Hello dear friends in the Lord Jesus! Today we are considering the question have Gods' 10 commandments been abolished. Many Church's are today teaching this in their pulpits. Is this teaching true? What does the bible teach? According to the scriptures both Jesus and all the Apostles upheld and taught God's 10 commandments and everyone of them is repeated in the new testament as Gods' standard of good (moral right doing) and evil (moral wrong doing); sin (moral wrong doing) and righteousness (moral right doing) *see Romans 3:20; Romans 7:7; 1 John 3:4 and Psalms 119:172.
JESUS said...
Think not that I have come to destroy the law or the prophet - Matthew 5:17
Jesus magnified the law - Matthew 5:17-28
The law will now pass away until heaven and earth pass away - Matthew 5:18
Whoever will break the least of these commandments and teach men so will be the least in God's kingdom (the least are those who do not go there - 1 John 2:3-4)
Whoever obeys and teaches the law will be called great in God's kingdom - Matthew 5:19
Jesus taught that faith and obedience to Gods' law is required to receive eternal life - Matthew 19:17-21; John 3:36.
Jesus taught others to follow the 10 commandments - Mark 10:17-21
Jesus taught that the two great commandments of love are not separate from obeying Gods' law - Matthew 22:36-40
Jesus taught that if we break God’s Law by following man-made traditions we are not worshiping God - Matthew 15:3-9
Jesus says if we commit sin (breaking Gods law - 1 John 3:4) we are a servant of sin and he has come to free us from sin - John 8:32-36
Jesus taught if you love God you will keep God’s Law and abide in His Love - John 14:15; 15:10
If we love God we will obey His commandments and abide in His love - John 14:15; John 15:10
PAUL said...
Paul teaches God's people keep the Sabbath Hebrews 4:1-9.
Paul tells gentiles that "what matters is KEEPING the Commandments of GOD" - 1 Corinthians 7:19
Paul tells gentiles "it is not the HEARERS of the Law that are just before God but the DOERS of the Law will be justified... on the day when according to my GOSPEL God will judge all mankind" - Romans 2:13-16
Paul says faith is not separate from obedience to God's law - Romans 3:31
Paul tells ALL Christians that it is only the lost who will "not subject themselves to the Law of God neither indeed CAN they" - Romans 8:6-8
Paul teaches all Christians under the NEW Covenant that God's LAW as known in Jeremiah 31:31-33 is "written on the heart and mind" and Gods new covenant promise - Hebrews 8:7-11
Paul tells all Christians that the OT text is to be used for Doctrine - 2 Timothy 3:16
AND He never claims that "if I did not write it -- it is not scripture for us today" -- as one or two have imagined for us.
Paul tells all Christians that the 5th commandment is the "FIRST commandment with a promise" and is binding on all Christians. - Ephesians 6:1-2
Paul tells us that God's Law (10 commandments) is holy, just and good - Romans 7:12
God's Law gives us a knowledge of what sin is - Romans 3:20; 7:7
The penalty of breaking God's Law without Jesus is death - Romans 6:23
If we break God's Law we dishonor God - Romans 2:23
If we sin we are "under the Law" and guilty before God - Romans 3:19
We are saved by faith but our faith establishes the Law in us - Romans 3:31
If we are saved by grace we should not break God's Law - Romans 6:1-7
We should not break God's Law if we are under grace - Romans 6:15
We are to serve the Law of God through the mind because that is where sin starts - Romans 6:17; 7:25; 8:4; 12:2
It is God's Law that brings us to Jesus - Galatians 3:24
God's salvation frees us from sin so we can be obedient to God's Law and live a life of holiness - Romans 6:22
We will be judged by God's Law and only those that are obedient will be justified because of their faith - Romans 2:4-13
God's Law can only be obeyed through love and a changed heart which comes by faith in God's Word - Romans 2:21-29; 13:9-10; Hebrews 8:9-10
If we break God's Law and are in unrepentant sin we will be lost and will received God's judgements - Hebrews 10:26-27
JOHN said...
