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Part 1 - God's Puzzle Solved

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Chapter 11The Spirit Versus The LetterSome Christians believe The New Covenant requiresThe Law to be kept only in The Spirit. OtherChristians believe that one must keep The Law in TheLetter and The Spirit. Still others believe a personmust love others only and not keep any Law. Whichis biblical?That question can be answered when a person learns thebasic difference between The Old Covenant and The NewCovenant. Once this question has been resolved on a biblicalbasis, then The Truth of The Bible becomes clear andobvious to all.The Old CovenantOriginally, the only thing that God required for Salvationwas for Israel to keep His Ten Commandments in theirhearts (Deuteronomy 5:1-29). Then, Moses declared thatGod added no more (Deuteronomy 5:22). This fulfilled Hisrequirement. There was nothing more to add. Jesus reinforcedthe same concept with the rich man in Matthew19 when He showed that in order to have Eternal Life,one only needed to keep God’s Ten Commandments in hisheart. In God’s kingdom, when the saved have a right toThe Tree of Life, an individual must still keep God’s TenCommandments (Revelation 22:14). Therefore, you findthat God added The Law of Moses to The Ten Command-

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