The answer is no. Jesus came to fulfill the commandments and gave us a way to obey God not by fear but by love. In the Old Testament period, the Israelites failed to obey commandments but now with the power of Holy Spirit we everybody can easily obey to God by love of Jesus Christ. Jesus not replaced Ten Commandments but the commandments are now to be obeyed by different manner. Jesus says in Mathew 5:17-37 that we should not even get anger with his brother, which is equal to murder, we should not even see a women with lust which is equal to adultery. We should not even falsely swear which breaks ninth commandment. We should love our neighbours and enemies, which is tenth commandment. He also says two commandments in Mathew 22:37-40 that 1. Love the Lord your God with all your mind heart and soul and 2. Love your neighbour as yourself. The first one is the summary of first four commandments of Ten Commandments. The second one is summary of last six commands of Ten Commandments. So, as the Bible says every Christians should obey to ten commandments and also with faith of Jesus (Rev14:12). Some say we are under grace not under commandments .Yes its true but the grace does not exempt us from obeying God. Paul says in Philippians 4:13 I can do everything through him who gives me strength. Even many Christian denominations follows doctrines not based from Bible but on keeping Ten Commandments they will argue.

It is also worth noting that the two commandments mentioned in another answer also appear in the sixth chapter of Deutueronomy and the nineteenth chapter of Leviticus, respectively. Most Christians view Jesus' teachings as supplementing and clarifying the Ten Commandments, not as overriding them.

Let us put a little spin on this subject, we know that Jesus said "if you love me keep my commandments." lets go to Matt. 22:37-40 just want to point out that if we truly with all of our heart, soul, and mind, then we would be insulted if we had to be told everything to do. The Love of the lord will allow us to do many things, so do we have to obey the ten commandments? YES.. Has Jesus given us more commandments to live? YES. As the people were ready to progress they were given more, you don't keep a kid in diapers when hes ready to be potty trained, in order for us to progress Jesus has given us more.

Yes. Obeying Jesus' commandments, as instructed in John 14:15 and other places, is not obeying the 10 Commandments. On the contrary, it's obeying the teachings he left through the Gospels. Keep in mind also that the 10 Commandments are just part of the Old Mosaic Law, not all of it. A careful reading of the Sermon on the Mount (Matt. 5-7) will show that Christ did not nullify the Old Law. He fulfilled it and took it to the next level. Christians are actually called to a higher moral compass and to what God intended for man from the very beginning (Micah 6:6-8), which is to obey with the heart, not just the intellect. Romans 7:4-13 and Romans 10:1-10 (actually the entire book of Romans focuses on this concept) teach that we are no longer under the Old Law. This doesn't mean I criticize the Old Law. The rest of Romans 7 shows me why that's not a right approach. On the other hand, I see Jesus bringing us through the Law, making us perfect through His blood as even the Old Law required (first few verses of Romans 8), and raising our standard of conduct beyond what the 10 Commandments instructed. With regard to Matt. 5:17-20, note two possible interpretations: (1) "Keep all of the old Law" in which case we should all still be making animal sacrifices and keeping the Jewish feasts, etc....; OR (2) Jesus is validating what Paul said, which is that He fulfilled the Law and that the Law was good and perfect because it demanded perfection and defined sin for us. In verse 20, Jesus says our righteousness must surpass that of the scribes and Pharisees to go to heaven. God's Law demanded perfection under the Mosaic dispensation and demands the same under Christ. The difference is that through Christ's blood, we CAN be perfect and we are righteous beyond what the scribes and Pharisees could achieve through their legalism (Rom. 8:1-4) Ignatius: I believe Galatians 3 (especially v. 24-25) teaches otherwise. Paul ("a Jew of Jews") taught, in this passage, that the Old Law fulfilled its purpose and is superceded now by the Law of Christ. Verse 24-25 say "Therefore the Law has become our tutor to lead us to Christ, to that we may be justified by faith. But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor." Anon: Regarding Acts 15:29, using this text as evidence we should keep the Mosaic Law is a rather blatant case of proof-texting. This admonition was specifically to the church at Antioch and, if you read verse 28 (always good to look at the context), Paul was specifically NOT telling this congregation to keep all the Mosaic Law. He was encouraging the congregation, not placing rules on them. To make the assertion that the Law must be followed, one must ignore most of the first several chapters of the book of Romans where Paul quite directly says that works of the Law will NOT save us. I also reiterate the passage in Galatians 3 referenced earlier. Paul even deals with the "eating meat sacrificed to idols" thing directly in Romans while talking about liberty vs. conscience. There is no scriptural evidence that one needs to follow all of the old Law "except..." as implied in one of the comments. Yes, Jesus was the ultimate sacrifice, and this fulfilled the Law as I have already discussed.