John says it is only by keeping God’s 10 commandments that we know that we know God - 1 John 2:3
If someone says that they know God and do not keep God’s 10 commandments they are lying and not telling the truth - 1 John 2:4
We should purify ourselves as Jesus is pure - 1 John 3:3
Sin is the breaking of God’s 10 commandments - 1 John 3:4
Whoever is abiding in Christ does not commit sin - 1 John 3:6; John 15:4-10
If you are in unrepentant sin you have not seen Jesus or know him - 1 John 3:6
John warns us that only those that are obedience to God’s Law are his true followers - 1 John 3:7
If someone is committing unrepentant sin they are following the devil and not God - 1 John 3:7
If you are born of God and abiding in him you will not commit sin - 1 John 3:9; 1 John 3:6; John 15:4-10
It is the keeping of God’s commandments that is the difference between those that are following God and those that are not following God - 1 John 3:9-10; 1 John 5:2-3
It is only by Love through faith that we can keep God’s commandments - 1 John 5:3-4; Romans 13:8-10
God’s true believers in the end days will keep all of God’s commandments through faith in Jesus - Revelation 14:12; 22:14
JAMES said...
James says God’s Law (10 commandments) are a Royal Law - James 2:8
If we break one of God’s commandments we a guilty before God as sinners breaking all of God’s Law and gave some examples of breaking God’s Law - James 2:9-11
James says God’s Law is a law of liberty and freedom - James 2:12)
The 10 commandments (God’s Law) are the standard in the judgment - James 2:12
If our faith does not have the fruit of obedience to God’s Law it is dead and not true faith - James 2:16-26
PETER said...
Sanctification is to obedience to God’s Law - 1 Peter 1:2
We can only be changed from sin to obedience to God’s Law by the power of God and it will be revealed in the last days - 1 Peter 1:5
We should give up our sins to be holy because Jesus is holy - 1 Peter 1:13-16
Jesus is your example who did no sin - 1 Peter 2:21-22
Cease from sin and do not live in the flesh - 1 Peter 4:1-3
Judgement will begin at the house of God and sinners (those breaking God’s 10 commandments) will not be saved - 1 Peter 4:17
God has given us his precious promises and as we believe them God will grant us his divine power to live a life of Godliness (obedience to God’s Law; 2 Peter 1:2-4
The UN-Godly (disobedient to God’s Law) will be like Sodom and Gomorrah - 2 Peter 2:6
If any turn away from God’s Law and are in unrepentant sin breaking any of God’s 10 commandments they will be lost - 2 Peter 2:20-22
God is not willing that any should perish but that everyone should come to repentance and turn away from sin to follow God’s 10 commandments because those that do not will receive the judgements of God - 2 Peter 3:5-14
JESUS AND THE APOSTLES OBEYED AND TAUGHT THE SABBATH saying...
It is lawful to do good on the Sabbath - Matthew 12:1-8; 10-12; 24:20; Mark 3:1-5; Luke 6:1-10; 13:14-16; 14:1-5; John 7:22-23; 9:14; Mark 1:21; Mark 6:2; Luke 4:16; 31; Luke 14:1; 23:56)
Jesus made the Sabbath for all mankind - Hebrews 1:2; John 1:1-3; 14; Ephesians 3:9; Colossians 1:16-17; Mark 2:27
Jesus is Lord (creator) and owner of the Sabbath - Mark 2:28
If you do not believe and follow God you cannot enter His Sabbath rest - Hebrews 4
It is one of God’s 10 commandments we break it we are guilty or breaking all - James 2:8-12
Breaking it is sin - 1 John 3:4
God’s true followers keep it Holy as God commanded - Revelation 14:12; 22:14; Ezekiel 20:20
Jesus is our example and he kept the Sabbath - Matthew 12:1-8; 10-12; 24:20; Mark 3:1-5; Luke 6:1-10; 13:14-16; 14:1-5; John 7:22-23; 9:14; Mark 1:21; Mark 6:2; Luke 4:16; 31; Luke 14:1; 23:56; John 2:6; Matthew 16:24; 1 Corinthians 11:1; Ephesians 5:1-21; Peter 2:20-22
The Apostle and disciples all kept the Sabbath after the death and resurrection of Jesus - Acts of the Apostles 13:14; 13:27; 13:44; 15:21; 16:13; 17:2; 18:4; Revelation 1:10
Jesus taught that God's people would be still keeping the Sabbath well after the death and resurrection - Matthew 24:20; Mark 13:18.
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As shown above pretty much the whole new covenant shows that God's 10 commandments are still God's standard of what is right and what is wrong or sin. It's purpose is to show us that we are all sinners in need of Gods' grace and forgiveness and to lead us to Jesus so we can be forgiven through faith in the free gift of Gods' dear son who died on the cross for our sins so that everyone of us can be reconciled to God. For God so love our would that he gave us His only begotten son so that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life *John 3:16. The wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord - Romans 6:23
May God bless you all as you seek Him through His Words. (John 8:31-36)