Are Gods laws done away with or nailed to the cross??

many professing ministers and Bible teachers are wrongly proclaiming that the Ten Commandments are ';done away';鈥攁s they say鈥攐r that they have been replaced by the ';new'; commandments of Jesus.


What are these ';new'; commandments? Do they replace or contradict the Ten Commandments? What does the Bible reveal on this important subject?


First of all, let us notice one of the all-important purposes for Jesus Christ鈥檚 coming to this earth in the human flesh. Isaiah prophesied of Jesus: ';He will exalt the law and make it honorable'; (Isaiah 42:21). Here we find that Christ came not to abolish the law, but to ';magnify'; it (KJV).


To exalt, or to magnify, has just the opposite meaning of changing or abolishing something. It means to reveal in the most minute detail鈥攖o enlarge upon. Certainly the life and teachings of Jesus do just that with the Father鈥檚 law.


Jesus said: ';Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill'; (Matthew 5:17). Jesus did just what these words imply. Both in His life and teaching, he fulfilled the law. He magnified it by His perfect example. He filled it to the full, passing beyond the mere letter to observe even the minutest spiritual intent and purpose of the Father鈥檚 perfect law.


Those who knew Him as a teacher could never charge Him with having substituted the traditions of men for the commandments of God. He obeyed the Ten Commandments in word and in deed. He taught and lived them as the perfect way of life.


He said: ';Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven: but whoever does and teaches them [even the ';least'; commandments], he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven'; (Matthew 5:19).


Certainly, we should all aspire to be ';great'; in God鈥檚 Kingdom. For we should want to overcome as much as we can, and have the opportunity to serve the most we can! Therefore, we should earnestly and fervently strive to do and teach even the ';least'; of God鈥檚 commandments. Do you think the Sabbath commandment is ';least';? If so, you had better do and teach God鈥檚 Sabbath just as He commanded, following Christ鈥檚 perfect example in keeping holy the seventh day鈥攏ot the ';day of the sun';!











The Way to Eternal Life





When a young man came to Him asking the way to eternal life, Jesus said: ';If you want to enter into life, keep the commandments'; (Matthew 19:16鈥?8).


The young man asked, ';Which?';


Jesus answered: ';鈥榊ou shall not murder,鈥?鈥榊ou shall not commit adultery鈥︹€?quot; and proceeded to list several of the Ten Commandments. Jesus Christ knew the way to salvation! He said that way was obedience to the law of God the Father and surrender to His will.


Jesus declared: ';Not everyone who says to me, 鈥楲ord, Lord,鈥?shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father in heaven'; (Matthew 7:21).


Far from abolishing the Ten Commandments, Jesus obeyed them (John 15:10). Christ was the ';light'; that God sent into the world to show men how to live. After His death and resurrection, Christ sent the Apostles out with this command: ';Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you'; (Matthew 28:19鈥?0).


The Apostles had been there when Christ told the young man: ';Keep the commandments.'; They had heard Him magnify the commandments of God in what is called the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5鈥?).


The Apostles had witnessed the obedience of Christ to the Ten Commandments, and knew that His was the perfect example. Therefore, when Jesus Christ sent them out to every nation with the order to teach them all things He had commanded them, there could be no possible doubt in their minds but that this included the Ten Commandments of God.


Obedience to the Ten Commandments, then, was the very basis of the teaching of Christ and of His original Apostles. But what about the ';new'; commandments of Jesus? Did they not alter or abolish the necessity for literally keeping the Ten Commandments that were revealed in the Old Testament?











A ';New'; Commandment





Actually, in spite of what many think, there is only one place in all the Bible where Jesus said He was giving a ';new'; commandment. The other references鈥攂y the Apostle John鈥攁re to the exact same principles, as we shall see.


';A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another'; (John 13:34鈥?5).


Jesus gave this ';new'; commandment during the last night of His physical life on earth. He had鈥攂y teaching and example鈥攁lready shown the disciples that keeping God鈥檚 commandments was simply an expression of love.


We show real love toward God when we truly worship and obey, allowing no other ';gods,'; idols, pictures or anything else to come in His place, and always honoring His name and keeping holy His seventh-day Sabbath鈥攚hich He made holy, and which Jesus and the Apostles always kept! And we show love to those around us when we zealously obey the last six commandments.


Christ had already summarized God鈥檚 law into the two great principles: ';You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind鈥?You shall love your neighbor as yourself'; (Matthew 22:37, 39). In fact, in the latter part of this summary of God鈥檚 law, Jesus quoted directly from the Old Testament (Leviticus 19:18)!