Put simply, no. Let me expand on that. When Jesus cited the two greatest commandments, he was actually teaching the people the concept of a principle. A principle is something that can be applied to many different situations. It is the foundation of a law. For example (probably a bad one): Gravity. Gravity is called a 'law' by scientists. This law gives specifics to a larger principle. Now the principle of gravity is that it is an attractive force. The law of gravity gives this principle specifics. Jesus taught principles - basic truths in life that were easy to apply. The law is simply a specific application of the principle. Therefore, if you look at the commandments such as: Do not steal, do not murder, do not covet, etc, you can expose a deeper principle that gives all of these meaning. The principle he taught was: love your neighbour as you love yourself. There were many laws in the Judaic system that were culture specific, and were given to the Jews for particular reasons. Eg: not eating blood. Apart from the fact that blood was considered sacred, in medical terms, there are many diseases and parasites in animals that are carried in the blood. Draining the meat of all blood, then, removed most of this and minimised the risk of illness. Again, the hygiene and disease control reason was a part of the foundation of what animals they could and couldn't eat. Notice that vermin and other animals listed are more likely to be carriers of disease. The animals considered OK to eat were all mainly domesticated, and could be kept relatively free of disease. You also need to understand the context the law and the commandments were given in. See, even the ten commandments are principles upon which the entire Judaic law was based. In the old Testament, salvation and belonging to God's people was dependent upon adhering to that covenant. They didn't always follow the law out of love for God. Sometimes it was just because they were obliged to. (Or get stoned...) When Jesus died and rose again, he fulfilled the law. He did not do away with it. Even he himself said that, in almost those exact words. We were no longer bound to the penalty of the law (ie. death) and the substitution of a sacrificial animal. The shed blood of Jesus atones for our sin. Therefore we have freedom from this law because it has been fulfilled. (Before you get mad, just read the rest...) Even though the immediate penalty for breaking the law has been paid, we still suffer the consequences of our sins. The principles that the law was based on still apply to human life. Nothing has changed with sin or its effects. At the judgment day, we will still be judged on whether we chose to live God's way or not. He said "if you love me, follow my commands". He also spoke about going the extra mile. One way of going the extra mile is to look past the laws and find the principle behind it. Hence he said to not only NOT commit adultery, but not to lust after people. Why? Because although the law affects action, the principle behind it is aimed at the attitude. Here we get to the heart of the matter. God is not interested in your actions. He's interested in your attitudes. The pharisees kept all the laws. They even invented new ones! Yet Jesus called them whitewashed tombs! Why? Because even though they followed the law on the outside, on the inside their attitudes stank, and they were no good to him. The only thing a whitewashed tomb is good for is burying dead people! So now let's take another look at the question. Did Jesus do away with the ten commandments. No. Why? Because even though he fulfilled the law, he didn't do away with the principles behind it. Lust still leads to destructive behaviour. Hate and greed still lead to destructive behaviour. He knows this - that's why he set the law in the first place. It's also why he paid the price and gave us grace and love - and the Holy Spirit. These things give us the ability to fix our stinking attitudes. Do we have to follow the law. No. We have free choice. God has witheld his judgment until the last day. We can do what we want. The only catch is that we wear the consequences, and on the last day we will answer for them. Our relationship with Jesus is also negatively affected. So why do we live according to the commandments (or at the very least, the principles behind them) if we don't have to? The answer is simple. Because of the love he showed us by dying for us and setting us free, we love him in return and wish to please him. We don't want our relationship with him spoiled by sin. We desire to be more like him, because we know the principles he taught are good and profitable. He set us free from the condemnation and obligation of the law. He removed the barrier between God and man, so we can go directly to God, through Jesus. This is why people pray "in the name of Jesus". It's not a mantra, but acknowledging to God and ourselves that we only have access to Him through Jesus.

