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The purpose of the barbarity of crucifixion was to act as a deterrent, so the Romans wanted to make sure that everyone knew what someone was being crucified, which is why they would nail a handwritten ordinance to their cross that announce what they had been charged with. In Matthew 27:37, they...

According to Deuteronomy 27-28, relying on the Mosaic Law is the way to be blessed while not relying on it is the way to be cursed, so Galatians 3:10 should not be interpreted as Paul quoting from those chapters in order to support a point that is arguing against them by saying that relying on...

The God of Israel gave instructions to the Israelites for how to know, love, worship, believe in, and testify about Him, so anyone who wants to do those things should voluntarily follow those instructions regardless of their contractual obligations. Furthermore, those instructions were given to...

In Matthew 4:15-23, Christ began his ministry with the Gospel message to repent for the Kingdom of God is at hand, which was a light to the Gentiles, and the Mosaic Law was how his audience knew what sin is (Romans 3:20), so repenting from our disobedience to it is a central part of the Gospel...

God's righteousness is eternal (Psalms 119:142), therefore all of God's righteous laws are also eternal (Psalms 119:160). The way to act in accordance with God's righteousness is straightforwardly based on His righteousness, not on a particular covenant, so any instructions that God has ever...

Our salvation, justification, and sanctification all have past, present, and future aspects, so we have been saved from the penalty of our sins (Ephesians 2:5) we are being saved from continuing to live in sin (Philippians 2:12), and we will be saved from God's wrath on the day of the Lord...