Nuhen what I don't understand is how you can say that not a tiny part of the law will be erased, yet you do not follow the law to the letter. You say that it is the meaning behind the law which counts, which if you take the old testament into account is clearly not the case, I think snail pointed out earlier all the situations where for a seemingly minor break of the law people were killed or punished!

There is a quote that says in the nt somewhere that if you follow one part of the law you are obligated to follow the Entire thing - this does not mean adapting the law to suit modern purposes because that is the 'meaning' behind it. If you want to obey the law then you need to obey the full law, not some watered down version of it like you are describing.

But you are right, we don't need to follow the law but the meaning behind it - and that meaning is manifest in Jesus! When he healed the man with the bad hand on the sabath, did he sin? No, for the sabath was made for man rather than man made for the sabath. But we don't need to follow a watered down version of the law that the rabbi's have decided upon.. we don't need to follow it at all because in christ we are free, he is the fullfilment of the law. Jesus said that the most important commandements are to love god with all your heart mind and soul, and to love your neighbour as yourself. - These two commandments sum up the entire old testament law.

Against love there is no law.

God bless