Can keeping the law save us?
Can we be saved without keeping the law?
[This is Part 12 of the series Did Jesus Christ Abolish the Law?]
“Cockroach Meal?”
Are all food clean?
Are all animals fit to eat?
Did Christ abolish the food law in Leviticus 11?
Think about it: If Christ cleansed all animals, then we should have no problem eating skunks, jellyfish, cockroaches, centipedes, scorpions, caterpillars, spiders, etc. But why are [...]
“A New Heart”
Is the New Covenant the same as the New Testament?
Does the New Covenant make God’s law obsolete?
Is the New Covenant a mere remedy for a “failed” Old Covenant?
[This is Part 10 of the series Did Jesus Christ Abolish the Law?]
“Yoke”
The title of an old hymn sums up the popular but emotional belief and attitude towards God’s law: “Free From The Law, O Happy Condition”.
Honestly speaking, could God have liberated Israel from Egyptian bondage, only to enslave them again with a burdensome system [...]
[This is Part 9 of the series Did Jesus Christ Abolish the Law?]
“The Law”
What is the “works of the law”?
What is the “schoolmaster” that brings us unto Christ?
What is the “curse of the law”?
The apostle Paul wrote the epistle to the Galatians to clarify the truth about law and faith to counter the spread of [...]
Some Bible teachers claim that if we are to keep God’s laws today, then we should not be selective – that is, for consistency we should also wear phylacteries or tassels on our garments or even offer animal sacrifices like they did during the time of Moses.
Is this a valid point? Or is it just another alibi for rejecting the entire law of God?
[This is Part 7 of the series Did Jesus Christ Abolish the Law?]
“Grace”
This is one popular belief that has become the guiding principle of the vast majority of mainstream Christians today. In effect this teaching is saying that there is nothing we need to do in order to be saved – all that is needed [...]
[This is Part 6 of the series Did Jesus Christ Abolish the Law?]
“Nailed to the Cross”
Of the writings of the apostle Paul, his epistle to the Colossians is perhaps the most often - and most popularly - used to prove that the Sabbath and the Ten Commandments had been abolished.
The Sabbath - and the entire [...]
“Sermon on the Mount”
A woodcut by Gustave Dore
[This is Part 5 of the series Did Jesus Christ Abolish the Law?]
A closer examination of Matthew 5 gives a better understanding of the word “fulfil” as Christ used it. From Strong’s Concordance and Lexicon, the Greek word translated “fulfil” is pleroo which is defined as [...]
[This is Part 4 of the series Did Jesus Christ Abolish God's Law?]
What is the “law of Christ”? Did Jesus Christ bring a new set of law or commandments – that replaced the law of God?
This is rather a new trend in Bible interpretation. The claim is that Christ brought a new law called the [...]
