Sunday, May 5, 2013

Cost of Discipleship Pt 54 - Our Savior is the heart of the law


Chapter 9 - The Brother

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.
Mat 5:23  Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;
Mat 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.
Mat 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.
Mat 5:26  Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.

Bonhoeffer- 'Jesus is simply picking up the argument where he left off, and affirming his agreement with the law of the Mosaic covenant. But-- and this is where he is at one with the law of God-- he makes it perfectly clear that he, the Son of God, is the Author and Giver of the law. Only those who apprehend the law as the word of Christ are in a position to fulfill it. The heresy of the Pharisees must be excluded at all costs. Only by knowing Christ as the Giver and Fulfiller of the law can we attain to a true knowledge of the law. Christ has laid his hand on the law, and by claiming it for his own, he brings it to fruition.'

My thoughts-

Joh 1:1  In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Joh 1:2  The same was in the beginning with God.

Joh 1:14  And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

Joh 8:57  Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?
Joh 8:58  Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.

1Co 10:1  Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
1Co 10:2  And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
1Co 10:3  And did all eat the same spiritual meat;
1Co 10:4  And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.

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Truly it is Christ's law, He and the Father agree as one on every single commandment given.

The Word was with God in the BEGINNING.
Before Abraham was-  I AM.

Remember this--

Exo 3:14  And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.

And here Jesus is saying in the book of John -  before Abraham was, I am.

Christ was with His Father in the beginning and throughout ALL.  They've never been apart.  So how can ANYONE even imagine the Christ wasn't there as the Ten MORAL Laws were given on Mount Sinai?  He agreed with every single commandment given! He was there as they were etched on those stone tablets! When He became flesh He was still in agreement with those morals laws. This is an indisputable fact. So HOW could He ever do away with them? How? Why would He? Would He have been wrong with any of them? NO! NEVER!

Bonhoeffer- 'Only those who apprehend the law as the word of Christ are in a position to fulfill it.'

TRUTH!

If you choose to follow Christ, you are following His example, you are following the path He followed as much as any human can. You are living as He lived- with the morals He lived by. He NEVER broke a single commandment, never! Only when WE comprehend that our Savior is the author of the Ten Moral Commandments can we truly understand their importance!

Bonhoeffer- ' But while he is in perfect agreement with the law as such, he declares war on all false interpretations of it, and by honouring it he gives himself into the hands of its false devotees.'

False interpretations. There are so many false interpretations of the law.  Our Savior had to tell us the heart of the law because mankind had buried it beneath their selfishness.

Remember this from above-

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.

If you are even angry you are in danger!

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.

Our Savior is the heart of the law!

How many people had others killed without shedding the blood themselves?  David for example. He had Bathsheba's husband sent to the front lines to be killed so he could have Bathsheba.  David was GUILTY as if he'd thrust the sword in the husband's side himself.  How many people like to skirt around laws, they do it all the time. They find mere technicalities and then pat themselves on the back happily because  they've outsmarted the system. 

Well there is NO outsmarting GOD! NO WAY!  God will not be mocked, He will not be deceived, ever!  He knows the innards of our hearts, he knows our intentions!  And Jesus has revealed this to everyone!  We can't take His law and bend it to suit us! We must obey it with love! Treat it as the precious gift it really is!

Please LORD help us! Teach us! Clean our hearts!  Let us know the truth of Your law, the heart of Your law and keep it as You created it to be kept, all by the grace, mercy, and righteousness of our SAVIOR!

In Your LOVE Always!


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