The Ten Commandments are the Covenant, did you know?

[Me_Clay]

None of us can keep it you say.... Jesus did. He is our example.
I don't claim perfection but I do believe that by faith, I can have total victory over sin. The closer I come to Jesus the more wretched and poor I see myself, so i will not say i have reached perfection. But if i aim low thats all ill reach. But I believe that Jesus can me to the uttermost..

Heb 7:25 Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.

He didn't come to save us from half of our sin or to save us from part of our problems, or to partially restore the image of God in us....
NO To save us completely from sin.
REDEMPTION IS MORE then just forgiveness of our past guilt. Redemption is also power to overcome sin.

If you say "no one can keep the law," you are saying exactly what the devil is telling the world and promoting his deception. You are setting the standard low.

Does God give us a standard that we can not keep. Does God ask us to do something we can not do?

By our own power we will fail. BUT... God has promised to give us the victory and by faith in the all powerful Lord we can do all things...

Phi 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

Eph 4:15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:

Rom 8:37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

1Co 15:57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Rev 22:14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.

2Ti 3:16-17
16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.

MAY BE PERFECT ....

1Co 15:34 Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.

I agree that Christ is our righteousness..
His righteousness is our ticket to heaven.

But the Bible is clear that Christ also wants us to be like Christ and follow Him.
That Christ will work in us to be overcomers and to gain the victory.

Do you have faith in Jesus to gain the victory over sin in you... or are you promoting that God can't do it.

When you say we can't have total victory you are making provisions for the flesh...

Rom 13:14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.

I have faith that I can do all things (give up every known sin) through Christ who strengthens me.

I can do nothing without Christ and my righteousness is as filthy rags so I am not saying "I" can do this myself, but I know that the Lord promises this to those that believe in Him.

Which law are you keeping now?

 

[GWH]

From what I can gather, I'm of the opinion that this new covenant in Jeremiah is not the same as the new covenant made in Christ’s blood between God the Father and His Children (Brothers and Friends of His First Born Son Jesus) who have been drawn by their Father to His Son Jesus, who are from every nation and tongue and have overcome in a world ruled by Satan.

This new covenant in Jeremiah is between the Lord “I AM” (now the King who became the Christ) and the remnants of the house of Israel and the house of Judah after Christ’s return and after He binds Satan and gathers… “The remnant of Israel!”

“...I will bring them from the north country,
And gather them from the ends of the earth,
Among them the blind and the lame,
The woman with child
And the one who labors with child, together;
A great throng shall return there.
They shall come with weeping,
And with supplications I will lead them.
I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters,
In a straight way in which they shall not stumble;
For I [the Lord “I AM” Word of God who became the Christ] am a Father to Israel,
And Ephraim is My firstborn.”
Jeremiah 31: 7-9

For the above is not referring to God’s elect (children of God) who have overcome till the end in a world ruled by Satan and are gathered (those who were asleep and those alive who are changed) to meet the Lord in the air at His coming.
1 Thessalonians 4: 15-17 , 1 Corinthians 15: 51-53

Jer. 31:7-9 is an OT way of describing those who will saved,
and 1Thes. 4:15-17 & 1Cor. 15:51-53 are NT ways of describing the same saved.
The OT land of Canaan = the NT garden in Heaven.

 

[vassal]

“Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:

not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD:”
‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭31:31-32‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“The law and the prophets ( old covenant )were until John:

since that time the kingdom of God is preached, ( new covenant ) and every man presseth into it.”
‭‭Luke‬ ‭16:16‬ ‭KJV‬‬

there isn’t one covenant and then a revision . There’s a covenant that was broken by the people it was made with and then there’s a new covenant with better promises and a far better word

define the new covenant then.

 

[vassal]

You have made a critical error when you stated, "The new and the old covenant are the same".

Here is a purely literal explanation of the immense difference between these two covenants.

Using AI.

1. Is the covenant with Israel at Mt. Sinai the same as the New Covenant Jesus established?

Scripture says they are not the same.

The Sinai Covenant is explicitly called “the first covenant”

• “For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.” — Hebrews 8:7
• “In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old.” — Hebrews 8:13

The New Covenant is explicitly said to replace the Sinai covenant

• “He takes away the first that He may establish the second.” — Hebrews 10:9

Therefore, Scripture plainly teaches that the covenant at Sinai and the New Covenant are not the same covenant.



2. Are the commandments the same in both covenants?

No—Scripture shows a change in the nature, purpose, and location of the commandments.

