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Do the Ten Commandments still apply under the new covenant today?

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Who made that rule?
God.

Deut 4:2 You shall not add to the word which I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you.

Pro 30:5 Every word of God is [a]pure;
He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him.
6 Do not add to His words,
Lest He rebuke you, and you be found a liar

Cutting one verse in mid sentence and pasting in another verse mid sentence, is not God's Word, its ours and we can make the bible say anything we want by doing this, than its no longer God's word, just mans Isa 8:20 which is why we told not to, especially when it is altering the Testimony of the God of the Universe Exo 31:18 He said He would not alter Psa 89:34 as if we can improve upon God's own Testimony, no one can and sad so many people try do so anyway.

Guess it will will have to agree to disagree and it will get sorted out soon enough.
 
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I thought most Christians believe a sabbath should be observed only for some reason most celebrate it on Sunday instead. Now due to capitalism many people tend to work on Sundays and most shops are open. I remember when there was very little Sunday trading in the 80's
God never told us to take a Sabbath, unfortunately, the Sabbath was changed, but not by God, He promised to not alter His covenant Exo 31:18 Deut 4:13 Psa 89:34 The Ten Commandments was both written and spoken by God, there is not greater Authority, He called it His Testimony Exo 31:18 , it is His law Exo 20:6 but it was changed, despite being told not to Deut 4:2 Psa 89:34 Mat 5:18 not by God just as was predicted in Scripture would happen Dan 7:25

This is the commandment that God wrote and spoke

Exo 20"8 “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. 11 For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.

The Sabbath traces back from Creation. Man in about the 3rd century changed it from Sabbath to Sunday, or the first day as it was shown Dan 7:25 but not on God's authority. God still has a faithful remnant who keep the commandments of God (His version) Rev 12:17

Sadly the devil has been busy trying to deceive the whole world. But if we stay faithful to God, He will lead us on the narrow path back to reconciliation Rev 22:14
 
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God never told us to take a Sabbath, unfortunately, the Sabbath was changed, but not by God, He promised to not alter His covenant Exo 31:18 Deut 4:13 Psa 89:34 The Ten Commandments was both written and spoken by God, there is not greater Authority, He called it His Testimony Exo 31:18 , it is His law Exo 20:6 but it was changed, despite being told not to Deut 4:2 Psa 89:34 Mat 5:18 not by God just as was predicted in Scripture would happen Dan 7:25

This is the commandment that God wrote and spoke

Exo 20"8 “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. 11 For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.

The Sabbath traces back from Creation. Man in about the 3rd century changed it from Sabbath to Sunday, or the first day as it was shown Dan 7:25 but not on God's authority. God still has a faithful remnant who keep the commandments of God (His version) Rev 12:17

Sadly the devil has been busy trying to deceive the whole world. But if we stay faithful to God, He will lead us on the narrow path back to reconciliation Rev 22:14
I felt convicted two Sundays ago when I realised I'd spent the day supposed to be 'set apart' doing more housework and laundry than any other day. It will be observed in future, for now on Sundays.
 
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I felt convicted two Sundays ago when I realised I'd spent the day supposed to be 'set apart' doing more housework and laundry than any other day. It will be observed in future, for now on Sundays.
The seventh day is Saturday. :) Its why almost all ancient languages Saturday means Sabbath.

God made all other days for works and labors Exo 20:9
 
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The seventh day is Saturday. :) Its why almost all ancient languages Saturday means Sabbath.

God made all other days for works and labors Exo 20:9
Yes, I'm aware. I don't feel great about doing it on the wrong day but verses from Corinthians have cropped up while considering it. The ones about eating/not eating meat and making other's uncomfortable. If my church feels ok about observing it on Sunday, I should probably observe it likewise then as it is when I can unite in fellowship with my brothers and sisters in Christ. It is still one day marked out for rest and devotion. All days should be devoted to our walk in the Spirit anyway. I think the conviction was that on the day I get to worship with others each week I had also spent busy as a bee. I will pray about it nonetheless.
 
