Jesus said- Think not that I am come to destroy the law or the prophets

Mat 5:2  And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying-

 

Mat 5:17  Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.

Mat 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.

Mat 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.

 

The law.

The prophets.

 

Our Savior did not come to destroy all that had been built already. Our Savior's birth, life, death, and resurrection are all foretold by the prophets- to destroy them would be to destroy His own foretelling. Messages given by prophets long ago are relevant to us TODAY.

 

Jesus said this--

 

Mat_24:15  When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)

 

Jesus is reaffirming the prophet Daniel who lived hundreds and hundreds of years before He took on flesh. A prophecy of Daniel's would be relevant to those in the future yet, not all of Daniel's prophecies had been fulfilled and Jesus is reaffirming this.  He did NOT come to destroy the prophets or their prophecies as some would have others believe. Some want to believe that the entire old testament is meaningless. Some want to believe Jesus came to give NEW teachings to replace all the OLD, doing away with the old. The truth is, Jesus EXPANDED on old truths, Jesus became the living sacrifice the old sacrificial system portrayed,  and Jesus lived all the truths, keeping all the moral laws of His own creation.  How could anyone claim Jesus DESTROYED the moral laws if HE LIVED THEM and HE is our EXAMPLE.

 

1Pe_2:21  For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps

 

If we are to follow in Christ's steps we must keep the LAW as HE kept the law, He magnified the law taking it to the next level, not letting anyone get away with merely keeping the letter of the law, but charging them to keep the spirit of the law as well.

 

Mat 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:

Mat 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, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.

 

The spirit of the law.

 

Mat 5:27  Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:

Mat 5:28  But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

 

The spirit of the law.

 

Jesus did NOT come to destroy the law or the prophets.

 

Mat 5:17  Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.

Mat 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.

Mat 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.

 

 

He came to fulfil- to LIVE the law, to LIVE His life as foretold by the prophets.

 

In magnifying the law our SAVIOR brought it to life and taught us how we are to live the law.

 

If we break HIS commandments in any way- if we do not LOVE Him, if we do not LOVE others as we are commanded and do so in ALL our actions- every single ONE, teaching others these LAWS, these COMMANDMENTS of the purest love, then we will be held accountable.

 

Our SAVIOR is TEACHING US!

 

Mat 5:2  And he opened his mouth, and taught them

 

ARE WE LEARNING?!

 

By HIS GRACE may we LEARN all that we need to LEARN, all the HE would have us LEARN.

 

Please Lord, bless us, help us! Keep us in YOU LORD!

 

IN YOUR LOVE!