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[Note: <\/strong>This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles-3<\/strong> page.]<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 None who have lived since Jesus Christ died on the cross have been responsible for any of the commands of the Old Testament. That body of religious law was \u201cnailed to the cross\u201d with Christ (Col. 2:14). \u00a0Christ took away the first (covenant) that He may establish the second (Heb. 10:9\u201310). Mankind has been discharged or released from the Law of Moses, including the Ten Commandments, through Christ (Rom. 7:1\u20137). Men no longer live under that old law of bondage (Gal. 5:1), but under Christ\u2019s \u201cperfect law of liberty,\u201d by which we will be judged (Jam. 1:25; 2:12). This being true, it necessarily follows that we are not held responsible for the Ten Commandments or any other part of the Law of Moses.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It also follows that we cannot resort to the Old Testament for our religious authority in the church. <\/strong>Whatever we do, in word or deed, must be done \u201cin the name of the Lord Jesus,\u201d not in the name of Moses (Col. 3:17). The prepositional phrase, \u201cin the name of,\u201d in this passage, literally means, \u201cby the authority of.\u201d It is frequently used to remind our forgetful nature that what we do in religion must be authorized by Christ (e.g., Acts 2:38; 9:27; 16:48; 18:18; 1 Cor. 5:4, etc.). Men must no longer look to Moses or the prophets for their religious authority, but to Christ (Mat. 17:3\u20135). God spoke to men through the Old Testament prophets in ages past, but with the coming of Christ, He became God\u2019s spokesman, being given all authority (Heb. 2:1\u20132; Mat. 18:18). Christ speaks to us through His Word, which is the New<\/strong> Testament, not the Old. Despite such plain statements of the Truth, men persist in reverting to the Old Testament for religious authority. Some seek God\u2019s plan of salvation in Old Testament examples, such as the thief on the cross.\u00a0 \u201cInfant baptism\u201d is compared to Old Testament circumcision. Instrumental music in worship is excused on the grounds that it was practiced in the Old Testament. All such cases ignore a most vital Bible teaching: The authority of the Old Testament died with Christ!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n [Note:<\/strong>\u00a0I wrote this article for, and it was published in the \u201cBible Thoughts\u201d Column for the Hood County News<\/em>, Granbury, Texas, November 13, 1977.]<\/span><\/p>\n Attribution:<\/strong> From thescripturecache.com<\/em>; Dub McClish, owner and administrator.<\/span><\/p>\n \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Views: 1[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles-3 page.] \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 None who have lived since Jesus Christ died on the cross have been responsible for any of the commands of the Old Testament. That body of religious law was \u201cnailed…<\/p>\n