Saturday, December 10, 2011

Are Christians under the Law of Moses?


The popularity of the "Jewish Roots" movement brings up an important question: Are Christians under the Law of Moses?

The answer is clearly NO. However, this does not mean that we are under no law. We are under the law of Christ:

to those who are without law, as without law, though not being without the law of God but under the law of Christ 1 Cor 9:21

Bear one another's burdens, and thereby fulfill the law of Christ. Gal 6:2

You see, this is the mistake that the Gentile Church makes, to say that we are no longer under the law. The correct statement is that we are no longer under the law OF MOSES. As Messiah, Jesus completed the law of Moses (Matt 5:17) and changed the priesthood from Levitical to Melchizidekian and where there is a change of priethood there must be a change of law (Heb 7:12).

Paul showed that one may voluntarily put himself back under the law of Moses in Acts 21. Nothing wrong with this as "the Law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good" Rom 7:12. However, the law of Moses is optional today--we are under the law of Christ.