The Ten Commandments are the Covenant, did you know?

[SabbathBlessing]

Sabbathblessing,

I have rested on the 7th Day Sabbath beginning in 1968.
I am in accord with most of what you write, but not all.
I can not find God is three persons. which I believe you do? Not sure.
God is a family, the Father and the Son. no ghost,
and They are birthing sons into the Family.

We are close to that day! thank GOD!

The point I am making that the standard of doing what is right belongs to God and He alone. He did so plainly and personally wrote it out for us. We are to do what is right by faith, which is righteousness by faith.

Regarding the Trinity this is what I believe.

There is One God. 1 Corinthians 8:4
In Three Person Matthew 28:19

Its like when the Bible says one joins themselves in marriage they become one flesh- but obviously two different people.

I agree, we are close on that day and agree thank GOD! This earth can't take much more, I pray we are all ready!

 

[vassal]

I appreciate you answering instead of dancing around my questions.

Yes, His words are clear and they are also clear in (John 3:15,16,18; 5:24; 6:29,40,47; 11:25,26).

This is how we demonstrate our love for Christ.

Jesus was not teaching salvation by works and Jesus meant to convict the rich young ruler and even showed him how short he falls of even keeping the first commandment (Exodus 20:3) which is the first of the two great commandments. (Deuteronomy 6:5; Matthew 22:37) The rich young ruler declared that he has kept the commandments from his youth up and qualified for heaven under those terms yet Jesus knew the man's wealth had become his idolatrous god, which kept him from believing in Jesus unto salvation.

You seem to confuse 'descriptive' passages of scripture with 'prescriptive' passages of scripture and the end result is works righteousness.

It's salvation by works if you teach that keeping the commandments is the basis or means by which we obtain salvation. Again you must not confuse 'descriptive' passages of scripture with 'prescriptive' passages of scripture.

Faith produces obedience yet faith in essence is not obedience/works. Faith is the root of salvation and works are the fruit. We must not conflate faith and obedience which "follows" and is produced out of faith.

To "keep" means to guard, observe, watch over and not flawless perfection.

http://biblehub.com/greek/5083.htm

It become self righteousness when you define it as flawless perfection OR turn keeping the commandments into the basis or means by which you obtain salvation.

It's not about canceling what Jesus said, still under the old covenant, prior to the new covenant being fully established.

Conflating the old and new covenants remains your problem.

Why word Jesus say that to the Israelites while still under the old covenant? Our 'sabbatismos' rest in Christ is mentioned in Hebrews 4:9.

So, according to your eisegesis here, we all remain under the old covenant of law.

So, the old covenant of law still stands? Not so. (2 Corinthians 3:6-9; Hebrews 8:13)

I asked you if you believe "keep" means perfectly obey. I'm happy to see that you understand it doesn't mean perfection. Now since God's standard is perfection and we all fall short and need a Savior (Romans 3:23; 6:23) where do you draw the line in the sand on faithful obedience? I've heard people from different churches give different answers, depending on their pet doctrines.

That is a good description.

It's not about canceling a commandment but the old covenant becoming obsolete and being under a new covenant. Jesus kept the sabbath because He was born under the law (Galatians 4:4) and His disciples were also under the law. Things have changed under the new covenant. (2 Corinthians 3:6-9; Colossians 2:16-17; 8:13) The law on our heart and mind is the love of the Spirit, not the letter of the law. This is why Paul tells us that the new covenant is a covenant of the Spirit, and not of the letter.

The truth does not make me uncomfortable but legalism and false gospels do.

So, based on your eisegesis, you just admitted you believe that believers who find their 'sabbatismos' rest in Jesus Christ (Hebrews 4:9) and not in observing a specific day (Colossians 2:16-17) have not kept the 4th commandment and therefore, (have not kept God's commandments) and will not be saved because of it and also that's what this whole division between SDA's and non-SDA believers is all about. Thank you for admitting it.

