Morning Light - Exodus 21

[Today: Exodus 21] Are We Exempt from Old Testament Law? In this chapter we see Moses instructing the elders by the word of the Lord how to apply the Ten Commandments to every day situations. Unfortunately there is very little evidence that these instructions were carried out other than in harshness for reasons of avarice and greed. What about the day we live in? To what degree is the Law incumbent upon the New Testament believer? What commands are we exempt from and who decides?/