Here is Biblically, irrefutable proof for why the Moral and the Mosaic are separate and distinct:
Moral Law Distinct From The Mosaic Law
*The Mosaic Law was written by the hand of Moses, written on scrolls, placed outside the Ark, and was against them by virtue of the penalties and curses contained therein (Deuteronomy 31:24-26 KJV)....
...but in contrast, the Ten Commandment Law of God was written with His finger (Exodus 31:18 KJV), on both sides of stone tablets (Exodus 32:15 KJV), placed inside the Ark (Exodus 25:16 KJV), and contained blessings, not curses (Exodus 20:11 KJV; Exodus 20:12 KJV).
*In 2 Kings 21:8 KJV, God promises Israel permanent residence if they keep His Law
and the Mosaic law.
*In 2 Chronicles 33:8 KJV, God promises the same if they will obey His Law
and the Mosaic Law.
*In Daniel 9:11KJV, he confessed that his people disobeyed the God's Law
and the Mosaic Law.
*In Deuteronomy 4:13-14 KJV, Moses says God commanded the people to keep His Law
and commanded Moses to give them the Mosaic Law.
*In Leviticus 23:37-38 KJV, God said the annual Feast Day sabbaths of the Jews in the Mosaic Law were
"besides" the weekly Sabbaths of the Lord contained in the Ten Commandments.
*In Romans 7:12 KJV, Paul refers to God's Law (identified as such by his reference to the Tenth Commandment in Romans 7:7 KJV) as "
holy, just, and good", but refers to the Mosaic Law concerning the Levitical priesthood as a "
carnal" commandment in Hebrews 7:16 KJV.
If there is only one law, please explain how the same law is "holy, just, good" and "carnal" at the same time.
*The Ten Commandments
existed before Mount Sinai: Cain knew murder was wrong; Abraham knew
lying was wrong; Abraham also kept God's "
charge, commandments, statutes, and laws"; Rachel knew
stealing was wrong; Jacob knew
idolatry in the form of jewelry was wrong; Joseph knew
adultery was wrong; and God chided with the children of Israel in Exodus 16:28 KJV for not keeping "My Laws" because they
broke the Sabbath Commandment before they even got anywhere near Mount Sinai in chapter 20.
*Paul says in Galatians 3:19 KJV that the Mosaic Law was "
added because of transgression" --
transgression of an already existing law: the Ten Commandments -- "until the Seed should come". When Jesus was crucified, the Mosaic Law was nailed to the Cross with Him (Colossians 2:14-17 KJV) while the Ten Commandments will "stand fast forever and ever" (Psalms 111:7:8 KJV).
There’s NO DISTINCTION within the law of Moses: it ALL has to be kept when it’s in effect, in order for them to have righteousness:
Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.
Deu 6:18 And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the LORD: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers,
Deu 6:19 To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the LORD hath spoken.
Deu 6:20 And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying,
What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD our God hath commanded you?
Deu 6:21 Then thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh's bondmen in Egypt; and the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand:
Deu 6:22 And the LORD shewed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes:
Deu 6:23 And he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers.
Deu 6:24
And the LORD commanded us to do ALL these statutes, to fear the LORD our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as it is at this day.
Deu 6:25
And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do ALL these commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us.
And notice that every law, statute and command was from God, not from Moses inventing any of it.
In fact as more proof that all the law put in the book of the law was given by God, and not from Moses making any of it up, God warns of very very severe consequences for Israel if they DON’T keep everything in it:
Deu 28:58 “
If you are not careful to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious and awesome name, the LORD your God,
Deu 28:59
then the LORD will bring on you and your offspring extraordinary afflictions, afflictions severe and lasting, and sicknesses grievous and lasting.
Deu 28:60 And he will bring upon you again all the diseases of Egypt, of which you were afraid, and they shall cling to you.
Deu 28:61 Every sickness also and every affliction that is not recorded in the book of this law,
the LORD will bring upon you, until you are destroyed.
If you want to quote the NT, quote all it says about the law, like how Christians are dead to the law, and now are married to Jesus instead of the law, and have been DELIVERED FROM the law:
Rom 7:4 Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become
dead to the law by the body of Christ;
that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.
Or that the law doesn’t apply to Christians, just to the unconverted, because the law is NOT MEANT for a RIGHTEOUS MAN, but for the UNGODLY and for MURDERERS:
1Ti 1:9 Knowing this, that
the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,
1Ti 1:10 For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;
Christians are the righteousness of God in Christ, thus the law is null and void for us.
Php 3:9 And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness,
which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ,
the righteousness which is of God by faith:
And this agrees:
Rom 3:21
But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being
witnessed by the law and the prophets;
Thus it hasn’t passed away, it just doesn’t apply to those born again, since it’s only meant for the ungodly and murderers, etc. 1 Tim 1:9 above.
And do t forget it says that BEFORE faith came, we were imprisoned by the law, locked up by it until the coming of Christ, and now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian:
Gal 3:23 Now
before faith came, we were held captive under the law, imprisoned until the coming faith would be revealed.
Gal 3:24 So then,
the law was our guardian until Christ came, in order that we might be justified by faith.
Gal 3:25
But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian,
The ten commands do not appear anywhere until after the Exodus. They may have had some rules before then, but NOT the Decalogue nor the law, because scripture says plainly that THE LAW was given 430 years AFTER ABRAHAM.
Gal 3:17 This is what I mean:
the law, which came 430 years afterward, does not annul a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to make the promise void.
In fact in Deuteronomy 5, under the chapter heading THE TEN COMMANDS, Moses clearly states that he’s about to give Israel what he received on the mountain, and says NO ONE HAD these laws before now, NOT EVEN OUR FATHERS, but to us only has this law been given.
Deu 5:1 And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them,
Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and keep, and do them.
Deu 5:2 The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.
Deu 5:3 The LORD
made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day.
And don’t forget that the ten commands ARE the covenant, on two tables of stone. Moses was giving that covenant in Deuteronomy 5.
You quoted Galatians 3 that the law was added because of transgressions, which is very true - you just neglected to mention that in the same chapter that it was NOT given until 430 years after Abraham:
Gal 3:16 Now the promises were made to Abraham and to his offspring. It does not say, “And to offsprings,” referring to many, but referring to one, “And to your offspring,” who is Christ.
Gal 3:17 This is what I mean:
the law, which came 430 years afterward, does not annul a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to make the promise void.
No one had mount Sinai Covenant law until 430 years after Abraham.
In fact from Adam to Moses, there was no law of the type given to Moses, so sin was present in the world, but not IMPUTED to men where there is no law:
Rom 5:12 Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned—
Rom 5:13
for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted where there is no law.
Christians are absolutely not under the law of Moses Sinai covenant, which includes the Decalogue.
The two love commands far exceed the ten in how well and kindly we treat our neighbors.
They are a superior law, the law of love, which is also called the law of Christ in the New Testament.
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