The Ten Commandments are the Covenant, did you know?

[TMS]

I choose life, and I am thankful the Sabbath Law is no longer enforced, because I would have been executed by now.

Thankfully the civil laws in Israel's day do not apply. but today there are lots of examples about people keeping the sabbath even when it has challenges, and how God has helped them. Wonderful testimonies that reveal God's working.

I lived without the sabbath for many years but if I could choose between keeping the sabbath or not keeping it.. my answer is easy... I would keep it... the blessing is wonderful and the benefits are great.
God gave us this gift as a blessing. And it does become a great blessing when you appreciate it.

I wish everyone could experience this blessing too.

 

[TMS]

The law was replaced with grace and divine love.

The law was fulfilled by Jesus Christ and all the glory belongs to Him alone.

So how do you explain
Rom 7:7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
Rom 7:12 Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.

If the law was replaced why are the 10 commandments being quoted by Paul?

 

[GWH]

There is no Bible verse to say the sabbath was done away with.. removed, stopped.

In Christ's day He said..... (knowing the the beginning from the end)....
Mat 24:20-25
20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day: 21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. 22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened... 25 Behold, I have told you before.... Mat 24:27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
The context is clearly talking about the second comming..
Why did Jesus say PRAY THAT YOUR FLIGHT BE NOT ON SABBATH if Jesus knew that the sabbath would be removed or made void?
Mat 12:8 For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.
Mar 2:27 And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
And why did Jesus make these points if He knew it was about to end.
The old testament is full of verses that reveals that the 4th commandment was very important to God.. Nowhere in the new Testament does God say anything different.

History reveals why the change (not keeping the sabbath but sunday instead) happened and it was not from God.

Nowhere in the NT is the Sabbath law reaffirmed for Christians, and you should be glad,
because my guess is that you would join me on the gallows for breaking it, so there is no
reason to kick against the goads of Heb. 7:11-10:1 and Col. 2:16 indicating the Sabbath law is obsolete.
Do not be a Judaizer (Gal. 3:1-25).

 

[NightTwister]

So how do you explain
Rom 7:7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
Rom 7:12 Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.

If the law was replaced why are the 10 commandments being quoted by Paul?

The Sabbath commandment wasn't eliminated or replaced. It was fulfilled in Jesus. He is our Sabbath rest.

 

[TMS]

Vassal and GWH

Followers of Christ are to DO "every WORD" from the mouth of GOD! Not some, not those they like.

1 John 3
4 Whosoever committeth sin,, transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

The only Law John can be referring to is Torah law, remember Christ stated in Matthew 5 He came NOT to destroy the Law.

By the sacrifice of animals no one can be saved, only by the shed blood of Christ.

What has been done away is the Sacrificial law that was added because of sin. and the sacrificial pointed to the ONE sacrifice of Christ.

Christ, before He died said in John 14: 15 If ye love me, keep my commandments. and the only Commandments HE kept and HE taught are the Ten.

I have found not one scripture removing the seventh day from being HOLY, I do rest on the 7th Day.

I disagree, Levitical Law, the Torah was never set aside, When Christ returns as KING of Kings, HE will rule using Torah Law,

Torah law reveals to mankind the Divine Nature and Mind of God.

Micah 4

1 But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain (government) of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it.

2 And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

The only law in Micah's day is Torah. and look it up in Strong's that word is Torah.

also in Jeremiah 31:33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law (#8451) in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.

The word "law" is Torah. the New Covenant Law remains Torah Law. #8451

I agree But before agree with everything

Please define your understanding of Torah law?

I understand that the Torah law refers to the 613 commandments found in the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, known as the Torah or Pentateuch. These laws, given to Moses at Mount Sinai, form the basis of Jewish law, ethics, and ritual, and include the famous Ten Commandments. The laws cover various aspects of life, from religious observance and social justice to civil and criminal matters, and are interpreted and applied through the Oral Torah, recorded in texts like the Talmud. That was AI... save me writting it out.. but notice how it involves ...

Ethics... ritual... 10 commandments....aspects of life including, social justice, civil, criminal matters.. and I would add health matters.

But the sacrificial laws and cerimonial laws that instructed them in the keeping of the yearly feasts, and temple ordinances, were all made void at the cross..

That does not make the 10 commandment law void.

