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Not necessarily. They would be classified as neonominians, i.e., "new law". It is their view that Christians are not under OT law but NT law, i.e., the "law of Christ". There are some I have had the unpleasant occasion to converse with who are antinomian, i.e., "no law". They claim that Christians are of grace ONLY and law has no authority. Of course, that view is illogical for a person has no guidelines in regard to life. They claim the Spirit guides them. But the bottom line for either of these position is they cannot withstand the clear teaching of Scripture, i.e., "If you love Me, you will keep my commandments." etc. And, according to James there is only One lawgiver (sic) God (Jam 4:12). And God is One. There is no contradiction nor assimilation within the Godhead. Jesus, the Incarnate God came to do all that the Father willed. And, He Jesus, only spoke of that which the Father gave Him. And, the cherry on top is that this ONE Lawgiver who upon Mt. Sinai was the Son of God, the pre-incarnate Christ (Heb 12:18-26). Thus the moral law of the OT is one and the same as the moral law of the NT. It is THIS law which Christ kept perfectly and which is the paradigm of all righteousness which the natural man lacks completely and which is imputed to the believer's account and thus justifies the most vile of sinners. Sin is the transgression of the law and thus it must be and is the standard of which everyone must keep perfectly and upon which all will be judged.