Does the Bible refer to the Law in a manner that indicates division of it into two parts?

Question

Jehovah's Witnesses (JW’s) say no and quote Matthew 5:27-28 and Exodus 20:14 (the 7th-Commandment). Illogical? Yes, because the 7th-Commandment constitutes the rule of law against adultery. Moreover, the Seventh Commandment is separate from Matthew 5, which refers to the physical law of divorce. According to Deut. 24:1, divorce comes from a CODE of physical laws; whereas, the Ten Commandments are sole a spiritual law (Romans 7:14), which Deut. 6:5 summarizes in the first four commandments as love towards God. Sadly, JW’s fail to understand that Matthew 5:27-28 refers to the divorce part written by Moses, which Jehovah ordered be placed at the SIDE of the ark (Deut. 31:26). Whereas, Exodus 20:14 refers to Adultery written by the finger of God on two tables of stone, which Jehovah ordered to be placed IN the arc--not the side. (Deut. 10:2) The manner indicates a division of two parts; one written by man verse the other written by God. Question: do I speak the truth?

Answer 1

Jesus spoke quite explicitly about the written Scriptures and the oral traditions. Bible students today also see a clear difference between the so-called "Torah" (the written Hebrew Scriptures, or "Old Testament") and oral works which became the Mishnah and Talmud.

(Matthew 4:4) [Jesus] said: “It is written, ‘Man must live, not on bread alone, but on every utterance coming forth through Jehovah’s mouth.’”

(Deuteronomy 8:3) Not by bread alone does man live but by every expression of Jehovah’s mouth does man live.


Clearly, Jesus respected the written Scriptures and taught respect for them. By comparison, note the disdain with which Jesus referred to the oral traditions:

(Matthew 5:43-44) You heard that it was said, ‘You must love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 44 However, I say to you: Continue to love you enemies and to pray for those persecuting you;

(Matthew 15:6-9) . . .And so you have made the word of God invalid because of your tradition. 7 You hypocrites, Isaiah aptly prophesied about you, when he said, 8 ‘This people honors me with their lips, yet their heart is far removed from me. 9 It is in vain that they keep worshiping me, because they teach commands of men as doctrines.’”

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Answer 2

Rom 7:6But now we have been released from the Law, having died to that by which we were bound, so that we serve in newness of the [a]Spirit and not in oldness of the letter.

7What shall we say then? Is the Law sin? May it never be! On the contrary, I would not have come to know sin except through the Law; for I would not have known about coveting if the Law had not said, "YOU SHALL NOT COVET."

There is no separation, we have been released from the Law, Rom. ch. 7 shows that the 10 Commandants were part of the law that was done away with.

Having said that, Jesus and the Apostles have restated many of the 10 Commandants, and those requotes are binding on Christians.

If you still insist that we are under the 10 Words,

How do you have no other God's before Jehovah?

Which sabbath do you keep?

How about Hebrews ch. 4?

Answer 3

Christians are under the "law of Christ" now, not under the Mosaic Law. The Law of Christ still ask Christians to love God and neighbor. The Law is not divided into 2 parts. Romas 6 states that Christians are discharged from the Law.

Was it only the laws other than the Ten Commandments that the Jews were discharged from? No, for Paul goes on to say: “Really I would not have come to know sin if it had not been for the Law; and, for example, I would not have known covetousness if the Law had not said: ‘You must not covet.’” (Romans 7:6, 7; Exodus 20:17) Since “You must not covet” is the last one of the Ten Commandments,, it follows that the Israelites were discharged from the Ten Commandments also.
That's why Col 4:8-11 is written also to those who want to go back to the Law.

Answer 4

There are two sets of laws. One set is the Mosaic law, governing the children of Israel. In it the sanctuary service points toward the coming Messiah, who will be the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. This law was spoken to Moses during the 40 days that he was in the Mountain with God. Moses wrote the law down and placed it in the side of the ark.

The 10 Commandments were written by the finger of God on tablets of stone and placed in the ark. This law, called the Royal Law by James, is a transcript of the character of God, for God is love. The first four commandments speak of God's rights under the law. The last six commandments speak of the rights of humans under the law. This law is the one that Jesus spoke of when He said that he had not come to change the law, and that not one jot or tittle would pass from the law. Although Christians are not under the curse of the law, that being condemnation for breaking the law, and subsequent death, they are expected to keep the law out of allegiance to the lawgiver, God.

Paul states in Colossians 2 that it was the hand written ordinances that were nailed to the cross. The 10 commandments were written by the finger of God, not the hand of man. Because the hand written law pointed forward to Christ, there was no need for that law to continue after the real Lamb of God had come. Thus, it was abolished at the cross. The 10 commandments, on the other hand were elevated after the cross by being placed in out hearts instead of just on tables of stone. In this was they are kept out of love for our Redeemer, not a means to earn salvation.

Answer 5

the 1st 4 Commandments talk with our relationship with GOD and the final six talk with the relationship we've with one yet another. study the ten heavily and you will see this of course. The regulation of love IS the ten Commandments. JESUS replaced into quoting the OT whilst HE suggested those commandments.