The New Covenant Is The same as the Old Covenant but Internalized in our hearts

[LoveYeshua]

The concept of the New Covenant has often been misunderstood. Many believe it represents a departure from the laws of the Old Covenant, claiming that God’s commandments were abolished or replaced. However, this interpretation conflicts with the teachings of Jesus Christ and the foundational truths of Scripture. In this article, we will explore how the New Covenant upholds the same divine laws as the Old Covenant, but with a profound transformation: these laws are internalized within the hearts and minds of God’s people.

The Old Covenant: A Foundation of Law​

In the Old Testament, God established the Old Covenant with Israel through Moses. This covenant was characterized by the giving of the Law, including the Ten Commandments, written on tablets of stone. These laws were designed to reflect God’s character and provide a framework for living righteously. As stated in Exodus 24:7 (NKJV):

"Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read in the hearing of the people. And they said, 'All that the Lord has said we will do, and be obedient.'"
Deuteronomy also underscores the centrality of the Ten Commandments within the covenant:

"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)
The Old Covenant was a relationship rooted in obedience to God’s law, but its outward nature often led to mere compliance rather than a transformation of the heart.

The New Covenant: A Law Written on Hearts​

The New Covenant does not abolish the law but fulfills and internalizes it. The prophet Jeremiah foretold this transformation:

"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." (Jeremiah 31:33, NKJV)
This prophecy reveals the essence of the New Covenant: God’s law remains unchanged, but it is now written within, fostering a deep, personal relationship with Him. Rather than relying solely on external adherence, the New Covenant emphasizes a transformation of character and desires, aligning believers with God’s will.

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Jesus and the Continuity of the Law​

Jesus Christ’s teachings affirm the continuity of God’s law under the New Covenant. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus declared:

"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, NKJV)

To fulfill the law does not mean to nullify it but to bring it to its full meaning and intent. Jesus demonstrated how to live out God’s commandments with love and integrity, addressing not just outward actions but also the motives of the heart. For instance, He expanded the understanding of the sixth and seventh commandments by teaching that anger is akin to murder and lust is akin to adultery (Matthew 5:21-28, NKJV).
Moreover, when asked about the greatest commandment, Jesus summarized the entire law as love for God and love for neighbor:

"Jesus said to him, 'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.' This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets." (Matthew 22:37-40, NKJV)
This summary does not replace the commandments but highlights their purpose: love as the fulfillment of the law.

The Apostles’ Teachings on the New Covenant​

The New Covenant’s internalization of the law is further explained in the writings of the apostles. The author of Hebrews directly connects Jeremiah’s prophecy to the New Covenant established through Christ:

"For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put My laws in their mind and write them on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people." (Hebrews 8:10, NKJV)

James, the brother of Jesus, also upheld the importance of God’s law, describing it as "the perfect law of liberty" (James 1:25, NKJV). Far from being abolished, the law becomes a source of freedom when internalized and practised through the empowering grace of Christ.

The Misunderstanding of Abolished Law​

Some misunderstand Paul’s writings to mean that the law has been abolished under the New Covenant. However, this misinterpretation ignores the broader context of his teachings. Jesus’ own words take precedence, and He consistently upheld the enduring validity of God’s commandments. The problem under the Old Covenant was not the law itself but the people’s inability to fully keep it due to their untransformed hearts. The New Covenant resolves this issue by providing the Holy Spirit to empower believers to obey God from the heart.

As Ezekiel prophesied:

"I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them." (Ezekiel 36:26-27, NKJV)

Continuity and Fulfillment​

The New Covenant does not abolish God’s law but brings it to life within His people. Through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, believers are empowered to live in harmony with God’s eternal principles. The same laws that were once written on stone tablets are now inscribed on hearts and minds, transforming obedience from an external duty to an internal delight.

Rather than dismissing the commandments, we should embrace them as a reflection of God’s unchanging character and a guide for righteous living. The New Covenant invites us into a deeper relationship with God, where His law is no longer a burden but a joy, fulfilled through love and the enabling grace of Jesus Christ.

Blessings Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Peace be with you.