 

[TMS]

The Sabbath commandment wasn't eliminated or replaced. It was fulfilled in Jesus. He is our Sabbath rest.

Please prove this from scripture.

 

[biblestudent78]

The Bible does present the Ten Commandments as the covenant itself. In Exodus 34:28, it is written:

"So he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he neither ate bread nor drank water. And He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments."

"So He declared to you His covenant which He commanded you to perform, the Ten Commandments; and He wrote them on two tablets of stone (Deuteronomy 4:13, NKJV)

This clearly states that the Ten Commandments are the covenant. When we look at Jeremiah 31:31-33, we see God speaking of a new covenant, but notice what He says:

"Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when 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 lead them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, though I was a husband to them, says the Lord.
But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people."

This passage does not say the law itself would change. Instead, it tells us that the ten commandments that are the covenant instead of being written on stone tablets, would be written in our hearts and minds. That means the law remains the same, but its place changes, from external tablets to internal conviction. This is why we see in the Gospels of John, Matthew, Luke and Mark, Jesus teaching the commandments and magnifying them.

Now, let's connect this with the Ark of the Covenant. In Deuteronomy 10:1-5, God commanded Moses to place the two tablets of the Ten Commandments inside the Ark:


"At that time the Lord said to me, ‘Hew for yourself two tablets of stone like the first, and come up to Me on the mountain, and make yourself an ark of wood... Then I turned and came down from the mountain, and put the tablets in the ark which I had made; and there they are, just as the Lord commanded me.’"

This shows the special place of the Ten Commandments, inside the Ark, symbolizing their central role in the covenant. But what about the rest of the law? In Deuteronomy 31:24-26, Moses wrote the book of the law and placed it beside the Ark:


"So it was, when Moses had completed writing the words of this law in a book, when they were finished, that Moses commanded the Levites, who bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord, saying: ‘Take this Book of the Law, and put it beside the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, that it may be there as a witness against you.’”

This distinction is important. The Ten Commandments being described clearly as the Covenant were placed inside the Ark of the Covenant, showing their eternal, unchanging nature as the foundation of the covenant. The rest of the law was placed beside the Ark, acting as a witness.

Now, when Jeremiah speaks of the law being written in our hearts, he is speaking of the same law, the Ten Commandments. The "new" part of the covenant is not that the law changes but that God Himself ensures it is within us, guiding us from within rather than being an external set of rules. This aligns perfectly with how Jesus upheld and fulfilled the law, always pointing back to love for God and neighbor as the foundation of obedience (Matthew 22:36-40).

So, the New Covenant is not about replacing the Ten Commandments but about making them part of who we are.

Blessings

You seem to be focused on only a tiny bit of the Covenant.

There are 613 commandments in the Old Testament (also known as the Torah) that comprised the Covenant. These are referred to as mitzvot and are a combination of both positive and negative commands. The 613 mitzvot are a compilation of the laws and rules found in the first five books of the Old Testament: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. They are divided into 365 negative commandments (prohibitions) and 248 positive commandments (actions to take).

God took these laws deadly seriously. At one point a servant reached out to steady the Ark of the Covenant and God killed him immediately.

Onan: Displeased the Lord and was put to death for refusing to have a child with his deceased brother's widow and for "spilling his seed on the ground."

Nadab and Abihu were two sons of Aaron, the high priest, offered "strange fire" to the Lord, which was not commanded by God. Fire came from the Lord and consumed them, resulting in their immediate death.

A man was found gathering wood on the Sabbath day, a direct violation of the commandment that mandated rest and prohibited work on the seventh day. As instructed by God, the entire community took him outside the camp and stoned him to death (Numbers 15:32-36).

After the Israelites made and worshipped the golden calf, God commanded the Levites to kill the idolaters throughout the camp, resulting in thousands of deaths, as described in Exodus 32:25-33:6.

Korah, Dathan, and Abiram: These men, along with their followers, rebelled against the authority of Moses and Aaron, defying the established leadership structure. As punishment, "the ground under them split apart... and the earth swallowed them whole... they went down alive into the realm of the dead" (Numbers 16:31-33).

