It was mostly in response to this statement:
There is a distinction in Scripture which shows we have to be careful what is in view, the Word of God or the Covenant.
We can divorce ourselves completely from the Covenant of Law because we have been brought under the New Covenant in salvation in Christ.
That does not mean that the intent of the Law is divorced from our understanding because that is precisely what Paul is speaking about when he speaks about Gentiles performing the "works" of the Law without actually having the Law, or being in Covenantal relationship with God through that Covenant.
It was not called the Law of Christ and while we know He is the Author we also have to keep in mind that the Messiah was promised and that there is a specific time in History when God manifested in human flesh and established the New Covenant. What I feel is also important that I think many miss is the fact that the Gospel was not revealed to men in understandable fashion until the Comforter came. With this in mind we understand that while ultimately it is the Law of Christ, we do not forget that Christ gave specific commands and revealed the Law of God in a way which was not understood before.
In other words, while loving our neighbor was taught, the full understanding would be that everyone we come into contact with is our neighbor, and that we are commanded to actually love all, even as God Himself does.
And it is the establishing of the New Covenant which held promise of the eternal indwelling of God Himself through which we can in fact walk in His statutes and keep His judgments, as we now have the mind of Christ.
Perhaps a simpler way to put it is that the heart of the Old Testament Saint should not be compared to the heart we have been given, another promise of God to Israel, which for them remained promise only. We cannot impose the reception of promise before it is actually given, or in other words, it remained promised until established.
God bless.
