Those groups are not the Bible. Where does the Bible say the ten commandments are "the moral law"?That is confusing for some people but we have some good examples for who is not so confused by it in my signature line. Where all those Sunday keeping groups agree with the Sabbath keeping groups that the TEN are included in the moral law of God written on the heart under the NEW Covenant of Jer 31:31-34 and Heb 8:6-12.
Where does the Bible say that "the law" in those texts refers to the ten commandments?The law such that "SIN IS transgression of the LAW" 1 John 3:4 -- it is the law that defines what sin IS - as Rom 3:19 tells us, as 1 John 3:4 tells us and as Romans 6 and James 2 also inform us. So not too surprising that almost all Christian denominations on planet earth align at this point.
On the contrary, James 2 says this:
That portion refers to the Old Testament commandments regarding loving your neighbor (as quoted by Jesus) and not showing partiality, neither of which is from the ten commandments.8 If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well; 9 but if you show partiality, you commit sin, and are convicted by the law as transgressors.
Ephesians 6 quotes this commandment, yes, but it does not refer to the ten commandments as "the moral law." That is, again, a distinction not found in Scripture.No wonder since in Eph 6:2 the TEN are specifically singled out as having "honor your father and mother" as "The first commandment with a promise" -- applicable to all mankind in that New Covenant.
Again, which version tells us God's exact words--the Exodus version or the Deuteronomy version of the ten commandments?No wonder since in Jeremiah's day they knew about the Deut 5:22 fact that "God spoke these TEN words from the cloud to the people and ADDED NO more". Meaning that when Jeremiah says God writes His LAW on the heart and mind under the NEW Covenant - his readers had to be dead sure that this included the TEN at the very minimum, no matter what else it also included.
They are not the Bible, and many other preachers, theologians, and confessions disagree. The Augsburg Confession (Lutheran), for example, does not align with the Westminster Confession on this issue. Which one should we believe? I would say those that agree with the Bible. And the Bible does not define the ten commandments as "the moral law."Almost every Christian denomination on Earth affirms the continued *"unit of TEN" for Christians today as included in the moral law of God (under the NEW Covenant) --
[*]The Baptist Confession of Faith section 19
[*]The Westminster Confession of Faith section 19
[*]Voddie Baucham
[*]C.H. Spurgeon
[*]D.L. Moody
[*]Dies Domini by Pope John Paul II
[*]D. James Kennedy
[*]R.C. Sproul
Those details do not show a text from the Bible that calls the ten commandments "the moral law."1. I do that in the details of the comments above. And you are not responding to those details from what I have seen so far.
2. I am not saying you do not have free will to ignore all that you wish to ignore. but it is "instructive" to the unbiased objective readers that BOTH sides of the Sabbath debate admit to this one obvious detail about the TEN and the moral law of God.
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