After the battle of Jericho, God commanded the Israelites not to take any devoted items from the city. Achan secretly took some silver, gold, and a valuable cloak and hid them in his tent. As a result, the Israelites suffered defeat in a subsequent battle, and Achan's sin was discovered. He and his family were stoned to death and their belongings burned (Joshua 7:1-26)

It seems to me to be very dangerous to limit what God demanded. 10 commandments which are contained in two lists that do not match and we have "obeyed" the Covenant? God killed people who violated his Covenant using a vastly wider scope than whichever version of the "10 Commandments" you chose. The Ten Commandments appear as two different lists in the Old Testament books of Exodus 20:1–17 and Deuteronomy 5:6–21. The variations mostly concern the details and reasons given for the Sabbath day and the commandment regarding coveting

Jewish and Protestant traditions typically count "no other gods" and "no idols" as separate commandments. Catholic and Lutheran traditions combine them and split the commandment about "coveting" into two.

 

[TMS]

Because the Torah contained 613 laws
Is it fair to say they all got nailed to the cross.

Logically the laws that were a shadow and school master of what Jesus was coming to do. These laws were made void by the real deal.

The principles of righteousness and the laws of love do not change..

Circumcision was clearly not needed after the Jewish nation (mostly) rejected Jesus.

But not murdering and not taking God's name In vain are still important today.

Jesus kept all the laws, but that did not make them all void.

Christians began to observe Sunday as their primary day for worship, often called the "Lord's Day," due to its association with the resurrection of Jesus.

Because Jesus rested on Saturday and rose on Sunday is that a justified reason to change the day?

The shift was cemented in 321A.D. when Roman Emperor Constantine issued a decree making Sunday a public day of rest and worship for Christians.

No biblical reason was given...

The Sabbath has kept by Jews and Christians since the days of Jesus.. but Christians were persecuted and indoctrinated by Roman traditions which has resulted in Sunday keeping.

Today the argument has changed... to justify the absence of the Sabbath many say that Jesus fulfilled the law so it is now void.

But this was not part of the debate for 200 years after Christ..

 

[Doll]

Only Jesus has ... I agree. He alone has kept the law perfectly.

What does it mean for God to write the law on our heart?

Exactly. Which refutes those who insist the laws of God are done away.

I don't think any BA Christian believes that actually.

 

[memberofthebride]

Jesus taught that His people must hear and keep every word from God. In Matthew 4:4 He said, “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.” John also said, “Whoever commits sin also commits lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness” 1 John 3:4. The only law John knew is the law God gave from the beginning, the same law Jesus kept and taught. Jesus said, “Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill” Matthew 5:17. Fulfilling means completing the purpose, not removing it. Jesus kept the commandments perfectly, and He told His followers, “If you love Me, keep My commandments” John 14:15. The commandments He kept and taught are the same Ten that came from the mouth of God. Jesus never removed the seventh day as holy, and no verse from Him or His disciples removes it. Jesus Himself kept it, and His disciples kept it after He returned to the Father.

The sacrificial laws were given because of sin, and the animals pointed to the coming sacrifice of Jesus, the Lamb of God. When He died, the veil of the temple tore in two, showing that the animal sacrifices had reached their end. But the commandments that point to sin, to love, to righteousness, were never removed. Jesus told the man who asked about eternal life, “If you want to enter into life, keep the commandments” Matthew 19:17.

The Jerusalem council in Acts 15 did not remove the commandments of God. They dealt with one problem: some men were demanding that Gentiles be circumcised and keep the whole system of added laws before they could even be accepted. The apostles did not place that burden on them. They gave a few first rules to help new Gentile believers turn away from idols and from the worst sins of their old life. But after this, the apostles continued to teach the same commandments Jesus taught. Jesus had already told them to teach the nations “to observe all things that I have commanded you” Matthew 28:20. The council never changed this. They did not cancel the commandments. They simply removed heavy demands that came from men, not from Jesus.

The prophets said that when God restores His kingdom, His law will go out again. Micah wrote, “He will teach us His ways, and we shall walk in His paths. For out of Zion the law shall go forth, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem” Micah 4:2. In Micah’s time, the law was the Torah, the teaching of God. Jeremiah spoke of the new covenant and said, “I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their hearts” Jeremiah 31:33. The same word for law there is Torah. God did not replace His law. Instead He wants it written inside His people.

