I HAVE BEEN TOLD GOD COMMANDS CHRISTIANS TODAY TO OBSERVE THE JEWISH PASSOVER. IS THAT TRUE?

A short blog with a short answer....No Christians Do Not. 

New Covenant Christians have the sacrifice and shed blood of Jesus Christ as their passover. It was done once for all by the Son of God on the cross. All you need to do is accept Him as your savior, be baptized in the name of the Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit, and you will receive  the Holy Spirit.  Salvation is through Grace and Faith in Christ, not through laws.

Christ fulfilled and ended the requirements of the Old Covenant completely  (Colossians 2:14, Ephesians 2:15).  Jesus explained what He did in Luke 24:44 to His disciples after His crucifixion and resurrection from the dead. In this He explains what he told them earlier in Matthew 5:17-18, that He came not to destroy the Law and the Prophets, but to Fulfill them, which He did. In Matthew 11:13 Christ also explained that the Law and the Prophets were only prophecy until John the Baptist, until, not afterward.

There is no requirement to keep the Old Testament Festivals or any of the other commandments contained in statutes and ordinances  including the upcoming Passover and Days  of Unleavened Bread.

Today the fulfillment of the Commandments of our Lord is the Christian requirement. He commanded us to, "Love one another as I have Loved You." John 15:10 " If you keep My commandments you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father's commandments and abide in His love."

His Father's commandments that he kept  and the ones that He commanded us to keep are not entirely the same. They are different as He says.  In verse 12 Christ gives us His commandments, "that you love one another as I have loved you." Christ repeats the same commandment in verse 17. 

Christ gave the commandment to us in John 13:43, 14:15,21. "He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me." said Jesus. 

What about a communion service with the symbols of the new covenant recorded in Luke 22, Matthew 26 and Mark 14 with the bread and wine? Once a year or several times, as long as bread and wine are taken in a reverent manner as a memorial of Christs sacrifice. Only in I Corinthians 11:26 is any frequency attached to this ritual of remembrance, and Paul simply states, "For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup you proclaim the Lord's death till He comes. And the occasion is not the Lords Supper being recorded in this passage, only a potluck type meal in this church that experienced a degree of disharmony.

With the Passover being fulfilled on the 15th of Nissan with Christ's death on the cross there is no longer a  reason to observe this event in an old covenant fashion while under the new covenant. Christ was the end of the Law of Moses, the end of the old covenant (Romans 10:4). The date and ritual became obsolete. Heb 8:13, "He has made the first obsolete.

In the New Covenant we fulfill the Whole Law by Loving your neighbor as your self.

However, If you think that is easy, think again. Christ's command not only included treating others as you want to be treated, but goes far beyond that....Christ died for you and for me.

Many in The UCG Ministry Flee- But None Pursue! "The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion." Proverbs 28:1

Dear Fellow Believers,

Many of you are confused and upset as to WHY there is another fracture in the Church, Now in the United Church of God...I am not. And it is NOT Satan's Doing as many think!

That is what I have personally prayed and argued with God and Christ about for nearly nine months now. I have been away from church, not on vacation, but asking Fervently that Christ would deal with the FALSE MINISTRY that teach you false doctrines and that places a Yoke on YOUR NECKS that none can bear (Acts 15;10, read whole chapter). The Apostle Peter said it is "Testing God" to do so. The very reason the UCGIA spends millions of your illegally collected tithes and sees... NO GROWTH! Christ has no part in it's efforts! Just like Flurry, Meredith, Pack, and the other Armstrongite churches.....DEAD! Maybe you are seeking the same answers as me.

Here is the Litmus test...You Shall Know them by their fruits!

ASK THIS Question, "Are the FRUITS, The SIGNS that are promised to follow The Church of God evident in the UCG?"

Christ tells you what signs you must see if it His church....do you? Here they are:

Read Mark 16:15,

15And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

16He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.

17And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;

18They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.

19So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.

20And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.

Do you see these signs in any Armstrongite organization? Absolutely NOT. That should tell you all you need to know. 
Please...WAKE UP AND HAVE THE VEIL TAKEN AWAY NOW WHILE IT IS STILL TODAY!

Proverbs 28:1,   ¹The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.

Now God is sending a Angel to pursue many UCG Ministers, they are fleeing while looking over their shoulders to see “No ONE PURSUING THEM!” Thank GOD, maybe He has finally had enough!The rest are next!        THE LIES MUST END HERE AND NOW!
Become acquainted with the definition of the word Blasphemy, because that describes what Armstrong's flawed theology caused US ALL to do. Look up the word for yourself, memorize it! Then rid it from your souls!

