{"id":13873,"date":"2024-03-13T17:54:29","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T12:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/13\/does-the-law-of-moses-matter-for-christians-today\/"},"modified":"2024-03-13T17:54:29","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T12:24:29","slug":"does-the-law-of-moses-matter-for-christians-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/13\/does-the-law-of-moses-matter-for-christians-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Does the Law of Moses Matter for Christians Today?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div class=\"video\">\n<div class=\"graphic alt-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Does the Law of Moses Matter for Christians Today? (Jason DeRouchie)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/932MEJaABo0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<h2>Instruction through the Lens of Christ<\/h2>\n<p>Moses matters for Christians, and yet he spoke in a context that\u2019s very different from our own. The old covenant is not the covenant we\u2019re under. We are under the new covenant. So all of Moses\u2019s instruction matters but only through the person of Christ. That is, none of Moses\u2014none of the laws\u2014are directly binding and guiding for Christians, but all of Moses\u2019s laws guide and direct us through the person of Christ.<\/p>\n<p>We have to consider how Jesus actually fulfills the law in order to understand how particular laws apply to us. Sometimes Jesus\u2019s fulfilling of Moses\u2019s law means that he maintains that law in much the same form that it looked like before. \u201cDon\u2019t commit adultery\u201d stays \u201cDon\u2019t commit adultery.\u201d It&#8217;s a maintaining of the law through Jesus\u2019s fulfillment. But other laws get transformed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product-placement list-item clear\">\n<div class=\"product-placement-image\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crossway.org\/books\/delighting-in-the-old-testament-hcj\/\"><\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.crossway.org\/studio-files\/media\/29c6bc9283d7ba02cf2139f3a03449c8651a1325.jpg\" alt=\"Delighting in the Old Testament\"\/><\/p>\n<p>    <\/a>\n  <\/div>\n<div class=\"post-excerpt\">\n<h3>\n          <em><\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crossway.org\/authors\/jason-derouchie\/\">Jason S. DeRouchie<\/a><\/p>\n<p>          <\/em><br \/>\n        <\/h3>\n<p class=\"copy-excerpt\">With a firm grasp of the progress of salvation history, this accessible guide helps Christians interpret the Old Testament, see how it testifies to Jesus, believe that Jesus secured every divine promise, and understand how Moses\u2019s law still matters.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cKeep the Sabbath.\u201d Jesus ultimately comes, fulfilling the Sabbath. Six days plus one, six days plus one\u2014that\u2019s how Israel lived. They lived for the goal of seeing Sabbath rest realized not only for themselves but also for the whole world, just like it was at the original creation. Jesus comes as Israel and fulfills the Sabbath. He brings the rest to all who are in him. He declares himself the Lord of the Sabbath and he says, \u201cCome unto me all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.\u201d And in Jesus that rest is realized, not just one day a week but seven days a week.<\/p>\n<p>And we gather often on Sunday because that was the definitive day that Sabbath went public, that rest became realized. So Jesus transforms the Sabbath, not that we\u2019re keeping the Sabbath one day a week (we gather for worship one day a week) but to remind ourselves what he has given us seven days a week. The law has transformed.<\/p>\n<p>And then we get laws like \u201cDon\u2019t eat pork,&#8221; and then we have &#8220;Delight in your bacon as victory food.&#8221; He annuls other types of laws. So Jesus maintains, he transforms, and he annuls. And so we need to consider at every stage and with every single law\u2014when we\u2019re asking, How does Moses matter for us?\u2014we ask it in light of what the New Testament clarifies about Jesus\u2019s person and work. And then we take the essence of what the law was pointed to and we apply it in a new redemptive context this side of Jesus.<\/p>\n<p><em>Jason S. DeRouchie is the author of<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crossway.org\/books\/delighting-in-the-old-testament-hcj\/\">Delighting in the Old Testament: Through Christ and for Christ<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"clear\"\/>\n<div class=\"blog-post-author clear\">\n<p>          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/static.crossway.org\/authors\/small\/2369.jpg\" alt=\"Jason S. DeRouchie\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p><strong>Jason S. DeRouchie <\/strong>(PhD, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is Research Professor of Old Testament and Biblical Theology at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary\u00a0and Spurgeon College. He is also a content developer and global trainer for Hands to the Plow Ministries.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<hr class=\"clear\"\/>\n<h2>Related Articles<\/h2>\n<div class=\"thumbnails clear\">\n<article class=\"post list-item\">\n<section class=\"post-excerpt right\">\n<p>\n        <strong><br \/>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crossway.org\/articles\/what-did-moses-see-when-he-saw-the-back-of-god\/\"><br \/>\n            What Did Moses See When He Saw the \u201cBack\u201d of God?<br \/>\n          <\/a><br \/>\n        <\/strong>\n      <\/p>\n<p>\n      <em><\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crossway.org\/authors\/vern-sheridan-poythress\/\">Vern S. 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