What, then, was ';new'; about Jesus鈥?command to love our neighbors?


The answer is plain. The principle of loving our neighbors was not new, but Jesus鈥?magnification of that principle in His own perfect life shed a completely new light on the spiritual intent and depth of this commandment.


Remember Jesus鈥?emphasis鈥?quot;As I have loved you, that ye also love one another.';


Jesus鈥?own perfect example of love and service was the greatest and most meaningful magnification of the love of neighbor as commanded by God. In His life, He demonstrated how that love actually functions in day-to-day life.











How to Love Your Neighbor





Three times the Divine voice broke the usual silence of the heavens in announcing the satisfaction of God in the life of Jesus. Even the Roman Procurator, Pontius Pilate, declared: ';I find no fault in Him'; (John 19:4).


This was because Jesus lived a life of giving to others. Whether in His constant teaching of the multitudes, His healing of the sick, His feeding of the hungry crowds or in an act of humility such as washing the disciples鈥?feet, He was always giving of Himself.


This loving and giving Jesus Christ also said to the religious leaders of His day, ';Serpents, brood of vipers! How can you escape the condemnation of hell?'; (Matthew 23:33).


Are these strange words from a man of love? No. Rather, they are manifestation of how perfect love sometimes says and does things for the good of others which at the time they may not appreciate.


Jesus loved these Pharisees! It was in love that He thundered these words to wake them up from a life of religious hypocrisy and perversity that was damning their souls. Remember, it was also for these same Pharisees that Jesus died. It was for these men and others like them that Jesus prayed: ';Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do'; (Luke 23:34).


It was in that perfect, understanding love that Jesus withdrew Himself occasionally from the multitude to rest, to meditate or to pray. For He knew that only by keeping close to the Father and being an instrument in His hands could His human presence and teaching enrich the lives of others.


Jesus did not just act like He loved others. He did love them with a perfect love. Through God鈥檚 Holy Spirit within Him, He desired from the heart to love and serve His fellow beings for their highest good.


He literally lived the words Paul later showed He uttered: ';It is more blessed to give than to receive'; (Acts 20:35). In this way, His command that men love one another ';even as I have loved you,'; certainly does become a ';new'; and more all-encompassing command in governing human relationships.











Did Jesus Literally Obey the Ten Commandments?





Many religious people think that Jesus had a sentimental type of ';love'; in His heart, but that He did not really obey God鈥檚 commandments literally.


The truth is that Jesus Christ kept and obeyed every one of the Ten Commandments in the letter and in the Spirit鈥攋ust as His followers today should do. As we have already seen, He declared that He had obeyed the Father鈥檚 commandments (John 15:10).


To make it perfectly clear, Jesus Christ never had another god before the true God. He never committed idolatry, or blasphemed God鈥檚 name. Jesus kept holy the Sabbath that God had made holy and often worshipped in the synagogue on that day as was His custom (Luke 4:16).


Jesus honored His parents, and He never killed, committed adultery, stole, lied or coveted. He set us an example, that we should follow in His steps (1 Peter 2:21).


Today, a true Christian is one so surrendered to God that Christ is actually living His life in that person through the indwelling power of the Holy Spirit. For the Apostle Paul said: ';I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, Who loved me, and gave Himself for me'; (Galatians 2:20, KJV).


A true Christian should not only have faith in Christ, but should live by the very faith of Christ placed in him by the Holy Spirit. Christ鈥攖hrough the Spirit鈥攕hould literally be living in the true Christian. Remember, Christ will live the same life in you today that He did 1900 years ago鈥攕etting an example. ';Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever'; (Hebrews 13:8).


Jesus, in His flesh, ';was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin'; (Hebrews 4:15). Tempted, yes, but in His fleshly life He obeyed the Ten Commandments. Dwelling now in His true disciples through the Holy Spirit, He will keep the commandments in them.


It is Christ鈥檚 love. It is His power in us that can keep the spiritual law of God. For Jesus Christ was, and is, obedient to God the Father.











Did John Give a ';New'; Commandment?





In an epistle of John鈥攖he Apostle Jesus loved鈥攚e also find reference to a ';new'; commandment.


';Brethren, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you heard from the beginning. Again, a new commandment I write to you, which thing is true in Him and in you, because the darkness is passing away, and the true light is already shining. He who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness until now'; (1 John 2:7鈥?).


Here the Apostle refers his flock first of all to the ';word'; of God which they had from the beginning. But then he mentions one ';new'; thing. He proceeds to explain this is the deep spiritual love which brethren in Christ should have for one another. There is simply no room in this love for hate, envy or malice.


