GOD'S REQUIREMENTS FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT TO THE NEW TESTAMENT
The Ten
Commandments, which
are the basic laws of God, must be kept always.
They were not done away with
the death of Christ. The commandments must be kept
physically, and spiritually. Rev 22:14 Blessed
are those who do His commandments,
that they may have the right to the tree of
life, and may enter through the
gates into the city. Deu 5:29 Oh,
that they had such a heart in them that
they would fear Me and always keep all My
commandments, that it might be well
with them and with their children forever! Pro 3:1 My
son, do not forget my law, But let your
heart keep my commands; Heb 10:16 “THIS
IS THE COVENANT THAT I WILL MAKE WITH
THEM AFTER THOSE DAYS, SAYS THE LORD: I WILL PUT
MY LAWS INTO THEIR HEARTS, AND
IN THEIR MINDS I WILL WRITE THEM,” The curse
mentioned in the
following verses is the penalty for breaking Gods
law. Christ redeemed us from
that curse. Gal 3:10 For as
many as are of the works of the law
are under the curse; for it is written, “CURSED
IS EVERYONE WHO DOES NOT
CONTINUE IN ALL THINGS WHICH ARE WRITTEN IN THE
BOOK OF THE LAW, TO DO THEM.” Gal 3:11 But
that no one is justified by the law in
the sight of God is evident, for “THE JUST SHALL
LIVE BY FAITH.” Gal 3:12 Yet
the law is not of faith, but “THE MAN WHO
DOES THEM SHALL LIVE BY THEM.” The curse of
the law is
eternal death. Gal 3:13 Christ
has redeemed us from the curse of the
law, having become a curse for us (for it is
written, “CURSED IS EVERYONE WHO
HANGS ON A TREE”), This verse
states that we
must keep God’s statutes, and judgments. Deu 11:1 “Therefore
you shall love the LORD your God,
and keep His charge, His statutes, His
judgments, and His commandments always. Lev 18:5 You
shall therefore keep My statutes and My
judgments, which if a man does, he shall live by
them: I am the LORD. The ‘touch
not, taste not,
handle not’ ordinances of the Old Testament could
not bring righteousness, or
eternal life. these ordinances are finished with
the death of Christ. Also the
commandments, and doctrines of men are to perish. Col 2:14 having
wiped out the handwriting of
requirements that was against us, which was
contrary to us. And He has taken it
out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. Col 2:20 Therefore,
if you died with Christ from the
basic principles of the world, why, as though
living in the world, do you
subject yourselves to regulations Col 2:21 “Do
not touch, do not taste, do not handle,” Col 2:22 which
all concern things which perish with
the using—according to the commandments and
doctrines of men? The animal
sacrifices pointed
to Christ and God the Father: and the sins of the
people. They were finished
with the death of Christ. Heb 7:27 who
does not need daily, as those high
priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His
own sins and then for the people’s,
for this He did once for all when He offered up
Himself. Heb 7:28 For
the law appoints as high priests men who
have weakness, but the word of the oath, which
came after the law, appoints the
Son who has been perfected forever. Heb 10:8 Previously
saying, “SACRIFICE AND OFFERING,
BURNT OFFERINGS, AND OFFERINGS FOR SIN YOU DID
NOT DESIRE, NOR HAD PLEASURE IN
THEM” (which are offered according to the law), Heb 10:9 then
He said, “BEHOLD, I HAVE COME TO DO YOUR
WILL, O GOD.” He takes away the first that He
may establish the second. Heb 10:12 But
this Man, after He had offered one
sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the
right hand of God, God’s Ten
Commandments,
statutes, and judgments are to be kept forever.
These are found in Exodus,
Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy. Animal
sacrifices, ‘touch
not, taste not, handle not’ ordinances, and
commandments of men are finished
with the death of Christ. |