Law or No?
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Matthew 5:17-20 (ESV)
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17. "Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.
18. For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished.
19. Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
20. For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
Law or No?
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Beliefs on the Law are widely varied today, but fall into three major categories:
1) We are still under every command, sacrifice, ritual, etc.
2) The Law has absolutely nothing to do with New Covenant believers
3) The Law still exists, but its relation to us has changed since Jesus
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Beliefs on the Law are widely varied today, but fall into three major categories:
1) We are still under every command, sacrifice, ritual, etc.
2) The Law has absolutely nothing to do with New Covenant believers
3) The Law still exists, but its relation to us has changed since Jesus
It is not truly possible to be practicing under the law as it is impossible to offer sacrifices at the temple since there is a mosque there.
On the other hand people say that the law is not existence and ignore the old testament. That needs to be thrown out as it throws out Jesus.
So we believe the third way. It exist but we view things in a changed way.
Jesus did not come to abolish the law.
Eph 2:15
15 by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace,
Jesus has rendered the law useless. The law still stands but you can not use it to get righteousness. The law still stands.
v. 18 - Jesus says the law is going to stand forever. It still speaks to us. If the Spirit of God is abiding in you then you will live under the law.
We are no longer under dietary, hygienic , ceremonial restrictions of the law. They were pictures of Jesus but we have the real thing. The pictures can still speak to us so we should look to them from time to time.
We still have to follow the moral law. They are summed up in the 10 commandments. It can be summed up in one word. LOVE
Gal 5:14(ESV)
14 For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
James 2:8 (ESV)
8 If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.
v. 20 - The people saw the Pharisees were the righteous. They thought this because they saw the rule following was what made them this way. Jesus was trying to show them this is not the way of righteousness.
Matt 5 (MSG)
17-18“Don’t suppose for a minute that I have come to demolish the Scriptures—either God’s Law or the Prophets. I’m not here to demolish but to complete. I am going to put it all together, pull it all together in a vast panorama. God’s Law is more real and lasting than the stars in the sky and the ground at your feet. Long after stars burn out and earth wears out, God’s Law will be alive and working.19-20“Trivialize even the smallest item in God’s Law and you will only have trivialized yourself. But take it seriously, show the way for others, and you will find honor in the kingdom. Unless you do far better than the Pharisees in the matters of right living, you won’t know the first thing about entering the kingdom.
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