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1 | If Law is quoted in NT, does it apply? | Matt 15:4 | Searcher56 | 15925 | ||
However, Jesus while is quoting the OT, this is the New. Therefore, for those think the Old is done away, if it is quoted in the New, does it apply? | ||||||
2 | If Law is quoted in NT, does it apply? | Matt 15:4 | Bill Mc | 15941 | ||
Dear Steve, I appreciate your question. Seeing as I am one of those who think the Old is done away with, permit me to respond. 1) Christ was born under Law and taught under Law. He did not come to abolish it but to fulfill it. And He did. His righteous life fulfilled ALL the Law. He proclaimed that the New Testament (Covenant) was coming when His blood would be shed, but He taught Law to the masses. Interesting enough though, He exuded grace when He dealt with people one-on-one. 2) Hebrews makes it clear that the New Covenant did not go into effect until the death of the One who made it. Christ is the mediator of the New Covenant (Heb 9:15)and it did not go into effect at His birth. It went into effect at His death (Heb 9:16,17). His death (not His birth) took away the Old Covenant and established the New (Heb 10:9). 3) So, as far as whether OT quoting in the NT goes, the NT does not actually start until AFTER the death of Christ. OT quotes in the proper NT must be interpreted in light of what Christ has done concerning sin and our salvation. Heb 10:1 makes it clear that the Law (the whole Law) was only a shadow of the reality that is found in Christ. There is no hard, fast rule to whether OT passages apply or not. In order to make that discernment, believers must know what the New Covenant accomplished. In closing, please look at Romans chapter 7. Paul gives a wonderful illustration of what relationship the believer has to the Law. He says that if a man and woman are married to each other (civil law) and the husband dies, the woman is released from the law of marriage to her husband. As long as they are alive, they are bound by the law of marriage. In fact, if she decides to go to another man while here husband is living, she is rightly called an adulteress. But if her husband dies, and she marries another, she is not an adulteress because the first law of marriage has been nullified. Then Paul draw the spiritual truth from this illustration. Starting in verse 4, he says that we (believers) were made to die to the Law. The Law didn't die. The Law is perfect, good, and righteous. But, as you know, we were crucified, buried, and spiritually raised with Christ. So Paul says that we, through the body of Christ, WERE (past tense) made to die to the Law. Here is the crux of the matter? Why? Verse 4 - So that we could be married to another, to Christ Himself. He concludes the matter in verse 6. We have been released from the Law (all the Law). How? We died to it. We used to be married to it but we, not the Law, died. Why? So that the Christian, the believer, the new creation in Christ could serve in the newness of the SPIRIT, NOT in the oldness of the letter (the Law). We are to serve by walking in the Spirit which Christ gives us, not by trying to keep the Law. The Spirit renews and governs the believer internally. The Law served its purpose for the Christian. It was a tutor to lead us to Christ. Now that we have come to Christ, we are no longer under the Law. In fact, per Paul's illustration, if we are still serving under the Law while joined to Christ, we are ADULTERERS. Christ died (and had us die) to free us from our marriage to the Law so that He could marry us. We are now joined to Christ. Rejoice in that. Hope this helps, In Him, Bill Mc |
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3 | If Law is quoted in NT, does it apply? | Matt 15:4 | Micah Burke | 17086 | ||
Amen! | ||||||