You are cherry picking scripture and the case you seem to be trying to make is that we can break God's commandments, is not what Jesus taught Mat 5:19-30 Mat 15:3-14 Mark 7:7-13 Mat 19:17-19. To me it best to work backwards- If Jesus said we are not to break the least of these commandments as it affects our status
in heaven and not a jot or tittle can be changed from God's holy law- Jesus can't lie- so any gathering of scripture can never make that case. So lets examine these scriptures...
Deuteronomy 10:1 At that time the Lord said to me, “Cut out for yourself two tablets of stone like the first and come up to Me onto the mountain and make an ark of wood for yourself. 2 I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets which you broke, and you shall put them in the ark.”
This is a statement of history, nothing else. The Israelites broke the commandments, and Moses threw down the Ten Commandments breaking them and instead of God "doing away" with the Ten Commanemtns as you seem to be suggesting He re-wrote them exactly as He did on the first set.
Because God said:
Psa 89:34 My covenant I will not break,
Nor alter the word that has gone out of My lips.
So nothing can contradict the words of God. He always keeps His promises.
Hebrews 9:5 For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance
Yes, and what is the New Covenant established on? New laws? or better promises....
Hebrews 8:6 But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also Mediator of a better covenant,
which was established on better promises.
So the New Covenant is not established on new laws, but on better promises.
Because God said:
Psa 89:34 My covenant I will not break,
Nor alter the word that has gone out of My lips
Which is why the New Covenant still has God's law, but now instead of it being established on the people doing Exo 19:8 it is established on the promise of God doing.
Hebrews 8:10 For this
is the covenant that
I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord:
I will put My laws in their mind and write them on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
God doing instead of people doing is a much better promise. God gives us the power to obey Him and keep His commandments John 14:15-18 if we don't rebel against Him Rom 8:7-8 when He calls on us Heb 3:7-8
—now that he has
died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant.
KJV "16 For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator."
Testator - a person who has made a will or given a legacy.
17 For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.
Amen
Hebrews 9:1 Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary.
Yes, the ordnances were handwritten by Moses placed outside the ark of the Covenant. This is what ended at the Cross. We no longer have to bring an animal sacrifice to an earthy priest for forgiveness of sins. Jesus because is our Passover Lamb 2 Cor 5:7 and our High Priest so instead of a sin offering to an earthy priest we can go directly to Jesus when we sin.
Sin is still breaking God's law the Ten Commandments even in the New Testament
1 John 3:4 4 Whoever commits sin also commits lawlessness,
and sin is lawlessness.
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, “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.
When Jesus heals He says Go and sin no more. If that wasn't possible, He would not ask. While we can't do it alone, we can through Christ Phil 4:13
Hebrews 8:7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.
Well lets look where the fault was because scripture plainly tells us if we allow it to....you cut out where the fault was.
Heb 8:7 For if that first
covenant had been faultless,
then no place would have been sought for a second. 8
Because finding fault with them,
God would not have changed the covenant (agreement)- had He not found fault with
the people. That was the issue, not the
Words of covenant, the Ten Commandments
Deut 4:13 Exo 34:28. God already promised He would
not alter the words of the Covenant-
Psa 89:34 God does not lie, it’s up to us to have faith to believe and live by His every Word.
Where was the fault then? Let’s let scripture tell us....
Heb 8:7 For if that first
covenant had been faultless,
then no place would have been sought for a second. 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— 9 not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt;
because they did not continue in My covenant,
and the consequences of doing so
and I disregarded them, says the Lord.
But God loves us so much instead of giving up on humanity He established His new covenant based on
better promises,
just as it is stated. Not based on new laws as God tells us plainly- you can't make something perfect, more perfect Psa 19:7 The NC still has God’s law according to God.
10 For this
is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord:
I will put My laws in their mind and write them on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people
Before what promise was the covenant based on? Let’s let scripture define it for us....
Exo 19:8 Then all the people answered together and said,
“All that the Lord has spoken we will do.”
What promise is the New Covenant?
Heb 10:8 says the Lord: I will put My laws in their mind and write them on their hearts;
So now God is the one writing
His laws in our hearts, He is the one doing based on His strength- which is a much better promise.
How do we know which laws are in our hearts. Jesus answers this question, but you may not like the answer. I am happy to share the scriptures, if you want.
2 Corinthians 3:6 He has made us competent to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter, ... For the letter kills, ...7 Now if the ministry of death, chiseled in letters on stones, came with glory, so that the Israelites were not able to look directly at Moses’ face because of the glory from his face—a fading glory
Did you read where the fading glory was
on the face of Moses after leaving the presence of God.
The Old Covenant was based on the people doing, the New Covenant is based on God doing, it is a much better covenant established on much better promises.
Jesus explained how to keep the spirit of the law, which is
greater than the letter, not lessor as many people teach.
When Jesus taught not to have anger in the heart, was He teaching we can commit literal murder (the letter) as long as we don't have anger in the heart? Or was He teaching if He helps change our thoughts from the inside out and our thoughts of anger becomes thoughts of love and compassion to our neighbor, then thou shalt not murder (the letter) would automatically be kept. This is what I believe He taught hence why He said not to break or teach others to break the least of these commandments
Mat 5:19 and if one is living by the spirit, the letter would automatically be kept. I don't think Paul taught anything different. Especially if you read
Rom 8:4-8. Living by the spirit is
greater than the letter, not lessor and if we live by His Spirit, even the least of these commandments would be kept by faith and love.
John 14:15-18 1 John 5:3 Rom 3:31 Rev 14:12 which reconciles us Rev 22:14
Romans 7:10 The very commandment that promised life proved to be death to me.
You need to bring in the whole context especially dealing with Paul's writings.
7 What shall we say then?
Is the law sin? Certainly not! On the contrary, I would not have known sin except through the law. For I would not have known covetousness unless the law had said, “You shall not covet.” 8 But sin, taking opportunity by the commandment, produced in me all
manner of evil desire. For apart from the law sin
was dead. 9 I was alive once without the law, but when the commandment came, sin revived and I died. 10 And the commandment, which
was to
bring life, I found to
bring death. 11 For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it killed
me. 12 Therefore the law
is holy, and the commandment holy and just and good.
It's not the law that is the issue, the commandments are holy, just and good. The issue is dealing with our flesh verses living in the Spirit. Its a struggle, but the wages of sin is death Rom 6:23 there is another option, but it requires a conversion and lifestyle change and that is living in the Spirit in Christ Rom 8:1-8. In Christ there is no condemnation but sadly so many people want to cling to their old life of sin, instead of clinging to Christ and living by His every Word which includes this promise
Psa 89:34 My covenant I will not break,
Nor alter the word that has gone out of My lips
Regardless if one accept it or not, we will all be Judged by the Ten Commandments James 2:10-12 Ecc 12:13-14 Mat 5:19-30 Rev 22:14-15
If we just trust the teachings of Jesus and the promises of God, He will only lead us on the narrow path back to reconciliation. Rev 22:14
