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Paul spoke about multiple categories of law other than the Law of God, such as works of the law and the law of sin, so it is always important to discern which law he was referring to. For example, in Romans 7:25-8:2, Paul said that he served the Law of God with his mind in contrast with serving...

Then there is room for the position that those four things were a starting point for new believers and that they would be expected to continue to learn more over time. Christ is God's Word made flesh and he spent his ministry teaching his followers how to embody God's Word, so why is it even in...

Do you take the position that the four things lists in Acts 15:19-21 contain exhaustive list of everything that is required of mature believers or do you take the position that there are obviously other laws that Gentiles should follow? It is contradictory to treat it as being an exhaustive...

In James 2:18, he said that he would show his faith through his works, so everyone who is a doer of the same works as James believes in Jesus, and if someone is a doer of the same works as James, then what does it matter whether or not they confess that they believe in Jesus? The point of God's...

Judaism is based on the OT, which is part of the Christian Bible, so if it is a false religion, then so is Christianity. In Acts 24:14, Paul testified that according to The Way, which they call a sect, he continued to worship the God of their fathers, believing laid down by the Torah and...

In Acts 15:21, they expected that Gentiles would continue to learn about how to obey Moses by hearing him taught every Sabbath in the synagogues. It was certainly a controversial issue, though someone came to the defense of Christians, such as with Gamaliel (Acts 5:32). In Acts 21:20, they...

God's way is the way to know Him and Jesus by embodying His character traits, which is the narrow way to eternal life (John 17:3). For example, in Genesis 18:19, God knew Abraham that he would teach his children and those of His household to walk in His way by being doers of righteousness and...

In Deuteronomy 5:31-33, Moses wrote down everything that God spoke to him without departing from it, which is why the Law of Moses is called the Law of the Lord in verses like Nehemiah 8:1-8, Ezra 7:6-12, and Luke 2:22-23.

The way to do that is not by refusing to walk in God's way. Christ spent his ministry teaching his followers to obey the Torah by word and by example and being a followers of Christ is not just for Jews. In Deuteronomy 30, it forms the bias for the New Covenant by prophesying about a time when...

That verse notably does not support either of your statements. The way to be unified with the Son of God is by following his example of embodying God's character traits in obedience to the Torah, which is the way to be free from sin. No, it Moses presented them with a choice between life and...

It is contradictory for someone to believe in the truth of Psalm 19:7-11 as Scripture while not wanting to follow the Torah. A Sabbath's day's journey does not refer to a maximum number of steps that someone can take on the Sabbath but to the maximum distance that someone can travel outside of...

You notably did not answer any of my questions. In Deuteronomy 30, it forms the basis for the New Covenant by prophesying about a time when the Israelites will return from exile, God will circumcise their hearts, and they will return to obedience to the Torah, which is what Jeremiah 31:33 and...

Can support either of these statements with Scripture? The Torah came with instructions for what to do when His children sinned, so it never required us to have sinless obedience. In Romans 10:5-8, Paul referred to Deuteronomy 30 as the world of faith that we proclaim in regard to the...

Psalm 19:7-11 The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple; 8 the precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes; 9 the fear of the Lord is clean...

Then that is a pretty big “if”. If someone refused to obey all of God’s instructions for how to love Him and our neighbor, then they would have no grounds for thinking that they loved God and their neighbor or for thinking that they have fulfilled the instructions that they refused to obey...

I didn't say anything contrary to loving God as Jesus said or anything about loving anything before the Lord. Jesus summarized the Law of Moses as being about how to love God and our neighbor, so that is how he loved God and his neighbor and how we are to love as he loved. That is a false...

If you connect Jesus fulfilling the law with the cross in spite of Jesus making no allusion to it in Matthew 5, then you are interpreting it with the assumption that he had no intention of his audience understanding what he meant. On other other hand, if Jesus did intend for his audience to...

In Matthew 5:17-19, Jesus said that he came to fulfill the law in contrast with saying that he came not to abolish it and he warned against relaxing the least part of it, so should not interpret Jesus fulfilling the law as meaning that he abolished our obligation to obey it. "To fulfill the...

No, while God's covenants are distinct, everything that they teach us about God is eternal and cumulatively valid. For example, it was a sin to commit adultery in Genesis 39:9 long before the Mosaic Covenant, during it, and it will always be a sin no matter how many covenants God makes. It is...

That notably does not say that the Law of Moses has been abolished. In Matthew 5:17-19, Jesus specifically said that he came not to abolish the Law of Moses and warned against relaxing the least part of it, so you are calling him a liar and are disregarding his warning. In Jeremiah 31:33, the...