Christians can you explain?

Question

the following:
Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish, but to fulfill. For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke shall pass away from the Law, until all is accomplished. Whoever then annuls one of the least of these commandments, and so teaches others, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whosoever keeps and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 5:17-19

You say Jesus ended the law but Jesus explicitly stated that that was not his purpose.

So why did you abolish the Mosaic law?

Answer 1

I don't abolish the law. Jesus "explained" it. For example looking at a woman the wrong way is considered adultery, not only the act.

Answer 2

We did not say that Jesus ended the law, we said he came & fulfill the law, Everything in the Old Testament that pointed to a coming Messiah & the laws, pointed to Jesus Christ, Such as the Sabbath day, If we keep the Jewish sabbath we will have to keep from Friday evening to Saturday evening, & we can NOT cook our meals on the sabbath, nor do anything, That is where those Scribes & Pharisees try to condem Jesus, Because Jesus Healed on the Sabbath, & he also pluck Corn on the Sabbath because he was hungry, another thing about the sabbath, Jesus said whosoever will come unto me, I will give him REST. What is a sabbath, Day of REST in the old testament, In the new is in Jesus Christ. Many thinks that God was so worn out after he made this earth that he had to rest one day, No he did not get worn out He was Typing a time factor God Rested on the 7th DAY (1000 yrs.) That is a type in Jesus that we that have the Holy ghost, we have enter into his REST (sabbath) & that also types the 1000 yrs. Milliennium. So Jesus came & FULFILLED THE LAW. There on the Cross Hung The Law & the Redemption plan. The Bible also says the LAW & the PROPHETS were until John(the Baptized) after that we have a Redemptive plan & those Prophets is referring to the Old Testament Prophets, & the Old Testament law.

Answer 3

You have to read this carefully to understand it.

Jesus said that nothing would change until the end of the world OR until all things were accomplished.

His death on the cross accomplished all the things that were said about him in the law, the prophets, and the psalms.

Anticipating this, shortly before his death, he gave us a new and better covenant.

Just before he died, he made sure we would understand this:

Joh 19:25 Now there stood by the cross of Jesus, his mother and his mother's sister, Mary of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalen.
Joh 19:26 When Jesus therefore had seen his mother and the disciple standing whom he loved, he saith to his mother: Woman, behold thy son.
Joh 19:27 After that, he saith to the disciple: Behold thy mother. And from that hour, the disciple took her to his own.
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Joh 19:28 Afterwards, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, said: I thirst.
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This is why the apostles could later correctly state that we are no longer under the law ... any of it.

Gal 3:8 And the scripture, foreseeing that God justifieth the Gentiles by faith, told unto Abraham before: In thee shall all nations be blessed.
Gal 3:9 Therefore, they that are of faith shall be blessed with faithful Abraham.
Gal 3:10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: Cursed is every one that abideth, not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.
Gal 3:11 But that in the law no man is justified with God, it is manifest: because the just man liveth by faith.

The only laws Christians are obliged to follow today are the laws of the new covenant church which Jesus founded, and to which he gave certain authority.

And even those are few, consisting of the readopted, new covenant versions of the 10 Commandments, and a handful of Christian faith precepts.

The old law and everything in it has certainly been fulfilled and set aside by Christ. Nothing of the old can justify or save. It never could.

Answer 4

Christ hath redeemed is from the cruse of the law. being made a curse for us: Read Galatians 3:13

Galatians 3:24-25- Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ that we might be justified by faith.
Verse 25- But after that faith is come we are no longer under a schoolmaster.

Galatians 2:16- for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.

Note: No man can keep all those laws in the Old Testement. Not even those who lived in that time could cause of their flesh. If you want to follow that law then follow the whole thing. I follow Jesus and the laws he commanded.

Answer 5

We did not abolish the Mosaic law. It was fulfilled and brought to completion within the body and sacrifice of Jesus Christ. There is no further need for animal sacrifice because of this historical fact.

Are you instead referring to the code of conduct found within the Mosaic Law (and not just the laws concerning sacrifice)? That is another matter. We are not set free by God's forgiveness and grace to return to sin. We now have the responsibility to follow God, as detailed in the law, but now with the help and guidance of the Holy Spirit. We are not required to walk alone. God is with us, to help us along the way.

Answer 6

Here Christ was affirming the utter inerrancy and absolute authority of the OT as the word of God. This suggests that the NT should not be seen as supplanting the OT, but as fulfilling it.
Jesus was neither giving a new law nor modifying the old, but rather explaining the true significance of the moral content of Moses' law and the rest of the OT. Christ was indicating that He is the fulfillment of the law in all it's aspects. He fulfilled the the moral law by keeping it perfectly. He fulfilled the ceremonial law by being the embodiment of everything the law's types and symbols pointed to. And He fulfilled the judicial law by personifying God's perfect justice.

Answer 7

Jesus abolished the Mosaic law by fullfilling the types. But He did not abolish the 10 Commandments.

Answer 8

We did not abolish Mosaic law, we put it into perspective, as Jesus did. The fulfillment of law, which to us means not just the letter of the law but the spirit of the law as well.

Answer 9

From the very day that Adam and Eve sinned there has been a reference to the time when a Messiah would redeem mankind.
Before Christ there were animal sacrifices. They were a forshadow of the life Christ would offer up for all of mankind.
When it was accomplished and Jesus was nailed to the torture stake..the old law was nailed up there with him...He fullfilled it.
They were under hundreds of laws and also the 10 commandments.
But Jesus said we were only under two from there on out.
.#1 Love Jehovah your God with your whole heart , mind, and strength
#2 Love your neighbor as yourself.
If you obey these two commands you will not kill, or lie, or take your neighbors wife, or worship other Gods.
Jesus said he wanted to add no further burden than this....that we are to have love amongst ourselves.
And that we were to take up his yoke...preach to others about Our Heavenly Father...for Jesus would be with us till the conclusion of this system of things.
So pray to Jehovah, through his son Christ Jesus that you will be saved. Ask for wisdom to know what God's will is for you.

Answer 10

Jesus ended only the works of the law, the rituals. God's law is still the same. Jesus fulfilled what was prophesied by Moses and the Prophets.

Answer 11

I'm having a hard time following the question because you've answered it, it's answered in the scriptures. Christ FULFILLED the law by meeting its just demands with a perfect life, and satisfying its curse by dying on the cross. In vs. 19, He's saying that those who are disloyal to the authority of the Word of God shall be judged, he shall be called the least, means that he will not be in the Kingdom at all. The Lord sets the Bible as standard of all Righteousness, and He recognizes no other. We cannot keep the Law of Moses, Christ was the only one who did. We are responsible for the moral code of the law: killing, stealing, etc. The law is considered kept in us because Christ dwells in us. Because He kept it, God considered it kept in me because I'm baptisted into Christ's death and Life.