I hope the results of my intense eight month day and night study of the new covenant that I have undertaken will help you, who I love, to realize that Armstrong was flat out WRONG in his core doctrine. His teachings actually cut you off from Christ AND Salvation. They blaspheme the very teachings of Christ and the Apostles. This is found in those scriptures the Ambassador Trained Ministry AVOID TEACHING YOU!

Questions they don't want turned in for Bible Study! Many of the Pastors already believe what I write but won't preach the truth because they would get fired and loose their pay checks. I know this FIRST-HAND FROM the lips of some current and former pastors! Not hear-say!
Please read the letter I wrote to all of you titled: "Why is there Turmoil in the Church? Again!
Find it here: http://thetruedoctrineofchrist.blogspot.com/p/letter-to disciples.html
My book covering this in great detail will be out in a few more months to PROVE what I am claiming, (NOT TO BE SOLD.)I have NO AGENDA, NO FOLLOWING, NOT PROMOTING ANY CHURCH, NOT ASKING FOR ANYTHING FROM ANYONE. This is purely a labor of LOVE promoting ONLY The True Doctrine of Christ exactly as the New Testament instructs and the True Church of God obeyed. History records it.

Let God lift the VEIL from your eyes as he did me, after I accepted Salvation exactly as God has offered it to us, Through Grace, by Faith in Christ ONLY. NO WORKS OF THE LAW ARE ALLOWED! Gal 3-5. Read every word for your self! Then you must allow Christ to cleanse your soul of the intensly SELF-RIGHTEOUS ATTITUDE THAT PERMEATES THE ENTIRETY OF ARMSTRONGISM.

That is the First step I took by admitting.."I WAS WRONG!" That was the most painful time in My entire life, Then everything became crystal clear! Like a new dawn.

The spiritual blindness of Armstrong's theology resulted because we had NOT accepted the True Doctrine of Christ. Armstrong never presented it to his followers, he did not understand. Here is what the Apostle Paul teaches that removes the veil of blindness:

2 Corinthians 3: ( Whole Chapter)

1Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you?

2Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men:

3Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.

4And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward:

5Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;

6Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.

7But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:

8How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?

9For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.

10For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth.

11For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious.

12Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:

13And not as Moses, which put a veil over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:

14But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ.

15But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart.

16Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.

17Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

18But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

If I told you about the Astounding miracle that God performed right in front of My eyes when I asked him to verify that I was on the right track most of you could not accept it. Most of you have had your FAITH  DESTROYED by Armstrongism!  You think God no longer performs miracles in this age...WRONG! The rest would probably say it was from Satan.
Maybe one day when all is better and faith is restored to YOU, I will tell that story. Just know that the POWER AND STRENGTH AND CONVICTION in my WRITINGS COME FROM THE FACT THAT -
                              I NOW KNOW EXACTLY WHAT..

The True Doctrine of Christ IS, And what it IS NOT!

                IT IS TIME TO GET TO WORK!
In Christ's Love, Your servant,
Michael D. Maynard

The True Doctrine of Christ Foundation:
Under Construction for study papers and literature downloads:www.thetruedoctrineofchrist.org

What Does "Beware of Wolves Mean" in the Bible?

Yesterday I was looking at the label on one of my suit slacks that needed laundering and it read, “WORSTED WOOL, DRY CLEAN ONLY,” Lately I have been looking for ways to cut expenses with the slow economy so I thought I would try washing them in my washing machine  with mild detergent on the gentle Cycle. I read somewhere this would do no harm and I could save a few bucks. Of course, unless I ruined them in the process. 

Then I started to meditate. While the washer was filling with water getting ready for the brief wash-rinse- spin cycle, a thought occurred to me, more of a question. Why had I always looked for Wool Suits, especially Worsted Wool when I shopped for a suit?

As a business person I wear suits frequently for meetings. The ones I own are all wool, most are Worsted wool because it is known for it’s smoothness and durability. Wool suits cost more to buy than suits made from synthetic fabrics, but why had I purchased the more expensive Wool Suits?

The reason. Herbert W. Armstrong said I should, so I did. I grew up in the World Wide Church of God and Herbert frequently lectured the membership on personal finances. He taught,  “We should buy the best that we could afford.” The additional cost is worth it, he reasoned,  because in the long run you get more for your money. This is true in many cases, I would agree with him, in the case of wool suits, they do last longer. He wore fine wool suits, then so would I.

