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2 Corinthians 3 states four times that the 10 commandments are abolished.
A. Four times the 10 commandments are abolished!
the ministry of death, in letters engraved on stones ... abolished
[fading] v7
ministry of condemnation... abolished [fades away] v9,11
the old covenant... is abolished [removed] in Christ, v14
but whenever a person turns to the Lord, the veil [10 commandments]
is abolished [taken away] v16
B. Its in the Greek!
Notice that the same word for abolished that Sabbatarians agree applies to
what they like to call the ceremonial law, is applied not once, but FOUR
TIMES in 2 Cor 3:7,11,13,14. The same word is used twice in Romans 7:2,6
and specifically applied to the 10 commandment law, "thou shalt not covet".
Eph 2
2 Cor 3
Rom 7
Abolished
(Strongs #2673)
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abolished v15
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done away, fades away v7,11,13,14
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released v2,6
C . Graphic outline of 2 Corinthians 3:
Old covenant
New covenant
"tablets of stone" (v. 3, 7)
"tablets of flesh" (v. 3)
"letter" (v. 6)
"Spirit" (v. 6)
"kills" (v. 6)
"gives life"(v.6)
"ministration of death &
condemnation" (v. 7, 9)
"ministration of Spirit righteousness"(v. 8, 9)
"glorious" (v. 7)
"much more glorious" (v. 11)
Abolished v7,11,13,14
Remains v11
D . No escape! No acceptable argument to counter!
We have never heard an argument that explains away the blunt force
of the passage to Sabbatarians!
Adventists falsely argue: "There is much difference between the
words 'ministration of death.' and 'the ten commandments. They come far
short of being synonymous terms" (A. N. Dugger said to Curtis Porter in
debate) In other words, he tries to disassociate, what the text firmly
associates: ministration of death = 10 commandments. Merely reading the
text dismisses this his argument.
Col 2:14
2 Cor 3:7
having canceled out the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us and which was hostile to us; and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.
But if the ministry of death, in letters engraved on stones, came with glory, so that the sons of Israel could not look intently at the face of Moses because of the glory of his face
which was hostile to us
ministry of death
Sabbatarians have overlooked the fact that the 10 commandments were called a "ministry of death"
What is the difference between "hostile to us" and "ministry of death"?
Adventists falsely argue: "In Joshua 8:31, 32 the Lord gave
instructions for Israel to erect an altar of whole stones and to offer
their burnt offerings thereon, and also to write the law of Moses on these
stones. Verse 31 reads: 'And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the
law of Moses, which he wrote in the presence of the children of Israel.'
This was the law of Moses and not the ten commandments. God wrote the ten
commandments with his own finger on tables of stone." (Exodus 31:18; Dent.
9:10). (A. N. Dugger said to Curtis Porter in debate) This shows the utter
desparation of Sabbatians. But this false idea is quickly refuted, because
the tables of stone in the context of 2 Cor 3 were the one's when Moses
face shone on the mountain. In Josh 8:31, Moses was dead.
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