The purpose of this thread is to discuss whether the Law of God/Moses/Christ/the Spirit all refer to the same thing.
In Deuteronomy 5:31-33, Moses wrote down everything that God spoke to him without departing from it, which is why the Law of Moses is referred to as the Law of God in verses like Nehemiah 8:1-8, Ezra 7:6-12, and Luke 2:22-23.
God's way is the way to know Him and Jesus by directing our lives towards being in His likeness through being a doer of His character traits, which is the way to back to the Tree of Life (John 17:3). For example, in Genesis 18:19, God knew Abraham that he would teach his children and those of his household to walk in His way by being a doer of righteousness and justice that the Lord might bring to him all that he has promised. In Exodus 33:13, Moses wanted God to be gracious to him by teaching him to walk in His way that he and Israel might know Him, and in Matthew 7:23, Jesus said that he would tell those who are workers of lawlessness to depart from him because he never knew them, so the goal of the Law of Moses is to teach us how to know God and Jesus, which is His gift of eternal life. This is also why Jesus affirmed that the way to inherit the gift of eternal life is by obeying the greatest two commandments of the Law of Moses (Luke 10:25-28).
An arrow flies true when it hits its mark, our mark is the way back to the Tree of Life by walking in God's way, and the Law of Moses is truth (Psalms 119:142) because it is God’s instructions for how to walk in His way (1 Kings 2:1-3). Sin is missing the mark, sin is what is contrary to God’s way, and sin is the transgression of the Law of God (1 John 3:4). The Spirit has the role of leading us in truth (John 16:13) and of leading us to obey the Law of Moses (Ezekiel 36:26-27) because the the fruits of the Spirit are aspects of God’s character. The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact likeness of God’s character (Hebrews 1:3), which he expressed through his works by setting a sinless example for us to follow of how to walk in the Spirit in obedience to the Law of Moses, so he is truth (John 14:6-11).
In Matthew 4:15-23, Christ began his ministry with the Gospel message to repent for the Kingdom of God is at hand, which was a light to the Gentiles, and the Law of Moses was how his audience knew what sin is (Romans 3:20), so repenting from our disobedience to it is a central part of the Gospel of the Kingdom. So Christ spent his ministry teaching his followers how to correctly obey the Law of Moses by word and by example and the Law of Christ should not be considered to be contrary to anything that Christ taught. Christ defeated the temptations of Satan by quoting three times from Deuteronomy, including saying that man shall not live by bread alone but by everything that comes from the mouth of God, so he affirmed Deuteronomy and everything that comes from the mouth of God, which includes what God spoke to Moses in Deuteronomy 5:31-33. The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are God and the Law of Moses was given by God, so the Law of Christ should not be considered to be contrary to anything that has come from the mouth of God.
In Acts 5:32, the Spirit has been given to those who obey God. In Romans 8:4-7, Paul contrasted those who walk in the Spirit with those who have minds set on the flesh who are enemies of God who refuse to submit to the Law of God. In Galatians 5:16-23, Paul contrasted the desires of the flesh with the desires of the Spirit and everything that he listed a works of the flesh that are against the Spirit are also against the Law of Moses while all of the fruits of the Spirit are aspects of God's character that the Law of Moses was given to teach us how to express. In Romans 2:25-29, the way to recognize that a Gentile has a circumcised heart is by observing their obedience to the Law of Moses and circumcision of the heart is a matter of the Spirit, which is in contrast with Acts 7:51-53, where those who have uncircumcised hearts resist the Spirit and do not obey the Law of Moses.
In Deuteronomy 5:31-33, Moses wrote down everything that God spoke to him without departing from it, which is why the Law of Moses is referred to as the Law of God in verses like Nehemiah 8:1-8, Ezra 7:6-12, and Luke 2:22-23.
God's way is the way to know Him and Jesus by directing our lives towards being in His likeness through being a doer of His character traits, which is the way to back to the Tree of Life (John 17:3). For example, in Genesis 18:19, God knew Abraham that he would teach his children and those of his household to walk in His way by being a doer of righteousness and justice that the Lord might bring to him all that he has promised. In Exodus 33:13, Moses wanted God to be gracious to him by teaching him to walk in His way that he and Israel might know Him, and in Matthew 7:23, Jesus said that he would tell those who are workers of lawlessness to depart from him because he never knew them, so the goal of the Law of Moses is to teach us how to know God and Jesus, which is His gift of eternal life. This is also why Jesus affirmed that the way to inherit the gift of eternal life is by obeying the greatest two commandments of the Law of Moses (Luke 10:25-28).
An arrow flies true when it hits its mark, our mark is the way back to the Tree of Life by walking in God's way, and the Law of Moses is truth (Psalms 119:142) because it is God’s instructions for how to walk in His way (1 Kings 2:1-3). Sin is missing the mark, sin is what is contrary to God’s way, and sin is the transgression of the Law of God (1 John 3:4). The Spirit has the role of leading us in truth (John 16:13) and of leading us to obey the Law of Moses (Ezekiel 36:26-27) because the the fruits of the Spirit are aspects of God’s character. The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact likeness of God’s character (Hebrews 1:3), which he expressed through his works by setting a sinless example for us to follow of how to walk in the Spirit in obedience to the Law of Moses, so he is truth (John 14:6-11).
In Matthew 4:15-23, Christ began his ministry with the Gospel message to repent for the Kingdom of God is at hand, which was a light to the Gentiles, and the Law of Moses was how his audience knew what sin is (Romans 3:20), so repenting from our disobedience to it is a central part of the Gospel of the Kingdom. So Christ spent his ministry teaching his followers how to correctly obey the Law of Moses by word and by example and the Law of Christ should not be considered to be contrary to anything that Christ taught. Christ defeated the temptations of Satan by quoting three times from Deuteronomy, including saying that man shall not live by bread alone but by everything that comes from the mouth of God, so he affirmed Deuteronomy and everything that comes from the mouth of God, which includes what God spoke to Moses in Deuteronomy 5:31-33. The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are God and the Law of Moses was given by God, so the Law of Christ should not be considered to be contrary to anything that has come from the mouth of God.
In Acts 5:32, the Spirit has been given to those who obey God. In Romans 8:4-7, Paul contrasted those who walk in the Spirit with those who have minds set on the flesh who are enemies of God who refuse to submit to the Law of God. In Galatians 5:16-23, Paul contrasted the desires of the flesh with the desires of the Spirit and everything that he listed a works of the flesh that are against the Spirit are also against the Law of Moses while all of the fruits of the Spirit are aspects of God's character that the Law of Moses was given to teach us how to express. In Romans 2:25-29, the way to recognize that a Gentile has a circumcised heart is by observing their obedience to the Law of Moses and circumcision of the heart is a matter of the Spirit, which is in contrast with Acts 7:51-53, where those who have uncircumcised hearts resist the Spirit and do not obey the Law of Moses.
