Christ Fulfilled the Law

Matthew 5:17–20 (CSB)

“Don’t think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to abolish but to fulfill. For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or one stroke of a letter will pass away from the law until all things are accomplished. Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commands and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven. But whoever does and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I tell you, unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never get into the kingdom of heaven.

LAW (Torah-Hebrew/Nomos-Greek) Culturally or divinely prescribed regulations for living. The regulations always carry a punishment for disobedience.

Types of Laws during Theocracy:

Moral Law-10 Commandments. Shema (Deu.6:4-6, Mat 22:36-40)

Christian Standard Bible (Chapter 6)

4 “Listen, Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one., 5 Love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength

Matthew 22:36-40 36 “Teacher, which command in the law is the greatest?” 37 He said to him, “ Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. 38 This is the greatest and most important command. 39 The second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself. 40 All the Law and the Prophets depend on these two commands.”

2. Civil Laws - Judicial Law

Exodus 20:12 12 Honor your father and your mother so that you may have a long life in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

Exodus 21:15 15 “Whoever strikes his father or his mother must be put to death.

Exodus 21:17 17 “Whoever curses his father or his mother must be put to death.

3. Levitical or Ceremonial Laws (Hukkim or Chuqqah)-means the custom or statutes of the nation.

a. These ordinances included various sacrifices and offerings such as burnt offering, peace offering, sin offering, trespass offering, meat offering and drink offerings

b. Various feasts and holidays ie: Passover, Unleavened Bread, First fruits, Pentecost, Trumpets, Day of Atonement and Tabernacles...

Coming from these premises of the Old Covenant what do they mean to us today according to the words of our Lord Jesus Christ?

Don’t think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets.

A. The Emphasis -