Jesus kept the Law

Jesus did not break the Sabbath or the letter of the Law.

The Sabbath is part of the commandments and of those commandments Christ declares, "Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in nowise pass from the law."


Jesus pointed to examples from the Old Testament, acts that were done on the Sabbath day by those who were in the God's service.

"Have ye not read so much as this," He said, "what David did, when himself was an hungered, and they which were with him; how he went into the house of God, and did take and eat the shewbread, . . . which it is not lawful to eat but for the priests alone?" "And He said unto them, The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath." "Have ye not read in the law, how that on the Sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, and are BLAMELESS?"

Dont you SEE??? The very underlying foundation of the whole law is love God (first 4 commandments) and love your neighbor (last 6 commandments) LOVE is the very foundation of it.. so how could Jesus allow someone to die or be sick on Sabbath???


They were BLIND and mistook the very object of the Sabbath, the very purpose of it.
He said, "If ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the GUILTLESS." Matt. 12:7.

Then Jesus sees the man with the withered hand and its the Sabbath.
Jesus asked, "It is LAWFUL to do good on the Sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill?"

He saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other." Mark 3:4, 5.

When asked, "Is it LAWFUL to heal on the Sabbath days?" Jesus answered, "What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the Sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out? How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is LAWFUL to do well on the Sabbath days." Matt. 12:10-12.



Jesus said, "I have kept My Father's commandments, and abide in His love." John 15:10. Jesus NEVER broke the law of the Sabbath.

He could say unchallenged, "Which of you convicteth Me of sin?" John 8:46,


THAT is the very reason why SO MANY of you are dead set against the commandments...the law... because YOU DONT UNDERSTAND IT!! You view it in a legalistic manner... instead of the way Jesus demonstrated it ought to be kept.

Jesus didnt break the law... He couldnt be our sacrifice for sin if he had of.

 

I think if Jesus broke the Sabbath He wouldnt of said "Isnt it LAWFUL to pull your animal out of the ditch on Sabbath?"

Wherefore it is LAWFUL to do well on the Sabbath days." Matt. 12:10-12.

They were BLIND and mistook the very object of the Sabbath, the very purpose of it.
He said, "If ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the GUILTLESS." Matt. 12:7.


Hello???

"Blind" is the key

 

You have got to be kidding Mike

 

Jesus said to the Pharisees that they had omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith. These were always part of the law. They didnt see that, however and stuck to the rigid letter of the law, plus added all sorts of their own restrictions to it.

Mt:23:23: Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

REMEMBER Jesus said " Matt. 12:7. If ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice , ye would not have condemned the GUILTLESS." Jesus QUOTED FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT TO EXPLAIN WHAT THEY SHOULD OF BEEN DOING ON THE SABBATH!! The religious leaders already had these scriptures to go by!!! Hosea:6:6: For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice ; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.


The life and character of Jesus?

Jesus was the embodiment of the law, He kept the Law, He came to show us how to properly keep the law.

Jesus kept saying when you have seen Me you have seen the Father.

Love God and Love thy neighbor was ALWAYS the foundation of the Law. First 6 commandments love the Lord thy God and last 6 were love thy neighbor...

Jesus merely reiterated from the old testament when He said a new commandment I give you...

"Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord: and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might." Deuteronomy 6:4,5.

"Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself." Leviticus 19:18.


"And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. " I John 2:3-7. The principles of His government are the same. For all proceed from Him "with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning." James 1:17.


Yes of course Jesus is our example but even then we have different situations that are not specifically outlined in the Bible that we can go by.

In the old testament times DAVID had the Holy Spirit and DAVID knew to eat the shewbread ... when normally the law didnt allow it. WHY? Because David understood the meaning of the Law.


"Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked Jesus a question, saying, Master, which is the great commandment in the law? "Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment.And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets." Matthew 22:36-40 The reason that Jesus said, "On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets" is because the first 4 commandments define love to God (Thou shalt have no other gods before me, Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, etc.) and the last 6 define love to thy neighbor (Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal). This same idea is repeated by the Apostle Paul in the book of Romans:

"...he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended (summarized) in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. " Romans 13:8,9: So you see then that love to God and neighbor is merely a SUMMARY of or is briefly comprehended in the Ten Commandment Law.

[ May 22, 2006, 06:37 PM: Message edited by: Claudia_T ]

 

he only reason the other commandments were mentioned was usually because the bible writers were describing the lusts of the flesh.... adultery, etc,,


was not worshipping idols mentioned?

thats awful flimsy evidence saying it wasnt mentioned (which it was by the way in Hebrews but thats beside the point)

Romans 13

8: Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
9: For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment , it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

 

not to mention calling Jesus a liar when He said not one jot nor tittle (letter of the law) would be destroyed... do you not believe His words?

 

Yes. If you fulfill your marriage vows that means once you fulfill them you stop doing it>

WRONG!!!

Jesus didnt "fulfill" the Law in order to DESTROY the law... otherwise you have Jesus saying "I did not come to destroy the law but to destroy it..."

a little silly dont you think?

TILL HEAVEN AND EARTH PASS AWAY not one jot or tittle will pass from the law is what he said.

Last time I checked we are all still here? Or did heaven and earth pass away and someone forgot to inform me of that?

by the way a jot and tittle means dotting of the i and crossing of the t in other words not one letter of the law would pass from the law... this means the 4th commandment as well! the Sabbath comandment.