Explain Jesus Relationship To The Law

After exhibiting the interconnecting story of Jesus’ birth to the prophecy, Matthew continues to portray how Jesus’ theology and teachings are founded on the commandments. As Professor Smarr asserted, Jesus is seen more of a “moral-religious teacher” (Smarr 18 January 2012) rather than “a warrior king who will vanquish the Romans” (Smarr 18 January 2012) as demonstrated in Mark’s Gospel. After accumulating a small group of Jewish followers, he begins to preach what is known as the Sermon on the Mount. In one of the descriptions, he stated that other should not think “ . . . that [I] have come to abolish the law or the prophets; I have not to abolish but to fulfill” (Matthew 5:17). He unquestionably declares that he grounds his teachings on the established Jewish laws. On top of that, he reinforces it by telling the crowd that “whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, will be called least in the kingdom of heaven . . .” (Matthew 5:19). These laws are in no way replacements for the law

The Christ of Christianity made radical claims in regards to his relationship to Judaism. Jesus was no timid Jewish rabbi. He claimed that he was the fulfillment of the entire Jewish Tanakh! Luke quotes the Christ as saying, “all things which are written about Me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.” (Luke 24:44) Jesus reinterpreted Jewish symbols and re-applied them to himself. (Wilson, 55) The many followers of Jesus today are still offending Jews by claiming that the Jewish religion is incomplete and no longer salvific without the incorporation of the Christ. Modern Jews reject the application of the prophecies

“We have a moral responsibility to disobey any law that conflicts with the law of god.” (Paragraph 16)

To understand how Jesus broke various laws and social rules during His time it is important to understand why it was meaningful for Him to do it in the first place. It seems that most around the King of the Jews had a problem with His actions, words and timing. Yet, He didn’t come to please people, but to save them. The sense of urgency which carried His thoughts trumped any kind of social conduct He was expected to follow. For the Jews who held the law given to Moses at Mount Sinai, it was more than confusing to see the Messiah disregarding many of the laws which governed their lives. What the Jews didn’t comprehend was that Jesus came to crush the cycle of sin, by conquering all humanly limitations for the advancement of the Kingdom. Astonishingly enough they didn’t see that Jesus is the fulfillment of the law in the most perfect and ultimate way.

Jesus raised the standard of the Mosaic Laws in the Sermon of the Mount by supporting it with further guidelines to help guide the community. While Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 28 warned the followers of God to not do certain things or else you get certain punishments, Matthew 5-7 gives out a more peaceful set of codes to follow. Codes such as to from Matthew 5. spread your teachings to others, to not commit murder, an d to reconcile with your brothers and sisters quickly. Love your enemies and to not seek revenge or commit adultery. Matthew 6 tells Gods follows to not do big actions and to be praise. Lastly, Matthew 7 explains that one should respect others and to not be judgmental. To give good gifts and follow Gods teachings. To treat others the way you want to be treated.

The implications for New Testament and present day life and worship is although when we read the New Testament and discovered Jesus died on the cross. To fulfill the law because if you broke one you broke them all. I

“The law that God gave to Moses had many aspects – e.g., civil, dealing with the legal system of the people of God considered as a state, with courts and penalties; moral, the law of holy living; and religious, the law of the ceremonies and sacrifices.” These laws set the stage for Christ’s Law and eventually a new covenant made by Christ.

In the Old Testament God gives Moses Ten Commandments at the Mount Sinai. It was impossible for Jews to follow the law, and God’s wrath rose against them. When Jesus came to the world, he fulfilled the Mosaic Law and gave us a new one, "the perfect law, the law of liberty" (James 1:25). His law is universal, since He commands all people to obey Him. It contains only two commandments: to love God with all your heart, and to love one another. Through Jesus Christ our debt is fully paid on the cross. We are not under the Old Covenant anymore, neither God’s wrath, but experiencing His love and grace by following the new

Even thought the Christians were able to keep their religion, they had to take certain rules that came along with that. They had to pay an

As a Christian, you should utilize the Bible as a basis for law in all situations. You shall not lie or steal. It is not ethical for the physician to wait outside the global period so he/she may charge an additional fee. By doing so he's not only being untruthful to himself, but to the company he's representing, to the patient, and the insurance company/companies that is paying towards the claim. If a provider would ask me to tell the patient that their results were not yet available, I would first explain to the provider the protocol and laws in medical billing. I would explain to the provider that the date is stamped on the results once they are ready and it can be verified by the patient as well as the insurance company if audited. If the

Jesus is able to choose righteousness without completely opposing the justice of the law by saying, "let the one who has never sinned throw the first stone. " Justice follows the law, while righteousness follows

“Now an expert in religious law stood up to test Jesus, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” He said to him, “What is written in the law? How do you understand it?” The expert answered, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind, and love your neighbor as yourself.” Jesus said to him, “You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live.” (Luke 10:25-28 New English Translation).

John is making it clear that Jesus fulfills the Old Testament. He does not cite Old testament prophecy verses but he uniquely shows that Jesus fulfills prophecy by the use of metaphors and expectations of the Old Testament. The examples are that Jesus was the new temple in fulfillment of the physical temple in Jerusalem, Jesus was the one who would be lifted up like a bronze snake that Moses had lifted up. Jesus was the “one and only Son” in fulfillment of Israel, who was Gods “one and only” son. Jesus healed the lame man which fulfilled Old testament by how it was expected for the messiah because it states that the lame would “leap like deer”. Jesus miraculously fed five thousand. Jesus gave sight to a bind man, was a “good shepherd” and Jesus

Because of the law, he sinned against God. Paul says this to help ease the tension, “Before the coming of this faith, we were held in custody under the law, locked up until the faith that was to come would be revealed. So the law was our guardian until Christ came that we might be justified by faith. Now that this faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.” (Galatians 3:23-25, NIV).

Roy L. Aldrich from his article, “Causes for Confusion of Law and Grace,” points out, “One of the principal causes of misunderstanding about law and grace is the failure to define terms.” He then delineates some different meanings of law in the New Testament, e.g. the Mosaic Law (Matt 22:37–40); The Law of Christ (Gal 6:2; Jas 1:25; 2:12); Law as Principle (Rom 3:27; 8:2) and The Pentateuch (Luke 24:44). He goes on to point out that there is contrasting difference between the Mosaic Law and the moral law. The Mosaic Law was filled with, “ceremonial law, civil law, criminal law, sanitary law, governmental law. But the moral law existed before Moses, and continues after the Cross.” Did Jesus bind modern day Christians to these different attributes of the Mosaic Law only or moral law only or both? Paul R. Schmidtbleicher distinguishes between two different thoughts on this. Westminster