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Yes, I'm aware. I don't feel great about doing it on the wrong day but verses from Corinthians have cropped up while considering it. The ones about eating/not eating meat and making other's uncomfortable. If my church feels ok about observing it on Sunday, I should probably observe it likewise then as it is when I can unite in fellowship with my brothers and sisters in Christ. It is still one day marked out for rest and devotion. All days should be devoted to our walk in the Spirit anyway. I think the conviction was that on the day I get to worship with others each week I had also spent busy as a bee. I will pray about it nonetheless.
Yes, I can do it with good conscience as Romans 14 speaks about the same things as Corinthians. However, more specifically it says Romans 14:5-9
 
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Yes, I'm aware. I don't feel great about doing it on the wrong day but verses from Corinthians have cropped up while considering it. The ones about eating/not eating meat and making other's uncomfortable. If my church feels ok about observing it on Sunday, I should probably observe it likewise then as it is when I can unite in fellowship with my brothers and sisters in Christ. It is still one day marked out for rest and devotion. All days should be devoted to our walk in the Spirit anyway. I think the conviction was that on the day I get to worship with others each week I had also spent busy as a bee. I will pray about it nonetheless.
I am glad you are going to pray about it. There is no Scripture that say the Sabbath ever changed. There are some verses that are hard to understand, but none of them say, not to keep the Sabbath commandment. Jesus said the Sabbath would be kept by His faithful long after the Cross Mat 24:20 and will be kept in the New Heaven and New Earth Isa 66:22-23

I know its hard doing something that is different than the rest of your family and friends and I know when I decided to make the commitment to obey God the way He commanded, it changed my whole life, but God says

Mat 10:37 He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.

God has blessed me ten-fold since I started keeping the Sabbath. The best thing is to keep praying for God's will in your life, keeping hearing the voice of the Holy Spirit convicting you and be willing to listen, regardless how you might think it affects our lifestyle. God truly just wants to bless His children, but He does want us to obey Him, the way He asks. Exo 20:6 John 14:15 1 John 5:3

God bless!
 
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I am glad you are going to pray about it. There is no Scripture that say the Sabbath ever changed. There are some verses that are hard to understand, but none of them say, not to keep the Sabbath commandment. Jesus said the Sabbath would be kept by His faithful long after the Cross Mat 24:20 and will be kept in the New Heaven and New Earth Isa 66:22-23

I know its hard doing something that is different than the rest of your family and friends and I know when I decided to make the commitment to obey God the way He commanded, it changed my whole life, but God says

Mat 10:37 He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.

God has blessed me ten-fold since I started keeping the Sabbath. The best thing is to keep praying for God's will in your life, keeping hearing the voice of the Holy Spirit convicting you and be willing to listen, regardless how you might think it affects our lifestyle. God truly just wants to bless His children, but He does want us to obey Him, the way He asks. Exo 20:6 John 14:15 1 John 5:3

God bless!
Thank you. :) God's blessings to you too
 
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Yes, I can do it with good conscience as Romans 14 speaks about the same things as Corinthians. However, more specifically it says Romans 14:5-9
Lets go through this verse....I know this is a popular verse people use against keeping the Sabbath, but is that what its really saying?

Romans 14: 5 One person esteems one day above another; another esteems every day alike. Let each be fully convinced in his own mind. 6 He who observes the day, observes it to the Lord; [a]and he who does not observe the day, to the Lord he does not observe it. He who eats, eats to the Lord, for he gives God thanks; and he who does not eat, to the Lord he does not eat, and gives God thanks. 7 For none of us lives to himself, and no one dies to himself. 8 For if we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s. 9 For to this end Christ died [b]and rose and lived again, that He might be Lord of both the dead and the living.

They are not debating what God esteems over all other days, one of God's finger written commandments, the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God Exo 20:10 My, holy day, the holy day of the Lord Isa 58:13 they are debating what man esteems. They are not debating any of the commandments- why the Sabbath is not even mentioned in the entire chapter and best IMO not to add what is not there.

This is what they are discussing

1 Cor 8:4 Therefore concerning the eating of things offered to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God but one. 5 For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many gods and many lords), 6 yet for us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we for Him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and through whom we live.

7 However, there is not in everyone that knowledge; for some, with consciousness of the idol, until now eat it as a thing offered to an idol; and their conscience, being weak, is defiled. 8 But food does not commend us to God; for neither if we eat are we the better, nor if we do not eat are we the worse.

9 But beware lest somehow this liberty of yours become a [c]stumbling block to those who are weak. 10 For if anyone sees you who have knowledge eating in an idol’s temple, will not the conscience of him who is weak be emboldened to eat those things offered to idols? 11 And because of your knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died? 12 But when you thus sin against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ. 13 Therefore, if food makes my brother stumble, I will never again eat meat, lest I make my brother stumble.
 