 

[Wick Stick]

The major difference is enforcement. In the covenant mediated by Moses, the people were required to enforce the Law AGAINST ONE ANOTHER:

At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death. The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So thou shalt put the evil away from among you. (Deuteronomy 17)

"Put the evil away from among you" is the defining teaching of Deuteronomy, and it means to accomplish it with well-aimed rocks.

 

[PS95]

Yes, it is all an inward transforming work of God. It is not about the externals. Look at me how holy I am. It's look at Him how holy He is! We love Him because he first loved us!
His Spirit leads us as we go on this walk. Such Amazing grace to give us of His Spirit. We are so richly blessed to have a God who loves us and is patient with us and merciful and tender hearted.

However, I don't agree that the first covenant is not obsolete. When Jesus fulfilled it it became obsolete as the New Covenant is better. You quoted Hebrews 8 but what does it say?
Hebrews 8-
I WILL PUT MY LAWS INTO THEIR MINDS,
AND WRITE THEM ON THEIR HEARTS.
AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD,
AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE.
11“AND THEY WILL NOT TEACH, EACH ONE HIS FELLOW CITIZEN,
AND EACH ONE HIS BROTHER, SAYING, ‘KNOW THE LORD,’
FOR THEY WILL ALL KNOW ME,
FROM THE LEAST TO THE GREATEST OF THEM.
12“FOR I WILL BE MERCIFUL TOWARD THEIR WRONGDOINGS,
AND THEIR SINS I WILL NO LONGER REMEMBER.” 13When He said, “A new covenant,” He has made the first obsolete. But whatever is becoming obsolete and growing old is about to disappear.

If God in the time of Jeremiah already designated the Old Covenant as growing old and almost disappearing, I think by implication, that now, after so long a time is passed and the New Covenant has been brought in fully, the Old Covenant is already entirely abrogated. It is impossible to have both covenants in effect at once. Apostle Paul called it the "old" covenant 2000 yrs ago. -2 Cor 3:14

Agree?

 

[Wick Stick]

If God in the time of Jeremiah already designated the Old Covenant as growing old and almost disappearing, I think by implication, that now, after so long a time is passed and the New Covenant has been brought in fully, the Old Covenant is already entirely abrogated. It is impossible to have both covenants in effect at once. Apostle Paul called it the "old" covenant 2000 yrs ago. -2 Cor 3:14

Agree?

The Ten Commandments seem to endure. They never get abrogated. The the priesthood changes, the way they are enforced changes, but the rules themselves remain the same.

 

[PS95]

The Ten Commandments seem to endure. They never get abrogated. The the priesthood changes, the way they are enforced changes, but the rules themselves remain the same.

The commands were enlarged to hate being murder etc and are covered in loving one another by the Spirit. there is no need for the individual commands when love covers them.

Ro 13-8Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; for the one who loves [g]his neighbor has fulfilled the Law. 9For this, “YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY, YOU SHALL NOT MURDER, YOU SHALL NOT STEAL, YOU SHALL NOT COVET,” and if there is any other commandment, it is summed up in this saying, “YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.” 10Love [h]does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the Law.

As to the Sabbath day - also expanded- Sabbath rest is daily now when we rest from our works. Heb 4
If someone prefers to hold one day above another- that's fine and we should never judge over that, but it will not earn righteousness.
Gathering with other believers is always good any day! Even when 2 or more are gathered in his name- Jesus is there among us.
Colossians 2:16-17
Therefore let no one judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a feast, a New Moon, or a Sabbath. / These are a shadow of the things to come, but the body that casts it belongs to Christ.

Hebrews 4:9-10
There remains, then, a Sabbath rest for the people of God. / For whoever enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from His.

 

[PS95]

The Ten Commandments seem to endure. They never get abrogated. The the priesthood changes, the way they are enforced changes, but the rules themselves remain the same.

My reply to Love Yeshua was merely about the word used, "obsolete". It is obsolete. The new has come!

