The Ten Commandments-Were they nailed to the Cross?
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danschance
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It is bad form to post a video at the start of a thread, generally speaking. Much better to ask a question.
What was nailed to the cross (Col 2:14) was the certificate of indebtedness in our own handwriting, which acknowledged that we were debtors to God for our sin under the Mosaic law.
What was abolished on the cross (Eph 2:15) were two hostilities:
1) between Jew and Gentile - because of the Mosaic ceremonial laws which made the Gentiles unclean and, therefore, defiling to the Jews; and
2) between God and mankind (one body of believing Jews and Gentiles) by paying for our sin, which gave forgiveness of our sin.
What was abolished on the cross (Eph 2:15) were two hostilities:
1) between Jew and Gentile - because of the Mosaic ceremonial laws which made the Gentiles unclean and, therefore, defiling to the Jews; and
2) between God and mankind (one body of believing Jews and Gentiles) by paying for our sin, which gave forgiveness of our sin.
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As in all cases where scriptures are difficult to understand, we must read them in context. At the beginning of chapter 3, Paul praises the Corinthians for the joy, satisfaction and affection he felt in seeing the growth and accomplishments of this congregation of the church of God.
Do we begin again to commend ourselves? Or do we need, as some others, epistles of commendation to you or letters of commendation from you? You are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read by all men. (II Corinthians 3:1-2)
Paul boasts that the church at Corinth displayed such a fine example that their behavior worked like a letter of commendation for him, the apostle who started the congregation and served it.
In verse 3, Paul uses this metaphor of a letter of commendation to lead into a discussion comparing the Old and New Covenants. "You are manifestly an epistle of Christ, ministered by us, written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of flesh, that is, of the heart." When God made the Old Covenant with ancient Israel, Moses wrote the commandments, statutes and judgments that God had given to him in a book with "ink" (Exodus 24:4). God wrote the Ten Commandments with His own finger on two tablets of stone (Exodus 31:18; 32:15-16). However, Paul points out, under the New Covenant, God has given us His Spirit, enabling us to keep His laws in their spiritual intent. He is now writing His Ten Commandments on our hearts (Hebrews 8:10)!
In verses 4-5, Paul gives all the credit to God and Christ for the knowledge that he and other ministers transmitted to the Corinthians. In verse 6, he returns to the two covenants, declaring that he and his colleagues were ministers of the New Covenant: "[God] also made us sufficient as ministers of the new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit." Under the Old Covenant, the people keep the law only in the "letter" and not in its spiritual intent and purpose as Jesus Christ later magnified it.
For example, the sixth commandment forbids murder. As long as one does not actually take someone's life, he has kept the commandment in the letter. However, Jesus taught that anyone who is angry with his brother without a cause or even insults someone else is in danger of breaking this law (Matthew 5:21-22). Because we have God's Spirit under the New Covenant, we can keep His laws not only in the letter but also in their spiritual intent.
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MidniteWelder
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Nicely put together Elin.
May I ask that since all authority in heaven and earth has been given to Christ
that we are now debtors to Christ since we are bought at a price and are not our own?
Thanks.
Almost. . .
"You are not your own; you were bought at a great price." (1Co 6:20-21)
But free grace does not create debtors.
Rather, we are owned because we were bought.
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