Now, why would anyone today pledge any form of allegiance to a law that God Himself described as “the ministry of death,” “the ministry of condemnation,” and “that which is passing away?” Long story short, no one can please God today by attempting to keep the Decalogue or the Law of Moses. Jesus nailed it all to the cross that all men might be reconciled in one body, (Eph 2:14-18), the church (Eph 1:22-23). God’s only power to save men today is found in the gospel of Christ (Rom 1:16). The gospel must be preached, believed, and obeyed for men to have eternal life (Rom 10:13-18).
WHAT WAS REMOVED? (Colossians 2:14) A. A variety of translations 1. The certificate of debt consisting of decrees (NASB) 2. The handwriting of requirements (NKJV) 3. The bond written in ordinances (ASV) 4. The written code, with its regulations (NIV) 5. The literal translation is “handwriting in the laws” B. Similar passages 1. Ephesians 2:14-16 - Christ abolished the law of commandments contained in ordinances. a. The word “dogma” appears here as “ordinances” as well as in Colossians 2:14 as “decrees” 2. II Corinthians 3:7-18 a. The letters engraved on stone whose glory was fading away b. Hence, the apostles were ministers of a new covenant - II Corinthians 3:5-6 c. The old covenant was read with a veil - II Corinthians 3:14 d. But not so with the new. e. Did that covenant include the 10 commandments? - Deuteronomy 4:12-13; 5:1-5, 22 3. Hebrews 8:13 - By using the word “new,” the implication is that the “old” has outlasted its usefulness.
MINISTRY OF DEATH WRITTEN AND ENGRAVED ON STONES 2 Corinthians 3 I’m unsure how anyone could read today’s text and have any desire whatsoever to place himself under the Decalogue, for Paul identifies it as “the ministry of death, written and engraved on stones” (v 7). While the Decalogue was glorious, Paul says the “ministry of the Spirit,” (which is written, “not on tablets of stone, but on tablets of flesh, that is, of the heart” v 3), will be “more glorious” (v 8). In verse 9, Paul identifies the Decalogue as “the ministry of condemnation.” Contrasting it with “the ministry of righteousness” (i.e., the gospel), Paul says though the former may be glorious, the latter “exceeds much more in glory.” Furthermore, Paul says that the glory of the latter so far exceeds the former so as to cause the former to have no glory at all by comparison. Finally, Paul describes the Decalogue as “passing away,” contrasting it with what remains, he says the latter is “much more glorious (v 11, cf Heb 8:7-13).
I appreciate you taking the time out to make such a detailed response. However, I honestly must say that that response is contrary to scripture as said plainly on The Beatitudes of the Holy Bible found in Matthew 5:17-18 in Jesus’s plain words when He said “Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.” King James Version of the New Testament. And if God changes not, neither will His Law. God bless you nonetheless, my Brother. Take care.
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Now, why would anyone today pledge any form of allegiance to a law that God Himself described as “the ministry of death,” “the ministry of condemnation,” and “that which is passing away?”
Long story short, no one can please God today by attempting to keep the Decalogue or the Law of Moses. Jesus nailed it all to the cross that all men might be reconciled in one body, (Eph 2:14-18), the church (Eph 1:22-23).
God’s only power to save men today is found in the gospel of Christ (Rom 1:16). The gospel must be preached, believed, and obeyed for men to have eternal life (Rom 10:13-18).
WHAT WAS REMOVED? (Colossians 2:14)
A. A variety of translations
1. The certificate of debt consisting of decrees (NASB)
2. The handwriting of requirements (NKJV)
3. The bond written in ordinances (ASV)
4. The written code, with its regulations (NIV)
5. The literal translation is “handwriting in the laws”
B. Similar passages
1. Ephesians 2:14-16 - Christ abolished the law of commandments contained in ordinances.
a. The word “dogma” appears here as “ordinances” as well as in Colossians 2:14 as “decrees”
2. II Corinthians 3:7-18
a. The letters engraved on stone whose glory was fading away
b. Hence, the apostles were ministers of a new covenant - II Corinthians 3:5-6
c. The old covenant was read with a veil - II Corinthians 3:14
d. But not so with the new.
e. Did that covenant include the 10 commandments? - Deuteronomy 4:12-13; 5:1-5, 22
3. Hebrews 8:13 - By using the word “new,” the implication is that the “old” has outlasted its usefulness.
MINISTRY OF DEATH WRITTEN AND ENGRAVED ON STONES
2 Corinthians 3
I’m unsure how anyone could read today’s text and have any desire whatsoever to place himself under the Decalogue, for Paul identifies it as “the ministry of death, written and engraved on stones” (v 7). While the Decalogue was glorious, Paul says the “ministry of the Spirit,” (which is written, “not on tablets of stone, but on tablets of flesh, that is, of the heart” v 3), will be “more glorious” (v 8).
In verse 9, Paul identifies the Decalogue as “the ministry of condemnation.” Contrasting it with “the ministry of righteousness” (i.e., the gospel), Paul says though the former may be glorious, the latter “exceeds much more in glory.” Furthermore, Paul says that the glory of the latter so far exceeds the former so as to cause the former to have no glory at all by comparison.
Finally, Paul describes the Decalogue as “passing away,” contrasting it with what remains, he says the latter is “much more glorious (v 11, cf Heb 8:7-13).
I appreciate you taking the time out to make such a detailed response. However, I honestly must say that that response is contrary to scripture as said plainly on The Beatitudes of the Holy Bible found in Matthew 5:17-18 in Jesus’s plain words when He said “Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.” King James Version of the New Testament. And if God changes not, neither will His Law. God bless you nonetheless, my Brother. Take care.