Indeed, all of the law and the prophet hang on the greatest two commandments because everything commanded in them is an example of how to correctly love God and our neighbor, so it is contradictory to think that we should obey the greatest two commandments, but not the commandments that hang on them.
“everything commanded in them is an example of how to correctly love God and our neighbor, “
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Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him.”
Exodus 23:20-21 KJV
“who have
received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.”
Acts 7:53 KJV
“And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness,
they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day. And the LORD said unto Moses,
The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp. And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the LORD ( beware and obey him : my name is in him )
commanded Moses.”
Numbers 15:32, 35-36
“Wherefore then serveth
the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made;
and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.”
Galatians 3:19 KJV
“and not as
Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:
but
their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ.
But
even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart.”
2 Corinthians 3:13-15 KJV
“vail is done away in Christ. “
moses words in the law
“And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt
give life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.”
Exodus 21:23-25 KJV
taking equal revenge is not love it’s justice when there’s no mercy to be had God said this instead the contrary when he came
this is how love responds to an offense not what Moses taught what Jesus taught
“Ye have heard that
it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: ( the law )
but I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
But
I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven the gospel ) for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.”
Matthew 5:38-39, 44-45 KJV
We can’t obey what Moses taught us and what Jesus taught us they are contrary
moses taught show no pity , take equal revenge for an offense Jesus said no don’t be like that give mercy always and forgive offenses pardon and restore the sinners
moses said put the other sinners to death you must put the evil sinner away Jesus said don’t do that forgive and restore the sinner instead and repent and put the evil away from your own self
Moses said divorce your wife if you’re unhappy and you may both remarry Jesus said no that’s adultery don’t do that listen to me instead …
It’s contrary one of for these folks
“knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, for whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;”
1 Timothy 1:9-10 KJV
for this purpose which shows who it’s for and why
“Now we know
that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. Therefore
by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.”
Romans 3:19-20 KJV
What can we do when we’ve become guilty and been made aware that we’re sinners and we’re going to perish ? It’s only then th at someone wouod accept Jesus who came to suffer and die for thier sins so they can be saved if the law hadn’t declared everyone sinners they wouldn’t know the need for repentance and remission of thier sins the doctrine sent to us
“And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that
all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me. Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures, and said unto them,
Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:
and that
repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.( this only works if the world is made guilty and aware of sin first otherwise what’s sin ? And why am I a sinner what did I do ?) And ye are witnesses of these things.”
Luke 24:44-48 KJV
The law is of God it’s just not the law of Christian’s it is a prerequisite to the gospel which is Gods word of life and salvation the answer to the determination of the law that all are guilty and will perish , is the gospel that says anyone who repents and believes the gospel will be saved from that condemnation upon all sinners
the law doesn’t teach us how to love it teaches sinners who won’t repent what it is like without Christ