Jesus revealed the law in its fulness to us

Jesus- God's Son revealed God's love. All He revealed He revealed of the Father and nothing that wasn't of the Father. The Ten Commandments were given by God and in that Jesus reaffirmed that to Love God with all your heart and soul and love your neighbor embodied the entire law and indeed the first 4 commandments were directed to the relationship between God and man and the last 6 commandments were directed towards man and his relationship with man.

Exodus-

Commandments 1-4

{20:1} And God spake all these words, saying
{20:2} I [am] the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
{20:3} Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
{20:4} Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness [of any thing] that [is] in heaven above, or that [is] in the earth
beneath, or that [is] in the water under the earth
{20:5} Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God [am] a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth [generation] of them that hate me
{20:6} And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
{20:7} Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. {20:8} Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
{20:9} Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
{20:10} But the seventh day [is] the sabbath of the LORD thy God: [in it] thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that [is] within thy gates:
{20:11} For [in] six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them [is,] and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

Commandments 5-10

{20:12} Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
{20:13} Thou shalt not kill.
{20:14} Thou shalt not commit adultery.
{20:15} Thou shalt not steal.
{20:16} Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
{20:17} Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that [is] thy neighbour’s.


Jesus revealed the law in its fulness to us--


Matthew

{5:1} And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him
{5:2} And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying
{5:3} Blessed [are] the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
{5:4} Blessed [are] they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
{5:5} Blessed [are] the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
{5:6} Blessed [are] they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
{5:7} Blessed [are] the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
{5:8} Blessed [are] the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
{5:9} Blessed [are] the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
{5:10} Blessed [are] they which are persecuted for righteousness sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
{5:11} Blessed are ye, when [men] shall revile you, and persecute [you,] and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.


(((Blessed-

the poor in spirit
they that mourn
the meek
they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness
the merciful
the pure in heart
the peacemakers
they which are persecuted for righteousness sake
ye, when [men] shall revile you, and persecute [you,] and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.


This doesn't say blessed are the beautiful, blessed are the sweet ones, blessed are they that are smart, blessed are the talented, blessed are the arrogant, blessed are the brilliant, blessed are the beautiful in voice, blessed are the healthy-- it doesn't say any of that does it?

Blessed-

the poor in spirit
they that mourn
the meek
they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness
the merciful
the pure in heart
the peacemakers
they which are persecuted for righteousness sake
ye, when [men] shall revile you, and persecute [you,] and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.


People who believe they are blessed in all things that have nothing to do with the words of Jesus spoke really aren't blessed at all. Their seeming blessings are curses in disguise, seriously. They have to overcome those supposed blessings to find the Lord. Am I say that all beautiful, talented, smart people are doomed? No. And they'd probably be the first to tell us that their blessings aren't all they're cracked up to be- not that they'd give them up- but the road of the the falsely blessed comes with it's own price.))))


{5:12} (((Rejoice)))), and (((be- exceeding glad)))) for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
{5:13} Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.
{5:14} Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
{5:15} Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. {5:16} (((Let - your light so shine)))) before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
{5:17} Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
{5:18} For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be
fulfilled.
{5:19} Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach [them,] the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
{5:20} For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed [the righteousness] of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
{5:21} Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:
{5:22} But I say unto you, That whosoever (((is- angry)))) with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever (((shall- say)))) to his brother, Raca,...

[[[Raca, or Raka, in the Aramaic of the Talmud means empty one, fool, empty head.]]]

... shall (((be- in danger)))) of the council: but whosoever (((shall- say, Thou fool,)))) (((shall be- in danger)))) of hell
fire.
{5:23} Therefore if thou (((bring- thy gift)))) to the altar, and there (((rememberest- that thy brother hath ought against thee))));
{5:24} (((Leave- there thy gift)))) before the altar, and (((go- thy way)))) first (((be- reconciled to thy brother))), and then (((come- and offer thy gift.))))
{5:25} (((Agree- with thine adversary quickly)))), whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.
{5:26} Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.


Rejoice
Be exceeding glad
Let your light so shine
Bring thy gift
Rememberest thy brother
Be reconciled to thy brother
Come and offer thy gift
Agree with thing adversary quickly


God first in all things- yes? We are to be exceeding glad in Christ, letting the light of Christ shine through us. We are to bring our meager offerings to Christ but not if we are at odds with any about us. Christ would have us love our fellow man as one of His great commandments. We can't think that if we seek only God and are at odds with those about us that this is how God wants it to be. Yes, there will be persecutions, we will be falsely accused and revivled, but any contention we foster- any contention we can have reconciled by our own actions we have to take that action of reconcilation not hold that grudge. We are NOT to purposely contend with others. We are to speak as the Spirit moves us to speak- not shout out or own opinions, our own beliefs just to prove we are right. God knows our hearts and He knows that to be His we will be *meek* not overtly causing strife in His name. We will stand up for our beliefs but we will not purposefully cause agitation. By agreeing with our adversaries we are better off agreeing to DIS-agree rather than press home our points just to be able to pat ourselves on the back claiming we are standing up for Christ when in truth we are taking the proud stance of self congratulations for defending our principles and that proud stance isn't something Jesus would condone- it's easy to see how He'll say in that day He never knew so many who profess to know Him.


May God Bless and Keep us in Him now and always by His unfathomable grace!


Amen.