Is Obedience to the Ten Commandments Necessary?

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Many assume that obedience to the Ten Commandments is not necessary today. Is this assumption biblical? Do true Christians need to keep the commandments? Jesus Christ came to magnify the law. During His ministry He enlarged God’s law. Jesus Himself kept God’s commandments and then told us to follow in His footsteps. If Christ set this example, why do those who claim to follow Him feel it isn’t necessary to keep the law?

Human beings would rather do almost anything else than surrender to God—human nature rebels at the thought of submitting to God’s law. That is why men have substituted their own laws, customs and traditions in place of God’s commandments, thinking they can still receive salvation by merely believing in Christ as their Savior.

What most don’t realize, however, is that God’s law liberates man from unhappiness, pain and suffering. God lives completely in accordance with His law of love at all times! And God has ordained that we all must learn to live by His law of love if we are to inherit the gift of eternal life.

On this episode of the Trumpet Daily, we explain why Christ did not come to do away with the law.