Les Feldick Bible Study

Do believers under grace still need the temple, priesthood, and animal sacrifices?

Believers under grace do not need temple worship, a priesthood, animal sacrifices, or the Ten Commandments constantly drilled into them. Once under grace and empowered by the Holy Spirit, love becomes the motivating power behind everything, so believers automatically fulfill the Law by loving one another.

Les teaches that Paul is writing to believers, and these things are everyday practicality, not pie in the sky. Under grace, when we love another, we have fulfilled the law. Therefore, we do not have to have temple worship, a priesthood, animal sacrifices, or the Ten Commandments constantly drilled into us. Once we step under the light of grace and the Holy Spirit empowers us, love becomes the whole motivating power behind everything we do, and then we automatically fulfill the Law. Les illustrates this by asking whether you can steal from someone you love, bear false witness, gossip about, or covet something owned by a loved one. Going through the whole gamut of Ten Commandments, when love is operating, they all automatically fall away and no longer have to be taught and drilled.

Romans 13:8

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