Heb 8:13 In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.
So New Testament believers/Christians are to obey the 10 commandments from the old covenant of law (flawlessly?) as the basis or means of receiving eternal life? Is that what you are saying? Also, how do you define “keep” his commandments and where are the instructions for New Testament believers/Christians on how to keep the sabbath day holy? I see a lot of covenant mixing going on in these types of threads.
Seems like God has changed according to your understanding.
God is the same, 6000 years ago as He is today.
God does not change His standards. Heb 13:8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
You still haven't answered my question about what defines sin.
If the law is no longer valid today i can steal and murder freely.
Eternal life is a gift from Jesus and we can not earn it by keeping the law, but if you love Jesus and have true faith you will obey the law.
1Jn 3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for
sin is the transgression of the law.
Heb 8:10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord;
I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
Joh_14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.
Jas 2:8 If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
Jas 2:10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
Jas 2:11 For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.
Jas 2:12 So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.
Jas 2:17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
Jas 2:19 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
Jas 2:20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
Rom 6:15 What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
Rom 6:16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
Please study hebrews and understand what finished at the cross... It was not the ten commandments... it was the laws that pointed to, and illustrated the life and death of Jesus. Type meet antitype.
Heb 8:5 Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.
Heb 8:13 In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.
Heb 9:24 For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which
are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:
To understand what Jesus is doing today for us in the True sanctuary it is important understand the earthly one. If sin is still present today (or we need salvation from sin) there must be a standard of measuring what sin is. And God does not change.