With the wash cycle under way, related Bible verses started percolating in my head...one in particular in Matthew 7:15, “Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. That wasn’t quite what I was searching for , maybe it was a  Proverb that I remembered, something Solomon had to say about it...THEN IT HIT ME!

I HAD TO CHUCKLE AT THE IRONY, HOW HAD I MISSED IT UNTIL NOW?

FALSE PROPHET, and Pastor (Shepherd) General of the WCG, Herbert Armstrong, had dominated my family life, religious life, personal life for 45 years drawing me into believing a blasphemous FALSE DOCTRINE OF CHRIST. Ironically, there he was again, in my mind, at the podium, preaching at me. But now portrayed as a RAVENING WOLF, Dressed LITERALLY in SHEEP’S CLOTHING,  A CUSTOM  TAILORED WOOL SUIT! He was the Matt. 7:15 “RAVENING WOLF” devouring me figuratively and literally. Stealing money and hours of my life that God had blessed me with, and doing it while preaching attired in dark blue, pin striped, SHEEP’S CLOTHING. Herbert often boasted that  his suits were custom made by his own tailor. SO THE FLEECE HE WORE WAS NO ORDINARY FLEECE, THE  FLEECE THAT HE WORE WAS SPECIAL FLEECE, IT WAS SPECIAL ALRIGHT. IT WAS MINE!

With a soft chiming I was pulled back from my meditation to the reality of the moment, The spin cycle had ended, my slacks came out fine, so I saved a few dollars and learned a valuable lesson from my past that I could share.


Thank God some of us got away from Armstrongism  with just a close shave, others did not, many still have not.   I reach out to  those sheep still being fleeced. Stay Alert, hear, and know the voice of the true Shepherd, Jesus Christ.

Knowing The True Doctrine of Christ is the ONLY way to know whether you are following the true Shepherd, Jesus Christ, or just another Ravenous Wolf in Sheep's Clothing,
                                                                     The Pin Striped Kind.

UCG member on sabbatical writing a book on Law and Grace to Begin UCG Doctrinal Shift, Just Another ShiningLight Blog Hoax!

Michael Maynard , Publisher of this blog is the "Prime Suspect." James REALLY! Fact Check before you publish, Please.


  
A misleading commentary titled, Watch For: The New Direction, appeared in The Shining Light Blog February 26, 2011 in response to a personal and private email message I sent to James Malm, the writer and publisher of the Blog. He asked that I keep his response confidential, which I did. Subsequently I became an unwitting subject and by-product of James’ korah-rupt  keyboard, lumped into the heap of carnage spewed daily from the SLB writer - though being in good company  with  many other devout  Christians who have come into James’ cross hairs. Those unwashed, miserable, blind fools who may hold to different modes of worship of the one true God and his Son who James claims to know (about) who have been ridiculed, slandered, mocked, and libeled.
As such, I thought it imprudent and irresponsible to form any decent response and pointless to clear my otherwise respectable name and defend my documented and sincere writings. But....I just can’t resist, so against better judgment here I go...
 

First here is what James Malm  wrote directed at me (The Red Letters are Not Christ speaking but James’ misleading rhetoric):

“This is what happened in the WCG with the Tkach era and it is what is now happening in the UCG.  In May there will be another Conference and election: WATCH the direction that is takn after that.  The fruits should become clear by the fall Feast.
 
I received a message from a man in the UCG, who is now taking a sabbatical to write a book on Law and Grace in preparation for the coming changes. His Blog is an excellent placce to see the subtlty of the new take on the Covenants, and Law and Grace; that are slowly being inserted into the UCG.

Michael Mynard’s Blog  will put right before  your eyes in a  nutshell; what will be done subtly over many months in the UCG. His web site is now under construction.  By all means look through this Blog and its pages to see the subtle errors. See how he says that the sons of the King are “above the law” subtly twisting a scripture on the temple tax to somehow include all the law.  Be sure to notice how many “New Age” quotes and translations he uses.

Read through this Blog and then take a listen to the New Covenant series of audios by Robin Webber.  Look for the subtlities, the inferences, the allusions and the little twists, as he uses a six or seven part series to put over the new UCG agenda and bury it in a multitude of words.  “Church family is to love one another; we obey God because we love him and for no other reason because we no longer have to obey, only love.”

Double speak to confuse and distract as the subliminal message of “love trumps law” is entrenched in this phsycologiocal warfare of the spirit. Teaching us that we should just wink at and tolerate sin; and compromise with God’s law anytime the going gets difficult.

