The law cannot be separated from God. The claim that God’s commandments have been abolished not only denies God’s existence, but also the true, living God of the Bible.
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God’s laws from the beginning
God’s laws are eternal. They were in effect long before the first word of the Old Testament was written down by Moses. Abraham already knew the laws, for he gave the Lord a tithe of his income and kept God’s laws and statutes (Genesis 26:5). The result of his faith, and this, was credited to him as righteousness (Romans 4:3). God’s statutes were passed down orally from generation to generation before Moses. With the tablets of the law on Mount Sinai, God inscribed the Ten Commandments in stone with His own finger.
A majority of evangelical churches teach that these commandments were fulfilled with the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and thus abolished. According to this view, God’s commandments are a “set of rules” of the Old Covenant. This covenant has been replaced by the New Covenant, and thus the laws have also been abolished.
A huge mistake
The claim that laws have been abolished is a fallacy that couldn’t be worse. For without the law, sin no longer exists, and without sin, there would be no need for God’s grace. This also rendered Jesus Christ and His own blood sacrifice superfluous.
So why is man, for better or for worse, dependent on the Lord’s grace if the law, the standard, no longer had any validity? If Jesus Christ truly abolished the law, then all people after Him would have practically carte blanche. No more law, no more transgression, and therefore no more sin. But why still need grace? The claim that God’s laws are invalid is not only illogical but also quite ignorant.
There are three definitions of truth in the Bible (Info). The Word of God is truth (John 17:17), Jesus Christ is truth (John 14:6), and the law is truth (Psalm 119:142). Thus, the circle closes: Jesus Christ is the Word of God, and thus He is also the law.
This also explains the simple and direct statement of Jesus: “If ye love me, keep my commandments.” (John 14:15)
But the latter has been “abolished”. This is absolutely incomprehensible. The Bible also contains a wealth of evidence that God’s laws are constant (Info).
It is often said that the entire Old Testament is no longer valid with the replacement of the Old Covenant and that the 10 Commandments are automatically eliminated. But this claim is also easy to refute, because all 10 commandments are also emphasized in one form in the New Testament (Info).
The law cannot be separated from God
Love cannot be separated from God. But neither can justice. Yet this is all too readily ignored in many churches. Justice requires a standard, and this is found in the law. Justice without a standard cannot exist, for then any decision (judgment) in the sense of a supposed “justice” would be purely arbitrary.
For this reason, along with love and justice, the law cannot be separated from God (Info). Anyone who claims to believe in God but still declares His laws to be invalid either believes in some other God than the God of the Bible, or simply refuses to obey God..
How does someone who declares the laws of God abolished explain the following statement by Jesus Christ? Matthew 5:18:
“For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.”
Either he has to describe the statement as an invention of the authors and that would not be far from his belief, or he declares Jesus Christ to be a liar.
Same characteristics of God and law
God and His laws share a number of common characteristics.
| Characteristic | God | Law |
| Righteousness | Romans 3:26: “To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.” |
Romans 7:2: “For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.” |
| Righteousness | Jeremiah 23:6: “In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.” |
Psalm 119:172: “My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.” |
| True | John 3:33: “He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true.” |
Nehemiah 9:13: “Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments:” |
| Truth | John 14:6: “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” |
Psalm 119:142: “Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.” |
| Light | John 1:5: “John 1:5” |
Proverbs 6:23: “AND THE LIGHT SHINETH IN DARKNESS; AND THE DARKNES” in the KJV Bible” |
| Good | Nahum 1:7: “The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.” |
Romans 7:12: “Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.” |
| Spiritual | 1 Corinthians 10:1-4: “Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; And did all eat the same spiritual meat; And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.” |
Romans 7:14: “For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.” |
| Holy | 1 Peter 1:15: “But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;” |
Romans 7:12: “Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.” |
| Life | John 14:6: “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”” |
John 12:50: “And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.” |
| Completely | Matthew 5:48: “Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.” |
James 1:26: “If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.” |
| Forever | John 8:35: “John 8:35” |
Luke 16:17: “And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.” |
“Do what you want”?
It’s obvious. God and His laws belong together.
The philosophy of “abrogated commandments” culminates in the idea that Jesus Christ took all sin upon Himself so that the laws could be abolished, and that every person could now do whatever they wanted. One need only claim to believe in Jesus Christ and one is saved.
“Do what thou wilt!” is the motto of Aleister Crowley (a Satanist), and thus very close to the philosophy of abrogated laws with unconditional grace according to the watering can principle.
And no! One cannot become righteous by keeping the laws. That would be works righteousness. But anyone who completely surrenders themselves and their life to our Lord Jesus Christ has the desire to keep the commandments and, thanks to God’s help, this will not be difficult. 1 John 5:3:
For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
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