“Either we keep them or we break them. There is no middle ground on this.”
I seem to recall a law that required disrespectful children to be stoned to death. Have you ever been disrespectful to your parents? Or do you have children that have been disrespectful to you? Does your church enforce that law? When a wife of one of your members has committed adultery, do you carry out the punishment according to the Law of Moses? Has your eye ever offended you? Have you plucked it out? Have you ever intensely disliked some one? You have committed murder in your heart. God pays no mind to outward appearances. He sees the heart. We all stand guilty before him. And we can only be made righteous by faith in the finished work of the Cross of Jesus Christ His beloved Son. Anything else?... filthy rags. Plain and simple.
As I said, Evangelicals have lumped together the moral law and the law of Moses and that’s where the basis of the disagreements come in.
It’s easy to demonstrate that the Law of Moses and the Ten Commandments were not considered to be equal or identical.
1. The Ten Commandments existed at the time of man’s creation. The Law of Moses did not.
2. The Ten Commandments were written in stone. The Law of Moses was written on parchment.
3. The Ten Commandments were put inside the Ark, inaccessible to man to change, erase, or adjust. The Law of Moses was placed outside the Ark of the Covenant.
4. There is no logical reason to ever invalidate the Commandments. But the Law of Moses was always intended to end at the Cross, for it pointed towards the Cross.