His commandments are for all who are a part of His Kingdom.
Please understand that the law of Moses was temporarily added to the Covenant, until the Seed should come.
Abraham kept His commandments and laws, 430 years before the law was added.
because Abraham obeyed My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.” Genesis 26:5
However, it is imperative to note that before the law was added, the Sabbath was man for man to rest.
The way the Sabbath was observed under the law, is what changed.
His commandments are very much a part of the New Testament.
His commandments are all about love.
Loving God, and loving our neighbor.
Here are a few examples:
- and if there is any other commandment, are all summed up in this saying, namely, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
Owe no one anything
except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law. For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not bear false witness,” “You shall not covet,” and if there is any other commandment, are all summed up in this saying, namely, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law. Romans 13:8-10
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For
this is the love of God,
that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome. 1 John 5:3
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He who says, “
I know Him,” and
does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. 1 John 2:4
- " I know Him" is the definition for eternal life. [John 17:3]
The way we remain in Christ is by obeying Him and His teachings, commandments,word, doctrine.
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he who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. And by this we know that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us. 1 John 3:24
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Whoever transgresses and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God. He who abides in the doctrine of Christ has both the Father and the Son. 2 John 9
- Whoever transgresses and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God.
JLB