• Genesis 1: Laws for patriarchs
    • Genesis 3:3; 6:14; 18:9
  • Exodus 20: Law of Moses for Israel (Old Covenant)
    • Deuteronomy 5:1
    • Matthew 5:17
    • Galatians 3:16, 19, 24 – The old law led up to Christ.
  • Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel: Laws for Gentiles
    • Isaiah 13:1; 14:29; 15:1; 18:1; 21:11, 13 – messages for various nations
  • Jews: Acts 2, Gentiles: Acts 10: Laws of Christ for all (New Covenant)
    • Hebrews 1:1
    • Galatians 3:28
  • Are Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John part of the Old Covenant?
    • Jesus lived under the Old Covenant.
      • Galatians 4:4; Matthew 5:17-18
    • Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John: Taught the New Covenant
    • Acts 2: Law of Christ (New Covenant)
    • But Jesus introduced the New Covenant that would soon take effect.
      • Jesus proclaimed the kingdom which was “at hand.”
        • Matthew 4:17, 23
        • Matthew 5:3, 10
        • Matthew 16:18, 28
        • Luke 16:16-17
        • Luke 17:14
      • Jesus introduced new truths not found in the Old Covenant.
        • Matthew 26:26-29 – institution of the Lord’s Supper
        • John 4:20-21 – Jerusalem would no longer be important.
        • John 2:15
        • John 3:3 – being born again
      • The words of Jesus before the cross were still binding after the cross.
        • I Corinthians 11:23-26
        • Colossians 1:13
        • I Timothy 6:3-4 – Teaching must conform to what Jesus taught.
      • So what?
        • Galatians 5:3-4
        • Marriage, divorce, and remarriage passages – Matthew 5:19; Mark 10; Luke 16
        • Hebrews 1:1-2; 2:3