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If righteousness (Gal 2:21) and redemption came by the Law then only Jews could ever be saved, for Gentiles were never under it prior to its annulling (Heb 7:18, 19; 8:7; 10:9). Until all the Law would be “fulfilled” it could not “pass” (Mat 5:18), thus its passing came when Christ fulfilled, or, finished it (Rom 10:4). Remember, it is Christ’s words that “shall not pass away” (Mat 24:35), not the Mosaic Law!
As even the Baptist Confession of Faith section 19 admits - the Ten Commandment moral-law the LAW of God (that defines what sin is) was never annulled.
In fact under the NEW Covenant says the "LAW is written on the heart" Jer 31:31-33
And we both know this is true.
What is more Paul says this of the same LAW that condemns all the world as sinners in Romans 3:19-20... "Do we then make void the LAW of God by our faith? God forbid! In fact we ESTABLISH the LAW"
So then in Eph 6:2 Paul makes direct appeal to the TEN Commandments in his call for obedience to the LAW.
In Romans 8:4-10 Paul says the lost "do not and can not submit to the LAW of God" by contrast to the saints
The Confession doesn't admit it-- it proclaims it!
The whole of the Bible should bother you, but let that pass.
Of course the moral law of God still remains (1 Corinthians 9:21), but as the 1689 Confession (Art. XIX:6) makes plain it no longer condemns the Christian (Romans 6:14) who has passed from death to life. It is his delight to keep it (Psalm 40:8); indeed, it is written on his heart (Hebrews 8:10).
Now then, why are you so desperate to discuss anything except Colossians 2?
this clarification that God's Ten Commandments remain - as the moral law of God written on the heart under the NEW covenant (All TEN) is key to understanding Col 2.
Col 2 is not about deleting scripture - it is about condemning the traditions and commandments of men.
Romans 3:19-20 all are accountable before God.
Col 2 - "our certificate of debt" was nailed to the cross -- our debt of sin. That was the whole point.
13 When you were dead in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our transgressions, 14 having canceled out the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us; and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.
What decrees are in our "certificate of debt" ? Answer Romans 6:23 "The wages of sin is death"
It is not the moral law of God that is deleted at the cross - it is our debt of sin that is being paid -- the "certificate of debt".
And what is being condemned in Col 2 - is "man made tradition" and "making stuff up".
Col 2
4 I tell you this so
that no one may deceive you by fine-sounding arguments.
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See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces of this world rather than on Christ.
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16 Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day. 17
These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ. 18 Do not let anyone who
delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you. Such a person also goes into great detail about what they have seen; they are
puffed up with idle notions by their unspiritual mind.
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20 Since you died with Christ to the elemental spiritual forces of this world, why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its rules: 21 “Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!”? 22 These rules, which have to do with things that are all destined to perish with use,
are based on merely human commands and teachings. 23 Such regulations indeed have an
appearance of wisdom, with their self-imposed worship, their false humility and their harsh treatment of the body, but they lack any value in restraining sensual indulgence.
NASB
18 Let no one
keep defrauding you of your prize by delighting in self-abasement and the worship of the angels, taking his stand on visions he has seen, inflated without cause by his fleshly mind, 19 and not holding fast to the head, from whom the entire body, being supplied and held together by the joints and ligaments, grows with a growth which is from God.
20 If you have died with Christ to the elementary principles of the world, why, as if you were living in the world, do you submit yourself to decrees, such as, 21 “Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!” 22 (which all
refer to things destined to perish with use)—
in accordance with the commandments and teachings of men? 23 These are matters which have, to be sure, the appearance of wisdom in self-made religion and self-abasement and severe treatment of the body,
but are of no value against fleshly indulgence.