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Lets go through this verse....I know this is a popular verse people use against keeping the Sabbath, but is that what its really saying?

Romans 14: 5 One person esteems one day above another; another esteems every day alike. Let each be fully convinced in his own mind. 6 He who observes the day, observes it to the Lord; [a]and he who does not observe the day, to the Lord he does not observe it. He who eats, eats to the Lord, for he gives God thanks; and he who does not eat, to the Lord he does not eat, and gives God thanks. 7 For none of us lives to himself, and no one dies to himself. 8 For if we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s. 9 For to this end Christ died [b]and rose and lived again, that He might be Lord of both the dead and the living.

They are not debating what God esteems over all other days, one of God's finger written commandments, the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God Exo 20:10 My, holy day, the holy day of the Lord Isa 58:13 they are debating what man esteems. They are not debating any of the commandments- why the Sabbath is not even mentioned in the entire chapter and best IMO not to add what is not there.

This is what they are discussing

1 Cor 8:4 Therefore concerning the eating of things offered to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God but one. 5 For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many gods and many lords), 6 yet for us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we for Him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and through whom we live.

7 However, there is not in everyone that knowledge; for some, with consciousness of the idol, until now eat it as a thing offered to an idol; and their conscience, being weak, is defiled. 8 But food does not commend us to God; for neither if we eat are we the better, nor if we do not eat are we the worse.

9 But beware lest somehow this liberty of yours become a [c]stumbling block to those who are weak. 10 For if anyone sees you who have knowledge eating in an idol’s temple, will not the conscience of him who is weak be emboldened to eat those things offered to idols? 11 And because of your knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died? 12 But when you thus sin against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ. 13 Therefore, if food makes my brother stumble, I will never again eat meat, lest I make my brother stumble.
Yes, so for me to openly observe a different Sabbath may make them question things where before they had no doubts and innocently devoted themselves to honouring God more fully on that day. If I was to introduce a stumbling block then I am not loving them.

Proverbs 3:5-6 The Lord led me to that Church family and I am there as Christ is preached and is forefront of their teaching. The focus is on God first and foremost and, secondly, living in discipleship. God knows the heart and will lead me right. I trust in Him.

I do agree that literally speaking the Sabbath is on a Saturday and it would be lovely to change it to that. But I'm called to love God and love others above myself. I can see it as an obedient duty to forgo that pleasure and instead delight in the Lord in fellowship on Sunday. Each day is His anyway.
 
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Yes, so for me to openly observe a different Sabbath
Thanks for the email and I can tell you have an open heart, so please keep in mind what I am sharing is from love.

The seventh day Sabbath, is not a different Sabbath, it is the Sabbath according to God. Exo 20:10 He spoke it He wrote it, there is no other Sabbath, all other days God said is for works and labor Exo 20:9. The Sabbath is the holy day of the Lord Isa 58:13 there is no other, only one.
may make them question things where before they had no doubts and innocently devoted themselves to honouring God more fully on that day. If I was to introduce a stumbling block then I am not loving them.
I beleive its the opposite. You are providing a stumbling block for not sharing God's Truth. The Truth sets us free, staying in darkness, which is sin or breaking God's law, leads in the wrong direction. Give God a chance to work on the people who you are sharing His Truth with.

Sunday is nothing more than a man-made tradition that is leading billions of people away from God's commandments and obeying God. We are told whoever we obey is who we serve Rom 6:16 Sunday sacredness did not come from Scriptures.

This is the words of Jesus who is quoting directly from the Ten Commandments when we place our traditions over obeying His commandments what it does....


Mat 15:3 He answered and said to them, “Why do you also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition? 4 For God commanded, saying, ‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, ‘He who curses father or mother, let him be put to death.’ 5 But you say, ‘Whoever says to his father or mother, “Whatever profit you might have received from me is a gift to God”— 6 then he need not honor his father [a]or mother.’ Thus you have made the commandment of God of no effect by your tradition. 7 Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy about you, saying:

8 ‘These people draw near to Me with their mouth,
And honor Me with their lips,
But their heart is far from Me.
9 And in vain they worship Me,
Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’ ”


10 When He had called the multitude to Himself, He said to them, “Hear and understand: 11 Not what goes into the mouth defiles a man; but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.”

12 Then His disciples came and said to Him, “Do You know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?”

He actually said this path leads one to a ditch

13 But He answered and said, “Every plant which My heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted. 14 Let them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leads the blind, both will fall into a ditch.”