Sinai covenant commandments

• Written on stone — Exodus 31:18
• External rules — 2 Corinthians 3:3
• “The ministry of death…engraved on stones” — 2 Corinthians 3:7
• A “yoke” Israel could not bear — Acts 15:10

New Covenant commandments

• Written on the heart — Jeremiah 31:33 / Hebrews 8:10
• Fulfilled by love — Romans 13:8–10
• Expressed by the Spirit — Romans 8:2–4
• Summed up by “believe” and “love”
  • “This is His commandment, that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ and love one another.” — 1 John 3:23

Scripture teaches that the commandments of the New Covenant are not the same as Mt. Sinai laws.
There is continuity in moral reality, but the form, power, and obedience shift from external law to Spirit-empowered love.



3. Is the difference between a covenant of works and a covenant of grace one of the major differences?

Yes—Scripture makes this distinction directly.

Sinai is described as “of works”

• “The law is not of faith; rather, ‘The one who does them shall live by them.’” — Galatians 3:12
• “By the works of the law no flesh will be justified.” — Romans 3:20

The New Covenant is explicitly “of grace”

• “For the law was given through Moses, grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.” — John 1:17
• “You are not under law but under grace.” — Romans 6:14

Scripture consistently contrasts:


Law (works) — vs — Grace (faith and Spirit)
Sinai — vs — New Covenant



4. Is one of the primary differences in the New Covenant the power of the Holy Spirit?

According to Scripture, yes—this is one of the central differences.

The Sinai Covenant lacked the Spirit’s indwelling power

Israel was told what to do, but not empowered internally to do it:

• “Oh, that they had such a heart in them to fear Me…” — Deut. 5:29

New Covenant obedience comes from the Spirit

• “I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes.” — Ezekiel 36:27
• “The law of the Spirit of life…has set you free.” — Romans 8:2
• “If by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body…” — Romans 8:13

The Spirit writes the law internally

• “…not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.” — 2 Corinthians 3:3

The Spirit produces fruit, not law-keeping

• Galatians 5:22–23 — love, joy, peace, etc.
• “Against such things there is no law.”

This is a fundamental, structural difference in the nature of obedience.



5. Is the New Covenant defined by “Christ within”?

Yes—this is one of its essential characteristics.

Christ in you

• “Christ in you, the hope of glory.” — Colossians 1:27

We live by the indwelling Christ

• “It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me.” — Galatians 2:20

The Spirit of Christ defines belonging to Him

• “If anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him.” — Romans 8:9

The New Covenant is the internal presence of God

• “We are the temple of the living God.” — 2 Corinthians 6:16

The entire difference between the covenants hinges on this:
External law vs. internal indwelling Christ.

you are very confused inquisitor please revise your position it does not hold with scripture.

 

[pinebeach]

None of us can keep it you say.... Jesus did. He is our example.

Right. Jesus is my Savior. He is my righteousness before God. Do you do everything Jesus did? If the commandments could be kept to the perfection demanded by the One who gave them TO THE ISRAELITES, Jesus would not have had to die for us.

I don't claim perfection but I do believe that by faith, I can have total victory over sin.

Well you just did claim perfection if you think you can have total victory. John, disagrees with you.

8If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10If we say we have not sinned, we make Him out to be a liar, and His word is not in us.

This was written to believers....not unbelievers.

He didn't come to save us from half of our sin or to save us from part of our problems, or to partially restore the image of God in us....
NO To save us completely from sin.
REDEMPTION IS MORE then just forgiveness of our past guilt. Redemption is also power to overcome sin.

Come on. Who do you think you are talking to here? Do I sound like I am ignorant of scripture? Perhaps study up on all that God has provided for us in His Son because that is how God sees us. He does not see us as sinners; Paul opens his letters calling the recipients saints.

I know who I am in Christ, I know all that God has provided and nothing and no one is going to tell me I need to try harder not to sin because I will fail every single time.

Transgressing the sabbath commandment is a sin..

Then you had better brush up on ALL the commandments and do your best to keep them all just as Jesus did.

People really really need to stop creating mashups of scripture to undergird their weak faith and study the word. Build a foundation instead of trying so awful hard to knock down the foundations of people who understand they cannot attain sinlessness or try harder to be a 'good' person.

I have a Savior. I do not have to save myself or tell others they are going to hell if they happen to go to church on Sunday instead of Saturday.

Follow up scripture in 2nd post.

 

[pinebeach]

How did you receive Christ? Did He save you because you were so good, or did you, by faith, receive Him and thank God for your salvation?


6Therefore, just as you have received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to walk in Him, 7rooted and built up in Him, established in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.

8See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, which are based on human tradition and the spiritual forces of the world rather than on Christ. 9For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity dwells in bodily form. 10And you have been made complete in Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority.

