The law cannot save us, but a saving faith in the shed blood of Christ will enable us to keep the Ten Commandments. ... And that reason is that there is a day of judgment coming (Acts 17:31) and God will judge all men according to the great standard: His moral Ten Commandment law (Eccl. 1:13, 14; James 2:10-12).

How do the 10 Commandments help us?

Christians believe that because of his omnibenevolent nature, God gives human beings instructions on how to live a good life and get to Heaven after they die. According to Christian belief, the Ten Commandments are important rules from God that tell Christians how to live.

Do you have to keep the 10 Commandments?

The Ten Commandments, as written by the finger of God on two tablets of stone and given to Moses at the top of Mount Sinai, are no longer in effect. Christians are not obligated to live by them. ... However, God's words in Exodus 20 are part of the Law of Moses and the Mosaic Age, which ended with Jesus' death at Calvary.