Services
Sunday A. M. Bible Study -
Sunday A. M. Worship -
Sunday P. M. Worship -
Wednesday Evening Bible Study -
Address
700 Mill Street
Mt. Vernon, Indiana 47620
Gospel Plan of Salvation
Hear -
Believe -
Repent -
Confess -
Be baptized -
Live faithfully -
Most people believe we should keep the ten commandments today. But what does the Bible say? Let it answer! The ten commandments were given to the Israelites on Mt. Sinai after they left Egypt (Deuteronomy 4:13; 9:9-
The command to observe the Sabbath (the 4th commandment) had never been given before Mt. Sinai (Nehemiah 9:13-
Jeremiah 31:31-
Jeremiah 31:31-
The ten commandments were part and parcel of the Old Testament and have not been binding since Jesus died on the cross nearly 2,000 years ago. Christ at that time gave a better covenant which was established upon better promises (Hebrews 8:6). Jeremiah 31:31-
What happened to the Old Testament? The New Testament tells us! Notice these verses from Hebrews. "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" (8:13). "For there is verily a DISANNULLING of the commandment going before for the WEAKNESS and UNPROFITABLENESS thereof (7:12). "For the law having a SHADOW of good things to come, and not the very image of the things..." (10:1). "He TAKETH AWAY the first, that he may establish the second" (10:9). "There is made of necessity a CHANGE also of the law" (7:12). In Colossians 2:14 we read, "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 cross." "Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But after that faith is come, we are NO LONGER UNDER a schoolmaster" (Galatians 3:24-
WHEN did all this take place? The Old was taken away and the New ushered in when Jesus sealed it with his shed blood on calvary. "And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament...For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth" (Hebrews 9:15-
What then was the purpose of the Old? "It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come..." (Galatians 3:19). The "seed" is Christ (Galatians 3:16). The Old was only given to keep the nation of Israel "in check" until Christ came. Having come and fulfilled it, he took it out of the way and gave a new law. All men today live under the new, not the old. Are you obeying it? Read Hebrews 11:6, Acts 2:38, Romans 10:10, Mark 16:16.
Garland Robinson, Seek The Old Paths -