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To: followerofchrist
go by NT strictly, with the exception of the ten commandments.

I agree with you, except the ten commandments. They are frequently referred to as the tables of the (old) covenant, which has been replaced with a new covenant, and new commandments.

Jesus didn't come to destroy the law, but to fulfill and set us free from the law.

Hebrews 8:13 - "In that He says, “A new covenant,” He has made the first obsolete." In like maneer, He made the old commandments obsolete by giving us a New Commandment in John 13:34.

21 posted on 01/08/2005 3:52:08 PM PST by aimhigh
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To: aimhigh
I agree with you, except the ten commandments. They are frequently referred to as the tables of the (old) covenant, which has been replaced with a new covenant, and new commandments. Jesus didn't come to destroy the law, but to fulfill and set us free from the law.

Let me try to explain how I see this by starting with scripture:

Rom 13:8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
Rom 13:9 For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if [there be] any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Rom 13:10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love [is] the fulfilling of the law.

What I believe Paul is saying is that if we love our neighbors as we should, then we can't help but keep these commandments. In other words, the ten commandments are the written expression of a perfect, internal, holy love of God and others.

38 posted on 01/09/2005 12:21:03 AM PST by DouglasKC
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