THE LAW OF MOSES OR THE LAW OF GOD, GOD'S LAW?

Law of Moses or God’s Law?

The Ten Commandments were never referred to as the law of Moses, but rather the law of God. First, understand this! The law of Moses consisted of (1) the civil laws, which were statutes and judgments that Moses relayed to the people from God, recorded in Exodus 21-23 and in the remaining books of the law, and (2) the ritualistic laws (or Greek: ergon) that were added later, summarized in Hebrews 9:10. They were ordinances regulating the job of the tribe of Levi in temple service, sacrifices (Leviticus 1-7) and associated functions. The word ergon means “works,” as in the “works of the law” (such as in Galatians 2:16). This refers to the labor involving the Levitical rituals that were abolished by Christ’s sacrifice.

The Ten Commandments were already in force long before they were officially given to Israel at Mount Sinai and this will be demonstrated. In fact, these commandments have existed since the creation of man. The Ten Commandments were never part of the law of Moses (addressed more fully later in the chapter) or the Levitical sacrificial system. The civil laws and sacrifices were based on God’s commands, which constitute the core of His laws. Thus, the Ten Commandments precede and transcend any and every lesser law or practice based upon them—statutes, judgments, precepts, and ordinances.

The Ten Commandments are God’s spiritual laws (Rom. 7:12, 14). They are just as active as the physical laws of gravity and inertia. Just as breaking physical laws results in physical consequences, breaking spiritual laws results in spiritual consequences.

THE LAW OF GOD (THE 10 COMMANDMENTS)

Written by God on stone
EXO. 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.
EXO. 32:16 And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.


THE LAW OF MOSES
Written by Moses in a book
2 CHRON. 35:12 And they removed the burnt offerings, that they might give according to the divisions of the families of the people, to offer unto the LORD, as it is written in the book of Moses. And so did they with the oxen.


THE LAW OF GOD (THE 10 COMMANDMENTS)
Placed inside the ark
EXO. 40:20 And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark:

HE LAW OF MOSES
Placed in the side of the ark
DEUT. 31:26 Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee.

THE LAW OF MOSES
Called "the law of Moses"
LUKE 2:22 And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord.

THE LAW OF GOD (THE 10 COMMANDMENTS)
Called "the Law of the Lord"
ISA. 5:24 Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

THE LAW OF MOSES
Called "Law contained in ordinances"
EPH. 2:15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace.


THE LAW OF GOD (THE 10 COMMANDMENTS)
Called "the Royal law"
JAMES 2:8 If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:

THE LAW OF MOSES
Ended at the stake
EPH. 2:15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace.


THE LAW OF GOD (THE 10 COMMANDMENTS)
Will stand forever
LUKE 16:17 And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.



THE LAW OF MOSES
Added because of sin
GAL. 3:19 Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.



THE LAW OF GOD (THE 10 COMMANDMENTS)
Points out sin
ROM. 7:7 What shall we say then? is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
ROM. 3:20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.



THE LAW OF MOSES
Contrary to us, against us
COL. 2:14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his stake.



THE LAW OF GOD (THE 10 COMMANDMENTS)
Not grievous
1 JOHN 5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.


THE LAW OF MOSES
Judges no man
COL. 2:14-16 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his stake; And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it. Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:



THE LAW OF GOD (THE 10 COMMANDMENTS)
Judges all men

JAM. 2:10-12 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law. So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.



THE LAW OF MOSES
Carnal
HEB. 7:16 Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.



THE LAW OF GOD (THE 10 COMMANDMENTS)
Spiritual
ROM. 7:14 For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.



THE LAW OF MOSES
Made nothing perfect
HEB. 7:19 For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.


THE LAW OF GOD (THE 10 COMMANDMENTS)
Perfect
PSALMS 19:7 The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple


The Moral Law
(The Ten Commandments)
1. First spoken by God Himself. Exodus 20:1,22.   
2. Written by God’s finger. Exodus 31:18; 32:16.
3. First written on stones. Exodus 31:18.
4. Handed by God its writer to Moses. Exodus 31:18.
5. Deposited by Moses “in the ark.” Deuteronomy 10:5.
6. Deals with moral precepts. Exodus 20:3-17.
7. Reveals sin. Romans 7:7.
8. Breaking of “the law” is “sin.” 1 John 3:4.
9. Should “keep the whole law.” James 2:10.
10. Because we “shall be judged” by this law. James 2:12.
11. The Christian who keeps this law is “blessed in his deed.” James 1:25.
12. “The perfect law of liberty.” James 1:25. (Cf. James 2:12)
13. Paul said, “I delight in the law of God.” Romans 7:22. (Cf. verse 7)
14. Established by faith in Christ. Romans 3:31.
15. Christ was to “magnify the law and make it honorable.” Isaiah 42:21.

