I wish I could avoid the subject of Mosaic laws. Christians usually do. But the subject gets thrown into everyone's faces when extremists use Mosaic history to contradict all modern civility. Like saying God hates fags.

Christ produced two quotes which summarize the subject. So I'll use them as a basis for showing that Mosaic laws are not applicable to the moral truth which Christ taught.

One quote applies to stoning an adulteress (John 8:1-11). An adulteress was brought before Christ, while trouble makers were saying Moses said she should be stoned. Christ said, "let he who is without sin cast the first stone." Everyone left. Christ said he did not condemn her, but she should avoid the sin.

Notice that Christ provided a common sense logic without mentioning Mosaic laws. Common sense logic is the basis of the morality which Christ teaches. Nowdays, people make arguments on the basis of common sense logic. If Christians don't, then atheists get the majority of opinions on their side.

The second example applied to divorce. When Christ said divorce is sin, he was asked why Moses allowed divorce (Mat 19:3-9). Christ said that because of their stubbornness Moses allowed them to divorce, but now it is a sin.

This quote shows that Moses was arbitrating social problems in a human way, not defining universal moral truths or speaking for God. It also shows that every element of the Bible has to be taken for whatever it is worth. Most of it is a description of history, not a prescription for living. God does not purify human activities, so Jewish history showed not God's purification of a group but what the nature of sin is and why moral standards need to replace the sin.

The prescription for life must come out of abstract moral principles, not history or a Biblical description of history.

However, the Ten Commandments still apply. Whenever Christ was asked how to get saved, he first said to keep the Ten Commandments, and then he said poverty is needed for perfection (Mat 19:17-21).

Universal Laws vs. Stated Laws