Does Jesus Nullify the 10 Commandments?
by Sandy (a.k.a. Whereyaheadin)

Does Jesus nullify the 10 Commandments?

No, but they were "fulfilled" through Christ for us.

    God gave the Law through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. (John 1:17)

Jesus gave a 'new' commandment in John 13:34-35:

    (34) And now I give you a new commandment: love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.
    (35) If you have love for one another, then everyone will know that you are my disciples."

Then Paul explains this new commandment further in Romans 13:8-10:

    (8) Owe no man anything, but to love one another: for he that loves another "has fulfilled the law".
    (9) For this, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not kill, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness, You shall not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is summed up in this saying, namely, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
    (10) Love works no ill to his neighbor: therefore love "is" the "fulfilling" of the law.

We teach the message of the good news and that is Christ has paid the price for sin [for ALL] and it is no longer an issue. For the Father laid all sin for all mankind on His Son.

The teaching of the law only brings condemnation but the teaching of grace and truth brings life and freedom so that we can walk in the dominion and authority that has been given to us by and through His Son alone, which is walking in the Spirit. All else is walking in the Flesh.

The only 'sin' [unbelief] that will take a person into eternal damnation is not believing in the one whom God sent.

John 6:28-29:

    (28) Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?
    (29) Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that you believe "on him whom he has sent".

Jesus also said, refering to the work of the Holy Spirit, [our comforter, our teacher] in John 16:8-11:

    (8) And when he comes, he will prove to the people of the world that they are wrong about sin and about what is right and about God's judgment.
    (9) They are wrong about sin, because "they do not believe in me";
    (10) they are wrong about what is right, because I am going to the Father and you will not see me any more;
    (11) and they are wrong about judgment, because the ruler of this world has already been judged.

For those who still live and teach under the law, Jesus told them and still teaches today...

John 5:39-47:

    (39) You study the Scriptures, because you think that in them you will find eternal life. And these very Scriptures speak about me!
    (40) Yet you are not willing to come to me in order to have life.
    (41) "I am not looking for human praise.
    (42) But I know what kind of people you are, and I know that you have no love for God in your hearts.
    (43) I have come with my Father's authority, but you have not received me; when, however, someone comes with his own authority, you will receive him.
    (44) You like to receive praise from one another, but you do not try to win praise from the one who alone is God; how, then, can you believe me?

Then He says to them [the unbeliever who does not believe in Christ]:

    (45) Do not think, however, that I am the one who will accuse you to my Father. Moses, in whom you have put your hope, is the very one who will accuse you.
    (46) If you had really believed Moses, you would have believed me, because he wrote about me.
    (47) But since you do not believe what he wrote, how can you believe what I say?"


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