Teaching that “love” is the “easy way” and that when the going gets tough we should just push the “easy butten” and compromise with God’s law because he is love and will understand and forgive. This series was started on 1 Jan in Los Angeles.  The New Covenant and Christian Responsibilities.  Be sure to notice how many “New Age” quotes he uses.”

In Response I write...

I could thank James for the considerable promotion bestowed in his piece, elevating me to the Doctrinal Committee of the United Church of God (UCG). Unfortunately, I am not in attendance with the UCG and not presently an employee of UCG nor ever was. (OOPS JAMES) Alas, I would gladly do the work of adjusting their doctrines to come into unity with Apostles Paul, Peter, James, John, not to leave out Christ, all of whom they blaspheme in a routine and most methodical way. Much as the Tkach led Grace Covenant Church (or whatever they are now), and fell into the ditch of  Catholicism/Paganism, Armstrongism falls into the other  ditch of  Pharisaical laws and rituals. Both equally wrong and leading followers AWAY from Christ  and Fallen from Grace. (OOPS JAMES)

James, The reason I left the UCG and Armstrongism is because I DO NOT see them abandoning the doctrines of Armstrong (OOPS AGAIN) ....why would they? Why would they kill the goose that lays the golden eggs? Just look at Geraldean’s  (my pet name for Gerald Flurry) PCG.  Herbert W. Armstrong’s mug is nearly their copyrighted corporate logo. Why? Cash Flow! Armstrongism at it’s finest....except there are too many of us sheep who have educations.  Empire building while ignoring the True Doctrine of Christ exemplified in Acts 2:43-47 that resulted in, “...the Lord adding to the church DAILY those who were being saved,” (OOPSIE DAISY)

“I am the door,” says Christ, “any who attempt to enter into the kingdom another way are thieves and robbers.” One Door, One True Shepherd, One straight and narrow path one narrow gate into the kingdom, and wide is the way to destruction.  

James apparently sees little need for love as he clearly promotes “deeds of the law” as the way to salvation, oh yeah and the Jesus person is cool too! Right James?  Maybe he thinks like HWA and his discipleship that Christ was just all gushy when He said, “A new commandment I give you, that you love one another, AS I   HAVE   LOVED   YOU. (OOPS AGAIN)

Now lets see the LAW TRUMP that in the  LOVE realm James! (OOPS) Did the LAW of Moses ever bring that to the table? NO I don’t think so! Did the Torah ever  successfully lead the Israelites to “Love their neighbors as their selves?” No I don’t think so! (OOPS)

If this kind of love equals your “EASY BUTTON” then we will see if you will be willing to stick with your beliefs and burn at the stake, for a fellow Christian, one you don’t even know...or stand in front of a firing squad...for a SINNER like me? That is a standard I bet most Armstrongites never consider...take the Law James, all of it! I will gladly take your portion of  Love since it will just be left on your plate and tossed into the trash.  Why waste it if you don't want it? (OOPS)

Peter warns you Judizers...You who TEST GOD! You who try to put a yoke on the neck of the disciples that neither we nor our fathers could bear. And that was not just clipping off a tad of  skin from a baby boy! That was the WHOLE LAW OF MOSES.  (OOPS) The Apostle James says to you, “ We gave NO SUCH COMMANDMENT!”(OOPSIE) Do you James? The UCG teaches in their doctrinal paper , The Two Covenants of God, this was only physical circumcision, the fleshly removal of a males foreskin.  I do not agree! Neither did James (not you), Peter, Paul,  Barnabas, or the others there in the meeting in Jerusalem (except maybe James Malm, and the Pharisees in verse 5, who were still hopefully growing in the grace and knowledge of Christ). They all knew how Paul and Barnabas stood because that is why they were there. Paul taught Christians throughout Asia, Jew and Gentile, to FORSAKE THE LAW OF Moses!  (Acts 15, and 21, please! read it all)

Galatians 5:
   1Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. (OOPS AGAIN) (personally I am getting tired of oopses)
   2Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
   3For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law. (OOPS)
   4Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.
   5For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.
   6For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.
   7Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?
   8This persuasion cometh not of him that calleth you.
   9A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
   10I have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whosoever he be.
   11And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased.
   12I would they were even cut off which trouble you.
   13For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
   14For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. (OOPS AGAIN JAMES)

Did the creator give his only begotten Son...His ONLY SON, who came willingly to do the will of the Father and FULFILLED EVERY ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE LAW WITHOUT EVEN ONE SIN AND WAS BRUTALLY MURDERED FOR ALL HIS GOOD DEEDS....FOR US. No Love there James?(OOPS) I think so!!