 

[LoveYeshua]

Yes, it is all an inward transforming work of God. It is not about the externals. Look at me how holy I am. It's look at Him how holy He is! We love Him because he first loved us!
His Spirit leads us as we go on this walk. Such Amazing grace to give us of His Spirit. We are so richly blessed to have a God who loves us and is patient with us and merciful and tender hearted.

However, I don't agree that the first covenant is not obsolete. When Jesus fulfilled it it became obsolete as the New Covenant is better. You quoted Hebrews 8 but what does it say?
Hebrews 8-
I WILL PUT MY LAWS INTO THEIR MINDS,
AND WRITE THEM ON THEIR HEARTS.
AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD,
AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE.
11“AND THEY WILL NOT TEACH, EACH ONE HIS FELLOW CITIZEN,
AND EACH ONE HIS BROTHER, SAYING, ‘KNOW THE LORD,’
FOR THEY WILL ALL KNOW ME,
FROM THE LEAST TO THE GREATEST OF THEM.
12“FOR I WILL BE MERCIFUL TOWARD THEIR WRONGDOINGS,
AND THEIR SINS I WILL NO LONGER REMEMBER.” 13When He said, “A new covenant,” He has made the first obsolete. But whatever is becoming obsolete and growing old is about to disappear.

If God in the time of Jeremiah already designated the Old Covenant as growing old and almost disappearing, I think by implication, that now, after so long a time is passed and the New Covenant has been brought in fully, the Old Covenant is already entirely abrogated. It is impossible to have both covenants in effect at once. Apostle Paul called it the "old" covenant 2000 yrs ago. -2 Cor 3:14

Agree?

Paul to my knowledge is the only one who uses obsolete, The New Covenant is considered better than the Old Covenant—it offers internal transformation, direct access to God, and lasting forgiveness. The heart of the matter is not just about external actions, but a renewed heart and spirit that desires to follow God's ways. But the laws within the covenant are the same—the ten commandments and serve as a moral compass, if we let GOD through the Holy Spirit transform us, they become part of us and we follow them without need for the letter of the law. This is what Jeremiah 31:31-34 is all about.

Blessings.

 

[PS95]

Paul to my knowledge is the only one who uses obsolete, The New Covenant is considered better than the Old Covenant—it offers internal transformation, direct access to God, and lasting forgiveness. The heart of the matter is not just about external actions, but a renewed heart and spirit that desires to follow God's ways. But the laws within the covenant are the same—the ten commandments and serve as a moral compass, if we let GOD through the Holy Spirit transform us, they become part of us and we follow them without need for the letter of the law. This is what Jeremiah 31:31-34 is all about.

Blessings.

Your answer confuses me a bit. Do you consider the writer of Hebrews- (Paul?) as mistaken there?

Yes, it is an inward renewal of that I am certain! It is not of man! It's been very obvious to me in my case- wonderful actually, difficult at times, but worth it, and I'm grateful! God's places His laws are on our hearts and shows us that love fulfills the law.
I'm not sure where we are disconnecting or if we are at all.

 

[LoveYeshua]

Your answer confuses me a bit. Do you consider the writer of Hebrews- (Paul?) as mistaken there?

Yes, it is an inward renewal of that I am certain! It is not of man! It's been very obvious to me in my case- wonderful actually, difficult at times, but worth it, and I'm grateful! God's places His laws are on our hearts and shows us that love fulfills the law.
I'm not sure where we are disconnecting or if we are at all.

why because he used the word obsolete?, Paul as you know is difficult to understand and wrote in a style made co convince and he used these words or by rephrasing concepts to attract attention. CERTAINLY PAUL MEANT THE REST OF THE LAW OF MOSES WAS OBSOLETE but never said the ten commandments, that God defined at the Covenent was onsolete, if he did it would contradict Christ who was teaching the ten commendments and theit true intended meaning and how we should keep them. Obsolete is the way to follow the commandments, the Covenant, by the letter. Instead ,the new covenant with the help of the spirit we keep them in our hearts.

 

[Dash RipRock]

The New Covenant Is The same as the Old Covenant

What animals will you be killing to cover your sins?

 

[Dash RipRock]

The new has come!

