@Arial suggested that I start a new thread with my post #32 in this thread:
A chip off the old block is someone who is in the same image or has the same nature as their father expressed through doing the same works, and this is the concept of sonship in the Bible, such as in John 8:39, Jesus said that if they were children of Abraham, then they would be doing the same works as him. So this is the sense that Jesus is the Son of God insofar as he is the exact image of God's nature (Hebrews 1:3), which he expressed through setting an sinless example of how to walk in obedience to the Mosaic Law, and the sense that we are sons of God in His image when we are partaking in the divine nature through following his example. This is why those who do not practice righteousness in obedience to the Mosaic Law are not children of God (1 John 3:4-10) and why those who are born again of the Spirit are contrasted with those who have minds set on the flesh who are enemies of God who refuse to submit to the Mosaic Law (Romans 8:4-14).
Morality is based on the nature of God and all of God's laws divide between what is in accordance with or contrary to His nature, so all of His laws are inherently moral laws. The Bible often uses the same terms to describe aspects of the nature of God as it does to describe aspects of the nature of God's law, which is because it is God's instructions for how to act in accordance with those aspects of His nature, such as with it being holy, righteous, and good (Romans 7:12) or with justice, mercy, and faithfulness being weightier matters of God's law, and aspects of God's nature are the basis of morality.
In Jeremiah 31:33, the New Covenant still involves following the Mosaic Law.
In Matthew 4:17-23, Christ began his ministry with the Gospel message to repent for the Kingdom of God is at hand, and the Mosaic Law was how his audience knew what sin is (Romans 3:20), so repenting from our disobedience to it is a central part of the Gospel message. Furthermore, Jesus set a sinless example of how to walk in obedience to the Mosaic Law, and we are told to follow his example (1 Peter 2:21-22) and that those who are in Christ are obligated to walk in the same way he walked (1 John 2:6). So Christ spent his ministry teaching his followers to obey the Mosaic Law by word and by example and Christians people to seek by faith to follow what Christ taught.
In 1 Peter 1:16, we are told to be holy for God is holy, which is a quote from Leviticus where God was giving instructions for how to do that, which includes keeping God's holy days (Leviticus 19:2-3) and refraining from eating unclean animals (Leviticus 11:44-45).
Indeed, I agree that the Psalms were written from the viewpoint of someone who is under the Mosaic Covenant law, though that does not mean that anything that he said was any less true, but rather the NT authors did not hesitate to quote from the Psalms.
A chip off the old block is someone who is in the same image or has the same nature as their father expressed through doing the same works, and this is the concept of sonship in the Bible, such as in John 8:39, Jesus said that if they were children of Abraham, then they would be doing the same works as him. So this is the sense that Jesus is the Son of God insofar as he is the exact image of God's nature (Hebrews 1:3), which he expressed through setting an sinless example of how to walk in obedience to the Mosaic Law, and the sense that we are sons of God in His image when we are partaking in the divine nature through following his example. This is why those who do not practice righteousness in obedience to the Mosaic Law are not children of God (1 John 3:4-10) and why those who are born again of the Spirit are contrasted with those who have minds set on the flesh who are enemies of God who refuse to submit to the Mosaic Law (Romans 8:4-14).
Morality is based on the nature of God and all of God's laws divide between what is in accordance with or contrary to His nature, so all of His laws are inherently moral laws. The Bible often uses the same terms to describe aspects of the nature of God as it does to describe aspects of the nature of God's law, which is because it is God's instructions for how to act in accordance with those aspects of His nature, such as with it being holy, righteous, and good (Romans 7:12) or with justice, mercy, and faithfulness being weightier matters of God's law, and aspects of God's nature are the basis of morality.
In Jeremiah 31:33, the New Covenant still involves following the Mosaic Law.
In Matthew 4:17-23, Christ began his ministry with the Gospel message to repent for the Kingdom of God is at hand, and the Mosaic Law was how his audience knew what sin is (Romans 3:20), so repenting from our disobedience to it is a central part of the Gospel message. Furthermore, Jesus set a sinless example of how to walk in obedience to the Mosaic Law, and we are told to follow his example (1 Peter 2:21-22) and that those who are in Christ are obligated to walk in the same way he walked (1 John 2:6). So Christ spent his ministry teaching his followers to obey the Mosaic Law by word and by example and Christians people to seek by faith to follow what Christ taught.
In 1 Peter 1:16, we are told to be holy for God is holy, which is a quote from Leviticus where God was giving instructions for how to do that, which includes keeping God's holy days (Leviticus 19:2-3) and refraining from eating unclean animals (Leviticus 11:44-45).
Indeed, I agree that the Psalms were written from the viewpoint of someone who is under the Mosaic Covenant law, though that does not mean that anything that he said was any less true, but rather the NT authors did not hesitate to quote from the Psalms.