1. Just because the law of Moses was abolished doesn’t mean we are not under law. We are under the law of Christ.
There are no verses saying the law was abolished. We read a few of them that way, but we are reading them from a modern cultural view. As one example (one example of many, Jerry) we see this in 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." Generally and almost always, this verse is one of the main verses used to declare an end to the law. But we don't think it through... first of all, an "end to the law" means God lied. And it means that because the covenant is the 10 words (Deut. 4:13) and the covenant is everlasting (Psalm 105:8-10). So if the old covenant is done, over... God isn't God. Second, what was against us (going back to the Col. 2:14 verse) isn't "do not steal," or "a man shouldn't lay with a man as he would a woman." That isn't against us... that is God's will. What is against us is the PENALTY for sin, death. And Yeshua nailed our guilty verdict to the cross... the death penalty for sin was nailed to the cross... and now, even if we taste a physical death, death itself has lost it's sting as we now have the promise of the resurrection through Christ's work.
2. The New Covenant has similar things in it as the Old Covenant. It also has different things in it that the Old Testament has.
There are similar things that have a different context than the former.
Covenants are much like a will, in the light that all these things I stated above are true and are two different documents.
In the OT, we had the law on stone and God commanding His people to keep those words on their own hearts. In the NT, it is understood that God's people failed at keeping those words on their own hearts and so God is writing those words there for us. What Christians miss, Jerry, is these are the same words.
3. People under the Mosaic Law had grace Romans 4:1-6.
People under this age of grace have law which is the law of Christ Galatians 6:2.
The Law of the Spirit Romans 8:2.
The Law of righteousness by faith Romans 4:13 etc.
Well said... and good (and rare today) that you recognized that the word "law" isn't always talking about Sinai. That is a big problem today... folks see "law" and make an assumption. Well done.
4. Your renewed theory doesn’t hold water unless maybe you’re a Jew.
There is no renewed in Hebrews 8:6-7.
2 Corinthians 3:13 uses the word abolished which is about the Mosaic Law being abolished. Jerry Kelso
The only problem is, it isn't a theory... I did not make the definitions of the word up.
If you are really a student of the word, then take a couple of minutes and look at what I am looking at.
Jer 31:31 "Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah--
>> The word for new above is 85 חֲדָשָׁה (chadashah). This is the verb חדשׁ, chadash, that Strong's says, "from a primitive root; to be new;
causatively to rebuild: - renew, repair." The difference between chadash and chadashah is only that the verb is being used as an adjective to describe the covenant. So the form changes from chadash to chadash
ah. But it is the same word, ask ANY HEBREW SCHOLAR and they will tell you this is true. So in Jeremiah 31:31, whether you like it or not, whether I like it or not (and I didn't at first because that information didn't harmonize with my understanding) it means what it means.
Heb 8:8 Because finding fault with them, He says: "Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah--
>> The word for new is kainos, here is what Strong's says of this word.
G2537 Of uncertain affinity;
new (especially in freshness;
while G3501 is properly so with respect to age): - new.
So kainos (G2537) means "new in regards to freshness." Another word, nehos (G3501, also spelled neos) is "new in respect to AGE."
So kainos is new in regards to freshness, being made fresh...renewed. Nehos is new in regards to AGE, i.e. something that is BRAND NEW. A new car is nehos, a restored classic is kainos. That is the language Jerry... not my bias. That is simply what the word means.
So... you want things harmonized. If the covenant made with Israel at Sinai is over... then Psalm 105:8-10 (especially 10) can NEVER be harmonized by you because God called that covenant EVERLASTING, WITHOUT END, FOREVER, TIMELESS. And your theology has an end to that, which simply can't be the case. But if the covenant as shown above, is renewed, then it stands in perfect harmony with the promise made by God in Psalm 105 as mentioned.
Don't make this about me... just because this is different than you have been raised to believe doesn't make it less true. The language is what it is and I didn't choose the words in the text... all I did was look them up and not accept any one translation as being perfect. What was perfect was the original letters and the intent of the authors. We don't have them here to question, and we have copies of copies translated across multiple languages at times. So... I go back to the earliest source and find the definitions of those words. Sometimes that strengthens what you already believe... what I was also raised to believe, and other times it opens doors to a slightly different understanding that, more times than not, answer more questions than it raises.