The Bible teaches the old covenant was done away with so the new covenant could be established.

Anybody where we see this statement made in God's Word?

This statement is foretold in the old covenant and it's in the new covenant

 

[LoveYeshua]

What animals will you be killing to cover your sins?

funny, you know, I know Jesus, the lamb of God, paid the price for sin for those who believe in Him and do His will.

 

[LoveYeshua]

The commands were enlarged to hate being murder etc and are covered in loving one another by the Spirit. there is no need for the individual commands when love covers them.

Ro 13-8Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; for the one who loves [g]his neighbor has fulfilled the Law. 9For this, “YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY, YOU SHALL NOT MURDER, YOU SHALL NOT STEAL, YOU SHALL NOT COVET,” and if there is any other commandment, it is summed up in this saying, “YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.” 10Love [h]does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the Law.

As to the Sabbath day - also expanded- Sabbath rest is daily now when we rest from our works. Heb 4
If someone prefers to hold one day above another- that's fine and we should never judge over that, but it will not earn righteousness.
Gathering with other believers is always good any day! Even when 2 or more are gathered in his name- Jesus is there among us.
Colossians 2:16-17
Therefore let no one judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a feast, a New Moon, or a Sabbath. / These are a shadow of the things to come, but the body that casts it belongs to Christ.

Hebrews 4:9-10
There remains, then, a Sabbath rest for the people of God. / For whoever enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from His.

Can Paul contradict Christ who said in Matthew;

16 Now behold, one came and said to Him, “Good[a] Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life?”
17 So He said to him, [b]“Why do you call Me good? [c]No one is good but One, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.”
18 He said to Him, “Which ones?”
Jesus said, “‘You shall not murder,’ ‘You shall not commit adultery,’ ‘You shall not steal,’ ‘You shall not bear false witness,’ 19 ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ ”

 

[LoveYeshua]

The Bible teaches the old covenant was done away with so the new covenant could be established.

Anybody where we see this statement made in God's Word?

This statement is foretold in the old covenant and it's in the new covenant

false the God and Jesus never thaugt the commandments ( the covenant) were done away with see
Matthew;

16 Now behold, one came and said to Him, “Good[a] Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life?”
17 So He said to him, [b]“Why do you call Me good? [c]No one is good but One, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.”
18 He said to Him, “Which ones?”
Jesus said, “‘You shall not murder,’ ‘You shall not commit adultery,’ ‘You shall not steal,’ ‘You shall not bear false witness,’ 19 ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ ”

As you see jesus not only taught the commandments but said we have to keep the commandments to have eternal life!

 

[PS95]

Can Paul contradict Christ who said in Matthew;

Of course Paul is not contradicting Jesus. Neither is James or John or Jesus Himself.
You said the Old Covenant is not obsolete. Hebrews says it is obsolete twice in one sentence.
You are not understanding this properly. I'm sorry but you are the one contradicting scripture. Can you see that?

16 Now behold, one came and said to Him, “Good[a] Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life?”
17 So He said to him, [b]“Why do you call Me good? [c]No one is good but One, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.”
18 He said to Him, “Which ones?”
Jesus said, “‘You shall not murder,’ ‘You shall not commit adultery,’ ‘You shall not steal,’ ‘You shall not bear false witness,’ 19 ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ ”

I am unsure as to why you aren't grasping what I'm saying. It could just be different way of wording the same thing.
The Lord Jesus, Paul, James and John all spoke in complete agreement.
I'm not saying that love negates the 10 commandments but I am saying that love fulfills them.
I am saying that LOVE Fulfills the LAW? YES. Why? Because that is what Jesus and the apostles taught and it is the truth. I am not speaking of a warm fuzzy love but of agape love in which Jesus demonstrated in life and death and which the Spirit of God fills our hearts with.

Jesus said-
But when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. 35And one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him: 36“Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” 37And He said to him, “‘YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.’ 38This is the great and foremost commandment. 39The second is like it, ‘YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.’ 40Upon these two commandments hang the whole Law and the Prophets.”

