Dr. Couch, does dispensationalism require one to believe that the Ten
Commandments were given to the Jewish people alone? How would you answer
the charge of antinomianism that is often thrown at dispensationalists?
ANSWER:
First of all, the entire law, not just the Ten Commandments, were indeed
given to Israel alone. Read your Bible! Don’t get mad at
dispensationalists who can read! Remember, there are 613 commandments,
not just ten. All of the moral principles that reflect the demands, and
the character of God in the OT, are eternal in nature. While many are in
the commandments, there are also many ceremonial laws that are no
longer in effect. Every moral injunction however is carried over into
the NT. Lust, murder, thievery, not loving our God, are still part of
what Christians are to live by and honor today.
It is wooden-headed people who make such ludicrous charges against
dispensationalism. They have not studied their own Bible, nor have they
read what dispensationlism teaches. May I ask you, is the church today
under the commandment of the Sabbath? Do we make animal sacrifice? Do we
go up to Jerusalem once a year for Passover? Well, we are not under
the system of the Law, this is why we do not do those things. Since you
don’t, you are a dispensationalist, and you understand the difference
between the theocracy demands of the OT, and the fact that we are now
under the dispensation of grace, not law. Please read what Paul says in
Romans and Galatians about this issue, especially in Gal. 3:23-25. "But
now that faith has come (the dispensation of grace) we are no longer
under a tutor (the law)" (v. 25). I didn’t write this, Paul did!
Thanks for asking.
Dr. Mal Couch
