The second major doctrine of five affirmed by the Review and Herald in 1854 was ”The Law of God, as taught in the Old and New Testaments, unchangeable.” While we might imagine that other moral, social, and health related laws are also intended, as they appear in the Bible, the most outstandingly visible of God's laws that are taught in the Old and New Testaments, are the Ten Commandments. They are stated to be unchangeable.

It is the purpose of this article to identify what the ten commandments are, give a brief view of their historical importance, to show that they are taught in the Old and New Testaments, and finally to show that they are unchangeable.