11In Him you were also circumcised, in the putting off of your sinful nature, with the circumcision performed by Christb and not by human hands. 12And having been buried with Him in baptism, you were raised with Him through your faith in the power of God, who raised Him from the dead.

13When you were dead in your trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our trespasses, 14having canceled the debt ascribed to us in the decrees that stood against us. He took it away, nailing it to the cross! 15And having disarmed the powers and authorities, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.

16Therefore let no one judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a feast, a New Moon, or a Sabbath. 17These are a shadow of the things to come, but the body that casts it belongs to Christ.c 18Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you with speculation about what he has seen. Such a person is puffed up without basis by his unspiritual mind. 19He has lost connection to the head, from whom the whole body, supported and knit together by its joints and ligaments, grows as God causes it to grow.

20If you have died with Christ to the spiritual forces of the world, why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its regulations: 21“Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!”? 22These will all perish with use, because they are based on human commands and teachings. 23Such restrictions indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-prescribed worship, their false humility, and their harsh treatment of the body; but they are of no value against the indulgence of the flesh.

 

[Inquisitor]

you are very confused inquisitor please revise your position it does not hold with scripture.

The reply that was posted was by AI not me.

I am definitely not confused at all.

 

[Inquisitor]

God defined the Covenant, 5 times in the O.T., he said the ten commandments are the Covenant, they were placed in the ark of the Covenant. the rest of the law of Moses was placed outside the Ark of the covenant.

The new and the old covenant are the same. Under the old covenant people followed the letter of the Law, but after Jesus’ death the veil of the temple was torn and we now have full access to God. Jesus intercedes for all believers and sends us the Holy Spirit, just as He promised. Once received, the Holy Spirit helps us follow the Ten Commandments and understand them. They are not just rules to follow blindly, because now we can keep them in our hearts and in our daily lives, The Holy Spirit tells us this and gives the believers this knowledge just like Jesus told us he would. The foundation of the commandments is Love, this is what Jesus came to teach us.

Blessings.

Here is what you said "God defined the Covenant, 5 times in the O.T.".

I need to know the source you are quoting?

In Deuteronomy alone the covenant is mentioned and defined 26 times.

In Exodus the count is 15 times.

Where are you getting your information from.

 

[Inquisitor]

God defined the Covenant, 5 times in the O.T., he said the ten commandments are the Covenant, they were placed in the ark of the Covenant. the rest of the law of Moses was placed outside the Ark of the covenant.

The new and the old covenant are the same. Under the old covenant people followed the letter of the Law, but after Jesus’ death the veil of the temple was torn and we now have full access to God. Jesus intercedes for all believers and sends us the Holy Spirit, just as He promised. Once received, the Holy Spirit helps us follow the Ten Commandments and understand them. They are not just rules to follow blindly, because now we can keep them in our hearts and in our daily lives, The Holy Spirit tells us this and gives the believers this knowledge just like Jesus told us he would. The foundation of the commandments is Love, this is what Jesus came to teach us.

Blessings.

Another spurious statement below?

"Once received, the Holy Spirit helps us follow the Ten Commandments and understand them."

That is the teaching of the Catholic Church you inherited.

The scripture is very clear in what the Holy Spirit empowers us to do.

Galatians 5:22-23
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness,
self-control; against such things there is no law.

You have been equipped to love others and that is the true commandment.

All the law does is expose you for who you really are and the law condemns.

 

[vassal]

Here is what you said "God defined the Covenant, 5 times in the O.T.".

I need to know the source you are quoting?

In Deuteronomy alone the covenant is mentioned and defined 26 times.

In Exodus the count is 15 times.

Where are you getting your information from.

1.Exodus 34:27–28
Exo 34:27 The LORD also said to Moses, “Write down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.”
Exo 34:28 So Moses was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.


2. Deuteronomy 4:13
Deu 4:13 He declared to you His covenant, which He commanded you to follow—the Ten Commandments that He wrote on two tablets of stone.


3. Deuteronomy 9:9
Deu 9:9 When I went up on the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant that the LORD made with you, I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights. I ate no bread and drank no water.


4. Deuteronomy 9:11
Deu 9:11 And at the end of forty days and forty nights, the LORD gave me the two stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant.


5. Deuteronomy 9:15
Deu 9:15 So I went back down the mountain while it was blazing with fire, with the two tablets of the covenant in my hands.

 

[vassal]

The reply that was posted was by AI not me.

I am definitely not confused at all.

that is no excuse, did you check it before posting it? it's on you not the AI

 

[vassal]

Another spurious statement below?

"Once received, the Holy Spirit helps us follow the Ten Commandments and understand them."

