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Will The 10 Commandents Budge?
I saw an interesting sign on the way to a gospel meeting one night. In front of a denominational church building a sign read, "The 10 commandments, they will not budge." This raises an interesting point; let us see what the Lord has said.
In the book of II Corinthians we read what Paul said on this point. In ch.3:7-11, "But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away: How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious? For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory. For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth. For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious." Now does this sound like the 10 commandments budged or not? All the Old Testament law, including the 10 commandments was done away, and has given way to a more glorious testament in Christ, the ministration of life. Someone will ask, "Does mean we can kill or steal, because we are not under the 10 commandments?" No, for the law of Christ says we can’t, Eph.4:28, Rm.13:9. We could say, "The ministration of righteousness, It will not budge." Yes, it is fundamentally important that we see the difference between the old testament and the new testament A failure to the rightly divide the word of God will create all sorts of contradictions and problems in Biblical understanding.
