Firstly I must ask that this not be made into a Sabbath tread. Forget about the Sabbath if you can.
It seems to me that Christians are advocating that they are better off without the Ten Commandments.
Paul made the point that the law is Holy, Just, Good and spiritual. (Rom. 7:12 Wherefore the law [is] holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good. Read from verse 7-14)
Are these not characteristics of God? Jesus said God that was the only one Good Mat. 19:16. God is just Isa 45:21 Deut. 32:4. God is holy PS. 99:9 and Joshua 24:19. God is Spirit John 4:24.
In light of the fact that the law reflects God's character, how then is it good to have it abolished?
Is it not a rejection of God and His character if His law is nullified?
As a reflection of God's character would not the law be from everlasting to everlasting as He is? Ps. 90:2
Mosaic Law.........
Paul takes one aspect of the Mosaic Law (circumcism) and beats the Galatians over the head with it.
Gal 3:1~~ O stupid/asinine Galatians!
Who has hypnotized you?
Before whose eyes {the mind's eye of the Galatians}
Jesus Christ has been publicly displayed crucified among you!
Then starting at 3:10 Paul explains that if you want to
stay "under the law" you
continue to be cursed by the law. And,
that seems to be the status of your friends:
10~~ For as many as are
under the
works of the law
are under the curse {of the Mosaic Law}.
For it is written {Deuteronomy 27:26},
"Cursed be all ones
that fail to keep on abiding in
ALL things (not just the 10 comm),
which are written in the book of the law to do them".
{Note: Break one Mosaic Law and you are guilt of breaking them all - Deuteronomy 27:26 - which is part of the Mosaic Law. To be saved by WORKS you must be PERFECT! And, only Christ fulfilled the Mosaic Law. "I do not come to break the law, but to fulfill it."}
11~~ But that
no one receives justification
in the sphere of the law in the sight of God . . . evident.
For, the justified ones shall live out of the source of faith/doctrine.
12~~ And the law is not of faith/doctrine {Leviticus 18:5},
"But, the man that having done them,
shall live, in the future, in them."
13~~
Christ has once and for all
redeemed us out from the curse of the law,
(for it is written {Deuteronomy 21:22-23},
"Under a curse is every one
who keeps on hanging on The Wood")
having become a
curse for us.
That passage is pretty clear that Christ has taken us "out from" being under the curse of the Law.
Mostly in Hebrews it talks about the higher law - such as living
not just the Sabbath as to God, but everyday as unto the Lord.
The doctrine of the Mosaic law
It is very important to understand the recipients of the Mosaic law. They can be divided into three very simple points. a)
It was given to Israel Exodus 19:3; Leviticus 26:46; Romans 3:19; 9:4; b) It was
not given to the Gentiles Deuteronomy 4:8; Romans 2:12-14; c)
Christians Church Age believers are not under the law. It was not given to the Church. It is not an authorizing agent for any part of the royal priesthood Acts 15:5, 24; Romans 6:14; Galatians 2:19.
Christ is the end of the law for the royal family, for Church Age believers, for the royal priesthood Romans 10:4. And in effect there is a conflict between the royal priesthood of the believer and the
former Levitical priesthood. The conflict is resolved by the annulment, the abrogation of the law. The law is not in function today.
Believers of the Church Age, members of the royal family
under a higher law. The indwelling of the Holy Spirit is the badge of royalty.
The filling of the Holy Spirit is the fulfillment of the higher law, the superseding law, the law which nullifies the Mosaic law Romans 8:2-4; Galatians 5:18, 22, 23; 1 Corinthians chapter 13.
The recipients of the law was the nation Israel Exodus 19:3; Leviticus 26:46; Romans 3:19; 9:4. It was definitely not given to the Gentiles Deuteronomy 4:8; Roman 2:12-14. It was, furthermore, not given to the Church Acts 15:5,24; Romans 6:14; Galatians 2:19
.
Jesus Christ and the law. Jesus Christ kept the law perfectly during the period of His incarnation. This is a part of the doctrine of impeccability, it is also a part of His patriotism. Christ condemned the legalistic distortions of the law and the Pharisees who sponsored them. Christ fulfilled the law Matthew 5:17, and
Christ is the end of the law for believers Romans 10:4.
Keeping the law is also not spirituality. Believers in the Church Age and/or the royal family of God are under the higher law of spirituality related to God the Holy Spirit, (1 John 1:9) Romans 8:2-4; Galatians 5:18,22,23; 1 Corinthians 13.
a) It cannot justify Galatians 2:16; Romans 3:20,28; Acts 13:39; Philippians 3:9.
b) It cannot give life Galatians 3:21.
c) It cannot provide the Holy Spirit Galatians 3:2.
d) It cannot solve the problem of the old sin nature Romans 8:4.
Romans 6:10-14 For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God. Even so consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus. Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its lusts, and do not go on presenting the members of your body to sin as instruments of unrighteousness; but present yourselves to God as those alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God. For sin shall not be master over you, for you are
not under law but
under grace.