Jesus lived the Jewish lifestyle. He honored feasts, worshiped on the Saturday Sabbath, spoke in the synagogues. To follow Jesus, the Jews could keep their lifestyle. In fact, their lifestyle could help them follow Jesus, unless they only did it to impress other Jews. We say we could not both follow Jesus and follow the lifestyle of the Jews, but Jesus did not think so. He used all of Judaism as a base for growing in the Kingdom.
Jesus would say “it has been said” and then he would take what was said further and say “but I tell you”. Never did Christ say to forget what had been said, but he added meaning to it.
Jesus also opened up the Kingdom of God to the gentile, for He pointed out how to follow Him in spirit and truth, even without the physical lifestyle ways to help with that.
When the Jews who were in power in the church made the ruling that to become a member of the church you must accept all Jewish lifestyle, God gave us scripture strongly denying that requirement. But even as he denied that only those following that lifestyle could be in the Kingdom, he never denied the Jews or ones following that the Kingdom.
Often Christians use this to deny themselves any learning of what God was teaching by teaching that lifestyle. That is cutting ourselves away from God’s teaching. We don't have to follow these to learn about what God was teaching through teaching this lifestyle.
Besides, if Jesus lived this way, who are we to say it was a wrong way for Jesus to live? Jesus was aware of His mission in our world, for Jesus also lived in eternal time and was above only perceiving using our understanding of time.
Jesus would say “it has been said” and then he would take what was said further and say “but I tell you”. Never did Christ say to forget what had been said, but he added meaning to it.
Jesus also opened up the Kingdom of God to the gentile, for He pointed out how to follow Him in spirit and truth, even without the physical lifestyle ways to help with that.
When the Jews who were in power in the church made the ruling that to become a member of the church you must accept all Jewish lifestyle, God gave us scripture strongly denying that requirement. But even as he denied that only those following that lifestyle could be in the Kingdom, he never denied the Jews or ones following that the Kingdom.
Often Christians use this to deny themselves any learning of what God was teaching by teaching that lifestyle. That is cutting ourselves away from God’s teaching. We don't have to follow these to learn about what God was teaching through teaching this lifestyle.
Besides, if Jesus lived this way, who are we to say it was a wrong way for Jesus to live? Jesus was aware of His mission in our world, for Jesus also lived in eternal time and was above only perceiving using our understanding of time.