You keep building your whole argument on things Jesus never said, and then you turn around and accuse me of “eisegesis.” Let’s get this straight. Jesus is the One who said the commandments matter. Jesus is the One who said entering into life requires keeping them. Jesus is the One who said heaven and earth must pass before even the smallest part of the law disappears. That is not my invention. That is His voice. You don’t get to call His own words a “false gospel” just because they don’t fit the system you follow.
You also twist my words and claim I said people who rest in Christ are lost. I never said that. Not once. What I said is simple. Jesus Himself never erased a commandment. He never told anyone to stop keeping the Sabbath. He kept it. His disciples kept it. And heaven and earth are still here. You are the one who runs to arguments outside of Jesus to try to undo what He spoke.
And you accuse me of “works righteousness” while ignoring that Jesus is the One who said: “If you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.” You call that legalism. He calls it obedience. You want a faith that has no loyalty, no turning of the heart, no walking in His way. But Jesus never taught that kind of empty faith. He said those who hear the word of God and keep it are blessed. He said those who build on His sayings stand firm. That’s not me. That’s Him.
You also keep pushing the idea that the old covenant ended so now the commandments are optional. Jesus never said that. Not once. He said He did not come to destroy the law. He said anyone who breaks even the least commandment is called least in the kingdom. He said His words will judge us in the last day. If you think obedience disappeared, you are not listening to the King of Kings. You’re listening to your own system.
And now you accuse me of dividing believers because I quote Jesus directly. Let me be very clear. The division does not come from the people who follow Jesus’ words. The division comes from the people who try to cancel His words with teachings He never gave. Don’t blame me for repeating Him. If that makes you uncomfortable, the issue isn’t me. It’s the One who said it.
So don’t place false claims on me. Don’t put words in my mouth. Don’t accuse me of doctrines I never stated. I stand exactly where Jesus stood. I repeat exactly what He said. And if that clashes with the ideas you hold, then your fight is with His teaching, not with me.

 

[vassal]

Jesus was circumcised according to the law.

Don't pretend that you follow the law because you do not.

Inquisitor, it's not because you do not follow the commandments or cant that other people cannot follow it or at least try, did you ever try to follow the commandments as Jesus explained us how to? did you try? are you afraid it might change you?

 

[mailmandan]

You keep building your whole argument on things Jesus never said, and then you turn around and accuse me of “eisegesis.” Let’s get this straight. Jesus is the One who said the commandments matter. Jesus is the One who said entering into life requires keeping them. Jesus is the One who said heaven and earth must pass before even the smallest part of the law disappears. That is not my invention. That is His voice. You don’t get to call His own words a “false gospel” just because they don’t fit the system you follow.
You also twist my words and claim I said people who rest in Christ are lost. I never said that. Not once. What I said is simple. Jesus Himself never erased a commandment. He never told anyone to stop keeping the Sabbath. He kept it. His disciples kept it. And heaven and earth are still here. You are the one who runs to arguments outside of Jesus to try to undo what He spoke.
And you accuse me of “works righteousness” while ignoring that Jesus is the One who said: “If you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.” You call that legalism. He calls it obedience. You want a faith that has no loyalty, no turning of the heart, no walking in His way. But Jesus never taught that kind of empty faith. He said those who hear the word of God and keep it are blessed. He said those who build on His sayings stand firm. That’s not me. That’s Him.
You also keep pushing the idea that the old covenant ended so now the commandments are optional. Jesus never said that. Not once. He said He did not come to destroy the law. He said anyone who breaks even the least commandment is called least in the kingdom. He said His words will judge us in the last day. If you think obedience disappeared, you are not listening to the King of Kings. You’re listening to your own system.
And now you accuse me of dividing believers because I quote Jesus directly. Let me be very clear. The division does not come from the people who follow Jesus’ words. The division comes from the people who try to cancel His words with teachings He never gave. Don’t blame me for repeating Him. If that makes you uncomfortable, the issue isn’t me. It’s the One who said it.
So don’t place false claims on me. Don’t put words in my mouth. Don’t accuse me of doctrines I never stated. I stand exactly where Jesus stood. I repeat exactly what He said. And if that clashes with the ideas you hold, then your fight is with His teaching, not with me.

The very heart of your error is you continue to conflate the old and new covenants.

 

[Undergrace1]

Inquisitor, it's not because you do not follow the commandments or cant that other people cannot follow it or at least try, did you ever try to follow the commandments as Jesus explained us how to? did you try? are you afraid it might change you?

Therefore anyone who sets aside one of the least of THESE(the commands Christ is teaching) commands and teaches others accordingly will be called least in the kingdom of heaven Matt5:19

It is blindingly obvious when Jesus refers to if you love me obey my commandments, and in Matt 5:19 when he refers to commands, he is meaning the commands he is teaching the people.

