God Does Not Change

On Judgment Day will you be able to point out in the Scripture to God where He told you to stop keeping the Sabbath Day? Will you be able to point to Scripture for some other command God gave to his people that you believe does not apply to you any longer?

"Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever" (Hebrews 13:8).

Let's look at this logically.

If something displeased God or was a command to Israel to set them apart, it is/was called sin. When Jesus/Yeshua came and died on the cross he took the wages of sin (death) so we may be with God. Since the wage has been paid it is now OK to sin?

1 Corinthians Chapter 10 ends with encouraging believers to do everything for the glory of God. Chapter 11 begins, "Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ." 1 Peter 2:21 states, "For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps." 1 John 2:6 echos this, "whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked." I don't think there are many Christians that would argue against walking as Christ walked. How did Christ walk?

"Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven"

In Matthew 5:17-20, Jesus is recorded saying, “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished. Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven." Has all been accomplished?

Matthew 23:1-3 Christ actually tells his disciples to follow the law, "Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples, “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat, so do and observe whatever they tell you, but not the works they do. For they preach, but do not practice." He says that the scribes and Pharisees are doing it wrong (they added a lot of things, you might have heard of Mishna, Talmud, or the Oral Law), but follow the Law.

So, we sort of walk as Jesus walked?

The argument goes, Christ kept all of the commandments so I don't have to keep them. When Jesus died he nailed the penalty for sin (lawlessness) to the cross. Does this mean all has been accomplished? We are to walk as Jesus walked, but it is OK to be a worker of lawlessness? So, we sort of walk as Jesus walked? Even though Jesus taught his followers to follow the Law and he followed it perfectly, the lesson is to follow your heart?

John 14:15 "If you love me, you will keep my commandments."

All the Laws are summed up in loving God and loving our neighbors, but they haven't been dismantled, not an iota of them in fact. These are still things we should observe, they explain right and wrong.

I encourage you to walk as Jesus walked.