Not One Jot Or Tittle Will Pass Away From the Law Till All Is Fulfilled - Matthew 5:17-18

There is a great heresy/delusion that exists in the modern church of today. People say we are not under the Law of the Old Testament as we are in the New Covenant of Grace, and then they say we do not have to obey the commands of Jesus, as that would make us a person that is trying to win their faith by works and not by faith. This is not as it should be!

OUR TEXT

Matthew 5:17-18 (New King James Version)

17 "Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. 18 For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled.

It is amazing how many times people preach that we are not under the Law anymore but we are under Grace. So if that is true, it is okay not to honor your parents and it's okay to steal, it's okay to lie, it is okay to buy as much as you can to be as good as your neighbor, you can even sleep with your neighbors wife then divorce your own wife and marry her.

It's quite sickening to see. The church will take all the worship music from David's psalms and many of the promises all through the Old Testament and claim them for their own life on one hand, but they will say that the judgments of the Old Testament in the prophets will not apply to the last days church and that we are still not under the Law.

Then when Jesus came and added to the Law, and revised the Law in the New Testament, and gave 50 commandments of what we should do and not do as a true follower of his, this is said not to be necessary as many of these things he said are said to be impossible to do. If you say to a Christian that he has to obey Jesus' commands as he is your Master they will accuse you of trying to be saved by works.

Jesus said this about his commands and who you are to him if you obey or don't obey what he taught in the Gospel:

John 14:23-24 (New King James Version)

23 Jesus answered and said to him, "If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him. 24 He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine but the Father's who sent Me.

Yes Jesus died that we can be saved an indwelt by the Holy Spirit, yet we are still called to be holy. Please do not be fooled that you need not obey Jesus to call him Lord. People like to call Jesus their friend, but you are only a friend of Jesus when you are obeying him.

If Jesus said not one part of the law will pass away till all the prophets prophecies are fulfilled and heaven and earth have no sin and tears then the Law will remain in his commandments.

Be Blessed

Matthew Robert Payne

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