Has the Law of Yahweh Been Abolished

Has the Law of Yahweh Been Abolished?

by Matthew Janzen

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The New Covenant

Have you ever wondered what the New Covenant actually is? If you are a follower of Christ, you no doubt accept the fact that the Bible places us under the New Covenant age. The strange thing is that Bible believers do not often ask themselves what the definition of the New Covenant is.

The Bible itself tells us in Hebrews 8:8-12 that the New Covenant is the law of the Creator written upon the hearts and minds of His people. Yes, that law that you’ve probably heard has been done away with and nailed to the cross of Christ. You have probably also been told that this law is against us and contrary to us, and that Christ came to destroy the law so we wouldn’t have to be under a burden any longer. Ask yourself this: if the Father’s law is written on the hearts and minds of people under the New Covenant, how could it be a burden to us and against us? Quite the contrary is the case. The Bible tells us that the law is not grievous (1 John 5:3) and that it is holy, just and good (Romans 7:14).

“Where there is no vision the people perish, but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.”

[Proverbs 29:18]

The Old Covenant

We are also told in the Old Covenant that the law brought liberty (Psalm 119:45), wisdom (Psalm 119:98), and peace (Psalm 119:165). Yahweh did not bring His people Israel out of the land of Egypt, the house of bondage, to bring them into further bondage by giving them the law. No, He gave them the law upon Mount Sinai to lead them in the way which they should live. It would govern them individually as well as nationally, that is, if they chose to teach and practice it as a people.

“For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is a light.”

[Proverbs 6:23]

The Law is Applicable

Several New Covenant passages in the Bible reveal to us that the Christian is to be governed by the law.

Romans 2:13 — For not the hearers of the law are just before (the) Almighty, but the doers of the law shall be justified.

Romans 3:31 — Do we then make void the law through faith, (the) Almighty forbid, yea we establish the law.

1 Corinthians 9:8 — Say I these things as a man, or saith not the law the same also?

James 1:25 — But whose looketh into the perfect law of liberty… being… a doer of the work… shall be blessed in his deed.

1 John 2:3 — And hereby we do know that we know him if we keep his commandments.

Revelation 22:14 — Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.

What Has Happened?

The New Covenant makes it abundantly clear that a Biblical law must be observed by the believer in Christ. The problem with so many is that this seems incompatible with what they have been taught concerning Christ himself. While most Bible believers have thought that Christ came to destroy the law, he actually said that he did not (Matthew 5:17). People think that Christ broke the law, but he neither broke the law, nor taught others to do so (Matthew 5:19; John 15:10). Our Savior actually condemned those who exalted their own traditions above his Father’s law (Matthew 15:1-9). He said that in order for us to enter the kingdom of heaven we must do his Father’s will (Matthew 7:21), and the will of his Father is found in none other than the law of his Father.

“It is time for thee, Yahweh, to work; for they have made void Thy law.”

[Psalm 119:26]

The coming of the promised Messiah was for the purpose of removing the guilt of sin and the punishment of death for violation of the holy law of the Father. Christ did perfectly what not a one of us could do. He is the means by which a man is justified or declared righteous and innocent in the sight of the Creator (Romans 4:25; Acts 13:38). Seeing that all men have sinned and fall short of the glory of the Almighty (Romans 3:23) there had to be a way for man to obtain eternal peace with the Heavenly Father. This peace is made possible by the blood of His dear Son. 1 John 4:9-10 tells us, “In this was manifested the love of (the) Almighty toward us, because that (the) Almighty sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. Herein is love, not that we loved (the) Almighty, but that He loved us, and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.” It is through the Son of the Father that our sins our forgiven, but what are our sins? 1 John 3:4 tells us that sin is the transgression of the law, and 1 John 3:5 tells us that there is no sin in the Son of the Father, and that he was manifested to take away our sins. This means he was manifested to take away our transgressions of the law, once again proving the law to be perfect revelation of a perfect Creator. It is so holy that a sinless man, the only begotten of the Father, had to come, keep it perfectly, and die in our place to give us eternal life.

Conclusion

There is much more to say concerning this awesome topic, but you must realize that Christ did not come to tell us it is now permissible to steal, commit adultery, theft, murder, covetousness, blasphemy, Sabbath breaking, etc. He rather came to pay the penalty for our sins, and show us the proper way to serve the Father. He is the way (John 14:6) and we must follow Him if we say we abide in Him (1 John 2:6). If we truly follow Him, we will obey the law that He himself kept perfectly.