Do the Ten Commandments still have a role in the Christian life?

Yes. The Ten Commandments retain a valid moral role in Christian experience, though not as a binding legal or religious code. Christ nailed the handwriting of ordinances, including the Ten, to His cross, ending the Law’s binding power. Believers still live under the Ten’s moral code; it remains valid but not religious dogma.

Les explains that the handwriting of ordinances was against us and contrary to us because human nature was always bumping them. Christ took it out of the way by nailing it to His cross; the Cross was the end of the Law. He warns that much preaching and teaching stays in the area before the Cross, which lets people hang on to legalism and the strings in the commandments. The Lord nailed those things to the Cross, including the Ten, so believers are not under their binding power. Yet Les insists we are under their moral code absolutely and he will never take that away. Therefore the Ten still have a valid role in Christian experience, but not as a religious dogma, as Romans chapter 13 makes obvious.

Romans 13:8

Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.

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What happens to the Ten Commandments when love is operating in a believer?

When love is operating in a believer, the Ten Commandments automatically fall away as something that must be constantly drilled or taught. Love becomes the motivating power, and the believer automatically fulfills the Law. Love works no ill to a neighbor, so prohibitions against stealing, false witness, coveting, adultery, and killing are fulfilled.