 

[vassal]

The very heart of your error is you continue to conflate the old and new covenants.

You say the “very heart of my error” is that I confuse the old and new covenants. No. The real problem is that you use the new covenant as an excuse to ignore the very words of Jesus. The new covenant never removed obedience. It never cancelled the commandments. It never told anyone to stop keeping what God called holy. Jesus Himself is the One who said none of the law would pass until heaven and earth pass. Jesus is the One who said keeping the commandments is part of entering into life. Jesus is the One who said breaking even the least commandment makes a person least. That is not old covenant language. That is the voice of the Messiah in the new covenant.
So if you think the new covenant gives you permission to push aside His words, then you are not defending the new covenant. You are using it to fight against the words of Jesus.

 

[Undergrace1]

The very heart of your error is you continue to conflate the old and new covenants.

That's because the old covenant can be understood without the indwelling Holy Spirit guiding you into truth, the new covenant cannot be, they made the wrong choice(Rom7:6)

 

[vassal]

That's because the old covenant can be understood without the indwelling Holy Spirit guiding you into truth, the new covenant cannot be, they made the wrong choice(Rom7:6)

yes in the Holy Spirit that we received that they did not have in the time of the old covenant . (Jeremiah 31:31-33)makes it clear.

31 Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. 32 It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt— a covenant they broke, though I was a husband to them,” declares the LORD.33 “But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.
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[Undergrace1]

yes in the Holy Spirit that we received that they did not have in the time of the old covenant . (Jeremiah 31:31-33)makes it clear.

31 Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.32 It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt— a covenant they broke, though I was a husband to them,” declares the LORD.33 “But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.
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You dont understand a spiritual message, only one the rational mind can comprehend(Rom7:6)

 

[Undergrace1]

yes in the Holy Spirit that we received that they did not have in the time of the old covenant . (Jeremiah 31:31-33)makes it clear.

31 Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.32 It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt— a covenant they broke, though I was a husband to them,” declares the LORD.33 “But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.
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Explain to me the practical outworking of the covenant, and how it results in sin not being your master according to Paul's core gospel message, and how it removes a licence to sin under grace
“This is the covenant I will make with them
after that time, says the Lord.
I will put my laws in their hearts,
and I will write them on their minds.”[b]
17 Then he adds:
“Their sins and lawless acts
I will remember no more.”

 

[vassal]

Explain to me the practical outworking of the covenant, and how it results in sin not being your master according to Paul's core gospel message, and how it removes a licence to sin under grace
“This is the covenant I will make with them
after that time, says the Lord.
I will put my laws in their hearts,
and I will write them on their minds.”[b]
17 Then he adds:
“Their sins and lawless acts
I will remember no more.”

You are asking how the new covenant works in daily life, as if the promise in Jeremiah means the commandments disappear or that grace removes the call to obey. But look carefully at what God said. He did not promise to erase His law. He promised to write it inside the person. That means the new covenant does not remove obedience. It restores it from the heart.

And Jesus showed exactly how this works. He said a person is free from sin when they continue in His word, because the truth sets them free. He said everyone who commits sin is the servant of sin, and only the Son can make them free. So the power over sin does not come from ignoring the law. It comes from following the Son who kept it perfectly.

There is no “license to sin” under grace, because Jesus Himself said, “Go, and sin no more.” If grace meant sin no longer mattered, Jesus would never speak like that. He forgives, but then He calls the person out of the sin, not back into it.

The new covenant changes the heart so that the person actually wants to walk in the ways of God. It does not make sin safe. It does not weaken the commandments. It does not remove the standard. It does what Jeremiah said: it puts God’s law inside the mind and heart so that a person can finally live in harmony with His will.

So the practical result is simple. The new covenant removes the stubborn heart that keeps fighting God. It gives a new heart that listens to Jesus, follows Him, and turns away from sin because the law of God is now written within.

 

[Undergrace1]

You are asking how the new covenant works in daily life, as if the promise in Jeremiah means the commandments disappear or that grace removes the call to obey. But look carefully at what God said. He did not promise to erase His law. He promised to write it inside the person. That means the new covenant does not remove obedience. It restores it from the heart.

And Jesus showed exactly how this works. He said a person is free from sin when they continue in His word, because the truth sets them free. He said everyone who commits sin is the servant of sin, and only the Son can make them free. So the power over sin does not come from ignoring the law. It comes from following the Son who kept it perfectly.

