Jesus' And The Law

                                         Matthew 5:17b
                         "I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill"

        The people of Jesus' day had a yardstick by which they measured any one who taught the things of God. That yardstick as we well know was the "Law of Moses."  The question in peoples minds then was, "What was Jesus going to say about the law?"  The question in peoples minds of our time is, "Well what did Jesus really say to them?"  I can say without a doubt, "What Jesus said then still holds true today!"
        In Jesus' day, religious leaders spent most of their time studying and explaining the laws of Moses. They trusted in the Law to show men how to earn salvation. They believed that God blessed those who kept the Law and punished those who broke it. They believed that a person could earn his way into God's Kingdom by obeying God's laws perfectly.
        Jesus knew what question was on every one's mind, even His disciples: "Do you accept the Law of Moses?"  Jesus answered with a "yes" and a "no."  First He assured His followers that He had no intention of destroying the Law. He came to fulfill the Law. Not even a dot from an "i" was changed. Jesus came to fulfill the Law in Himself; that was Jesus' "yes" to the Law.
        Today we must think of the "Law of Moses" as Jesus did.  The Law is not just rules written down in a book. Rather, the Law is a guide to the will of God.  Jesus Christ poured out His life's energy to seek and obey the will of God.  My friends that life's energy was the blood that washed our sins away!  AMEN!!!

                                      May God Bless You
                                       And Your Families

                                                   Minister: Robert A. Lail Sr.
                                                   The Cross Life Ministry