Hello simplifiedtruth,
It is important to understand that the commandments that Jesus is speaking about is not regarding the ten commandments of the law of Moses i.e. to keep the law. But the commandments are to believe in the One whom God sent and to love one another. We are under a new covenant, which is not like the first covenant. For if the first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no need for a second covenant to replace it. Grace and the works of the law are at odds with each other. Through the grace of God we receive forgiveness of sin through faith in the Christ who provided salvation for us. If we count on our keeping the works of the law as a means of obtaining salvation, it will have the opposite affect, keeping us out of the kingdom of God. Here is what Paul had to say about being under the law:
"For when I tried to keep the law, it condemned me. So I died to the law--I stopped trying to meet all its requirements--so that I might live for God."
"God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it."
"Then they asked him, “What must we do to do the works God requires?” Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.”
Therefore, our salvation is not obtained by the keeping of ordinances and regulations, but by faith in Christ. And when anyone sins, if we confess our sins he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and cleanses us of all unrighteousness. If we are attempting to walk as Christ walked and are lead by the Spirit, then will not be living according to the sinful nature but will be sowing to the Spirit.
It is important to understand that the commandments that Jesus is speaking about is not regarding the ten commandments of the law of Moses i.e. to keep the law. But the commandments are to believe in the One whom God sent and to love one another. We are under a new covenant, which is not like the first covenant. For if the first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no need for a second covenant to replace it. Grace and the works of the law are at odds with each other. Through the grace of God we receive forgiveness of sin through faith in the Christ who provided salvation for us. If we count on our keeping the works of the law as a means of obtaining salvation, it will have the opposite affect, keeping us out of the kingdom of God. Here is what Paul had to say about being under the law:
"For when I tried to keep the law, it condemned me. So I died to the law--I stopped trying to meet all its requirements--so that I might live for God."
"God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it."
"Then they asked him, “What must we do to do the works God requires?” Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.”
Therefore, our salvation is not obtained by the keeping of ordinances and regulations, but by faith in Christ. And when anyone sins, if we confess our sins he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and cleanses us of all unrighteousness. If we are attempting to walk as Christ walked and are lead by the Spirit, then will not be living according to the sinful nature but will be sowing to the Spirit.
I am not talking about How we receive Jesus Christ as our Saviour or how we are forgiven. I am talking about being Obedient to the Faith by obeying the Words of Jesus Christ. You are very clearly wrong about keeping the commandments in obedience to the father. Jesus and Paul (same gospel) both taught that we obey the law and teach others to do the same (Rom 3:31, Matt 5:17-19).
You really are ignoring these words:
1. Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
2. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
3. Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
4. Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.
These particular verses are talking about the commandments of the Father in the Torah, not another law.
If we are to believe in Jesus Christ, we have to also believe in He's teachings which he commanded us to Obey:
Matthew 23:1-2 Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, 2Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat: 3All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not. (Moses seat is the reading of the Law).
Matthew 23:23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. 24Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.
Matthew 28:20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.