There is no “license to sin” under grace, because Jesus Himself said, “Go, and sin no more.” If grace meant sin no longer mattered, Jesus would never speak like that. He forgives, but then He calls the person out of the sin, not back into it.

The new covenant changes the heart so that the person actually wants to walk in the ways of God. It does not make sin safe. It does not weaken the commandments. It does not remove the standard. It does what Jeremiah said: it puts God’s law inside the mind and heart so that a person can finally live in harmony with His will.

So the practical result is simple. The new covenant removes the stubborn heart that keeps fighting God. It gives a new heart that listens to Jesus, follows Him, and turns away from sin because the law of God is now written within.

Here’s Paul’s core gospel message in a nutshell:

The power of sin is the law 1Cor15:56 The legally binding law with the power to condemn.

But as Paul states, the law, what is written in it is holy, just and good (Rom7:12)

So what was God to do? He obviously would want to remove the power of sin, but he would not want to remove what is holy just and good.
The law comes in two parts, what is written in the law and the attached penalty for transgression. Nothing wrong at all with the first part, it is holy, just and good, its the second part that's the problem

So God did an incredible thing. He transferred the law/what is written in it, from an external law engraved in stone, and made it an internal law in the hearts and minds of believers(2Cor3:3&Heb10:15-17)) An external law does not mean you in your heart would want to obey it does it. But a law placed in your heart, does mean in your heart you want to follow it. So, what is holy, just and good remains intact, it is now in your heart and mind. It simply means in your mind you know how God wants you to live and in your heart you want to live that way. In your heart you do not want to murder, steal, commit adultery, covet, take the Lords name in vain etc. Hardly legalism! The law/what is written in the law that is now in your heart and mind cannot condemn you, you have no righteousness of obeying it, for Jesus died for your sins/your transgressions of the law: your sins and lawless deeds I will remember no more

Because, and only because you in your heart want to live as God desires you to live, he removed the penalty attached to the law for transgression from your life. He sent Jesus to die for your sins/your transgressions of the law. Therefore, the legally binding law with the power to condemn is removed from you. And therefore, the power of sin is also now removed from your life.

With the power of sin removed from your life, you can now live a far holier life, a life you in your heart want to live for that is where the law now is. And you can do that because you are not under law/righteousness of obeying the law, but under grace/righteousness of faith in Christ. Christ died to pay the penalty of your sin, and he died to break the power of sin. And so Paul states:

Do we then make void the law by faith/righteousness of faith in Christ not obeying the law? God forbid: Yea, we establish the law Rom3:31

And:

For sin shall no longer be your master for you are not under law/ righteousness of obeying the law, but under grace/righteousness of faith in Christ. Rom 6:14

 

[2ndTimeIsTheCharm]

Why are both sides still arguing about this?

Did you ever see Jesus chase down people who've rejected Him and His message, and beg them to follow Him? No. He let their free choice stand, including its consequences.


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[Undergrace1]

Why are both sides still arguing about this?

Did you ever see Jesus chase down people who've rejected Him and His message, and beg them to follow Him? No. He let their free choice stand, including its consequences.


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Well I do read of Jesus reserving his harshest words for the religious who did not practice what they preached/insisted of others. He didn't just mention it once, but continually. Why did he say he came for the oppressed, downtrodden, blind, freedom for the prisoners? How did they become that way?
Many become that way today too, for myself, I cannot think of many more important things than highlighting when it does happen today

 

[NightTwister]

Moves are being made to legislate Sunday rest. Christian nationalists are really pushing these things. It out there a lot more then t you think.

Keep an eye on it

If the day comes and you needed to choose between the 7th day sabbath and 1st day sabbath, which would you choose? Man's day or God's day.
The day God made holy or the day man introduced.

You said it is not important, because the law is nothing for you.

But that is your free choice..
The way we worship God should not be forced. This is the liberty we should all have. God does not force us to do anything.

Freedom of liberty to worship God as I please. Sunday observance is taking away that liberty.

You might think this isn't going to happen and never will, but I just ask that you watch and see.. time will tell..

When given the choice of two incorrect options, choose neither.

 

[2ndTimeIsTheCharm]

Well I do read of Jesus reserving his harshest words for the religious who did not practice what they preached/insisted of others. He didn't just mention it once, but continually. Why did he say he came for the oppressed, downtrodden, blind, freedom for the prisoners? How did they become that way?
Many become that way today too, for myself, I cannot think of many more important things than highlighting when it does happen today

Did Jesus chase any of these people down? No He did not. He he had words with them and than left it there until the next time they took offense at Him.

