Keep on reading, the new commandment of verse 8 is shown to be contained in the original commandments; that is just John’s style of explanation, and why Peter didn’t accuse him as he did Paul, of writing things “hard to be understood.”
The terms Law an Commandments are essentially interchangeable in the NT, as all of the commandments of the NT are demands of obedience to the “first things.” (Torah)
Your attempt to differentiate Law and Commandments has to be facetious.
Finally, the only things “hung on the cross” were the Takanot and Ma’asim issued by the Pharisees, which were all contrary to Torah, and not to be born by his sheep. “All the Law and the prophets” encompasses all of what he called “Scripture.”
The entirety of Torah is love. To James, his brother, it was “the perfect law of liberty.” To John, his best friend, it contained nothing “egregious,” to Solomon it was “the total of man.”
To you, it “appears” to be the river undermining the sandy foundation of your contra-biblical theology presented here.
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Yeah, did that plus other passages. In verse 9 it mentions the light. Who is the light? It's Christ. It does NOT go on to talk about the law.
>>The terms Law an Commandments are essentially interchangeable in the NT, as all of the commandments of the NT are demands of obedience to the “first things.”<<
Nonsense and not consistent with the rest of scripture. The commandments are NOT the laws given to Moses. Let's go back to Exodus and Deuteronomy to see the difference.
When the ark was commanded to be built by God specific things were to be put in the ark. One of those things was that tablets with the ten commandments.
Exodus 25:16 And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.
What was the testimony that He was to give them?
Exodus 31:18 And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.
Those of course were the 10 commandments. Note in Exodus 26 God said to put them into the ark. The ten commandments were put inside the ark under the mercy seat. Now let's see where the laws of Moses were placed.
Deu 31:26 Take this book of the law, and put it beside of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee.>/font>
The laws of Moses are NOT the same as the commandments nor are they given the same place. Notice also that the laws were 'a witness against us". But that's another subject.
Now, knowing that the commandments of God are NOT treated the same as the commandments let's look at what Jesus said.
Matthew 5:19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
He then goes into describing the attributes of each of the ten commandments. Jesus tells us to keep the commandments NOT the law.
John 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.
John 14:21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
John 15:10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
1 John 5:2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.
1John 5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
2Jn 1:6 And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.
We are NOT told to keep the laws of Moses. We are told to keep the ten commandments. >>Your attempt to differentiate Law and Commandments has to be facetious.<<
Not according to what God said. I listen to God, not that fraud Michael Rood. He works for the enemy trying to put man back under the law which separates them from Christ.