RE: Do this and God will reveal himself to You.

[rusticman1]

Exodus 31:18 "And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God."

The ten commandments were written by the finger of God not Moses. The Mosaic law and the Law of God are two completely separate laws.

Matthew 22:37-40 are copied from the Old testament
37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

38 This is the first and great commandment.

39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

Deuteronomy 64-9
4 Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord:

5 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.

6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:

7 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.

9 And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.

Leviticus 19:18King James Version (KJV)

18 Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the Lord.

As you can see Jesus was only repeating his Law during his ministry. Therefore we can gather that at no point did he change his law. But as you can see he made a way for us to follow it by being totally dependent on him.

Comments

[garthfreeman]

Well, you are correct about the Ten Commandments being singled out as written with the finger of God. I forgot about that one, but I still say you are missing the point.

All of those laws were given to the Jews. All of them. They never were given to Gentiles, and they were never intended to last forever. This is why the New Testament authors and Jesus simply called them all "The Law." The entire sacrificial system, Sabbaths, festivals, and all the rest of it.

There is a new Covenant, and the Old has been made obsolete: Heb 8:13

In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.

The New Covenant is better: 8:6

But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.

Jesus is the new High Priest so there is a New Law: 7:11-12

If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchizedek, and not be called after the order of Aaron? For the priesthood being changed; there is made of necessity a change also of the law.

The Ten Commandments are the old Covenant: Ex 34:28

And he (Moses) was there with the Lord for forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, not drink water. And he wrote upon the tables----- the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments.

Responding to the scriptures you quote:

Matthew 22: Jesus is indeed quoting the Old Testament. He is God, and as God changes not, we should not be surprised to see Him reinforce His Commands to His Covenant people, the Jews, to whom Jesus was speaking.
Jesus is constantly chastising the Scribes and Pharisees for following the letter of the Law and missing the heart of it. Here he points it out again.

Deuteronomy 64-9: Hear oh Who??? Oh yeah, Israel. Do you write the ten commandments on your head?

Jesus did indeed change His Law, and I gave you the scriptures. John 13:34

A -------New Commandment----- I give unto you, That you love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

[rusticman1]

Leviticus 19:18 is the verse Jesus is repeating. Love your neighbor as your self. That is your law that you hold on too and you should because it testifies of the second tablet of stone written by the finger of God. The greatest commandment testifies of the first tablet of stone written by the finger of God.

We are in agreement more than you know. I just believe God’s Law is still the standard we strive to hit but we need God to hit the mark.

[garthfreeman]

You know, I am aware of how much we agree. Otherwise, I wouldn't waste my time discussing these things. I appreciate that we can have a discussion like this in a good natured way. I just believe that God's law is the Law of Christ, and not the Mosaic Covenant. God may have written the Ten Commandments with His finger, but He gave the New Covenant Laws with His mouth. Either way, we sure can't hope to live up to either without Jesus.