✦ Xiaoyang
Deep Explainers

Must Christians Keep the Mosaic Law? What Is the Place of the Ten Commandments in the New Covenant?

From Genesis as kindergarten and Mosaic Law as primary school, to the millennium as study abroad and internship, and the New Creation as graduation

Xiaoyang argues that New Covenant believers need not keep the Sinai Decalogue as their governing law, while still receiving it as a foundational stage in God’s education that reaches its goal in Christ-shaped maturity.

Concise version

From Genesis as kindergarten and Mosaic Law as primary school, to the millennium as study abroad and internship, and the New Creation as graduation

  1. 01The Decalogue is foundational without remaining the Church’s direct Sinai law.
  2. 02Christ fulfils the Law by bringing it toward inward maturity, not by issuing a harder Decalogue.
  3. 03Church practices can help without becoming a replacement legal code.
  4. 04The millennium is pictured as study and internship; New Creation as graduation.
  5. 05Maturity freely embodies love, holiness and truth without external policing.
  6. 06Jesus Christ alone remains the centre.
Read the in-depth version

Part 0: 給猶太讀者與初信者｜幾個關鍵詞，可跳過

This section belongs to Xiaoyang’s education-stage model of Torah, Church, millennium and New Creation. The Traditional Chinese original contains the full argument and remains authoritative.

Part 1: 一、十誡到底還要不要守？很多基督徒沒有真正回答

This section belongs to Xiaoyang’s education-stage model of Torah, Church, millennium and New Creation. The Traditional Chinese original contains the full argument and remains authoritative.

Part 2: 二、先問：神為什麼要給十誡？

This section belongs to Xiaoyang’s education-stage model of Torah, Church, millennium and New Creation. The Traditional Chinese original contains the full argument and remains authoritative.

Part 3: 三、創世記時代很像「幼兒園」

This section belongs to Xiaoyang’s education-stage model of Torah, Church, millennium and New Creation. The Traditional Chinese original contains the full argument and remains authoritative.

Part 4: 四、摩西律法就像「小學」

This section belongs to Xiaoyang’s education-stage model of Torah, Church, millennium and New Creation. The Traditional Chinese original contains the full argument and remains authoritative.

Part 5: 五、小學的加減乘除很重要，但不表示中學生要回小學

This section belongs to Xiaoyang’s education-stage model of Torah, Church, millennium and New Creation. The Traditional Chinese original contains the full argument and remains authoritative.

Part 6: 六、新約基督徒不需要「守十誡」的原因

This section belongs to Xiaoyang’s education-stage model of Torah, Church, millennium and New Creation. The Traditional Chinese original contains the full argument and remains authoritative.

Part 7: 七、不要把「重要」與「必須繼續守」畫上等號

This section belongs to Xiaoyang’s education-stage model of Torah, Church, millennium and New Creation. The Traditional Chinese original contains the full argument and remains authoritative.

Part 8: 八、保羅把摩西律法形容成「訓蒙的師傅」

This section belongs to Xiaoyang’s education-stage model of Torah, Church, millennium and New Creation. The Traditional Chinese original contains the full argument and remains authoritative.

Part 9: 九、新約更像「中學」：從犯規進入內心

This section belongs to Xiaoyang’s education-stage model of Torah, Church, millennium and New Creation. The Traditional Chinese original contains the full argument and remains authoritative.

Part 10: 十、耶穌不是把十誡改成更高難度版本

This section belongs to Xiaoyang’s education-stage model of Torah, Church, millennium and New Creation. The Traditional Chinese original contains the full argument and remains authoritative.

Part 11: 十一、「愛神愛人」也不應被做成另一套教會律法

This section belongs to Xiaoyang’s education-stage model of Torah, Church, millennium and New Creation. The Traditional Chinese original contains the full argument and remains authoritative.

Part 12: 十二、天國更像大家庭，不是永遠貼滿規則的學校

This section belongs to Xiaoyang’s education-stage model of Torah, Church, millennium and New Creation. The Traditional Chinese original contains the full argument and remains authoritative.

