Matthew 5:18. The ceremonial law was a "shadow of good things to come" (Hebrews 10:1), and was only imposed "until the time of reformation" Hebrews 9:10. But the other was a moral code, of which it is said by John, "Whosever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law." 1 John 3:4. The one is a yoke not able to be borne (see Acts 15:10); the other is that "law of liberty" by which we shall be judged (see James 2:8-12).
Sheria ya maagizo ilikuwa ni “kivuli cha mema yatakayokuwa” (Waebrania 10:1), na iliwekwa tu “hata wakati wa matengenezo mapya.” Waebrania 9:10. Lakini nyingine ilikuwa ni sheria takatifu, ambayo inasemwa na Yohana, “Kila atendaye dhambi, afanya uasi; kwa kuwa dhambi ni uasi [wa sheria].” 1 Yohana 3:4. Moja ni nira isiyoweza kubebwa (angalia Mdo 15:10); nyingine ni ile “sheria ya uhuru” ambayo kwayo tutahukumiwa (angalia Yakobo 2:8-12).