Cartoon Nate battles Mosaic law debates and the problem of evil while fighting a cold on TikTok Tuesday live.

Are Christians Under the Law of Moses? & Can God Be Blamed for Evil? (Live Q&A)

What happens when a sick host opens TikTok Tuesday only to face a Torah defender insisting everyone must keep Moses’ commands forever? Nate, still recovering and looking like he stepped out of a funhouse mirror thanks to the vertical camera, walks through Scripture to show why Christians under the law of Moses is a non-starter. The law was given to Israel, not the nations. Jesus fulfilled it, and His righteousness is credited to those who trust Him. Later the conversation shifts to free will, whether belief is a choice, and the classic charge that God should be blamed for evil. Here is the recap of a night that mixed tech-support interruptions, cannibal jokes, and serious theology.

Christians Under the Law of Moses: The Biblical Bottom Line

Nate repeatedly returned to the plain reading of the text. The Mosaic covenant was made with the descendants of Jacob and Israel, not the whole planet. Psalms 147 says God declares His statutes to Jacob and has not dealt thus with any other nation. Exodus 19 and Leviticus 27 specify the commands were for the people of Israel on Mount Sinai. Deuteronomy 5 records Moses summoning all Israel, not the earth. The Sabbath itself is called a sign between God and the Israelites forever. Romans 2 notes that Gentiles do not have the law, Romans 3 says the law speaks to those under it, and Ephesians 2 describes Gentiles as foreigners to the covenants of promise. Acts 15, the Jerusalem Council, refused to burden Gentile believers with anything beyond the short list of abstaining from idol food, sexual immorality, and blood. Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes. Christians keep the law the only way that actually works: by repenting, believing the gospel, and receiving the imputed righteousness of the One who fulfilled every command. For deeper doctrine on these foundations, explore our Christian Catechism for Adults. Related discussions also appear in the Theology Unpacked category.

Mid-Stream Tech Support and the Ceiling Collapse Challenge

While dismantling the claim that the law applies to everyone, Nate paused to walk his daughter through school Wi-Fi login steps on an iPhone. He later declared that allowing an Apple device was his greatest parental failure. An atheist caller asked whether Nate could choose to believe the ceiling would collapse in sixty seconds. Nate agreed belief is not a direct choice, yet people can choose the information they consume. Hard hearts and seared consciences explain resistance far better than a simple “I cannot believe.” The same caller’s later discussion of gratuitous evil, fawns in forests, and higher-order goods stayed civil even as Nate’s voice faded from sickness. The night closed with a reminder that endless philosophy often ends in brain-in-a-vat territory while the gospel still stands open.