We ought not be surprised to find that Paul and Jesus had more to say about how to stay saved --- then how to be saved. It does rattle the idea that once we are saved, we shall stay saved. This may please our ears, but this does not get the support we so earnestly desire. To remain on the path of redemption is an enormous task for the sheep and also for their shepherds:

Yahweh (the Lord) was merciful to Israel! And Yahweh remained faithful to the “Promise” He made to Abraham. Yahweh sustained the Israelites for forty years with manna, quails, and water. Yahweh entrusted the social leadership to Moses and to Joshua. The religious and spiritual matters Yahweh put in the hands of Aaron and his sons. The power, Yahweh had given to Moses and his staff, was transferred to the content that was placed and kept in the Ark of the Covenant. The content, particularly the Law, was the Word of the Spirit of God and not the words of man. The same Word, that made the world with everything in it, also was the Word put in writing to lead man on earth to teach him how he could partner with God and God’s Spirit. Jesus, the Son of God, was sent to reiterate that concept to his disciples and to all the people in the world (John 1:1-5). Jesus, Himself, embodied the Word of God, that was the Law (the Ten Commandments). The Jewish fathers had obliterated the Law of God. The Jewish fathers replaced the Ten Commandments with their own traditions (Mark 7:5-13; John 7:19). Moses, and not God, allowed man to break the marriage vow (Matthew 19:1-9). To Jesus and to Moses, the Ten Commandments were issued by the mouth of God (Matthew 4:4; Deuteronomy 8:3). Yahweh burned the first set of the Ten Commandment on two stone plates. Moses broke the two plates when he came down the mountain and saw the golden calf being worshiped in place of God (Exodus 32:15-21). Before we return to the impact the Ten Commandments had on Israel, let us look what the Ten Commandments mean to us today. We derive their authenticity mostly from Jesus and Paul. However, we seem to differ in our understanding of their applications. Paul, inadvertently, with the Greek word “telos,” has given translators the idea that Christ was the “end” of the Law (Romans 10:4). Yet, in Romans 3:31, Paul upholds the Law. In Romans 7:22, Paul delights in the Law. In Romans 7:12,14, and 16, the Commandments for Paul were holy, spiritual, and good. While we ponder over Paul’s use of the Law, we shall let Jesus give His view on God’s Word, who, as a man, impersonated the Word or Law of God.