Throughout history, we humans have been trying to “become more Godly” through rigid discipline, controlled behavior, strict legalism, and an abundance of commandments. In fact, there approximately 1663 commandments found in the Bible, (613 in the OT and 1,050 in the NT).

Although most contemporary preachers/pastors would agree that most of the 613 commandments found in the Torah are now obsolete, we still struggle with how to deal with the 1,050 found in the NT: “How many of them are relevant to us today?” “Were some of them written only to specific churches and, therefore, not for us?”

We seem to be divided into 3 camps on this issue, or a blending of them:

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Will Sharples

Rage Ministries