Paragraph 19.3
Chapter 19: Of the Law of God
Besides this Law commonly called moral, God was pleased to give to the people of Israel Ceremonial Laws, containing several typical ordinances, partly of worship, prefiguring Christ, his graces, actions, sufferings, and benefits; and partly holding forth divers instructionsa of moral duties, all which Ceremonial Laws being appointed only to the time of reformation, are by Jesus Christ the true Messiah and only Lawgiver who was furnished with power from the Father, for that end,b abrogated and taken away.c
a. Hebrews 10:1; Colossians 2:17
Hebrews 10:1
10:1 For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.
10:1 For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.
Colossians 2:17
2:17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.
2:17 These are a shadow of the things to come, but the body that casts it belongs to Christ.
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b. 1 Corinthians 5:7
1 Corinthians 5:7
5:7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:
5:7 Get rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.
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c. Colossians 2:14, 16–17; Ephesians 2:14, 16
Colossians 2:14; Colossians 2:16–17
2:14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross; 2:16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: 2:17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.
2:14 having canceled the debt ascribed to us in the decrees that stood against us. He took it away, nailing it to the cross! 2:16 Therefore let no one judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a feast, a New Moon, or a Sabbath. 2:17 These are a shadow of the things to come, but the body that casts it belongs to Christ.
Ephesians 2:14; Ephesians 2:16
2:14 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us; 2:16 And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
2:14 For He Himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has torn down the dividing wall of hostility 2:16 and reconciling both of them to God in one body through the cross, by which He extinguished their hostility.
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