The Ceremonial Law
(A temporary Jewish law)
1. Spoken by Moses. Exodus 24:3.
2. Written by Moses. Exodus 24:4; Deuteronomy 31:9.
3. In a book. Exodus 24:3, 7; Deuteronomy 31:24.
4. Handed by Moses its writer to Levites. Deuteronomy 31:25-26.
5. Deposited by the Levites “by the side of the ark.” Deuteronomy 31:26,.
6. Deals with ceremonial, ritual matters.
(See parts of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy).
7. Prescribes offerings for sins. (See Parts of Leviticus)...(until the Seed...Galatians 3:19; def of 'sin'..1 JOHN 3:4)
8. No sin in breaking, for now “abolished.” Ephesians 2:15.
(Where no law is, there is no transgression. Romans 4:15)
9. Apostles gave “no such commandment” to “keep the law.” Acts 15:24.
10. Not to be judged by it. Colossians 2:16.
11. The Christian who keeps this law is not blessed.
(See for example, Galatians 5:1-6)
12. The Christian who keeps this law loses his liberty. Galatians 5:1, 3.
13. Paul called this law a “yoke of bondage.”
Galatians 5:1; Galatians 4:3, 9. (See Acts 15:10)
14. Abolished by Christ. Ephesians 2:15.
15. Blotted “out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us.” Colossians 2:14.

Sabbath of the Lord
1.Spoken by God personally
(Exodus 20:1, 8-11)
2.Written in stone by God Himself
(Exodus 31:18)
3.Put inside the Ark of the Covenant
(Deuteronomy 10:5)
4.Was made at creation
(Genesis 2:1-3)
5.Was established before sin
(Genesis 2:1-3)
6.Breaking the Sabbath is sin
(1 John 3:4)
7.It is a law of love
(Matthew 22:35-40, Isaiah 58:13-14)
8.It is a law of liberty (freedom)
(James 1:25, 2:10-12)
9.The Sabbath is for everyone
(Mark 2:27, Hebrews 4:9-10)
10.God calls it MY Sabbath
(Exodus 31:13, Ezekiel 20:20)
11.The Sabbath is eternal
(Exodus 31:16-17, Isaiah 66:22-23)

Ceremonial Sabbaths
1.Spoken by Moses
(Exodus 24:3)
2.Written by Moses hand on paper
(Exodus 24:4)
3.Stored on the outside of the Ark
(Deuteronomy 31:26)
4.Were made after Sinai
(Exodus 20:24)
5.Were established after sin
(Exodus 20:24)
6.These were kept because of sin
(until the Seed...Galatians 3:19; def of 'sin'..1 JOHN 3:4; see parts of Leviticus)
7.They were not love
(Colossians 2:14, Galatians 4:9-10)
8.They were bondage
(Galatians 4:9-10, Colossians 2:14)
9.Only for the children of Israel & Jews
(until the Seed...Galatians 3:19..before the 'door' was opened to the Gentile too)
10.God calls them HER sabbaths
(Hosea 2:11, Lamentations 1:7)
11.Were nailed to the stake
(Colossians 2:14, Ephesians 2:15)

I know that WHATEVER GOD DOES, IT SHALL BE FOREVER. Nothing can be added to it, And nothing taken from it. God does it, that men should fear before Him. (Ecclesiastes 3:14)

Did not your fathers do thus, and did not our God bring all this disaster on us and on this city? Yet YOU BRING ADDED WRATH ON ISRAEL BY PROFANING THE SABBATH." (Nehemiah 13:18 NKJ)

An altar of earth you shall make for Me, and you shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your oxen. IN EVERY PLACE WHERE I RECORD MY NAME I WILL COME TO YOU, AND I WILL BLESS YOU. (Exodus 20:24 NKJ)

then he shall make atonement for the Holy Sanctuary,  and he shall make atonement for the tabernacle of meeting and for the altar, and HE SHALL MAKE ATONEMENT FOR THE PRIESTS AND FOR ALL THE PEOPLE OF THE ASSEMBLY. (Leviticus 16:33 NKJ)

And they shall come from the cities of Judah and from the places around Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin and from the lowland, from the mountains and from the South, bringing burnt offerings and sacrifices, grain offerings and incense, BRINGING SACRIFICES OF PRAISE TO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD. (Jeremiah 17:26 NKJ)

you also, as living stones, are being built up A SPIRITUAL HOUSE, a holy priesthood, to OFFER UP SPIRITUAL SACRIFICES ACCEPTABLE TO GOD THROUGH JESUS CHRIST. (1 Peter 2:5 NKJ)