The path is narrow


Mat 7:13 “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. 14 [c]Because narrow is the gate and [d]difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.

God does not treat the Sabbath commandment any different than He treats committing adultery or worshipping other gods. It all came from the same unit of Ten He defines as sin when breaking

1 John 3:4 Whoever commits sin also commits lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness.
Breaking one of the commandments, we break them all

James 2:10 For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is guilty of all. 11 For He who said, (quoting again from the Ten Commandments) “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not murder.” Now if you do not commit adultery, but you do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law. 12 So speak and so do as those who will be judged by the law of liberty.

Proverbs 3:5-6 The Lord led me to that Church family and I am there as Christ is preached and is forefront of their teaching. The focus is on God first and foremost and, secondly, living in discipleship. God knows the heart and will lead me right. I trust in Him.
I do too, keep praying for you to submit to His will and show you your sins, He will do this if we have a willing and open heart.
I do agree that literally speaking the Sabbath is on a Saturday and it would be lovely to change it to that.
Praise the Lord!
But I'm called to love God and love others above myself. I can see it as an obedient duty to forgo that pleasure and instead delight in the Lord in fellowship on Sunday. Each day is His anyway.
But doing so would be to lead people out of darkness and into the light, which is God's Truth, Psa 119:151 John 3:19-21 Unfortunately, there is no compromise to God's Truth, its what sets us free. john 8:31-32. The 4th commandment was not just for the Sabbath, its a commandment for all days. Exo 20:8-11. Work six days, keep the seventh day Sabbath holy.


Keep praying my friend, God is speaking to you, when He convicts us of our sins, its important to hear Him and make changes. I went through this too about 5 years ago over the Sabbath and I was fighting Him and the Holy Spirit was convicting me and I finally listened. My life literally changed overnight. I could no longer go against my conscious and I am so glad I listened. Its not always been easy but God has been with me every step of the way. Once we put God first in our life, everything else falls into place. Keep the faith my friend.
 
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Thanks for the email and I can tell you have an open heart, so please keep in mind what I am sharing is from love.

The seventh day Sabbath, is not a different Sabbath, it is the Sabbath according to God. Exo 20:10 He spoke it He wrote it, there is no other Sabbath, all other days God said is for works and labor. The Sabbath is the holy day of the Lord Isa 58:13 there is no other

I beleive its the opposite. You are providing a stumbling block for not sharing God's Truth. The Truth sets us free, staying in darkness, which is sin or breaking God's law, leads in the wrong direction. Give God a chance to work on the people who you are sharing His Truth with.

Sunday is nothing more than a man-made tradition that is leading billions of people away from God's commandments and obeying God. We are told whoever we obey is who we serve Rom 6:16 Sunday sacredness did not come from Scriptures.

This is the words of Jesus who is quoting directly from the Ten Commandments when we place our traditions over obeying His commandments what it does....


Mat 15:3 He answered and said to them, “Why do you also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition? 4 For God commanded, saying, ‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, ‘He who curses father or mother, let him be put to death.’ 5 But you say, ‘Whoever says to his father or mother, “Whatever profit you might have received from me is a gift to God”— 6 then he need not honor his father [a]or mother.’ Thus you have made the commandment of God of no effect by your tradition. 7 Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy about you, saying:

8 ‘These people draw near to Me with their mouth,
And honor Me with their lips,
But their heart is far from Me.
9 And in vain they worship Me,
Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’ ”


10 When He had called the multitude to Himself, He said to them, “Hear and understand: 11 Not what goes into the mouth defiles a man; but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.”

12 Then His disciples came and said to Him, “Do You know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?”

He actually said this path leads one to a ditch

13 But He answered and said, “Every plant which My heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted. 14 Let them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leads the blind, both will fall into a ditch.”

The path is narrow


Mat 7:13 “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. 14 [c]Because narrow is the gate and [d]difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.

God does not treat the Sabbath commandment any different than He treats committing adultery or worshipping other gods. It all came from the same unit of Ten He defines as sin when breaking

1 John 3:4 Whoever commits sin also commits lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness.
Breaking one of the commandments, we break them all

James 2:10 For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is guilty of all. 11 For He who said, (quoting again from the Ten Commandments) “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not murder.” Now if you do not commit adultery, but you do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law. 12 So speak and so do as those who will be judged by the law of liberty.


