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South Africa once had a very racist law on the books - the "Immorality Act". This law forbade whites from engaging in intimate relations with non-whites simply on the basis of race and many people were sent to prison for violating it. Eventually, the law was done away with and since the government deemed the law so exceedingly reprehensible, they decided that since it was now abolished, those imprisoned by it were free to go. "Where there is no law, there is no transgression" (Romans 4:15 KJV).
So, what about God's law?
Since "all have sinned and have come short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23 KJV) and "sin is the transgression of the law" (1 John 3:4 KJV), God's law condemns every one of us for having violated it. So, wouldn't the easiest thing for God to do is just abolish His Law instead of having to give His precious dear Son to die? Think about it. If God would have just abolished His Law, we would no longer stand guilty of breaking it, and Jesus wouldn't have had to die to redeem us from the penalty of it, right or wrong?
The greatest evidence that the Ten Commandments "stand fast forever and ever" is that Jesus would not abolish His own Law to save His own life. He not only went to the Cross for those who violated God's Law, but told us "if any man shall break any one of these least commandments and teach men so, the same shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven" (which doesn't mean these "least" will eventually make it up there - it means those up there look upon these "least" down here as such). It will never be right to steal, lie, commit adultery, embrace idolatry, etc. - no, not now nor ever.
The only consideration that remains is this: either we wrongly esteem the Ten Commandments "grievous" (1 John 5:3 KJV) and search out a means to get around them (such as the OSAS License to Sin) or gladly agree with Solomon "he that keepeth the law, happy is he" (Proverbs 29:18 KJV).
So, what about God's law?
Since "all have sinned and have come short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23 KJV) and "sin is the transgression of the law" (1 John 3:4 KJV), God's law condemns every one of us for having violated it. So, wouldn't the easiest thing for God to do is just abolish His Law instead of having to give His precious dear Son to die? Think about it. If God would have just abolished His Law, we would no longer stand guilty of breaking it, and Jesus wouldn't have had to die to redeem us from the penalty of it, right or wrong?
The greatest evidence that the Ten Commandments "stand fast forever and ever" is that Jesus would not abolish His own Law to save His own life. He not only went to the Cross for those who violated God's Law, but told us "if any man shall break any one of these least commandments and teach men so, the same shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven" (which doesn't mean these "least" will eventually make it up there - it means those up there look upon these "least" down here as such). It will never be right to steal, lie, commit adultery, embrace idolatry, etc. - no, not now nor ever.
The only consideration that remains is this: either we wrongly esteem the Ten Commandments "grievous" (1 John 5:3 KJV) and search out a means to get around them (such as the OSAS License to Sin) or gladly agree with Solomon "he that keepeth the law, happy is he" (Proverbs 29:18 KJV).