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“Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.” ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭5:17-20‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.” ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭5:17-20‬ ‭KJV‬‬

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It's interesting to read this along side Romans. When you realize that, by the law, all men are condemned because the law was never meant to save us in the first place, you realize what Jesus is actually say is that he IS here to uphold the law: That the law is there to show man just how sinful he is. The ONLY hope you have is faith in Jesus Christ, just as how Abraham's faith was counted as righteousness to him

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Nice observation, Frog. In the Jewish tradition they do an annual spring cleaning just before the Passover. They have to remove all leaven from their home, down to every last crumb. Most do it without understanding the significance. No matter how much time you spend cleaning, there will always be a few hidden crumbs. Your house will never be leaven free. We are not saved by works; but by faith alone.

The Passover lamb is our Messiah, the feast of unleavened bread is His death, and the feast of first fruits is His resurrection. His sacrifice, for us, allows us to serve God instead of mammon. The Holy Spirit allows us to keep His commandments and walk with Him in the spirit. Something the works of the flesh cannot produce.

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Valid point that I think gets too overlooked. The law is our mirror. Each day we should gaze into law so that we may see our imperfections and know where we need correction.

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Jesus also showed His respect for the law in Mark 12:17 (KJV), which states "...Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's."

https://biblehub.com/kjv/mark/12.htm

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Romans 2: 14 For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, DO NATURALLY the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: 15 Which SHEW THE WORK OF THE LAW WRITTEN IN THEIR HEARTS. Does anyone know what the New covenant actually is? or what Baptism really is?

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I think the answer to that question starts with the realization that Jesus of the New Testament and God of the Old Testament are one and the same, and God’s word is everlasting. The things He expected from the first Israel, He still expects from us. They were the type, we are the anti-type. One might say they were expressed in the physical, while it’s more spiritual for us. They had physical stones with the written covenant, and a literal land promised to them, ours will be Heaven. They had to slaughter an unblemished lamb to be passed over by the angel of death; we have the blood of the true lamb of God.

Then think about the flood in Noah’s day. It was sent because the whole earth was corrupt. The water was sent to purify, and the wicked drown. So to be fully submerged, and re-emerge, we are born anew.

We are told the second baptism will be by fire, so just as the water baptism ties to the flood; everyone will be tried in the fire. God is an unquenchable flame, so we are either purified into pure gold, or utterly destroyed by it. The world looks an awful lot like Sodom and Gomorrah now adays, and we know what happened to that region.