THE TEN GOD'S COMMANDMENTS

First four commandments speak about the way of expression of our love toward God, and the other six about our love toward other people.

SPIRIT AND SENSE
OF THE LAW

Has Jesus changed the sense of God's commandments?

RELATION BETWEEN
THE MORAL LAW AND
THE LAW OF JUSTICE

There is a difference between the law of God's justice, which speaks about punishment for the sin ("An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth") and God's moral law which speaks nothing about justice (punishment) but about the righteousness (motives) of human heart ("Do not say I will revenge for evil", "Love your enemies").

RELATION BETWEEN
THE MORAL AND
THE CEREMONIAL LAW

Today many Christians, tryng to justify their sinful and fanatical life, contest the demands of the moral law, by attributing to it the features of the ceremonial law, which is abolished on the cross of Calvary.

ARE THE
TEN COMMANDMENTS
STILL VALID?

Many Christians believe that from Moses to Christ God led his chosen people to the heavy burden of legalism and fanaticism (justification by the works). God of their mind had crisis of character in the Old Testament period. They do not understand the function of God's Law, because they are not moved by real love, which the Law demands of them.

FUNCTION OF
THE MORAL LAW

Different attitudes towards the Law between Pharisee and Tax Collector resulted in dramatical differences as concerns their salvation.