But does this Christian love ';do away'; or change the Ten Commandments of God?


Of course not!


It only emphasizes and magnifies the personal love Christians must have toward their fellow men. This love goes far beyond the letter of the Ten Commandments鈥攂ut by no means replaces them!


As John wrote in his second epistle: ';And now I plead with you, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment to you, but that which we have had from the beginning: that we love one another. This is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, that as you have heard from the beginning, you should walk in it'; (2 John vv. 5鈥?).


Here John defines Christian love as keeping the commandments!


We are not just to love the persons of God and Christ. We are to love their way鈥攖heir very character鈥攚hich is expressed in the Ten Commandments. Christ not only taught obedience to the commandments, He lived them!


And so John adds: ';Whoever transgresses and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God. He who abides in the doctrine of Christ has both the Father and the Son'; (v. 9).











What the ';New'; Commandments Actually Teach





When we examine the positive side of the ';new'; commandments, we find that they simply reinforce and make more binding the old! They outline a way of love鈥攐f giving鈥攐f serving, which can only be attained through Christ Himself living in us.


In perfect unselfishness, we are to learn to love others as Jesus loved us. That is New Testament doctrine! It is far more binding than the letter of the commandments stated in the Old Testament.


But it does not replace them. Rather, it magnifies them to their full spiritual intent. And these ';new'; commandments themselves refer to the perfect magnification in the life of Jesus.


And Jesus obeyed the Ten Commandments literally in spirit as well. He is to be our ';light,'; our example.


Describing the principle of how we should love our neighbor, the Apostle Paul stated: ';Love is the fulfillment of the law'; (Romans 13:10). For God鈥檚 spiritual love flows down the riverbed, or channel, of the Ten Commandments. In perfectly obeying the Ten Commandments鈥攊n their every phase and facet鈥擩esus鈥?entire life was a radiant life of love itself, and love is the fulfillment of law. The ';new'; commandment He gave called attention to His perfect example of obedience to the Father, and of kindness and service to all men.


Millions of professing Christians have been taught that all they need to do is to ';love Jesus'; or to have the ';love of God.'; What is that ';love';? How does God Himself tell us how His love is to be expressed? At the very end of the Apostolic Age, decades after Jesus鈥?resurrection, God inspired the Apostle John (Jesus鈥?dearest friend among the Apostles) to tell us: ';For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome'; (1 John 5:3).


Remember, Jesus lived God鈥檚 law in everything He thought, said and did. In this flesh, none of us will keep God鈥檚 law perfectly. But God鈥檚 law must be our ';pattern'; of life. We are commanded to ';grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ'; (2 Peter 3:18)鈥攑atterning our lives after Christ鈥檚 life ever more perfectly as each year goes by.


May God help you to follow the example of His Son in obeying His law. And may you, through surrender and obedience, develop the very character of God. Thus, by His mercy through Christ鈥檚 sacrifice, and through your total surrender to let Christ live His obedient life within you through the Holy Spirit, you may be granted everlasting life in the Kingdom of God!Are Gods laws done away with or nailed to the cross??
Matthew 5:18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.


I quess not.Are Gods laws done away with or nailed to the cross??
';What then, shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God Forbid! Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?';


Romans 6:15-16





Baptism. It's the place where God's grace abounds. In the old covenate, there was a requirement of blood for every sin. Some sins meant you die, others meant you had to sacrifice an animal. This is old law. The 10 commandments were basic requirements from God to man of how to be relationally healthy.





Think about it....





1) You shall have no other gods before Me.


- Basically, putting God first in your life.


2) You shall not make any graven images


- Piggy backing on 1, but this is also about how to prevent yourself from taking your eyes off of Him





3) You shall not take the name of Jehovah your God in vain.


- How to take God seriously, showing due respect to Him (kinda piggy backs off the first two as well)





4) Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.


- Take a day off to be relational. I believe this is about taking time out of our busy schedule to invest in family and having time to just relax and recover.





5) Honor your father and your mother


- This is about being rightfully submitted under authority. If you love God, you will honor those in authority over you. Since your parents come first (before you're married), there's a place of rightful submission.








6) You shall not kill.


- I once heard Jay John call this ';anger managment';. I'm not inclined to disagree, but I also think it's about finding peace within God.





7) You shall not commit adultery.