I do too, keep praying for you to submit to His will and show you your sins, He will do this if we have a willing and open heart.

Praise the Lord!

But doing so would be to lead people out of darkness and into the light, which is God's Truth, Psa 119:151 John 3:19-21 Unfortunately, there is no compromise to God's Truth, its what sets us free. john 8:31-32


Keep praying my friend, God is speaking to you, when He convicts us of our sins, its important to hear Him and make changes. I went through this too about 5 years ago over the Sabbath and I was fighting Him and the Holy Spirit was convicting me and I finally listened. My life literally changed overnight. I could no longer go against my conscious and I am so glad I listened. Its not always been easy but God has been with me every step of the way. Once we put God first in our life, everything else falls into place. Keep the faith my friend.
Thank you for your warning and I believe you do it with the best intentions. For that you have my appreciation. I will take it to the Lord and seek His direction. I believe that the conviction I had, was that I had let the day meant to be set apart to rest and for Holy things become a day of housework and church.
 
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Thank you for your warning and I believe you do it with the best intentions. For that you have my appreciation. I will take it to the Lord and seek His direction. I believe that the conviction I had, was that I had let the day meant to be set apart to rest and for Holy things become a day of housework and church.
Yes, keep listening to that small still voice and reading God's Word.

I'll keep you in my prayers.

God bless you sister in Christ. :heartpulse:
 
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Take care Clare, I wish you well.
I'm sure you'll understand if my focus is on Jesus new command of the NC of which I am a partaker: love one another as I have loved you (Jn 13:34), rather than on the obsolete OC (Heb 8:13) Decalogue "do no harm."
 
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There is no Scripture that says the New Covenant is established on one command. The last chapter in the Book of Revelations, one of the last verses before the Second Coming of Jesus Christ says blessed are those who do His commandments

When did do no harm become obsolete, not something I can find in my Bible.

I am going to stick with what God said- can you imagine telling God, the Creator of everything, your personal will Psa 40:8 Heb 8:10 and Testimony Exo. 31:18 that you personally and divinely wrote by the Holy Spirit of Truth and you personally spoke with your own voice is obsolete when He said He wrote His law Exo 20:6 Deut 4:13 into our heart and mind Heb 8:10, that He would not alter His words Psa 89:34 why He said He did not come to destroy His law, not a jot or tittle shall pass, and our breaking and teaching others to break come with some serious consequences. Mat 5:17-30 why we see the Ten Commandments at the last trumpet before the second coming of Jesus Christ Rev 11:18-19 as it is the standard that all man will be judged by regardless if we accept it or not. James 2:11-12 Mat 5:19-30 Ecc 12:13-14 Rev 22:14-15

How did Jesus love us, by giving us His holy and eternal law so we can be blessed and reconciled back to Him Rev 22:14 but sadly not everyone accepts His gift.
 
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I am going to stick with what God said- can you imagine telling God, the Creator of everything, your personal will Psa 40:8 and Testimony Exo. 31:18 that you personally and divinely wrote by the Holy Spirit of Truth and you personally spoke with your own voice is obsolete
It is regrettable that you do not agree with God that the OC is obsolete (Heb 8:13).

I'm sure you'll understand if my focus is on Jesus' new command of the NC, of which I am a partaker: love one another as I have loved you (Jn 13:34), rather than on the obsolete OC (Heb 8:13) Decalogue "do no harm."
 
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It is regrettable that you do not agree with God that the OC is obsolete (Heb 8:13).

I'm sure you'll understand if my focus is on Jesus' new command of the NC, of which I am a partaker: love one another as I have loved you (Jn 13:34), rather than on the obsolete OC (Heb 8:13) Decalogue "do no harm."
Personally, I don't like the word obselete here. Fulfilled is better. It's more complete a term than obselete which is like something scrapped. It is precious scripture given to Ancient Israel and still worthy of respect as it comes from God. It was a covenant with Him as a party, a promise. For that reason, the word doesn't feel honouring to things bestowed by God. I know that probably wasn't the intent behind using the word and it was likely a slip up. Think the word being in bold made it more impactful.

Even though we are not saved under the old covenant and are redeemed by Christ, Jesus still said Matthew 5:17-20 The Earth has not passed away yet.

