废掉律法的规条
基督藉着祂的死废掉了规条，好把两下，就是以色列人和外邦人，在基督里创造成一个新人，成就了和平（弗二15，西二14）。在犹太人中间，主要的规条乃是守安息日、割礼、和饮食的条例。犹太宗教乃是建立在这三根柱石上。这些成了很强的分离因素，将犹太人和所有的外邦人分开。
不仅如此，所有不同的文化都有他们的规条。日本人和中国人有他们特别的规条。美国德州人有他们的规条，北部各州的人也有他们的规条。但这一切的规条都已经钉了十字架。中间隔断的墙，分开的墙，都已经被基督的死所拆毁。如今，无论我们的种族和文化是什么，我们都能在基督里成为一。
我们若有这一切规条，就绝不能成为一个新人。中国人和日本人，白人和黑人怎能成为一个新人？他们能成为一个新人，因为基督除灭了一切的规条，并将一切天然的人钉死在十字架上。如今在新人里只有基督有地位。在新人里，基督是一切，又在一切之内（西三11）。
除灭以色列人和外邦人之间的仇恨
基督藉着祂包罗万有的死，除灭了以色列人和外邦人之间的仇恨，使两下在一个身体里与神和好（弗二16）。祂将两下创造成为一个新人，并使两下在一个身体里和好。这一个新人就是一个身体。教会是基督的身体，需要基督作生命；教会是新人，需要基督作人位。就着新人说，人位乃是基督；就着身体说，生命乃是那灵。基督和那灵乃是一，新人和身体也是一。一切的分隔都已经在十字架上钉死了，我们也已经在一个身体里与神和好了。
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On the Negative Side – Dealing with Ordinances – Eph. 2:15
Abolishing the Ordinances of the Law
Through His death, Christ abolished the ordinances in order to create the two peoples — the Jews and the Gentiles — into one new man in Himself, thus making peace (Eph. 2:15; Col. 2:14). Among the Jews, the primary ordinances were the keeping of the Sabbath, circumcision and dietary regulations. The Jewish religion was built upon these three pillars. These became strong dividing elements, separating the Jews from all the Gentiles.
Moreover, every different culture has its own set of ordinances. The Japanese and Chinese have their particular ordinances. People in Texas have theirs, and so do those in the northern states of the U.S. Yet all these ordinances have been nailed to the cross. The middle wall of partition — the dividing wall — has been broken down through Christ’s death. Now, regardless of our race or culture, we can be one in Christ.
If we still hold on to all these ordinances, we can never become the one new man. How can Chinese and Japanese, or white and Black people, become one new man? They can be one new man because Christ has abolished all ordinances and crucified all natural men on the cross. Now in the new man, only Christ has the position. In the new man, Christ is all and in all (Col. 3:11).
Abolishing the Enmity Between Jews and Gentiles
Through His all-inclusive death, Christ abolished the enmity between Jews and Gentiles, reconciling both in one Body to God (Eph. 2:16). He created the two into one new man and reconciled both in one Body. This one new man is the same as the one Body. The church is the Body of Christ, which requires Christ as its life; the church is also the new man, which requires Christ as its person. Concerning the new man, the person is Christ; concerning the Body, the life is the Spirit. Christ and the Spirit are one, and the new man and the Body are also one. All separations have been crucified on the cross, and we have been reconciled to God in one Body.