- I believe this is about how to remain committed in a relationship. Right relationships strengthen, while fornication and leciviousness breaks down the defences. When we're weak in this area, the rest of our life suffers. If you can't be faithful to your spouse, how can you remain faithful to God (who'll be our husband... Eph 5:23).





8) You shall not steal.


- I believe this is an early understanding of Kingdom. God talks about sewing and reaping a ton. The richest give it all away. They sew into another generation. It seems foolish in this realm, but the more you give, the more God will credit unto you (Luke 6:38)





9) You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.


- I believe this is about honor. Y'see, God said something, and it was. His integrity is such that when He said, ';Let there be light';, it came to pass. When man says something, it should be true to the best of his ability.





10) You shall not covet your neighbor's house.


- This one makes me smile. I have friends who have little, but what they have is great. I believe this is about remaining satisfied with what you've been given.











I've heard Jay John speak on the Ten Commandments. He's a good speaker, so I would recommend listenning to him sometime.





Overall, I beleive there's a distinct different between the old and new testiment. First, Old Testement/Old Covenate, we didn't have the Holy Spirit within, nor did we have grace and mercy. There was a time where men chose The Law over God's grace, but if you look (pre-exodus) Abram lived in a place of grace. New Testament (after Christ's death) is where we got the New Coventate. This is not only sealed by the blood of Christ, but it also provides an avenue for us to become much closer to God. The Ten Commandments are still law, but God wants us to love Him and our neighbors (Matt 22:37-40). I believe in following these two simple things, we'll abide by the original 10 without having to wonder daily if we're living in sin or covered by God.
YHWH does not change .


YHWH character is His laws





Yohushau saves the law condamns





sin is the break of the law


where there is no sin ,there is no law
There were God's laws for Israel, and there are God's laws for Christians.





There were ';God's law'; for Abraham, and there were God's ';laws'; for Adam and Eve.





So which set are you talking about?





Or are you one of those ignorant ones who think they are all the same?





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The laws God gave to the nation of Israel (Mosaic Law) are done away with.


How?


By Jesus being nailed to the 'cross'.


Actually, 1 or 2 laws stayed in effect.


They are mentioned at Acts 15:28,29.


However, that does not mean Christians are without some laws.


Actually, its more like principles.


The NT is filled with principles, to be applied.


Its all like going from elementry school to high school.
Christ dying on the cross did NOT do away with Gods Law (Ten Commandments) It did away with having to sacrifice an animal every time you sinned- They had come to the point where they lost sight of the love of God- which is WHY Jesus came here- to show that love then show them HIS sacrifice so they could better understand what God expected of them- the priests had distorted the meanings of God Law and made following it a burden- Jesus came here %26amp; taught them how to follow the Laws out of love %26amp; honor for God %26amp; fellow man-- The Grace this gives us is NOT a free ticket to sin whenever you like- the Law STILL applies- Funny that those that say the Law no longer applies are those that follow 9 out of the 10 Commandments... Wonder why that is??
Nope.





Gal 3:21 Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.


Gal 3:22 But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.


Gal 3:23 But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.


Gal 3:24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.


Gal 3:25 But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.
Absolutly not.


Contrary to commonly held doctrinal error, the laws of Yahweh are very much in effect, and are part of the manifestation which will come forth more and more untot he perfect day from any true believer. This is what the New Covenant is all about, Yahweh placing His laws on our hearts, not doing away with them.


Heb 9:15 And for this cause he is the mediator of the new covenant, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions [that were] under the first covenant, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.





If Yahshua REDEEMED us from the penalty issued on us because of transgressions against the first covenant, what makes one think we could continue to break that covenant?





What makes one think that is a false spirit which is very prevalent in the Israylite people Scripture is written to.
no, but I don't have time right now to elaborate............
By Christ's sacrifice the Old Covenant has been done away with and a new one established. Christ fulfilled the law for us, so that until the end of days the law is still there to guide us but it has no binding power over us because Christ broke the chains of slavery that sin held us in.
In Islam the law is provisional. A hadith says that something about you know better of your era (compared to muhammad).


That means you can extrapolate the law (such as drugs is forbidden as in khamr (wine and beers) is forbidden because the nature of both that clouds the rational), or those who have great knowledge in Islamic law can discuss on new problems (such as tv is allowed although Muhammad pbuh never watched television).
Matthew 5:17


Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.





Matthew 5:18


For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.





Hebrews 8:10


For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
We are still required to follow Gods laws but when Jesus was nailed to the cross we were given the opportunity to repent for our sins. He had to be given as a sacrifice because all of us are incapable of following 10 simple rules.
Only the Jewish sacrificial laws.