Part 13: 十三、越成熟的家人，越不靠大量規則維持基本關係

This section belongs to Xiaoyang’s education-stage model of Torah, Church, millennium and New Creation. The Traditional Chinese original contains the full argument and remains authoritative.

Part 14: 十四、摩西律法是非常重要的過渡階段

This section belongs to Xiaoyang’s education-stage model of Torah, Church, millennium and New Creation. The Traditional Chinese original contains the full argument and remains authoritative.

Part 15: 十五、不要以為摩西是過渡，而今天的教會就是終點

This section belongs to Xiaoyang’s education-stage model of Torah, Church, millennium and New Creation. The Traditional Chinese original contains the full argument and remains authoritative.

Part 16: 十六、按照小楊模型，教會時代本身也是「過渡」

This section belongs to Xiaoyang’s education-stage model of Torah, Church, millennium and New Creation. The Traditional Chinese original contains the full argument and remains authoritative.

Part 17: 十七、很多教會只是把「摩西律法」換成「教會律法」

This section belongs to Xiaoyang’s education-stage model of Torah, Church, millennium and New Creation. The Traditional Chinese original contains the full argument and remains authoritative.

Part 18: 十八、不把教會規則當成真理

This section belongs to Xiaoyang’s education-stage model of Torah, Church, millennium and New Creation. The Traditional Chinese original contains the full argument and remains authoritative.

Part 19: 十九、主日聚會可以很好，但主日本身不是真理

This section belongs to Xiaoyang’s education-stage model of Torah, Church, millennium and New Creation. The Traditional Chinese original contains the full argument and remains authoritative.

Part 20: 二十、什一奉獻不應被重新變成新約律法

This section belongs to Xiaoyang’s education-stage model of Torah, Church, millennium and New Creation. The Traditional Chinese original contains the full argument and remains authoritative.

Part 21: 二十一、聖誕節不需要被抬高成信仰核心

This section belongs to Xiaoyang’s education-stage model of Torah, Church, millennium and New Creation. The Traditional Chinese original contains the full argument and remains authoritative.

Part 22: 二十二、「主任牧師」不是新約信仰不可缺少的中心

This section belongs to Xiaoyang’s education-stage model of Torah, Church, millennium and New Creation. The Traditional Chinese original contains the full argument and remains authoritative.

Part 23: 二十三、教會制度對初信徒與不成熟的人尤其有幫助

This section belongs to Xiaoyang’s education-stage model of Torah, Church, millennium and New Creation. The Traditional Chinese original contains the full argument and remains authoritative.

Part 24: 二十四、信主幾十年仍只能靠固定制度活著，值得反思

This section belongs to Xiaoyang’s education-stage model of Torah, Church, millennium and New Creation. The Traditional Chinese original contains the full argument and remains authoritative.

Part 25: 二十五、使徒時代已有「信很久，卻只能喝奶」的人

This section belongs to Xiaoyang’s education-stage model of Torah, Church, millennium and New Creation. The Traditional Chinese original contains the full argument and remains authoritative.

Part 26: 二十六、教會制度成功，不是讓人一輩子依賴它

This section belongs to Xiaoyang’s education-stage model of Torah, Church, millennium and New Creation. The Traditional Chinese original contains the full argument and remains authoritative.

Part 27: 二十七、成熟不是反制度，而是不再被制度控制

This section belongs to Xiaoyang’s education-stage model of Torah, Church, millennium and New Creation. The Traditional Chinese original contains the full argument and remains authoritative.

Part 28: 二十八、新約不是「沒有標準」，而是治理方式改變

This section belongs to Xiaoyang’s education-stage model of Torah, Church, millennium and New Creation. The Traditional Chinese original contains the full argument and remains authoritative.

Part 29: 二十九、摩西律法是過渡，教會時代也是過渡

This section belongs to Xiaoyang’s education-stage model of Torah, Church, millennium and New Creation. The Traditional Chinese original contains the full argument and remains authoritative.

