1689 19.3
1689 London Baptist Confession
19.3. 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 instructions of moral duties, all which Ceremonial Laws being appointed only to the time of reformation, are by Jesus Christ the true Messiah and only Law-giver who was furnished with power from the Father, for that end, abrogated and taken away.
Proof texts
- Hebrews 10:1 — [1] For since the law has but a shadow of the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities, it can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered every year, make perfect those who draw near.
- Colossians 2:17 — [17] These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ.
- 1 Corinthians 5:7 — [7] Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be a new lump, as you really are unleavened. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.
- Colossians 2:14, 16, 17 — [14] by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross. [16] Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath. [17] These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ.
- Ephesians 2:14, 16 — [14] For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility [16] and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility.
For discussion
- The Assembly cited Hebrews 10:1 in support of this answer. Read it in context — how does it bear on what is claimed here?
- 5 passages are cited here. Which does the most work, and is anything claimed that the proofs do not obviously carry?
- WSC Q39 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?
- WLC Q91 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?