James, you want law? You be my guest...just remember what the Apostle Paul wrote in
Galatians 3; 

1 O foolish Galatians, (JAMES) who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?
2 This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
3 Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?
4Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain.
5He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? (OOPS)

and verses 9 - 14;

 9So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.
 10For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.
  11But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.
  12And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.
  13Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:

Did you ever read all of the verses and not leave just a few out? I know you do, you do  it all the time in your articles.
You learned it from HWA and his disciples....twist it to fit, if it won’t fit...make it up! If all else fails...IGNORE IT!

I write because I have made a decision to read and believe only what Jesus Christ and the Apostles of the Church of Jerusalem taught and discard all other. I was a “Pharisee” as strict as they come in Armstrongism. Would have made Paul proud! Paid my three tithes, at Sabbath Services every week, observed all of the Holy Days with zeal. Held many positions of responsibility in The WCG, PCG, and UCG. In charge of the Information table and printed the weekly bulletin, Gave Bible Studies, President of Spokesmen Club and Graduate Club. Married for 33 Years and blessed with two beautiful children, now grown.

I have been blessed with every blessing imaginable, a successful business, great income, boats, RV, home with a pool. But then I was always internally in turmoil, and it came through in harshness toward my wife and children. I had rules, Armstrong has rules and regulations.

I was one of the first to resign from the WCG in 1993, even before most even realized there were a changes in the wind. And they were about to blow the church away! I saw them coming in subtle way in 1988. Small things said from the pulpit and in the publications, in the Hymnal. Even the Pastors and elders didn’t see them. (Or the Pastors wouldn’t admit they did.)

So James Malm, I was probably more self-righteous and presumptuous than you ever dreamed of being... if that is possible!?! But I was sincere, because I grew up in the WCG and only knew this way of life. And ‘in the day when terror gripped’, (fear of a false prophet I mean) one dared not  question the Apostle and Profit (yes sp ok) Herbert W. Armstrong.

Every year before the Feast days I would study. I would get out my library of reference Books, Study Guides, Concordances, Cross references, Commentaries, Greek Translations, Hebrew Translations...you get the point. I was THOROUGH, I intended to come into a closer relationship with God and Christ through knowledge and preparation. When the Feast of Tabernacles rolled around, I was ready, plenty of second tithe, luxury Condo reserved, New Custom Van Loaded with new clothes for the family...had to look good..appearance, attire I mean, at the Feast was paramount.

At the Feast we dined on the finest, Porterhouse Steaks and Prime Rib, fine wines and liquors. Had loads of fun, family activities, side trips to cool places for the kids. The obligatory feast gifts for sure!

While enjoyable,  nothing spiritual accomplished except cutting ourselves off from Christ and falling from Grace. Now I see how much time and money was wasted that could have been utilized elsewhere rather that furnishing HWA’s mansions and financing his lavish life style.

I will conclude the matter for the readers and for our beloved James Malm.  One must have the Holy Spirit to perceive why Grace and Love is a stone of stumbling for you. Those who understand that the Holy Spirit transforms the believer such that the Law of Moses is of no consequence since the LAWS are WRITTEN in OUR HEARTS as David said, and Now We Hear.  James I would NEVER break God’s Holy Sabbath, because I love my neighbor! If you love your neighbor as yourself then by default you love God.  I Jn. 2:8-10 explains your challenge with Grace and Love. And the FULFILLMENT of THE WHOLE LAW is just that. AND NO more than that DO WE OWE TO ANY MAN.. Not To You, Not to Armstrong, Not to Flurry, Not to Rodman (another pet name, Rod Meredith), Not to Pacman (you figure that one) to no man.  

We who are under Grace through Faith live thus:
I Peter 4:8, "And above ALL things have fervent LOVE for one another, for love will cover a multitude of Sins." At least it is our goal! And of course we fall short of the mark.
We worship at the Altar before our High Priest at the most Holy Place where He is continually hearing our prayers and sprinkling his shed blood for the sins of the repentant. Continually 24/7 until his return as our King.    AMEN!


Watch for my upcoming article; Christ at the Well Of Jacob which opens up the signifigance of  John chapter four. In my view one of the MOST PIVOTAL teachings of Jesus Christ in the New Testament. The very point where Christ himself VERIFIES the END of the Old Covenant and the beginning of the New Covenant.  Christ’s use of the historical symbolism of Sychar and the Well of Jacob is MindBlowing! You will have few questions left concerning the two covenants of God after reading this article.