Edit: Oh wow, that is the word used in my own translation. I wonder what it was in the Greek. Perhaps it's my own connotations to how we use obselete that make it feel dishonouring

I apologise. I don't like how it's been translated. Old/fading away/outdated/superceded might have been just as good. It's actually a nice read Hebrews 7 and 8 and a fresh look at those chapters makes one more thankful to our High Priest, Jesus our Lord.
 
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Thank you for sharing these thoughts. But it is important to understand what the Bible truly says about the law, the commandments, and the new covenant.
It's very important.

Jesus Himself said clearly:

Jesus did not cancel the law; He fulfilled it and showed us its true meaning.
Jesus fulfilled the law, yes... according to the Bible.
Where did Jesus show us the true meaning, in the Bible?

The law God gave to Israel and all who believe in Him—the Ten Commandments—are the covenant and God’s moral law is eternal. Jesus confirmed this when He said:

He then listed commandments from the Ten Commandments.
Since you agree " it is important to understand what the Bible truly says", where does the Bible say the ten commandments were given "to Israel and all who believe in Him?
Jesus was speaking with Israelites - those in the covenant agreement, when he mentioned those commandments, wasn't he?

ALso, he New Covenant, prophesied in Jeremiah 31:33, says:

This means the law is not removed nor changes but written in a new way—internalized by the believer.
I understand that you think it means the ten commandment are written in a new way, but since you said "it is important to understand what the Bible truly says", rather than say what you think it means, should you not rather show from the Bible what it means?
The Bible truly says that the law.... which is not only the ten commandments, is not binding on those who belong to Christ, because its purpose has been accomplished.

Here, please read it for yourself. There are right there in the Bible.
Romans 10:4 . . .For Christ is the end [telos: End, purpose, goal, completion, fulfillment] of the law . . .​
Romans 7:6 But now we have been released [katargeó: To abolish, to nullify, to render ineffective, to bring to an end] from the Law, having died to that which we were bound, in order for us to serve in newness of the Spirit, and not in oldness of the letter.​
Colossians 2:14 having blotted out [exaleiphó: To wipe out, to blot out, to erase, to obliterate] the handwriting in the decrees against us, which was adverse to us. And He has taken [airó: To lift, to take up, to raise, to remove, to carry away] it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.​
Ephesians 2:15 by abolishing [katargeó: To abolish, to nullify, to render ineffective, to bring to an end] in His flesh the law of commandments and decrees.​
This is what the Bible truly says.
How is it you don't know this? How do you read?

Do you know the purpose the law served, and how it was accomplished?
That too, is in the Bible.
Galatians 3:24, 25
24 So that the law is become our tutor to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. 25 But now faith that is come, we are no longer under a tutor.

Do you still want to be under that tutor?
God does not want you to be.
In fact, to want that, and to seek is, is to go against the commandments of God.
Here is what the Bible truly says...
Galatians 5:4 Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.

It is indeed very serious, so as you rightly said, "it is important to understand what the Bible truly says about the law".

Paul’s point about not being “under the law” means we are not saved by works or by following the old covenant’s ceremonial and civil laws, but through faith in Christ’s sacrifice. Yet, faith that saves is never alone from obedience:
It means more than that.
The Bible truly says what it means, and I hope the verses mentioned above, are taken as the correct understanding, because what some think it means, falls short of what the Bible truly says.
Gentiles were never under the law, or in the covenant agreement.

So, "we" do not really count here, as being "under the law".
This is what the Bible says...
Ephesians 2:14, 15 For He Himself is our peace, having made both one and having broken down the barrier of the partition of hostility, having annulled in His flesh the law of commandments in ordinances, so that He might create in Himself the two into one new man, making peace,

The law was a barrier to Gentiles being party to the covenant, and the benefits the Jews had.
Removing it is a blessing, not a curse. Galatians 3:10-14
Why do you want a curse?

Finally, the examples you mention about contracts and marriage are about exclusive relationships and commitment—showing the believer belongs fully to Christ.

But belonging to Christ means obeying His commandments, because He said:

The New Covenant does not exclude God’s commandments; it changes how they live in our hearts. It frees us from the law as a system of salvation but not from the law as God’s holy standard.

The commandments remain, but our obedience flows from love and a changed heart, not from trying to earn salvation. Jesus’ teaching and the New Covenant both confirm this.
Why do you speak of commandments as if the ten commandments are the only commandments?
Do you know that there are hundreds of commandments that are not the ten, which Christians must obey?
It's something I keep hearing, and I wonder... why is it that Sabbath keepers always use the word commandments as if it applies to the ten commandments?
 
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