Part 30: 三十、千禧年同時像「留學」與「實習」

This section belongs to Xiaoyang’s education-stage model of Torah, Church, millennium and New Creation. The Traditional Chinese original contains the full argument and remains authoritative.

Part 31: 三十一、對多數以色列人與基督徒，千禧年更像「留學」

This section belongs to Xiaoyang’s education-stage model of Torah, Church, millennium and New Creation. The Traditional Chinese original contains the full argument and remains authoritative.

Part 32: 三十二、千禧年像「進階版的四福音」

This section belongs to Xiaoyang’s education-stage model of Torah, Church, millennium and New Creation. The Traditional Chinese original contains the full argument and remains authoritative.

Part 33: 三十三、千禧年也像「耶穌版的出埃及」

This section belongs to Xiaoyang’s education-stage model of Torah, Church, millennium and New Creation. The Traditional Chinese original contains the full argument and remains authoritative.

Part 34: 三十四、對成熟得勝者，千禧年更像「實習」

This section belongs to Xiaoyang’s education-stage model of Torah, Church, millennium and New Creation. The Traditional Chinese original contains the full argument and remains authoritative.

Part 35: 三十五、千禧年像「得勝者版約書亞記」與「進階版使徒行傳」

This section belongs to Xiaoyang’s education-stage model of Torah, Church, millennium and New Creation. The Traditional Chinese original contains the full argument and remains authoritative.

Part 36: 三十六、新天新地才像真正「畢業」

This section belongs to Xiaoyang’s education-stage model of Torah, Church, millennium and New Creation. The Traditional Chinese original contains the full argument and remains authoritative.

Part 37: 三十七、新天新地不靠巨大石版阻止人犯罪

This section belongs to Xiaoyang’s education-stage model of Torah, Church, millennium and New Creation. The Traditional Chinese original contains the full argument and remains authoritative.

Part 38: 三十八、十誡的終點：不需要十誡仍活出它的心意

This section belongs to Xiaoyang’s education-stage model of Torah, Church, millennium and New Creation. The Traditional Chinese original contains the full argument and remains authoritative.

Part 39: 三十九、「不需要守十誡」絕不是「可以隨意亂來」

This section belongs to Xiaoyang’s education-stage model of Torah, Church, millennium and New Creation. The Traditional Chinese original contains the full argument and remains authoritative.

Part 40: 四十、成熟信徒不應一輩子只問「這算不算違規？」

This section belongs to Xiaoyang’s education-stage model of Torah, Church, millennium and New Creation. The Traditional Chinese original contains the full argument and remains authoritative.

Part 41: 四十一、成熟的生命不是「耶穌＋十誡」

This section belongs to Xiaoyang’s education-stage model of Torah, Church, millennium and New Creation. The Traditional Chinese original contains the full argument and remains authoritative.

Part 42: 四十二、同樣，也不是「耶穌＋教會制度」

This section belongs to Xiaoyang’s education-stage model of Torah, Church, millennium and New Creation. The Traditional Chinese original contains the full argument and remains authoritative.

Part 43: 四十三、唯獨耶穌基督

This section belongs to Xiaoyang’s education-stage model of Torah, Church, millennium and New Creation. The Traditional Chinese original contains the full argument and remains authoritative.

Part 44: 四十四、不是「在教會裡愛神愛人」，而是「在基督裡愛神愛人」

This section belongs to Xiaoyang’s education-stage model of Torah, Church, millennium and New Creation. The Traditional Chinese original contains the full argument and remains authoritative.

Part 45: 結語：十誡把人帶向基督，卻不能取代基督

This section belongs to Xiaoyang’s education-stage model of Torah, Church, millennium and New Creation. The Traditional Chinese original contains the full argument and remains authoritative.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Does this mean the Ten Commandments are unimportant?

No. Xiaoyang treats them as a foundational stage in God’s education, while denying that the Sinai code directly governs New Covenant believers.

Does freedom from the Decalogue permit sin?

No. The proposal moves the standard inward toward Christ-shaped love, holiness, truth and freedom.

AI and sharing toolsAsk
AI and sharing tools