The Moral Law

I have heard it taught many places that the Law, as in the law of the Old Covenant, given under the leadership of Moses by God, is split up into 3 parts: There is the moral law, the ceremonial law and the civil law. The moral law is the Ten Commandments, the Ceremonial Law is all the priestly stuff, and the Civil law is all the stuff relating to running a country.

This is all very interesting and for the sake of scholarship and study, I’m sure it is very useful. The thing is, usually when talking about the parts of the law, we get told that as Christians, the moral law is still in force and we are expected to live by it. “Of course!” we all say, and who wouldn’t? Isn’t it a fearful thing to fall into the hands of an angry God?