Bible Question: Are you saying we do not need to follow the Ten Commandments ... what about the rest of the OT? Are you a NT only person ... then you are incomplete. |
Bible Answer: Searcher, I have a page stapled to my car insurance policy which adds another car to it. On top of that page is a NEW one which takes that same car off and adds another. All the NEW pages are a vital part of that OLD insurance policy. I would no more throw one of those OLD pages away than I would cast aside the OT. The OLD spells out the "vitals" of the NEW, even though much is "obsolete", the proof of the NEW is tied to the OLD. Most of the New Testament books have something like, "as it is written". Those words, or similar ones, show up throughout. Rather, I understand WHO the OT points to, and now that He (whom the OT paints has come into the world - that which pointed "towards" Him - those OT things which were only a "foreshadow" of things to come (HIM) - I believe! While some "strive" to obey the 10 commandments, I concentrate on the only one that remains. Jesus said, "A NEW commandment I give to you"... that you love one another ... its truth is reinforced by Paul's writings in Gal 5:14 "The WHOLE LAW HAS FOUND ITS FULFILLMENT in this one saying: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself ..." So, I DON"T HAVE to follow the OLD - I GET to follow the NEW. The "old" WAS obliged - UNTIL CHRIST set us FREE. The NEW is that freedom. So you will understand, I understand what it means to be "free from the law", I'll close with Paul's precious words in Romans 6:15 "...What does this all lead to? Just because we are not UNDER the law but under grace, are we free to sin? By no means! I, like you and others who believe God's truth, know Romans 8:3 "For what the law was POWERLESS to do in that it was weakened by the sinful nature, GOD DID by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh as a sin offering ..." Thanks for asking. Taleb |