Neither did I say the old testament was abolished. But Paul most certainly said that the old covenant (law of Moses) was abolished.
the Old Covenant is "an agreement" a set of "conditions" - and is not the same thing as the LAW of Moses.
Hence
- it is still a sin to "
take God's name in vain" Ex 20:7 even though that command cannot be found in the NT
- it is still a command to "
Love God with all your heart" Duet 6:5 even though that command is not found in the NT after the cross.
-it is still a commandment for gentiles to "
Honor your father and mother" Ex 20:12 - even though that command is not found in Acts 15
- for all eternity after the cross in the New Earth "
From Sabbath to Sabbath shall all mankind come before me to worship" even though the saints on the New Earth are saved under the New Covenant.
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Do NOT think I have come to abolish the LAW - I did not come to abolish the LAW but to fulfill" Matthew 5
"The LAW of God written on the heart" Jer 31:31-34 is the NEW Covenant and is "unchanged" from OT to NT as we see it in Hebrews 8:6-11. The "Law of God" known to Jeremiah and his readers was in the LAW of Moses.
the Old Covenant is "an agreement" a set of "conditions" - and is not the same thing as the LAW of Moses.
It is in fact the same thing.
Then for "the rest of us"
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Do not take God's name in vain" Ex 20:7 -- still matters.
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Honor your father and mother" Ex 20:12, Eph 6:1-2 -- still matters
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Love God with all your heart" Deut 6:5, Matt 22 -- still matters.
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I will write My Law on their heart" New Covenant - Jer 31:31-33, Heb 8:6-11 -- still matters.
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fear God and keep His Commandments" Eccl 12:13, Rev 14:7 -- still matters.
And the 5th commandment is still "
the first commandment with a promise" Eph 6:2
But not because the old law's command but because of Jesus' new command.
When challenged by His enemies in Matthew 22 - Jesus quotes Moses -- Deut 6:5 and Lev 19:18 -- and so even the Jews agree that the statement is "sola scriptura true".
Luke 10:25-28 Jesus challenges them with the same test and they two give the correct Biblical answer -
25 And a lawyer stood up and put Him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” 26 And He said to him, “
What is written in the Law? How does it read to you?” 27 And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.” 28 And He said to him, “
You have answered correctly; do this and you will live.”
Once again just as Christ said in Matt 22 regarding the LAW of Moses - we see Deut 6:5 and Lev 19:18 - again only this time it is the Jews themselves admitting to scripture and the truth of God's Word.
Here is the actual New Covenant for those who have not read it recently -
Jer 31:31-33
31 “Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when
I will make a new covenant with
the house of Israel and with the house of Judah, 32 not like the covenant which I made with their fathers in the day I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, although I was a husband to them,” declares the Lord. 33 “
But this is the covenant which I will make with t
he house of Israel after those days,” declares the Lord,
“I will put My law within them and on their heart I will write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. 34 They will not teach again, each man his neighbor and each man his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them,” declares the Lord, “f
or I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more.”
Unchanged in the NT.
Hebrews 8
“Behold, days are coming, says the Lord,
When I will effect
a new covenant
With the house of Israel and with the house of Judah;
9 Not like the covenant which I made with their fathers
On the day when I took them by the hand
To lead them out of the land of Egypt;
For they did not continue in My covenant,
And I did not care for them, says the Lord.
10 “For t
his is the covenant that I will make
with the house of Israel
After those days, says the Lord:
I will put My laws into their minds,
And I will write them on their hearts.
And I will be their God,
And they shall be My people.
11 “And they shall not teach everyone his fellow citizen,
And everyone his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’
For all will know Me,
From the least to the greatest of them.
12 “For I will be merciful to their iniquities,
And
I will remember their sins no more.”
Heb 13
8
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
Mal 3
6 “
For I, the LORD, do not change; therefore you, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed.