![An open Bible laying on a table.](/sites/default/files/public/styles/fp_widescreen_768x432/public/image/article/2011/02/02/does-new-covenant-abolish-gods-laws-liberty.jpg.webp?h=6e5c14dc&itok=0IeSUB4V "Those who internalize His laws, allowing them to be "written" into their hearts and minds, will receive eternal life.")
Today's democratic system of government in Western nations is based on liberty that is both defined and guaranteed by law
When God confirmed the Sinai Covenant with ancient Israel, He summarized how He wanted the people to respond.
Eternal life comes as a result of God's grace. It is His gift, unearned and undeserved on our part.
The religious authorities who accused Jesus Christ of breaking the Sabbath have been described as having a legalistic approach. But
Did Jesus replace God's previous commandments with just this one new commandment?
The popular belief that the New Covenant abolishes God's law reflects a misunderstanding of both covenants.
Consider for a moment the penalty that each of us brought on ourselves by sin.
Perhaps the most widespread controversies about the teachings of Jesus concern His attitude toward the laws of God recorded in
Some people believe that the early Church's decision in Acts 15 freed Christians from the need to obey the laws
![A person holding a Bible.](/sites/default/files/public/styles/fp_widescreen_768x432/public/image/article/2011/02/02/does-new-covenant-abolish-gods-laws-paul-christ-end-law.jpg.webp?h=39343d5b&itok=gNMbQduE "Paul uses telos in Romans 10:4 to convey that the objective or goal of the law—the "aim or purpose" of it—is to point us to the mind and character of Jesus Christ.")
Jesus Christ, the living Word of God, is a perfect replica of what God's law teaches. Pointing us to His
The book of Acts is a key historical record of what the early Church believed and practiced.
In many Bible versions it can be difficult to tell when a New Testament writer is quoting from the Old
By the time of Jesus and Paul, some Jewish religious leaders had distorted the focus of God's law.
One of the most misguided conceptions of the New Covenant is the idea that through it Jesus Christ canceled obedience
What prompted David to make his enthusiastic statement, “Oh, how I love your law”?
It's that time again for an annual analysis and assessment. That's when many observers look back to yesteryear—and also peer
Test your knowledge from what you learned in Lesson 4 - Why Does God Allow Suffering?
Many people assume from Colossians 2:16-17 that Paul is saying that God's laws about the Sabbath, Holy Days and clean
Paul warned the Christian gentiles in Colosse against misguided human philosophy, not against the need to keep God's law.
![A stack of books.](/sites/default/files/public/styles/fp_widescreen_768x432/public/image/article/2011/02/01/does-new-covenant-abolish-gods-laws-calendar-used-gentile-christians.jpg.webp?h=78b19cac&itok=gdwU3Cin ""The portrait of Paul and Christian communities in the book of Acts demonstrates that the Christians adhered to the Jewish calendar"")
The following quote from a book by Dr. Troy Martin, professor of Religious Studies at Chicago's Saint Xavier University, on
Paul explains in Colossians that God's weekly Sabbath day and sacred festivals are a shadow of things to come.
The inadequate and misleading translation of a passage in Colossians 2 in some Bible versions is often used to support
Almost immediately after the Roman armies destroyed the city of Jerusalem and its temple in A.D. 70, intense prejudice against
Both internal and historical evidence indicates that Paul was in prison when he wrote his epistles to the Ephesians and
