Why when people ask Christians about the law and new testament...?

Question

Just say what's on their mind and admit they are talking about Sabbath worship?

Of all the commandments that's the one the legalist love to nitpick about.

Answer 1

1. The law is no longer in effect... NONE OF IT.

Ephesians 2:15 Through his body on the cross, Christ put an end to the law with all its commands and rules. He wanted to create one new group of people out of the two. He wanted to make peace between them.

Colossians 2:14 He wiped out the written Law with its rules. The Law was against us. It opposed us. He took it away and nailed it to the cross.

Galatians 2:16 ...No one can be made right with God by obeying the law.

Galatians 2:21 ...What if a person could become right with God by obeying the law? Then Christ died for nothing!

Galatians 5:4 Some of you are trying to be made right with God by obeying the law. You have been separated from Christ. You have fallen away from God’s grace... The ONLY verse that talks about falling from grace, and they did it by trying to follow the law!

Jesus said he didn’t come to destroy the law, but to fulfill it. (Matt 5:17) The effect was the same. Once fulfilled it was no longer in effect. The very next verse, Matthew 5:18, looks forward to the time when the law would be set aside. "...Not even the smallest stroke of a pen will disappear from the Law UNTIL EVERYTHING IS COMPLETED."

On the cross, Jesus' last recorded saying, "It is finished," is an important milestone. Because of Jesus life, Satan had been defeated. The law was finished and would no longer stand between God and mankind.

The 10 commandments along with the rest of the law ("commands and rules" from Ephesians 2:15) were "set aside" when they were fulfilled or completed at Jesus' resurrection. We are no longer bound by that law.

2. Sabbath worship? "Worship" WAS NOT part of the Sabbath observance included in the law. There was no "assembly" commanded in the law. The Sabbath "assembly" grew out of the captivity period when the Jews were not able to go to the Tabernacle/Temple to present their sacrifices to God.

Answer 2

If you are picking at nits you want to hide that fact under another guise to sound a bit more righteous of course.

That said sabbath worship is not the only argument hidden in the deep waters of the law versus new covenant discussions.

Stick with the basic and work your way out from there - Love your God, Love your neighbor. What you eat, what you wear, the music you enjoy, and the color of the new carpet wont affect your eternity in a big way.

Answer 3

First of all, they get it confused when Jesus said he came to fulfill the law. "The law" was simply a term used to refer to the Old Testament as a collective, as opposed to the Torah, the law of moses contained in Genesis- Deut. Jesus was referring to the prophecies of his life, death, and ressurection, contained throughout the law, or the Old Testament. Also, read what Paul had to say about the law throughout his writings; it can be quite confusing, but if you really want to understand it God will help you.

Answer 4

I'm not sure what you're asking, but Christ fulfilled the Law, and gave a new Testament based on grace, rather than law. Now, instead of a law we can never keep, we have the unmerited favor of God, if we accept it, through Jesus Christ.