Commandment-keeping
<p>Is anyone saved by keeping the Ten Commandments?</p>
<p>No, because no one can keep them perfectly. (Galatians 2:16, 3:10-11; James 2:10)</p>
<p>So what use are the Ten Commandments?</p>
<p>The Ten Commandments, along with the rest of the Law God gave Israel through Moses, have only one purpose: to convince you that you can't be reconciled to God by being good enough, and so to lead you to the means of reconciliation God provided -- His own Son Jesus, the Christ. (Galatians 3:19-24, 2 Corinthians 5:17-21)</p>
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<p>Would a person not reconciled to God still benefit from trying to keep the Ten Commandments?</p>
<p>Yes, since they represent part of God's morality. Since God created the world, the individuals and the societies they comprise, to work best when aligned with His morality and righteousness, people and societies benefit to the degree that they live accordingly. </p>
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<p>Should a person who has obtained reconciliation with God through faith in Jesus Christ attempt to keep the Ten Commandments? </p>
<p>Not just the ten commandments, but the over 200 commandments God gave such people by causing them to be recorded in the New Testament. And unlike the purpose of the Ten Commandments given through Moses to Israel, these New Testament commandments, which include nine of the original ten commandments, are given for a different purpose: to guide the reconciled person in a daily life matching more and more the goodness of Christ. (Matthew 5:16; Ephesians 2:10, 5:8; Philippians 2:15; 1 Thessalonians 2:12; 1 Timothy 5:25; Titus 2:7, 2:14, 3:8, 3:14; Hebrews 10:24; 1 Peter 2:12, 3:16)</p>