Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. -Mathew 5:17
I'm confused, why don't we go by the Old Testament laws? And can someone explain the New Covenant?
Full-fill what was said of Him. A virgin shall conceive and bare a child ( Isaiah ) , He would teach God's words not of Himself. Moses taught of Him also, the prophet ( Duet 18 etc ,)
to come, also the Psalms, of David, the priest, and the King.
Luke 24:44King James Version (KJV)
[SUP]44 [/SUP]And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.
etc
John 5:46-47King James Version (KJV)
[SUP]46 [/SUP]For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me; for he wrote of me.
[SUP]47 [/SUP]But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?
John 6:14King James Version (KJV)
[SUP]14 [/SUP]Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world.
Not in the sense to do away with the law. What was done away with was the blood ordinance to forgive sin. Naturally He would the offering for our sins, for one and all time, when we believed and repented of them.
There is a teaching of the Sabbath, as Christ was that rest for our souls. So there was a deeper meaning to that. So all laws are very much in effect . Try braking a law, and see what happens . We repent because we broke God's law, which points out our sins, then we die, unless we repent and believe upon Christ.
So what Christ said is true. He did Not do away with the law. Even though in English this is tricky to pick up on in Pauls writings, Paul confirmed this.
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