That is the teaching of the Catholic Church you inherited.

The scripture is very clear in what the Holy Spirit empowers us to do.

Galatians 5:22-23
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness,
self-control; against such things there is no law.

You have been equipped to love others and that is the true commandment.

All the law does is expose you for who you really are and the law condemns.

The statement “Once received, the Holy Spirit helps us follow the Ten Commandments and understand them” is fully supported by Scripture, and it is not a spurious idea. Jesus Himself promised that the Spirit would guide believers into truth and obedience. He said, “But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you” (John 14:26). This shows that the Spirit’s work includes teaching and reminding us of Jesus’ words, which are the commandments and God’s instructions for life.
The Spirit also produces obedience, not just internal feelings. Jesus said, “If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love” (John 15:10). Obedience is tied to abiding in God’s love, and the Spirit works in believers to empower that obedience. It is clear that love fulfills the law. Jesus explained, “‘You shall love the Lord your God… and your neighbor as yourself.’ On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets” (Matthew 22:37–40). Loving others does not nullify the commandments; it fulfills them. The Spirit helps believers express this love in concrete actions, which is obedience in practice.
The law itself exposes sin and points to God’s standard. As James explained, “For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is guilty of all” (James 2:10–11). The Spirit transforms the heart so that believers can live righteously, not merely feel love internally. This shows that the Spirit’s role is more than producing virtues such as love, joy, or peace. It is also to teach, remind, and enable us to obey God’s commandments fully, fulfilling the law through love as Jesus taught. Therefore, the claim that the Spirit equips us to understand and follow the Ten Commandments is firmly rooted in the teachings of Jesus and the apostles, and Scripture confirms it repeatedly.

 

[TMS]

Right. Jesus is my Savior. He is my righteousness before God. Do you do everything Jesus did? If the commandments could be kept to the perfection demanded by the One who gave them TO THE ISRAELITES, Jesus would not have had to die for us.

If we could live and never sin we would not need a saviour.. True but we have all sinned..
Just because we sinned in the past does not give us an excuse to continue in sin.

Jesus said "go and sin no more"
The Lord desires our perfect obedience, every sin causes pain and death so Jesus came to save us from sin.
I aim to be like Jesus and follow Him. I aim to be like Jesus and not sin. I have already failed so I need His blood and grace, but that is not an excuse to continue in sin. By Jesus's power I can overcome all sin.

 

[TMS]

Well you just did claim perfection if you think you can have total victory. John, disagrees with you.

Typical... you didn't seem to read things in context... I can have total victory by faith but I didn't claim it... I stated that the closer we come to Jesus the more imperfect we will see ourselves.. those that are closest to perfect will be the least likely to claim it.
But I ask you.... can Jesus Christ Almighty create a perfect character in us?. Can Jesus restore the image of God in us?

Yes He can, my faith is in Jesus's ability to do this. I did not claim that I have it but I said I CAN have it by faith. It is something I am aiming for and that is part of Sanctification. I am poor and miserable but that doesn't stop me from having faith in the power of God to restore in me the perfect character that He desires for each one of us.

Jesus is my example and I believe I can follow his example when Jesus lives in me. Just so you don't take it out of context I am not saying I am perfect.

 

[Inquisitor]

1.Exodus 34:27–28
Exo 34:27 The LORD also said to Moses, “Write down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.”
Exo 34:28 So Moses was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.


2. Deuteronomy 4:13
Deu 4:13 He declared to you His covenant, which He commanded you to follow—the Ten Commandments that He wrote on two tablets of stone.


3. Deuteronomy 9:9
Deu 9:9 When I went up on the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant that the LORD made with you, I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights. I ate no bread and drank no water.


4. Deuteronomy 9:11
Deu 9:11 And at the end of forty days and forty nights, the LORD gave me the two stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant.


5. Deuteronomy 9:15
Deu 9:15 So I went back down the mountain while it was blazing with fire, with the two tablets of the covenant in my hands.

That is correct that former covenant was between God and Israel as the verse below tells us.

1.Exodus 34:27–28
Exo 34:27 The LORD also said to Moses, “Write down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.”

God did not make a covenant with the Gentiles.

 

[TMS]

I know who I am in Christ, I know all that God has provided and nothing and no one is going to tell me I need to try harder not to sin because I will fail every single time.

Are you saying Jesus came to save us in our sins, that because of His grace we can continue in sin? I believe Jesus came to save us FROM our sins.

Do you believe the righteousness of Christ that is given as a gift is there for us to continue to sin.

Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee. John 5:14.

Mat 7:23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

do you believe we can be in christ and work iniquity at the same time?

