Ezekiel 20:18-21
20:18 “‘But I said to their children in the wilderness, “Do not follow the practices of your fathers; do not observe their regulations, nor defile yourselves with their idols.
20:19 I am the Lord your God; follow my statutes, observe my regulations, and carry them out.
20:20 Treat my Sabbaths as holy and they will be a reminder of our relationship, and then you will know that I am the Lord your God.”
20:21 “‘But the children rebelled against me, did not follow my statutes, did not observe my regulations by carrying them out (the one who obeys them will live by them), and desecrated my Sabbaths. I decided to pour out my rage on them and fully vent my anger against them in the wilderness.
John 7:19
7:19 Hasn’t Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps
the law! Why do you want
to kill me?”
Romans 2:23-25
2:23 You who boast in the law dishonor God by transgressing the law!
2:24 For just as it is written, “
the name of God is being blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”
2:25 For circumcision has its value if you practice the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.
Galatians 6:13
6:13 For those who are circumcised do not obey the law themselves, but they want you to be circumcised so that they can boast about your flesh.