The ten commandments are repeated here (originally given in Exodus 20). Moses clearly says that they were for Israel—not for their fathers or other nations. We are not under this law either, for it was nailed to the cross (Ephesians 2; Colossians 2). Nine of them are part of the law of Christ, however; all except the Sabbath (law). But the point I want to emphasize is that these laws were spoken by God (verse 22) and they knew it! Many of the people who heard Deuteronomy 5 also heard Exodus 20. Likewise, the New Testament is also the word of God, given by His Son—The One Whom we are to hear (Matthew 17:5). The standards of Christ are the standards of God—still.
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