You can have the last word.

 

[Undergrace1]

Did Jesus chase any of these people down? No He did not. He he had words with them and than left it there until the next time they took offense at Him.

You can have the last word.

It is good to consider those who get crushed by people insisting of others what they do not insist of themselves. And I don't think it is for individual members of these groups to consider themselves the arbiter of whether a debate has gone on too long or not. This is a debating website after all, so your likening it to Jesus and chasing people down as you put it is not relevant, as Jesus was not on a debating website

 

[rogerg]

The very heart of your error is you continue to conflate the old and new covenants.

Since @vassal does not recognize that Paul was an apostle, and that his writings are in fact Scripture - both of which were attested to by the other apostles and by Paul himself- it follows then that @vassal would refuse to accept great swarths of Scripture written by God through Paul - Scripture that teaches of the new law that accompanies the new priesthood of Jesus Christ the one and only eternal high priest, who became the replacement for both the Old Covenant laws and the Old Covenant priesthood. Should the heart of the New Covenant, which is the law life in Christ, actually be as @vassal states that it is - the Old Covenant law being the heart of the New Covenant - would mean there is no New Covenant because the laws governing both the old and new would be the same (but we have been assured in Scripture that through Christ there is a New Covenant). For the New Covenant to be new, its laws must be new. By the change to Christ as eternal high priest, God's glory was changed from Old Covenant's law to the glory of the New Covenant's mercy and grace though Christ (alone) as Savior

 

[vassal]

Since @vassal does not recognize that Paul was an apostle, and that his writings are in fact Scripture - both of which were attested to by the other apostles and by Paul himself- it follows then that @vassal would refuse to accept great swarths of Scripture written by God through Paul - Scripture that teaches of the new law that accompanies the new priesthood of Jesus Christ the one and only eternal high priest, who became the replacement for both the Old Covenant laws and the Old Covenant priesthood. Should the heart of the New Covenant, which is the law life in Christ, actually be as @vassal states that it is - the Old Covenant law being the heart of the New Covenant - would mean there is no New Covenant because the laws governing both the old and new would be the same. For the New Covenant to be new, its laws must be new. By the change to Christ as eternal high priest, God's glory was changed from Old Covenant's law to the glory of the New Covenant's mercy and grace though Christ (alone) as Savior

false accusations again from a man that does not understand scripture and Paul

You say I “do not recognize Paul,” but the truth is much simpler. I follow the One who has all authority in heaven and on earth, the One who told the apostles exactly what to teach. That One is Jesus. He is the judge of all. His words decide everything. No one else has that place.
Jesus never said a single word telling us to replace His commandments with a new set of laws. He never said His Father’s commands became “old” or expired. He never said His own teachings would be temporary. Instead, He said the opposite.
Jesus said:
“Think not that I came to destroy the law or the prophets. I came not to destroy, but to fulfill. For verily I say unto you, till heaven and earth pass, not one jot or one tittle will pass from the law till all be fulfilled” (Matthew 5:17 and 18 ASV).
He also warned:
“Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven” (Matthew 5:19 ASV).
He said this in the New Covenant. He said this as the Messiah. He said this before He died and after He rose He told the apostles to teach everything He commanded (Matthew 28:19 and 20 ASV). Not to replace it. Not to adjust it. To keep it.
You claim that “for the New Covenant to be new, its laws must be new.” That is not what God said through the prophets. That is not what Jesus said. The New Covenant is new because God writes His law on the heart, not because the law changes. This is exactly what God said:
“I will put my law in their inward parts, and in their heart will I write it” (Jeremiah 31:33 ASV).
He did not say, “I will give you a different law.” He said, “My law.” The same divine standard, but now written inside the heart through the Spirit. That is the difference. That is the New Covenant.
You also say the “glory changed from law to mercy.” Jesus never said that. Mercy and obedience are not enemies. Jesus taught both:
“If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments” (John 14:15 ASV).
“He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me” (John 14:21 ASV).
Mercy does not cancel obedience. Grace does not replace God’s word. Jesus shows mercy to the one who repents, not to the one who refuses His commandments.
He even warned believers about this:
“Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven, but he that doeth the will of my Father who is in heaven” (Matthew 7:21 ASV).
And He said the person who hears His words but does not obey is like a foolish man whose house will fall (Matthew 7:26 and 27 ASV).
So if you claim Jesus replaced His own Father’s commandments, you must show one place where Jesus Himself said this. But you cannot, because He never did.