So the Scripture shows that sin is still breaking God’s law, the commandments remain the standard Jesus taught, the Jerusalem council did not remove them, and in the last days God’s law will go out again from Zion. Jesus said His words will judge us, and His words keep pointing us back to loving God and keeping His commandments. Yes One day. the commandments and any law God wants us to follow will be placed in our hearts and no man will have to teach his neighbour anymore but this day has not yet come, Many still refuse the words of God, the ten Commandments, The Covenant. this is what I fight for at this time to teach the Covenant, the ten commandments to help Grow the Kingdom of Heaven.

Blessings

we are on the same page!

 

[pinebeach]

Unfortunately some do reject the ten commandments they think it was done away with and replaced with something else but They never can explain with what.

Completely wrong and a false accusation. What is actually going on, is that you reject God's plan for our salvation and add the commandments as part of salvation. What people here, including myself, have consistently stated and shown from scripture, is that
Jesus fullfilled the requirments of the law, which was a BLOOD covenant because no one on this planet has sinless blood. Every single one of us is 'tainted' as it were and we are unable to perfectly (sinlessly) fullfill the law given to the Israelites.

Anyone who says they can keep the law without sinning whatsoever, which is called sinless perfectionism, is a liar. This is not my personal accusation; it is the accusation made by the apostle John.

5And this is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you: God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all. 6If we say we have fellowship with Him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. 7Butb if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.

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. I John 1

Who cleanses us from sin (continually cleanses)? Jesus. How? By His sinless blood. You are a liar if you say you have no sin and if you say you keep the commandments, then you make God a liar. Again, the covenant is a blood covenant. The multiple of multiple sacrifices we read of in the OT, were all about the shedding of blood. For some reason, certain people in this forum have a very bad understanding of the OT and attempt to connect it to the NT and salvation. This is an insult to God. I'll write more later but the truth is, THAT NO ONE HAS SAID THE COMMANDMENTS ARE DONE AWAY WITH. If someone says that, they are lying, pure and simple.

What we ARE saying, is that Jesus alone is the author and finisher of our faith. His blood alone atones for our sin and God sees us as righteous because of Him. This only applies to those who have trusted in Him, by faith and understand that there is no other way to salvation except through Jesus.

 

[pinebeach]

Yes,it is a covenant. Moral guidelines for self and worship of God.

I don't know any Christian who dismiss the Ten Commandments as being done away with.That's because they aren't.

NO ONE HAS SAID THEY ARE DONE AWAY WITH. NO ONE. Maybe try to follow a little more closely before agreeing with a few people here who keep saying that has been said but it has not been said.

 

[pinebeach]

we are on the same page!

Are you aware that vassal says he is not a Christian? Are you really on the same page? Part of what he says is true, but then he inserts things that are anti-biblical.

 

[TMS]

Col 2:14-17
14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross; 15 And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it. 16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: 17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.

Many use this to say the sabbath is nailed to the cross.

But can that be the case when the same inspired author states..

Rom 3:31 Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.
Rom 7:7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.... Rom 7:12 Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.... Rom 7:14 For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.
Rom 8:4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Rom 8:7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.

And James said... Jas 2:10-12
10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. 11 For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law. 12 So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.


Please take note.. everyone seems to refuse to listen... the sabbath days mentioned in Col 2 are not the 4th commandment, are not the seventh day sabbath.

Isa 1:11-15
11 To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats. 12 When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts? 13 Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting. 14 Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.

Sabbaths, plural... there were multiple sabbaths kept for the feasts..

But the sabbath, singular. Was the holy 7th day sabbath of creation.

Exo 20:8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Notice the singular...
The sabbath

Isa 66:22-23
22 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain. 23 And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD.

When will all flesh come to worship the Lord? .... the sabbath is part of this...

In Col 2 it is referring to the "blotting out the hand writing of ordinances"

This is not the Holy 7th day sabbath.

 

[pinebeach]

Sorry I disagree..
I am worthy of Salvation
I am worthy because Jesus gave His blood to make me worthy.. by His death and His righteousness I am worthy.

My righteousness is as filthy rags..
But my focus is on Jesus the source of life and righteousness. While I focus on Jesus and not allow my self to live, then Jesus will reign, not me. Righteousness will reign not sin.

No glory to me ... all good comes from God, I can do nothing without Christ.

I am not sinless, true, but that does not change what the Bible states clearly

We can live free from iniquity, we can walk sinlessly when Jesus lives in us and when self is dead.

