Jesus and The law

[Mark H. Stevens, Th.D]

Jesus come to "fulfill" this Law of Moses by living, teaching and carrying out that law? He surely did not. He rather said, "He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her." (John 8:7). If we are to believe that "fulfilling the law" of Moses can only be accomplished by living, teaching and enforcing the law of Moses, then something is wrong with that theory because Jesus obviously did NOT carry out many commands of the law of Moses in His own life!

The theologians have debased the New Covenant as being nothing more than the Old Covenant, with a few added twists. Jesus "fulfilled the law" not by adding a few spiritual twists to it, but by keeping a MUCH HIGHER SPIRITUAL LAW that actually contradicted much of the letter of Moses’ Law.

One doesn’t need a physical law of the letter chiseled in stone, to "keep the sabbath" when he has entered into "God’s SPIRITUAL REST" in his heart.

One doesn’t need a physical law of the letter to "swear by His name" when in his heart his desire is to "swear NOT at all."

One doesn’t need a physical law chiseled in stone telling him "thou shalt not commit adultery" when in his heart he no longer "even looks on a woman to lust after her."

One doesn’t need a physical law telling him to "HATE his enemies" when now in his very heart, he "LOVES his enemies."

[Mark H. Stevens, Th.D]

Question the Law folks......Jesus did NOT pick up a stone and hit the woman taken in adultery! Why? The Pharisees knew that according to the Law she should be stoned, why didn't Jesus obey THAT aspect of the Law?

[James Pierce]

Mark,

One doesn’t need a physical law of the letter chiseled in stone, to "keep the sabbath" when he has entered into "God’s SPIRITUAL REST" in his heart.

The Shabbat is still apart of the Torah, and Torah would be written on the hearts of all who are under the new covenant. Yeshuah is the High Priest of this new covenant, and there are 3 decrees to this covenant. They are as follows:

1) Torah would be written on our hearts. The heart, in Hebrew understanding, is the center of moral/ethical choices and decisions. It is the place where one decides. To have the Torah "written on your heart", means that your life will be governed by the Torah. Its that simple.

2) All shall know Yehwah. This means that within this covenant, we will all know Yehwah personally within this covenant. One can also view this in light of Messiah, for Messiah "embodied" the name of Yehwah(Col 2:9). When that scripture says the fullness of deity dwells in bodily form, its referring to the Hebraic understanding of the name being embodied.

3) Our sins shall be forgiven, and never to be remembered. Yeshuah was the ultimate sacrifice here, and through his blood, we have complete forgiveness of sins forevermore!

One doesn’t need a physical law of the letter to "swear by His name" when in his heart his desire is to "swear NOT at all."

Actually. Yeshuah was not speaking against his father's Torah, neither was He going against it, Mark. Yeshuah Himself said that He kept the Father's commandments(John 15:10-11). Torah says that we are to swear by the name of YEHWAH, and not by any other name, or false deity.

We also should not swear falsely by His name, for that would violate the commandment of,"You shall not use Yehwah's name in vain." When Yeshuah said not to swear at all, what He means is that we should not swear falsely by Yewhah's name. Its interesting to note that the Hebrew version of Matthew actually says not to swear falsely in Yehwah's name. This actually confirms Yeshuah's strick obedience of Torah, and His teachings being identical to Torah

One doesn’t need a physical law chiseled in stone telling him "thou shalt not commit adultery" when in his heart he no longer "even looks on a woman to lust after her."

Actually, here, Yeshuah was speaking Torah. Notice the commandment of not committing adultery. What is the meaning of adultery? Its having relations with another person's spouse. Yeshuah taught further, which is not absent of Torah, to not even look at a woman with lust. What this actually means is that one should not look at a woman with the intent of having relations with her.

Now, here is where it gets interesting. Most Christians twist this verse for it to mean that a man, or a woman, cannot look at any of the opposite sex to desire them. That is not logical. That means one cannot look at a person who is single, with the desire to woo them in. That is not what Yeshuah was teaching here. Yeshuah stayed within Torah.

When he said to not look at a woman with lust, He is still referring to that "married" woman. To sum it up, men should not look at married women with the desire to have relations with them, and this would be the same with women... that they should not look at married women with the intent of having relations with them. There is a difference between the Hebrew Yeshuah, and the Greek Jesus; both in thought, and in action.

One doesn’t need a physical law telling him to "HATE his enemies" when now in his very heart, he "LOVES his enemies

No where in Torah did it ever say to hate your enemies. Again, Yeshuah was speaking and staying close to Torah here. Lev 19:18 states that we should love our neighbors as ourselves, and not hold any grudges. This also includes enemies.

Jesus did NOT pick up a stone and hit the woman taken in adultery! Why? The Pharisees knew that according to the Law she should be stoned, why didn't Jesus obey THAT aspect of the Law?

Thats a great question. Obviously, you have not read, and studied Torah to know the answer to this one. I didnt know the answer until I started to study Torah. In order for Yeshuah to stone her, or even allowed her to be stoned, there had to have been witnesses.

The interesting thing is that the Pharisees were not the ones witnessing the woman in the act. They just simply brought her to Yeshuah. She may have been caught in the very act of adultery, but there was most likely one witness who could attest to it. According to Torah, there must be two or three witnesses testifying. One witness could not do it. The scriptures is as follows:

Duet 17:6,"On the evidence of two witnesses or of three witnesses the one who is to die shall be put to death; a person shall not be put to death on the evidence of one witness."

Duet 19:15,“A single witness shall not suffice against a person for any crime or for any wrong in connection with any offense that he has committed. Only on the evidence of two witnesses or of three witnesses shall a charge be established."

As we can see here, Yeshuah, once again, proved faithful to His father's Torah. He did not stone her, because there was not any real witnesses. They did not come forth. YESHUAH KEPT TORAH! And He taught us to do the same. Enough with your lawlessness, Mark.