What Is Abolished in the New Covenant? A Study Challenge For TTDOCF Readers.

OLD COVENANT VS. NEW COVENANT
 

This is a reference list of key scriptural passages compiled during my extensive eight month research on the Law in preparing for my book. My question is: What of the Law is Abolished in the New Covenant and what remains for Christians today?

Book   Chapter     Verse     Relevance:


John 4 Entire Chapter - Crucial and Pivotal! Jesus announces the end of Old Covenant and beginning of the New Covenant at the Well of Jacob in Sychar.
Eph 2 14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances
Phil 3 9 not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law
Eph 2 16 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments
Phil 3 2 Look out for those dogs [Judaizers, legalists], look out for those mischief-makers, look out for those
Col 2 14 Having canceled and blotted out and wiped away the handwriting of the note
I Cor 6 12 you were justified [pronounced righteous, by trusting] in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ
I Jn 2 27 but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things
I Jn 3 22- 24 love one another, as he gave us commandment
Heb 8 13 When God speaks of a “new” covenant, it means he has made the first one obsolete
Heb 9 27 He will come again, not to deal with our sins
Heb 9 9 This is an illustration pointing to the present time. For the gifts and sacrifices that the priests offer
Heb 10 29 Just think how much worse the punishment will be for those who have trampled on the Son of God,
Rom 7 6 But now we are delivered from the law,
Matt 11 13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.
Matt 12 5- 7 But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple.
Matt 5 17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill.
Matt 5 18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from
Rom 8 3 4 For what the law could not do
Heb 9 15 And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament,
Heb 10 4 For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.
Gal 4 9 how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, Ye observe days, and months, and times, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?
II Cor 3 6 ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth Eph 1 7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of Eph 2 5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
Eph 2 8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Not of works, lest any man should boast.
Gal 3 10 10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse
11 But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.
13 And the law is not of faith
Eph 6 13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, Lk 16 16 The law and the prophets were until John:
Gal 2 16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith
Lk 5 39 No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new: for he saith, The old is better.
Matt 12 28 34 ut the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.
Lk 5 36 38 No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old

Jn 5 45 Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom
Jn 5 46 For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me; for he wrote of me.
Deut 18 15 he LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto
Jn 8 51 Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.
Jn 13 34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also
Matt 5 18 19 Law to be Fulfilled (Lk.24:44)
Matt 5 20 48 Commandments Magnified
Acts 18 21 Paul to Keep Feast only one time mentioned
Cor I 5 7 8 You are unleavened
Jn 7 19 Jews at Feast, not keeping the Law
Heb 12 2 Jesus, Author and Finisher of our Faith.
Heb 13 9 13 Established by Grace, not Foods.
Lk 24 44 Christ Had Fulfilled All.
Matt 12 1- 6 Son of Man Lord of the Sabbath
Matt 16 11 12 Laws Pharisees taught a Yoke of Burden
Matt 15 16 Not what goes into mouth defiles(1TM 4:4)
Matt 15 52 Kingdom: Treasure New and Old.
Matt 13 41 All who practice lawlessness
Matt 13 35 Christ utters Things kept secret
Matt 17 23 26 Sons of King Free from Taxes, above the law.
Heb 12 24 Blood of Abel
Jn 1 17 Law:Moses, Grace and Truth:Christ
Ezk 37 26 Everlasting covenant of peace I will make
Ezk 44 No Temple or Levites needed in Kingdom
Heb 10 9 9 Takes AWAY the first covenant
Heb 10 11 Offerings and Sacrifices never took away sins
Heb 10 14 Perfected by One Offering
Heb 10 18 Where remission of Sin no longer by offerings
Heb 10 29 Insulted the Spirit of Grace
Heb 12 23 Jesus Mediator of New Covenant, Better things
Heb 9 9 The Temple worship was Symbolic for the present
Heb 9 10 Ordinances Until the time of Reformation Until Matt. 11:13.
Heb 9 11- 12 Having obtained eternal redemption
Heb 9 15 Jesus Mediator of New Covenant
Heb 10 1 The Law was a Shadow of good things to come
Heb 8 7 If First Covenant faultless no place for a second
Heb 8 9 Not according to the Covenant made with fathers
Heb 8 13 He has made the First Obsolete
Heb 9 1 First covenant of earthly Tabernacle
Heb 9 8 The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while
Jer 3 16 They shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of the LORD: neither shall it come to mind