New Law would be different from the Old. Jeremiah spoke these words 900 years after
the Law was given at
Hebrews 8:6-13
“ALSO MEDIATOR OF A BETTER COVENANT, WHICH WAS
ESTABLISHED ON BETTER PROMISES. FOR IF
THAT FIRST COVENANT HAD BEEN FAULTLESS, THEN
Jeremiah 31:31-34 also states some
other differences between the Old Law and the New. The Old Law was written on tables of stone,
but the New would be written on a believer’s heart. The Old Law did not provide for final
forgiveness of sins, but the New did.
The ten commandments were part of that Old
Law. They have not been required of
people to keep since Jesus died on the cross 2000 years ago (Colossians
Hebrews 8:6 “…BETTER COVENANT, WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED ON BETTER PROMISES”
What happened to the Old Testament (the Old Law, or Old Covenant)? The New Testament tells us:
Hebrews
Hebrews.7:18-19 “FOR ON THE ONE HAND THERE IS AN ANNULLING OF THE FORMER COMMANDMENT BECAUSE OF ITS WEAKNESS AND UNPROFITABLENESS, FOR THE LAW MADE NOTHING PERFECT….”
Hebrews 10:9 “THEN HE SAID, BEHOLD, I HAVE COME TO DO YOUR WILL O GOD. HE TAKES AWAY THE FIRST THAT HE MAY ESTABLISH THE SECOND.”
Hebrews
The Apostle Paul wrote:
Colossians 2:14 “HAVING WIPED OUT THE HANDWRITING OF REQUIREMENTS (THE LAW OF MOSES) THAT WAS AGAINST US, WHICH WAS CONTRARY TO US, AND HE HAS TAKEN IT OUT OF THE WAY, HAVING NAILED IT TO THE CROSS.”
Paul also wrote concerning the Old Law which contained the ten commandments:
Galatians 3:24-25 “THEREFORE THE LAW WAS OUR TUTOR TO BRING US TO CHRIST, THAT WE MIGHT BE JUSTIFIED BY FAITH. BUT AFTER FAITH HAS COME, WE ARE NO LONGER UNDER A TUTOR.”
When was the Old Law taken away and the New Law given? It happened when Jesus shed His blood on the cross;
Hebrews 9:15-17 “AND FOR THIS REASON HE IS THE MEDIATOR OF THE NEW COVENANT, BY MEANS OF DEATH, FOR THE REDEMPTION OF THE TRANSGRESSIONS UNDER THE FIRST COVENANT, THAT THOSE WHO ARE CALLED MAY RECEIVE THE PROMISE OF THE ETERNAL INHERITANCE. FOR WHERE THERE IS A TESTAMENT, THERE MUST ALSO OF NECESSITY BE THE DEATH OF THE TESTATOR. FOR A TESTAMENT IS IN FORCE AFTER MEN ARE DEAD, SINCE IT HAS NO POWER AT ALL WHIILE THE TESTATOR LIVES”
What was
the purpose of the Old Law which was given to
Galatians
The Seed is Christ (Galatians
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