And who decides which we can pick and choose to obey and which to dispense with?
"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. I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished" (Matthew 5:17-18).
2007-07-28 02:08:57 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Why not do what you want to do.
2007-07-28 02:13:37 · answer #1 · answered by Ollie 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You are misunderstanding what the passage is saying.
He refers to the law AND the Prophets in this context. Can you "abolish" law in the Prophets where there is no law codified? So it is not talking specifically about law, but the whole of Scripture that was extant at that time. What then has the potential of being abolished that is in the Law and the Prophets? Prophesies.
He came to fulfill everything written about him found in the Law and the Prophets.
But if you want to take the stance this is about the law, and it not being altered even down to jots and tittles, then you would still be required to practice the sacrifices and the rest of the 613 points of law.
In verse 18, the Law, in this context, is still referring to the entirety of Scripture up to that time.
Luke 24:44 And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.
Is he not referring back to what he said in Mt. 5:17-18?
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2007-07-28 10:11:46 · answer #2 · answered by Hogie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dear brother! Your question is very much understandable but I want to ask whether you believe that Jesus came to fulfill the Law? If he fulfilled the law(he did), he then becomes an embodiment of the law so that you no longer need the law to be saved but just to accept the one who is an embodiment of it - Master Jesus.
You see, there is no problem of choice here but a decision to follow the only way, the truth and the life to be saved. God bless you as you choose Jesus
2007-07-28 09:31:07 · answer #3 · answered by comradechris 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Here are some Scriptures to help you understand that Jesus has fulfilled the law for us so that we are now not to obey the law to establish our own righteousness but under a better covenant, we have the righteousness of God by faith:
Rom 10:4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes
Gal 3:24,25 the law was our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith. After faith has come we no longer under the tutor.
Heb 7:12 For the priesthood being changed, of necessity there is also a change in the law
Heb 7:18,19 For on the one hand there is an annulling of the former commandment because of its weakness and unprofitableness for the law made nothing perfect . . .
Heb 7:22 by so much more Jesus has become a surety of a better covenant.
Heb 8:5-8 who serve the copy and shadow of the heavenly things. As Moses was divinely instructed when he was about to make the tabernacle. For He said, “See that you make all things according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.” But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also Mediator of a better covenant which was established on better promises. For if the that first covenant had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second. Because finding fault with them, He says: “Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah –’
Rom 3:21-26 But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, even the righteousness of God which is though faith in Jesus Christ to all and on all who believed. For there is no difference for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God set forth to be a propitiation by His blood through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God has passed over the sins that were previously committed, to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.
Phil 3:9 and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith.
2007-07-28 10:22:55 · answer #4 · answered by seekfind 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Consider; you can either be punished under the law, by a judge, or you can be forgiven under the law, by that same judge. Either way, the law is fulfilled. Jesus came to bring (and teach) forgiveness. Does it contradict the Law, to forgive someone a debt? I don't thinks so...
I would say forgive whenever you are able, and pray for the ability to forgive those that you have trouble with. You shouldn't choose which laws to fulfill, you should choose to try...
2007-07-28 09:23:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
What Jesus was referring to when He said, "until everything is accomplished" was when He died on the cross.
Colossians chapter 2 tells us that Jesus cancelled the law after he fulfilled it, nailing it to the tree or the cross.
Galatians explains that the law could not save us and that those who attempt to follow the law have lost their relationship with Christ.
The Law of Moses has been cancelled from the minute Jesus died on the cross.
That's when the law was fulfilled.
Its still handy to study, since we can learn much from it, but the Law of Moses is no longer in effect.
Pastor Art
2007-07-28 09:15:51 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
No. Why?
1) The law of Moses was for the Jews.
2) The law was more for how to run the country, than how to live day to day.
3) We are to live under the new covenant laid out in the New Testament.
2007-07-28 09:16:30 · answer #7 · answered by Joel 2 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, we are to walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.
This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
We are to serve Christ and follow Him, depend upon Him and live by His strength, by His indwelling and enabling power and live to please Him.
2007-07-28 09:34:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If Jesus fulfilled the Law and is now living in his followers then
Two commandments he gives us:
1 - Love God
2 - Love your neighbor.
Do these two and you fulfill the whole law.
God's Love gives expecting nothing in return
2007-07-28 09:20:40 · answer #9 · answered by A Voice 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Everything is now accomplished yet. The Tanakh contain may things about the new covenant such as "I will put My Teaching into their inmost being and inscribe it upon their hearts. Then I will be their G-d, and they will be My people. No longer will they need to teach one another and say to one another, "Heed the L-RD"; for all of them, from the least of them to the greatest, shall heed Me — declares the L-RD" ... has this happened yet? The Tanakh contain prophecy of what Messiah will do that hasn't been fulfilled yet.
Therefor, we must keep the law, as the new covenant isn't here yet.
2007-07-28 10:16:22 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
The law was a tutor leading to the Christ.
If we fulfil the law of the Christ, then we encompass the whole of the mosaic law.
The mosaic law gave us instructions on how to treat others, Jesus simply said, "love as I have loved you"
2007-07-28 09:17:24 · answer #11 · answered by Jadore 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