| Under Which Covenant (Law) Are We Bound Today? OLD (Heb. 8:13) OR NEW (Heb. 8:13; 9:15) Given to Israel (1 Kings 8:9) To All Nations (Matt. 28: 19-20) Given Through Moses (Ex.34:27) Given through Christ (Heb. 9:15) Dedicated by animal blood (Heb.9:18) Dedicated by Christ’s Blood (Heb. 9:12) Sacrifices temporary (Heb. 10:3) Sacrifice forever (Heb. 10:12) Unable to purge conscience (Heb.9:9) Purges conscience (Heb. 9:14) Could not take away sins (Heb. 10:11) Took away sin (Heb. 10:12) Done Away (11 Cor. 3:11,14;Col.2:14) Remaineth (11 Cor. 5.11) Abolished (11 Cor. 3:13;Eph. 2:14,15) Everlasting (Heb. 13:20) 1. Why was the first Covenant Given? (Heb. 9:1; Gal. 3:19,24) 2. Did the old covenant that was taken away include the 10 commandments? 11 Cor. 3:7-15 – “written and engraven in stones is done away ..abolished” Heb. 9:1-4 – “ordinances of divine service..table of the covenant” Rom. 7:6-7 – “we are delivered from the law (that said) ..we shall not covet” Eph. 2:15 – “Having abolished.. the law of commandments…” 3. Are we then not bound to keep the Ten Commandments? (Rom. 8:2) A: Ten Commandments found in the New Testament Eph. 4:6 Eph. 6:1 Eph. 4:28 1 Cor. 10:14 1 John 3:15 Col. 3:9 James 5:12 Heb. 13:4 Col.3:5 B: Other references: (Matt. 22:36-40; Rom. 13:8,9) Jesus said: “A new commandment I give..that ye Love One Another” (John 13:34) 4. What about the Sabbath Day commandment? A: Was a sign between God and Israel only (Ex. 31:16,17) Who? – Israel B: Was to remember their deliverance from bondage (Duet. 5:15) C: Gentiles were never under the Law (Rom. 2:14) --See Acts 15—Note they were not commanded to keep the Sabbath Day (Saturday).. 5: Why do Christians today worship God on the first day (Sunday) of the week? A: Jesus rose from the dead on the first day. (Mark 16:1-9) B: First appearance to assembled disciples was on first day (John 20:19) C: Next appearance during 40 days was on first day (John 20:26) D: Holy Spirit came upon the apostles on first day (Acts 2) E: First Gospel sermon was preached on first day (Acts 2) F: Disciples assembled on first day to break bread (Acts 20:7) G: Collection was taken on first day of week (1 Cor. 16:2) H: John, an apostle, considered one day special- “The Lord’s Day” (Rev. 1:10) I: Under the new covenant there was an imposing list of new things: New Name (Isa.62:2;Acts 4:12; 11:26) New Institution (Dan. 2:44; Acts 2:47) New Doctrine – The Gospel (Isa. 2:3; Luke 24:47) New Commandment – Love (John 13:34) New Priesthood (Heb. 7:24-28) New Feast – Lord’s Supper (Matt. 26:26-29) New Day – Lord’s Day (Rev. 1:10) 5. Warnings Col. 2:16 – “Let no man therfore judge you in ..respect of ..the Sabbath days” Gal. 5:4 – “whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace” Read 11 Cor. 3:14-16 – Whose mind is blinded? Upon whose heart does the veil remain? |
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