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P1: We should live in a way that testifies about God.
P2: The Mosaic Law testifies about God.
C: Therefore, we should live in obedience to the Mosaic Law.
God's laws are not arbitrarily given, but testify about God. For example, God's righteous laws testify about God's righteousness and teach us how to express His righteousness through our actions, so when we do that we are testify about God's righteousness and giving glory to His name. In Matthew 5:16, we are to let our light shine before others so that they may see our good works and give glory to our Father who is in heaven, so following God's instructions for how to do good works testifies about God's goodness. In 1 Peter 1:16, we are told to have a holy conduct for God is holy, which is a quote from Leviticus where God was giving instructions for how to have a holy conduct, so following those instructions is testifying about God's holiness. So God's law is holy, righteous, and good because it testifies about and teaches us how to express God's holiness, righteousness, and goodness (Romans 7:12). Jesus is the exact expression of God's nature (Hebrews 1:3), so he is the personification of holiness, righteousness, and goodness, which is why he said in John 5:39-40 that the Scriptures testify about him. In Deuteronomy 4:5-8, the expected reaction from the nations seeing Israel's obedience to the Mosaic Law was to marvel and how great and wise He is, so again their obedience what testifying about God.
So we are God's representatives tasked with being a light and a blessing to the nations through testifying about God so that we can draw the nations into a relationship with Him. However, when we are acting as God's representatives, but act in a way that misrepresents Him by not following OT Scriptures, then we are bearing false witness against God. God is the same yesterday, today, and forever, so the actions that testify about God will always testify about Him, which means if my syllogism has true premises and a valid form, then the conclusion is necessarily also true regardless of which covenant someone is under.
P2: The Mosaic Law testifies about God.
C: Therefore, we should live in obedience to the Mosaic Law.
God's laws are not arbitrarily given, but testify about God. For example, God's righteous laws testify about God's righteousness and teach us how to express His righteousness through our actions, so when we do that we are testify about God's righteousness and giving glory to His name. In Matthew 5:16, we are to let our light shine before others so that they may see our good works and give glory to our Father who is in heaven, so following God's instructions for how to do good works testifies about God's goodness. In 1 Peter 1:16, we are told to have a holy conduct for God is holy, which is a quote from Leviticus where God was giving instructions for how to have a holy conduct, so following those instructions is testifying about God's holiness. So God's law is holy, righteous, and good because it testifies about and teaches us how to express God's holiness, righteousness, and goodness (Romans 7:12). Jesus is the exact expression of God's nature (Hebrews 1:3), so he is the personification of holiness, righteousness, and goodness, which is why he said in John 5:39-40 that the Scriptures testify about him. In Deuteronomy 4:5-8, the expected reaction from the nations seeing Israel's obedience to the Mosaic Law was to marvel and how great and wise He is, so again their obedience what testifying about God.
So we are God's representatives tasked with being a light and a blessing to the nations through testifying about God so that we can draw the nations into a relationship with Him. However, when we are acting as God's representatives, but act in a way that misrepresents Him by not following OT Scriptures, then we are bearing false witness against God. God is the same yesterday, today, and forever, so the actions that testify about God will always testify about Him, which means if my syllogism has true premises and a valid form, then the conclusion is necessarily also true regardless of which covenant someone is under.