@Beckworth
I don't see scriptures in your post, so I am going to go by this is your opinion.
I fully disagree- God identified
His law as plainly as He could possibly be.
God wrote it with His own finger on stone Exo 31:18
He spoke it with His own voice Exo 20:1
He numbered them by design Exo 34:28 Deut 4:16
He said no more was added to His Ten Commandments Deut 5:22 and then right in this unit of Ten that He wrote and He spoke He collectively called them "
My commandments" I don't think there was much more God could have done to express His will for mankind Psa 40:8. If He can't name His own commandments - then whose authority do we go by? Is there someone greater than God? I am not aware of anyone else who is greater than God and God put His signature right in the Sabbath commandment- showing His name (Lord thy God) Title -(Creator)- and Territory (Heaven and Earth) So in the Ten Commandments- God connects them to Creation Exo 20:11 so they started at Creation because where there is no law there is no sin and Adam and Eve sinned and God Himself connected His comamndments to Creation.
You claim there were not taught in the NT, does Jesus, who is God not have the same authority in your opinion? Who is greater than Jesus? Did He teach we can break the least of these commandments or did He keep them all including the Sabbath for our example if w also abide in Him 1 John 2:5-6 John 15:10.
Lets see what Jesus taught...in His own Words
Mat 5:19
Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does and teaches
them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. 20 For I say to you, that unless your righteousness exceeds
the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.
21
“You have heard that it was said to those [d]of old, ‘You shall not murder, and whoever murders will be in danger of the judgment.’ 22 But I say to you that whoever is angry with his brother [
e]without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment. And whoever says to his brother, ‘Raca!’[
f] shall be in danger of the council. But whoever says, [
g]‘You fool!’ shall be in danger of [
h]hell fire. 23 Therefore if you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, 24 leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift. 25 Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are on the way with him, lest your adversary deliver you to the judge, the judge hand you over to the officer, and you be thrown into prison. 26 Assuredly, I say to you, you will by no means get out of there till you have paid the last penny.
27 “
You have heard that it was said [i]to those of old, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ 28 But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. 29 If your right eye causes you to [
j]sin, pluck it out and cast
it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell. 30 And if your right hand causes you to [
k]sin, cut it off and cast
it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.
Jesus not only doesn't want us to break the least of these commandments He doesn't even want us to have the thoughts that lead to the action of doing so.
Where are the least of these commandments Jesus told us not to break? Right from the Ten Commandments
The Ten Commandments
20 And
God spoke all these words, saying:
2 “I
am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of [
a]bondage.
3 “You shall have no other gods before Me.
4 “You shall not make for yourself a carved image—any likeness
of anything that
is in heaven above, or that
is in the earth beneath, or that
is in the water under the earth; 5 you shall not bow down to them nor [
b]serve them. For I, the Lord your God,
am a jealous God, visiting[
c] the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth
generations of those who hate Me, 6 but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.
7 “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold
him guiltless who takes His name in vain.
8 “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day
is the Sabbath of the Lord your God.
In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who
is within your gates. 11 For
in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that
is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.
12 “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
13 “You shall not murder.
14 “You shall not commit adultery.
15 “You shall not steal.
16 “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
17 “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that
is your neighbor’s.”
Because in doing so, breaking the least of these, one will be least in heaven and following a path to a ditch.
Mat 15:3 He answered and said to them, “
Why do you also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition? 4
For God commanded, saying, ‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, ‘He who curses father or mother, let him be put to death.’ 5 But you say, ‘Whoever says to his father or mother, “Whatever profit you might have received from me
is a gift
to God”— 6 then he need not honor his father [
a]or mother.’
Thus you have made the [b]commandment of God of no effect by your tradition. 7 Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy about
All of the scripture from Ezra and Isaiah and even Mark is addressing Hews still living under the old law. Christ had not died yet. The law had not been fulfilled. It had not been changed yet. So it is no surprise that Jesus would tell them they must keep their law. That is not talking to gentiles or Christians. The followers of Christ were not even called Christians until Acts 11–so this is not for Christians or Gentiles—only Jews were being told to do this because it is their law. The point is that Hesus was talking to Jews living before the death of Jesus on the cross. He was NIT talking to us gentile Christians living after the death of Jesus. Matthew 5:18, Hebrews 9:16-17, and Col. 2:14-16 are plain and all day that the law changed when Jesus fullfilled it by dying on the cross. Jesus said “it is finished” and the veil in the temple tore into, signifying the end of the old law.
2 Cor. 3:14 Paul says, “But their minds were blinded, for untill this day, the same veil remains UNLIFTED in the reading of the OLD TESTAMENT. Because the veil is lifted in Christ.” There are none so blind as those who will not see.
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