Are you saying that we do not have to keep the 10 Commandments?
I’m saying that we do not have to keep the 10 commandments.
Paul says in Romans 6:1--- That we are not to go on sinning so grace can abound. The answer he gives is no.
The key here is ‘so grace can abound'. I’m not advocating sinning but then Christians can’t sin so what you’re talking about is impossible.
(1 John 3:9 NIV) No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God's seed remains in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God.
(1 John 3:9 NASB) No one who is born of God practices sin, because His seed abides in him; and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
(1 John 3:9 KJV) Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
As you can see here Christians cannot sin. Sin doesn’t apply to Christians.
In I John 1:8 we see we can sin, therefore there must be a law. That is why we need grace.
Let’s examine some verses:
(1 John 1:6-7 NIV) If we claim to have fellowship with him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth. {7} But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.
Let’s reverse what’s being said here. If you’re covered by the blood of Jesus you’ve been purified from ALL sin. It’s impossible to walk in darkness (spiritual death). You will have fellowship with him.
The only other way to translate this is to say there’s no security in the grace God has given us through Jesus. This would mean that every time we commit ‘a sin’ we lose our salvation and we have to be born again…again…and again…and again…etc. This contradicts the whole of scripture that says we can trust God to care for us. So it can’t be the way the scripture is being read.
(1 John 1:8-9 NIV) If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. {9} If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
Now the salvation process can clearly be seen here. Confession of sin, forgiveness of sins, purification, and righteousness. The reason this book was written was to address a split that had occurred within the church. One of the clearest messages in this book is the real foundational principles of the faith. One of the things those who had split off were promoting was a lack of sinfulness. In other words they were claiming they had no need of Christ’s work on the cross because they were without sin.
Paul is addressing that issue in verse 8. He’s saying that everyone sins. ((Romans 3:21-24 NIV) But now a righteousness from God, apart from law, has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. {22} This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference, {23} for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, {24} and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.)
If we have grace it is because there is a law. It is the law of God.
Obviously The Law has it’s place. It’s a means of showing us that we need grace. (Galatians 3:23-25 NIV) Before this faith came, we were held prisoners by the law, locked up until faith should be revealed. {24} So the law was put in charge to lead us to Christ that we might be justified by faith. {25} Now that faith has come, we are no longer under the supervision of the law.
In Rom 7:7 - Paul says the law is not sin. It shows us what sin is.
Rom 7:12 - The law is Holy and the commandment is Holy righteous and good.
I agree. The Law is good. It isn’t sin. The Law is Holy. However, nobody can keep The Law. If they could, they’d be perfect and they would not have to die or go to hell. Break one law and you’re guilty of breaking them all. That’s not freedom.
(James 2:10-13 NIV) For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it. {11} For he who said, "Do not commit adultery," also said, "Do not murder." If you do not commit adultery but do commit murder, you have become a lawbreaker. {12} Speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom, {13} because judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment!
I want my neighbors to keep all 10 Commandments. There is not one I would like for them to give up. Would I want them to become thieves?
They could steal from me. Would I want them to be liars and lie to me? Then we can get into adultery etc.
It isn’t what you want for your neighbors that counts. It’s what you do in your own life that counts.
The law of God gives us the guidelines to follow and when we sin we are forgiven because of the grace of God because of the sacrifice of Jesus our Lord and Savior. If we have no law then we do not need grace.
I am not trying to be preachy, I just wanted to understand what you were saying and if I understood tha correctly. 
The Law doesn’t give us guidelines to follow. The Law exposes sin. It’s purpose was to make us realize that we were sinners in need of being saved.
(Romans 5:20-21 NIV) The law was added so that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, grace increased all the more, {21} so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Following the 10 commandments adds absolutely NO spiritual value to our walk with Christ.
(Romans 3:20-24 NIV) Therefore no one will be declared righteous in his sight by observing the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of sin. {21} But now a righteousness from God, apart from law, has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. {22} This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference, {23} for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, {24} and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.
In fact, by depending upon The Law (circumcision) we fall from grace!!!
(Galatians 5:1-4 NIV) It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. {2} Mark my words! I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all. {3} Again I declare to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law. {4} You who are trying to be justified by law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.
I know I’m not Tony and I don’t presume to speak for him but I wanted to answer your question. Hope you don’t mind. There is so very much to be shared on this subject that a whole library of books could be written about it.
The 10 commandments are part of The Law so I thought I'd share a few verses of scripture found in the New Covenant that speak about The Law. This is lengthy and i apologize in advance but I thought it might be beneficial to read them all in one place.
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(Galatians 5:18 NIV) But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under law.
(Romans 6:14 NIV) For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.
(Romans 4:13-15 NIV) It was not through law that Abraham and his offspring received the promise that he would be heir of the world, but through the righteousness that comes by faith. {14} For if those who live by law are heirs, faith has no value and the promise is worthless, {15} because law brings wrath. And where there is no law there is no transgression.
(Romans 3:19-21 NIV) Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God. {20} Therefore no one will be declared righteous in his sight by observing the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of sin. {21} But now a righteousness from God, apart from law, has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify.
(Romans 3:27-28 NIV) Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. On what principle? On that of observing the law? No, but on that of faith. {28} For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from observing the law.
(Romans 7:6 NIV) But now, by dying to what once bound us, we have been released from the law so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.
(Romans 7:8 NIV) But sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, produced in me every kind of covetous desire. For apart from law, sin is dead.
(Romans 8:1-4 NIV) Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, {2} because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death. {3} For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the sinful nature, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful man to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in sinful man, {4} in order that the righteous requirements of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the sinful nature but according to the Spirit.
(Romans 8:6-7 NIV) The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace; {7} the sinful mind is hostile to God. It does not submit to God's law, nor can it do so.
(Romans 9:30-32 NIV) What then shall we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith; {31} but Israel, who pursued a law of righteousness, has not attained it. {32} Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the "stumbling stone."
(Romans 10:4-5 NIV) Christ is the end of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes. {5} Moses describes in this way the righteousness that is by the law: "The man who does these things will live by them."
(Romans 13:10 NIV) Love does no harm to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
(Galatians 2:19 NIV) For through the law I died to the law so that I might live for God.
(Galatians 3:10-13 NIV) All who rely on observing the law are under a curse, for it is written: "Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law." {11} Clearly no one is justified before God by the law, because, "The righteous will live by faith." {12} The law is not based on faith; on the contrary, "The man who does these things will live by them." {13} Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: "Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree."
(Galatians 3:24-27 NIV) So the law was put in charge to lead us to Christ that we might be justified by faith. {25} Now that faith has come, we are no longer under the supervision of the law. {26} You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, {27} for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.
(Galatians 5:14 NIV) The entire law is summed up in a single command: "Love your neighbor as yourself."
(Hebrews 7:12 NIV) For when there is a change of the priesthood, there must also be a change of the law.
(Hebrews 10:1 NIV) The law is only a shadow of the good things that are coming--not the realities themselves. For this reason it can never, by the same sacrifices repeated endlessly year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.
