I believe the New Testament teaches clearly that those who are truly in Christ (surrendered to His will and indwelt by the Holy Spirit- Matthew 7:21, Romans 8:9) are not under the Law of Moses. ( Romans 6:14, 1 Tim. 1:9, Romans 10:4) But what about the Ten Commandments? Are they no longer applicable? Not in their place as the keystone of the Law of Moses. However, I read some years ago that nine of the ten are repeated in the New Testament. While I have repeated this a number of times, I am finally convicted that i needed to verify if this assertion was Biblically true. Below are my findings.
The Ten Commandments are given in Exodus chapter 20 and repeated in Deuteronomy 5. In summarized form they are as follows: ( After the commandment are corroborating NT verse references)
No other gods: Luke 10:27
No idolatry: 1 John 5:21, 1 Corinthian 6:9
Don't take the Name of the Lord in vain: 1 Corinthians 12:3
Observe Sabbath: ?
Honor father and mother: Ephesians 6:1-3
Do not murder: James 2:11
Do not commit adultery 1 Cor. 6:9, James 2:11
Do not steal: Ephesians 4:28
Do not bear false witness: Matthew 15:18-19
Do not covet: 1 Corinthians 6:10
Only the fifth commandment of Sabbath observance is not restated. ( Numerous other verses could be cited for the other nine)
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