Matthew 7:12
In everything, then, do to others as you would have them do to you. For this is the essence of the Law and the Prophets.

John 13:34-35
A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another. / By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.”

Galatians 5:14
The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

James 2:8
If you really fulfill the royal law stated in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.


1 John 2:3-5
By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments. / If anyone says, “I know Him,” but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him. / But if anyone keeps His word, the love of God has been truly perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him:
1 John 3:23-24
And this is His commandment: that we should believe in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and we should love one another just as He commanded us. / Whoever keeps His commandments remains in God, and God in him. And by this we know that He remains in us: by the Spirit He has given us.
2 John 1:6
And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the very commandment you have heard from the beginning, that you must walk in love.
1 John 4:21
And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.

1 Cor 13 4Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, 5does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered, 6does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; 7bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Loving God and neighbor is not a new command as you know- it is very old and yet it is new. It is not just a list written in stone. It is God's love written on our hearts. Love doesn't break the 10 commandments. LOVE EXPANDS them. Instead of thinking I'm righteous since I never murdered anyone- I have hated another momentarily, have you? - Now I am inwardly convicted (not condemned) by the Holy Spirit when the thought begins to creep and in the Spirit I correct it - and love that person.
Love does not murder or HATE, or steal from another or commit adultery etc etc This love causes us to truly desire to obey God because we see it is for the good of all including ourselves. God's laws were never ABOUT HIM!! They are FOR US!
Now- that we see what agape Love truly looks like-- we all have a reason to truly love God not just follow a list of do's and don'ts- --
Jesus. It always goes back to Jesus. We love because He first loved us. If we truly love Him we will obey his commandments. Not by the flesh but in the Spirit.

I hope that made sense to you LoveYeshua. I think we are very close but not quite. I'm sure that in spirit we do agree. It's just a different way of expressing our thinking, perhaps. - Peace-

 

[Spiritual Israelite]

why because he used the word obsolete?, Paul as you know is difficult to understand and wrote in a style made co convince and he used these words or by rephrasing concepts to attract attention. CERTAINLY PAUL MEANT THE REST OF THE LAW OF MOSES WAS OBSOLETE but never said the ten commandments, that God defined at the Covenent was onsolete, if he did it would contradict Christ who was teaching the ten commendments and theit true intended meaning and how we should keep them. Obsolete is the way to follow the commandments, the Covenant, by the letter. Instead ,the new covenant with the help of the spirit we keep them in our hearts.

You can't just ignore that it says the old covenant was made obsolete. It was replaced by the new covenant that was established by the blood of Christ. The new covenant is summed up with only 2 commandments rather than with over 600 commandments like in the old covenant law of Mose. Those 2 commandments are to love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul and mind and to love your neighbor as yourself. Those 2 commandments sum up all of the law and prophets (Matthew 22:37-40). Jesus simplified everything by commanding us to love God and love others.

The new covenant is far better than the old covenant because it is all about grace and love rather than having the burden of obeying many commandments and keeping the law of Moses, which no one but Jesus could do perfectly. And if someone broke even one commandment of the law of Moses they were guilty of breaking them all (James 2:10). Keeping the law of Moses was an impossible standard, but Jesus has set us free from the curse of the law (Read Galatians 3).

 

[Spiritual Israelite]

false the God and Jesus never thaugt the commandments ( the covenant) were done away with see
Matthew;

16 Now behold, one came and said to Him, “Good[a] Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life?”
17 So He said to him, [b]“Why do you call Me good? [c]No one is good but One, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.”
18 He said to Him, “Which ones?”
Jesus said, “‘You shall not murder,’ ‘You shall not commit adultery,’ ‘You shall not steal,’ ‘You shall not bear false witness,’ 19 ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ ”

As you see jesus not only taught the commandments but said we have to keep the commandments to have eternal life!

Do you think we have to keep the commandments perfectly to have eternal life? If not, then how often do we need to keep them in order to have eternal life?

I thought we were saved by grace through faith, but now you are telling us we are saved by our works and our own righteousness instead? You might want to rethink what Jesus was saying there so that you don't contradict the other scriptures which say we are saved by grace through faith and not by works of the law or of righteousness.