 

[Inquisitor]

The statement “Once received, the Holy Spirit helps us follow the Ten Commandments and understand them” is fully supported by Scripture, and it is not a spurious idea. Jesus Himself promised that the Spirit would guide believers into truth and obedience. He said, “But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you” (John 14:26). This shows that the Spirit’s work includes teaching and reminding us of Jesus’ words, which are the commandments and God’s instructions for life.
The Spirit also produces obedience, not just internal feelings. Jesus said, “If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love” (John 15:10). Obedience is tied to abiding in God’s love, and the Spirit works in believers to empower that obedience. It is clear that love fulfills the law. Jesus explained, “‘You shall love the Lord your God… and your neighbor as yourself.’ On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets” (Matthew 22:37–40). Loving others does not nullify the commandments; it fulfills them. The Spirit helps believers express this love in concrete actions, which is obedience in practice.
The law itself exposes sin and points to God’s standard. As James explained, “For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is guilty of all” (James 2:10–11). The Spirit transforms the heart so that believers can live righteously, not merely feel love internally. This shows that the Spirit’s role is more than producing virtues such as love, joy, or peace. It is also to teach, remind, and enable us to obey God’s commandments fully, fulfilling the law through love as Jesus taught. Therefore, the claim that the Spirit equips us to understand and follow the Ten Commandments is firmly rooted in the teachings of Jesus and the apostles, and Scripture confirms it repeatedly.

The teaching that the ten commandments are binding on Christians. Is a Catholic teaching
and a very old doctrine of the Catholic Church.

The scripture does remind the Jews of the commandments that they received at Mt Sinai.

There is no instruction in the N.T that Gentiles are under the law.

It is important to always read the N.T in context.

Reject Sola Tradition and accept Sola Scripture.

 

[Inquisitor]

that is no excuse, did you check it before posting it? it's on you not the AI

It's not on me because AI examined your claim.

You still have not revealed your sources?

You certainly did not discover the ten words yourself.

Nor did you originate those five covenant verses in Exodus.

Your either a Catholic or a Reformer which one is it?

You talk like a Catholic and walk like a Catholic.

You have a strong pedigree of the traditional interpretation.

 

[Inquisitor]

Typical... you didn't seem to read things in context... I can have total victory by faith but I didn't claim it... I stated that the closer we come to Jesus the more imperfect we will see ourselves.. those that are closest to perfect will be the least likely to claim it.
But I ask you.... can Jesus Christ Almighty create a perfect character in us?. Can Jesus restore the image of God in us?

Yes He can, my faith is in Jesus's ability to do this. I did not claim that I have it but I said I CAN have it by faith. It is something I am aiming for and that is part of Sanctification. I am poor and miserable but that doesn't stop me from having faith in the power of God to restore in me the perfect character that He desires for each one of us.

Jesus is my example and I believe I can follow his example when Jesus lives in me. Just so you don't take it out of context I am not saying I am perfect.

Never say "the power of God " unless you follow 1 Corinthians 12-14 to the letter.

 

[TMS]

How did you receive Christ? Did He save you because you were so good, or did you, by faith, receive Him and thank God for your salvation?


6Therefore, just as you have received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to walk in Him, 7rooted and built up in Him, established in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.

8See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, which are based on human tradition and the spiritual forces of the world rather than on Christ. 9For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity dwells in bodily form. 10And you have been made complete in Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority.

11In Him you were also circumcised, in the putting off of your sinful nature, with the circumcision performed by Christb and not by human hands. 12And having been buried with Him in baptism, you were raised with Him through your faith in the power of God, who raised Him from the dead.

13When you were dead in your trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our trespasses, 14having canceled the debt ascribed to us in the decrees that stood against us. He took it away, nailing it to the cross! 15And having disarmed the powers and authorities, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.

16Therefore let no one judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a feast, a New Moon, or a Sabbath. 17These are a shadow of the things to come, but the body that casts it belongs to Christ.c 18Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you with speculation about what he has seen. Such a person is puffed up without basis by his unspiritual mind. 19He has lost connection to the head, from whom the whole body, supported and knit together by its joints and ligaments, grows as God causes it to grow.

20If you have died with Christ to the spiritual forces of the world, why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its regulations: 21“Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!”? 22These will all perish with use, because they are based on human commands and teachings. 23Such restrictions indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-prescribed worship, their false humility, and their harsh treatment of the body; but they are of no value against the indulgence of the flesh.

Imputed righteousness is a wonderful gift. Praise the Lord for this gift.

But there is imparted righteousness as well. It is a gift and I praise His for this gift as well.

Can you explain what this is?