In Matthew 5, when Jesus says things like:
“not come to abolish the law and the Prophets,” “will [not] by any means disappear from the law,” “anyone who sets aside one of [the law] and teaches others accordingly will be called least in the kingdom of heaven,” “whoever practices and teaches … great in the kingdom of heaven.”
What is he referring to? What is “the law,” or the “the commands” to him? Nothing in the New Testament had been written yet, so we can’t find the answer there.
And when modern day Christianity says, “We are no longer under the law because we are under grace,” how does that fit with what Jesus said?
One of the main reasons given for this is, “we can no longer keep the law.” How does that fit with what Jesus said about who is least and greatest in the kingdom of heaven?
Before we take a deeper dive in to Matthew 5, we are looking at a few things:
- What was “the law and the prophets” to Jesus?
- Can we still keep them? We are not exploring should we, or would we, but just the simple question of COULD we?
- Grace vs Law, which in some ways is Modern Christianity vs Jesus. And if you really dig into the New Testament – it was the main question of the day. It was Jesus vs the Religious Leaders of the day. If Jesus fulfilling the law brought grace, what do we do with what Jesus says in Matthew 5?
Once we establish the answer to those questions, we’ll begin a deeper dive into Matthew 5 because it is one of the longest teachings of Jesus we have on record. And if we profess to follow him, shouldn’t we hang on every word he spoke?
Come along and join us stating with
Grace vs Law
YouTub: Grace vs Law Playlist
Rumble: First video in the series
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