What Jesus was doing there was showing that person that no one was good, including him (that person). That person thought he could earn his salvation by doing good works and asked Jesus which "good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life". He was essentially asking Jesus how he could earn eternal life, which we know cannot be done. We cannot earn our own salvation by works.

Jesus was addressing that person's faulty perspective. He was saying that in order to obtain eternal life that way, by doing good works, He would have to obey those commandments perfectly. But, Jesus knew that person could not do that. He was showing that person that he could not be saved that way. It's unbelievable that you think Jesus was telling him he could be saved that way. Not at all1 that would require sinless perfection! Do you not understand that we are saved by grace through faith and not by works?

Look at what was said right after that.

Matthew 19:20 “All these I have kept,” the young man said. “What do I still lack?”

See here how the young man realized that obeying the commandments Jesus mentioned was not enough to obtain eternal life, despite what Jesus said? He knew he was still lacking something.

Matthew 19:21 Jesus answered, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.” 22 When the young man heard this, he went away sad, because he had great wealth.

Jesus addressed the young man's faulty idea that he could earn eternal life by being good and doing good works by referring to what he knew was the young man's biggest weakness. His greed and love of material things. Jesus knew that he would not be willing to give those things up, but in order to be a Christian you have to be willing to give up everything for Him and to follow Him. That is what Jesus was teaching the young man rather than saying that he could obtain eternal life by keeping God's commandments, which is absolutely false since that would require sinless perfection.

 

[MatthewG]

It would be to abide in Christ in order to Love God and love others. That was how Jesus fulfilled the Torah, that old covenant which is wiped out (ordnances nailed to the cross), and replaced with the now spiritual abiding in Christ, from the heart to love God and love others.

In 1 John 3:23, the verse states that God's commandment is to believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and to love one another. This commandment, to both believe in Jesus and love one another, is presented as a key element of following God's will.

Thank you Yahavah, and praise to the Son of God Yeshua.

 

[Dash RipRock]

funny, you know, I know Jesus, the lamb of God, paid the price for sin for those who believe in Him and do His will.

If that were true, you would not have said "The New Covenant Is The same as the Old Covenant" which shows confusion and not knowing the New Covenant

false the God and Jesus never thaugt the commandments ( the covenant) were done away with see
Matthew;

16 Now behold, one came and said to Him, “Good[a] Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life?”
17 So He said to him, [b]“Why do you call Me good? [c]No one is good but One, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.”
18 He said to Him, “Which ones?”
Jesus said, “‘You shall not murder,’ ‘You shall not commit adultery,’ ‘You shall not steal,’ ‘You shall not bear false witness,’ 19 ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ ”

As you see jesus not only taught the commandments but said we have to keep the commandments to have eternal life!

The 10 Commandments are present in the New Covenant under the Law of Christ, with the one day Saturday sabbath now being our entire lives abiding In Christ and abiding in the Lord is our rest and peace.


Did you not know the Lord came to take away the old covenant in order to establish the New Covenant?

Hebrews 10:9 - Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second. (God said He would make a New Covenant - see Jeremiah 31:31-34)

Hebrews 8:6 - But now hath Jesus obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also Jesus is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.

And with the changing of the priesthood, God’s Word tells us there is also a change of the law.

Hebrews 7:12 - For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.


Did you not know believers under the New Covenant are to live under the Law of Christ and not the law of Moses?

God’s people are no longer living under the Law of Moses. Now God’s people are living under the Law of Christ (also called the law of liberty, law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus – see Galatians 6:2, 1 Corinthians 9:21, James 2:12, James 1:25, Romans 8:2)

Galatians 6:2 - Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

1 Corinthians 9:21 - To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.

James 2:12 - So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.

James 1:25 - But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.

Romans 8:1,2 - Romans 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.

As you see jesus not only taught the commandments but said we have to keep the commandments to have eternal life!

And yet, the Lord tells us in Hebrews 10:9 that He came to do away with the old covenant and replace it with the New Covenant.