Would it be helpful to say that there are Thirty Commandments instead of ten? There are three kinds of law in the Old Testament. First is civil, which applied to the Jewish state until Gentiles began ruling them in the time of Herod. These include highly specific taxes and fines that no Christian denomination practices anymore. Second is ceremonial and applies only to the Jewish religion. If you believe that Christianity supplanted Judaism, you wouldn't want to see your never-shaved pastor come out in scarlet and purple robes spattered with blood and hemmed with bells and pomegranates. Third is the moral law, which is easily recognized because it's repeated in the New Testament. These are rules that apply to human nature at all times and in all places, such things as not slandering other people, stealing someone's wife and so forth. Each of the Ten Commandments in Exodus has civil, ceremonial, and moral elements, or we could say that we could find civil and ceremonial laws that relate to each of them.

No. He fulfilled the Law (including the Ten Commandments) as stated in Matthew 5:17. Furthermore, it might be pointed out that Jesus Covenant is a fulfillment of Ezk. 36:26-27. Jesus teachings regarding murder and adultery as found in Matthew 5:17-26 support this: It is a matter of the heart.

Replace the Ten Commandments? Would that mean killing, stealing, lying, etc., are now OK? What you probably mean is did Jesus' teaching override the many other commandments of the Hebrew Bible, such as the many purity laws. I don't really have a dog in this fight, but in general Christians say that J changed "all that." They are hard pressed, however, to say what J said to ignore. Unfortunately (and I know this sounds cynical) many Christians like to say that J's teaching replaced the OT, because that menas they can skip reading the OT.

Supplimented? ;-)

No, for if you read them again, you should realize that they can be categorized into laws that pertain to humanity and laws that pertain to man and God. He just simplified the ten commandments, for if you love God with all your mind, body and soul, you will keep the sabbath, not take His name in vain, nor worship idols. Also, if you love your neighbor, or mankind in general, you will not kill anyone, steal from anyone, lie about anyone (bear false witness), or covet anything that is not yours.

Jesus said He came to fulfill the law and restore its real intent. The longer answers are really better, but in case you don't read them, this is the short short version.

upgraded would be a better word for today's vocabulary. jesus cancelled out sin, so sin ceased to exist. he said there was only one commandment, that we should love everyone. he said we could have his holy spirit to guide us if we wanted guidance. instead of having fifty million laws to follow. some of the ten commandments might be difficult to follow. like honoring the sabbath. jesus realized christians wouldnt be going to church on the sabbath, so that is why the commandments were revised to a new version.

No. Matthew 19:17-78 states: Now someone approached him and said, "Teacher, what good must I do to gain eternal life?" He answered him, "Why do you ask me about the good? There is only One who is good. If you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments." For Christians, Jesus fulfilled the Law of Moses. Christians are not held to the ceremonial parts of the Mosaic Law concerning of dietary purity, temple worship and sacrifices. Christians are held to the moral law of God, some of which is expressed in the Ten Commandments. However Jesus took the Ten Commandments to the next step summarizing them into the two Great Commandments: • You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength. • You shall love your neighbor as yourself. And teaching things like • Everyone who looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart. • Everyone is our neighbor including our enemies. Therefore we have to go much farther than the original recipients of the Ten Commandments ever dreamed. For more information, see the Catechism of the Catholic Church, part 3, section 2: http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/pt3sect2.shtml With love in Christ.