Law of Moses vs. Law of God

Some – if not a lot – of people are often confused between Moses law and God’s law. The Ten Commandments in the Holy Bible is not the law of Moses. It’s the law of God. So, what is actually the law of Moses and what is actually the law of God? Let us figure out together.

The law which was made by Moses was written by himself in a book (2 Chron. 35:13). However, the law of God was written by God with His finger on tables of stone (Exo. 31:18). In Luke 2:22, it states that Moses law is called as the law of Moses while the Ten Commandments is called as the law of the Lord in Isaiah 5:24. Moses’ law speaks about priesthood, rituals as well as sacrifices, the meat and drink offerings. It taught the Israelites to obey God and distinct themselves from the other nations. When Jesus died on the cross, He put an end to Moses law (Eph. 2:15). However, the Ten Commandments of God “stand fast for ever and ever.” (Psalm 111:7,8)

Law of Moses is called as the law of commandments contained in ordinances (Eph. 2:15) but the Ten Commandments is called the Royal law in James 2:8. Where both of these laws were placed at before were also different. Law of Moses was placed in the side of the ark of the convenant of the Lord (Deut. 31:26) while the law of God was placed inside the ark where Moses took the testimony into the ark himself (Exo. 40:20). Moses law was created because of transgressions (Gal. 3:19) but the Ten Commandments points out the sins of men (Rom. 7:7)

In Colossians2:14-16, it talks about how the law of Moses does not judge any man but the law of God clearly stated that our sins are to be judged by the law of liberty (Jam. 2:10-12) The law of Moses made nothing perfect but bring in of a better hope (Heb. 7:19). The law of the Lord is perfect and it converts the soul, becoming the testimony of the Lord (Psal. 19:7).

To add a little bit more personal opinion regarding this topic, there is actually no great difference between the law of Moses and the law of God. Because the only difference is when the men decide what to do about these laws and how they interpret them. If we follow these laws as the only way of earning salvation, we are doing it all wrong. Jesus called this as “your law” because they used to place the laws above Him but if we view these laws as a standard of moral principles, this was exactly what Paul called as “the law of God”. Because true salvation comes from Jesus Christ, our Savior and not just from the laws.