Oh, come on. That wasn't too long.
Some people have a difficult time making the transition from the old covenant into the new covenant. Hebrews 8:13 - In that He says,
“A new covenant,” He has made the first obsolete. Now what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away. The life of discipleship flows out of the new command, to love one another as He loved us. (John 13:34) Love fulfills the law. (Romans 13:8-10) References for the moral aspect of 9 of the 10 commandments are reiterated under the new covenant, yet the command to keep the Sabbath day is
not binding on Christians under the new covenant. (Colossians 2:16-17)
1. You shall have no other gods before Me. - Acts 14:15
2. You shall make no idols. - 1 John 5:21
3. You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain. - 1 Timothy 6:1; James 2:7; James 5:12
4. Keep the Sabbath day holy. -
Not binding on the Church - Colossians 2:16-17
5. Honor your father and your mother. - Ephesians 6:1-2
6. You shall not murder. - Romans 13:9-10; 1 John 3:15
7. You shall not commit adultery. - Romans 13:9-10; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10
8. You shall not steal. - Romans 13:9-10; Ephesians 4:28
9. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. - Romans 13:9-10; Colossians 3:9-10
10. You shall not covet. - Romans 13:9-10; Ephesians 5:3
2 Corinthians 3:6-9 - He has made us competent as ministers of a
new covenant —
not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the
letter kills...the
ministry that brought death, which was engraved in letters on stone...the ministry that
condemns." But if the
ministry of death, written and engraved on stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of the glory of his countenance, which glory was passing away, how will the ministry of the Spirit not be more glorious?
For if the ministry of condemnation had glory, the ministry of righteousness exceeds much more in glory.
The law on our heart and mind is the
love of the Spirit, not the law of the letter. This is why Paul tells us that the new covenant is a covenant of the Spirit, and not of the letter.
Why should the Church under the new covenant partake of a covenant with Israel under the law when the Sabbath was a shadow of what is to come but the substance belongs to Christ?
Which commandments? Why is no one before Moses ever being told to keep the Sabbath? Why are there no examples of anyone keeping the Sabbath before Moses? Why were the Patriarchs never instructed about the Sabbath, but were instructed regarding: Offerings - Genesis 4:3-4, Altars - Genesis 8:20, Priests - Genesis 14:18, Tithes - Genesis 14:20, Circumcision - Genesis 17:10 and Marriage - Genesis 2:24 and Genesis 34:9. Why would God leave out the Sabbath command in Genesis if it was for everyone to keep before Moses?
*Romans 4:2 - For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. 3 For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.”