What is the nature of the Ten Commandments?
The Ten Commandments are the Mosaic law, described as perfect, righteous, holy, and eternal—the eternal mind of God revealed to mankind. They stand over the lost person, who cannot escape them and will be judged according to that law at the great white throne.
Les explains that the Ten Commandments are the Mosaic law that holds the lost person under God's demands. Even an atheist cannot escape them; those commandments of God hang over him, and he will be judged by that law at the great white throne. The commandments are perfect, righteous, holy, and eternal, not merely Old Testament stuff but the eternal mind of God revealed to mankind. To come out from under that demand, a person must die—not physically, but in the old Adam.