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Christian can judge, that is assess, what is against the Law for those under it (1 Cor
11:13, Rom 10:3-4).
Commandments
For the Christian there are only two commandments that apply, the two great
commandments, and these are the commandments of the Lord, the Word (John 1;1,
14). All the commandments of the whole Word, are the Law (Deut 30:10, Rev
22:18-19), and are as context to these two commandments so that they can be
understood, interpreted and followed appropriately case by case, circumstance by
circumstance, contingency by contingency; they do not apply as commandments to
Christians (Mat 22:40, Rom 10:4, Gal 5:18). The Word is addressed to everybody
not to Christians here in some passage and non-Christians there in that passage
(Gen 1:1, John 1:1, Rom 1:20, Gal 5:18, Rev 22:18-19).
THE CHRISTIAN LIFE
The Christian should not judge any man as condemned by the Law, for that is the
prerogative of God (Rom 2:1), but rather as someone to be saved from it (Acts
10:28) by the process of Charity (Acts 10:35, Rom 8:28). The Christian is
delivered not only from the dietary aspects of the Law but from the Law itself
(Acts 10:15, 28).
All commandments of the Word, including the two great commandments and the
commandment not to commit the unforgivable sin of blasphemy against the Holy
Ghost (Dan 11:31, Mat 12:31-32, Mark 3:28-29, Heb 6:4), are commandments of
the Law (Deut 30:10, Mat 5:18-19, John 1:1, 14, Acts 15:20, 29, 21:24-25, Rev
22:18-19). When a Christian sins he sins only against the two great
commandments (Mat 22:40, Rom 10:4, 14:4). A Christian can not commit the sin,
as opposed to the act, of say, fornication, murder etc. or blasphemy against the Son
or the Father (Mat 12:31, Mark 3:28-29, 1 John 3:9). A Christian ceases to be a
Christian when the former Christian wilfully, deliberately and knowingly rejects
Christ as their Saviour (Mark 16:16, Rom 10:13) and that alone for the (former)
Christian is the nature of the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost (Dan 11:31, Mat
12:31, Mark 3:28-29, 2 Tim 2:13, Heb 6:4).