Are Christians Today Required to Keep the Law of Moses?

[jeremiah1five]

I agree that the New Covenant repeats 9 of the 10 commandment. But the Sabbath day is not required under the New Covenant, nor is the portion of the commandment to work 6 days, required in the New Covenant.

All of the approximate 613 Laws, including the Ten Commandments became obsolete when Christ was crucified in about 30 A.D.

Since that is the case, from 30 A.D. through today, you can't be under the Law, even if you wanted to be. The requirement of keeping the Law of Moses no longer exists.

Not only that, but God ONLY gave that Law to Israel - never to anyone else.

It was given ONLY TO ISRAEL.
It was in effect from about 1500 B.C. through 30 A.D.

Today, if a Jew or Gentile thinks they are under the Law, they are mistaken. It no longer exists. Sure, the written laws still exist, but the requirement for Jews (since the Law was given ONLY to them) to keep them ended in 30 A.D. Gentiles HAVE NEVER been commanded to keep the Law of Moses.

Today, Christians, whether Jew or Gentile, are commanded to keep the commandments of Jesus and His apostles, NOT the Law of Moses. It is true that there are several Old Covenant laws that are repeated in the New Covenant. When that happens, that law automatically becomes part of the New Covenant. But the vast majority of the 613 Old Covenant laws are not repeated in the New Covenant.

If we, as believers, were under the Law of Moses today, then any Christian who violates, let's say, the Ten Commandments, should be given the death penalty in our churches, or punished by lashes to our back, or made to work to repay something stolen etc. If God was literally our King (over America), as He was over Israel, then all those punishments would still be enforced. They had a Theocracy, a government that answered directly to God as their King. That no longer exists.

Do you understand the justification that accompanies being born-again?

Exactly what is our justification if you know?

 

[jeremiah1five]

Yep. Our church membership went down drastically as we started enforcing the Mosaic law on everyone.

Sorry. Just my idea of humor.

I do not understand how people reinstate the Mosaic law. Galatians 3 totally points to the end of its application -- and that was even with treating the gentiles as if they had been under it at all. (It was a bit confusing. They had joined the Messianic sect, which was still sort of a form of Judaism at that time.)

Boy, do you got it all wrong.

The Law was given to the children of Israel. How can you - a Gentile - dictate what is valid for the Jews and what is not? You're on the outside looking in. You don't have any say as to what the Jews practice and what they don't being Gentile. But since the destruction of Israel and their Temple non-Hebrew Gentiles have been dictating to the Jews what is valid and what is not. Then you turn around and attempt to steal their inheritance.

True, Biblical Christianity is moored to Hebrew culture, religion, and people. Once you separate the Law of Moses from Biblical Christianity then it is no longer Christianity but something else, a beast of sorts, for God never commanded the Jews to not obey His Law or that His Law is "abolished" or "obsolete."

 

[jeremiah1five]

The Law of faith, which literally is the law of the new testament gospel.

Galatians 6:2,
- bear ye one another's burdens and so fulfill the law of Christ
Romans 3:27,
- where is boasting then, it is excluded by what law(Paul is asking which law? The law of Moses or the new testament law of Christ?

- where is boasting then, it is excluded, by what law, of works(law of Moses) Nay,
- but by the law of faith

The word faith is not personal belief here. Your personal belief is not law.
Gods law that all are under today is His gospel.
That is what Paul said in Romans 3:27,
- where is boasting then, it is excluded, by what law, of works, Nay,
But by the law of the gospel(The Faith)

Next verse, 28
- therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith(new testament gospel)
without the deeds of the law (old testament law of Moses)

Through Moses, God gave His Law to the children of Israel. There is no Scripture that says God made His Law "obsolete." God's Law is still valid to and for the children of Israel.

 

[Eternally-Grateful]

the problem with the law. even the ten commands is people misapply them.

If you bear false witness, it is still sin.

If you commit adultery, it is still sin.

so in this aspect. the ten commands do apply as a factor which exposes our sin.

The problem is they do not show all sin, and as such, are unable to help us understand how to live.

Jesus tried to explain this in one of his great sermons,,

the law says..... but i tell you.....

exposing the law as not able to show you all ways in which any command could be broken. and make us appear we are more righteous than we are (the pharisees saw themselves as more righteous. obeying the letter.. Jesus exposed them

Jesus also then showed them a fact. Be ye perfect as your father in heaven is perfect.

There is the just requirement of the law. as given By Moses in Deut 27: 26 "cursed is the one" as we are reminded by Paul, ' Anyone under the law is under a curse (gal 3) and re-enforced by James,, that if we stumble in one point, we are guilty. James 2: 10)

so while breaking a law is still sin.. The law was fulfilled in Christ. so those who have come to Christ follow a new law 9the law of love or law of christ) which can do what the old law could never do. actually bring us up to maturity

 

[Titus]

Through Moses, God gave His Law to the children of Israel. There is no Scripture that says God made His Law "obsolete." God's Law is still valid to and for the children of Israel.

Romans 10:4,
- for Christ is the  end of the law for righteousness to everyone that believeth

Now you know there are verses that teach the law of Moses has ended.
Christ fulfilled the law meaning He completed its purpose.
Brought to completion.