We can live a sinless life.... regardless of our past sins. We can walk with Jesus from today. Today we can allow the Spirit to control us 100%

Or do you believe that God gave us all so that we can only have partial victory.

Sanctification is part of the gift that Jesus desires us to accept by faith.

No you are not worthy. Haven't you come across this scripture:

6 You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. 7 Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. 8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5

Yes, God loves us, BUT we are not worthy. Worthy means this:

adjective
If a person or thing is worthy of something, they deserve it because they have the qualities or abilities required.

Christ died for the ungodly. He did not die for those worthy of His death. There is no one, was never anyone and will never be anyone who is righteous without Christ.

We can live a sinless life

That is called sinless perfectionism and it is anti-biblical. Does God the Father see us as sinless? YES HE DOES! But not by our conduct. He sees us as perfect and sinless IN His Son.

 

[pinebeach]

Why do we need sanctification then?
Why does the bible talk about the battle between the flesh and the Spirit?

Justification is a wonderful gift. It will cover our filthy rags. But do you believe we should continue to sin.. the Bible states that we need to die daily.. not just once but it is a continual process of denying self.

1Co 15:31 I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.

Rom 7:9 For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.... This highlights the moment of realization and surrender to God's standard.

Mat 16:24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

Denying self, dieing to self and giving up sin is a continual process.. if you think you don't need to carry the cross then I feel sorry for you.

You have changed the subject. This entire thread is about the 10 commandments being the covenant, supposedly between us and God.

It is not about sanctification which is a different subject; go start a thread about that if you want and don't create 50 rabbit trails to hide what has been so far said or discussed.

 

[pinebeach]

If the law was replaced why are the 10 commandments being quoted by Paul?

Another false assumption. The commandments have been fullfilled. NO ONE HAS SAID THEY ARE REPLACED! Why do you insist on making false statements?

Thou shalt not bear false witness ring a bell?

 

[pinebeach]

Please prove this from scripture.

Jesus is Lord of the Sabbath. 8 For the Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath." Matt. 12:8

Hebrews 4 is the definitive passage regarding Jesus as our Sabbath rest. The writer to the Hebrews exhorts his readers to “enter in” to the Sabbath rest provided by Christ. After three chapters of telling them that Jesus is superior to the angels and that He is our Apostle and High Priest, he pleads with them to not harden their hearts against Him, as their fathers hardened their hearts against the Lord in the wilderness. Because of their unbelief, God denied that generation access to the holy land, saying, “They shall not enter into My rest” (Hebrews 3:11). In the same way, the writer to the Hebrews begs his readers not to make the same mistake by rejecting God’s Sabbath rest in Jesus Christ. “There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from his. Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following their example of disobedience” (Hebrews 4:9–11).

Source: Got Questions. This is easy to understand and is totally scripture based.

Nonetheless, you will either ignore it or try and find a way around it.

 

[pinebeach]

Why does the bible talk about the battle between the flesh and the Spirit?

That alone should demonstrate to you your inability to live in a sinless condition. Ironic

 

[Inquisitor]

Sorry I disagree..
I am worthy of Salvation
I am worthy because Jesus gave His blood to make me worthy.. by His death and His righteousness I am worthy.

My righteousness is as filthy rags..
But my focus is on Jesus the source of life and righteousness. While I focus on Jesus and not allow my self to live, then Jesus will reign, not me. Righteousness will reign not sin.

No glory to me ... all good comes from God, I can do nothing without Christ.

I am not sinless, true, but that does not change what the Bible states clearly

We can live free from iniquity, we can walk sinlessly when Jesus lives in us and when self is dead.

We can live a sinless life.... regardless of our past sins. We can walk with Jesus from today. Today we can allow the Spirit to control us 100%

Or do you believe that God gave us all so that we can only have partial victory.

Sanctification is part of the gift that Jesus desires us to accept by faith.

I noticed someone posted the commandment below.

Exodus 20:13
You shall not murder

That is the letter of the law.

Here is what Jesus had to say about Exodus 20:13.

Matthew 5:21
You have heard that the ancients were told, ‘You shall not commit murder’ and whoever commits murder
shall be liable to the court. But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother shall be guilty
before the court; and whoever says to his brother. You good-for-nothing, shall be guilty before
the supreme court; and whoever says, you fool, shall be guilty enough to go into the fiery hell.

Can you explain the difference between the letter of the law and what Jesus said?