Jesus’ Teaching on God’s Law

Jesus’ Teaching on God’s Law

Jesus’ Teaching

on God’s Law

“Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets.

I did not come to destroy but to fulfill” (Matthew 5:17).

Perhaps the most widespread controversies about the teachings

of Jesus concern His attitude toward the laws of God recorded in

the Old Testament. The approach of most churches and denominations regarding Jesus is that He brought a new teaching differing considerably from the instructions of the Old Testament. The common view is that the teachings of Christ in the New Testament annulled

and replaced the teachings of the Old Testament. But do they?

The idea that Jesus departed from the Old Testament is also a common assumption within Judaism. Jacob Neusner, in his book

A Rabbi

Talks With Jesus,

explains why Jews as a whole do not follow Jesus and

reject any possibility that He could be the Messiah. “Jews believe in the

Torah of Moses,” he explains, “...

and that belief requires faithful Jews

to enter a dissent at the teachings of Jesus, on the grounds that those

teachings at important points contradict the Torah” (1993, pp. xii).

Here is a serious mistake both Christianity and Judaism make about

the teachings of Jesus. Both hold the erroneous view that Jesus departed

from the teachings of the Old Testament, especially with regard to law.

As we will see, the record shows that while Jesus disagreed with the

religious leaders, He didn’t disagree with Old Testament Scriptures. The

same record shows that traditional Christianity itself does not follow the

teachings of Christ.

To know the real Jesus we have to ask: What did He really say? It

doesn’t ultimately matter what people say

about

Him. Nor does it really

matter what interpretations they give of what He said. What truly matters

is

what He really said,

and

whether we’re going to believe what He said.

Clear statement in the Sermon on the Mount

The Sermon on the Mount is a good place to begin. Since this is the

longest recorded statement of Jesus Christ’s teachings, we should expect

to find in it His view toward the laws of God as recorded in the Old

Testament. And indeed we do.

One of the reasons for some of Jesus’ statements in the Sermon on the

Jesus’ Teaching on God’s Law

Jesus Christ will return as

King of Kings to rule the

world in a Kingdom of peace,

prosperity and purpose for

all. This gospel of the Kingdom of God was at the heart

of His teaching.

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