And as for the apostles “attesting,” the original twelve never said Jesus replaced the commandments. Peter, John, James, all taught obedience. They followed their Master. They never taught a new set of laws. They taught the same commandments Jesus taught, because He ordered them to teach nothing else.
The whole argument that the New Covenant erased God’s commandments comes from reading Jesus through Paul instead of reading Paul through Jesus. But Jesus is the Master. His words stand. His voice is final. And He said:
“Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away” (Matthew 24:35 ASV).
If His words will judge us on the last day, then no one can come later and change them.
That is why I follow Jesus’ own teaching, not man’s ideas about Paul. If anything disagrees with Jesus, it loses. Jesus wins every time. Paul is difficult to understand but many like you, twist his words . Paul followed Jesus they did not contradict one another.

 

[rogerg]

false accusations again from a man that does not understand scripture and Paul

You say I “do not recognize Paul,” but the truth is much simpler. I follow the One who has all authority in heaven and on earth, the One who told the apostles exactly what to teach. That One is Jesus. He is the judge of all. His words decide everything. No one else has that place.
Jesus never said a single word telling us to replace His commandments with a new set of laws. He never said His Father’s commands became “old” or expired. He never said His own teachings would be temporary. Instead, He said the opposite.
Jesus said:
“Think not that I came to destroy the law or the prophets. I came not to destroy, but to fulfill. For verily I say unto you, till heaven and earth pass, not one jot or one tittle will pass from the law till all be fulfilled” (Matthew 5:17 and 18 ASV).
He also warned:
“Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven” (Matthew 5:19 ASV).
He said this in the New Covenant. He said this as the Messiah. He said this before He died and after He rose He told the apostles to teach everything He commanded (Matthew 28:19 and 20 ASV). Not to replace it. Not to adjust it. To keep it.
You claim that “for the New Covenant to be new, its laws must be new.” That is not what God said through the prophets. That is not what Jesus said. The New Covenant is new because God writes His law on the heart, not because the law changes. This is exactly what God said:
“I will put my law in their inward parts, and in their heart will I write it” (Jeremiah 31:33 ASV).
He did not say, “I will give you a different law.” He said, “My law.” The same divine standard, but now written inside the heart through the Spirit. That is the difference. That is the New Covenant.
You also say the “glory changed from law to mercy.” Jesus never said that. Mercy and obedience are not enemies. Jesus taught both:
“If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments” (John 14:15 ASV).
“He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me” (John 14:21 ASV).
Mercy does not cancel obedience. Grace does not replace God’s word. Jesus shows mercy to the one who repents, not to the one who refuses His commandments.
He even warned believers about this:
“Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven, but he that doeth the will of my Father who is in heaven” (Matthew 7:21 ASV).
And He said the person who hears His words but does not obey is like a foolish man whose house will fall (Matthew 7:26 and 27 ASV).
So if you claim Jesus replaced His own Father’s commandments, you must show one place where Jesus Himself said this. But you cannot, because He never did.

And as for the apostles “attesting,” the original twelve never said Jesus replaced the commandments. Peter, John, James, all taught obedience. They followed their Master. They never taught a new set of laws. They taught the same commandments Jesus taught, because He ordered them to teach nothing else.
The whole argument that the New Covenant erased God’s commandments comes from reading Jesus through Paul instead of reading Paul through Jesus. But Jesus is the Master. His words stand. His voice is final. And He said:
“Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away” (Matthew 24:35 ASV).
If His words will judge us on the last day, then no one can come later and change them.
That is why I follow Jesus’ own teaching, not man’s ideas about Paul. If anything disagrees with Jesus, it loses. Jesus wins every time. Paul is difficult to understand but many like you, twist his words . Paul followed Jesus they did not contradict one another.

Scripture does not contradict itself. All of it was written by God, all of it, to include Paul's writings. You would make of yourself an authority over Scripture regarding things spiritual, instead of Scripture being an authority over you regarding things spiritual. Unless you can accept all of it as being God's one integrated word, you have no business trying to teach anyone with your prejudiced version of its message and doctrine.