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(ii) God's Law Is Not Done Away:

The Ten Commandments, which are holy and spiritual, were given unto mankind by God and are the foundation for all of His law. The two greatest commandments, 1) to love God with all of your heart, soul, and mind and, 2) to love your neighbor as yourself, encompass all of God's law, both great and small. Though God had Moses write down all of His laws, they were in existence since the creation of Adam and Eve. Jesus Christ taught that no one is to think He came to do away with the law or abolish it. On the contrary, Jesus fulfilled the law of God by bringing it to a higher standard and appropriating the sacrifices and priesthood unto Himself. In the New Covenant, obedience to all of God's laws physically and spiritually is essential to keep you from sinning again.

Isaiah 42:21 - AFV

21.   The LORD is well pleased for His righteousness sake; He will magnify the law (which is what He did in Matthew 5, 6, & 7) and make it glorious. (not abolishing it).

Matthew 5:17-20 - AFV

17.   Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish, but to fulfill (to fill to the full).
18.   For truly I say to you, until the heaven and the earth shall pass away, one jot or one tittle shall in no way pass from the Law until everything has been fulfilled.
19.   Therefore, whoever shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever shall practice and teach them, this one shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
20.   For I say to you, unless your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, there is no way that you shall enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 22:34-40 - AFV

34.   But after the Pharisees heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, they came together before Him.
35.   And one of them, a doctor of the law, questioned Him, tempting Him, and saying,
36.   "Master, which commandment is the great commandment in the Law?"
37.   And Jesus said to him, " 'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.'
38.   This is the first and greatest commandment;
39.   And the second one is like it: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'
40.   On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets."

Romans 5:12-14 - AFV

12.   Therefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and by means of sin came death; and in this way, death passed into all mankind; and it is for this reason that all have sinned.
13.   (For before the law, sin was in the world. However, sin is not imputed when law does not exist;
14.   Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam until Moses, even upon those who had not sinned in the likeness of the transgression of Adam, who was a type of the One Who was to come.