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So what about it, CU? They love bringing up that one where he's like, "Well, I didn't come to abolish the law." Well, I can show you what that means. That's, yeah, they misquote that to me all the time.
Chos, yeah, okay. Matthew 5:17 to 20. That one. That shows you they don't know context, and you let them get away with it. Because Jesus begins speaking in Matthew 5, but he doesn't finish the discussion to Matthew 7:27, right? Specifically to 29. So what did he mean by, "Do not think I came to destroy the law and the prophets. I did not come to destroy but fulfill"? The way, I, I don't know. I'm going to let you, I'm going to let you cook, though. But I don't know, have you read the rest of it?
I have. I have. So what does he say there in the rest of it? "You heard it was said, but I..." Right, right. He's trying to, the way when I first read it, it's like he's trying to give you a prescription to surpass the righteousness of the Pharisees. Now, we know it's only through Christ that makes us right. How do you surpass? Because it's not just by following the law by its letter. There's more to it. There's a heart of the matter that Christ is highlighting. It's following him because he, he fulfills it. That's what he just said. "You heard what it said, but I say to you." "You heard what it said, but I say to you." In fact, doesn't all law allow you to swear, like take oaths? Oh, yeah. But he says, "Don't even do that." No, just say yes, yes, no, no. Anything beyond this is of the devil. So he can't be telling you to slavishly follow the law when he's in it, right? Right. Changing its application, right? Right. Why are you, you're supposed to follow his commands? Because how does he end that discourse in Matthew 7:24-27? "Whatever, here's my word, these words of mine, and puts them in practice." "These words of mine." Matthew 7:24-27 is like a man who built his house on the rock, and it stood. He didn't say the law of Moses. "These words of mine." Right, right.
So the fulfillment of the law and the prophets doesn't mean I tell you to follow every jot, tittle? No, I have come to fulfill them. They're fulfilled in me, meaning they point to me. So I am the fulfillment. I complete the law and the prophets. I perfect the law of the prophets. They're consummated in me. So now you follow me and my commands and my application of the law of the prophets. Because that word doesn't mean to follow, it means to complete. Because they were incomplete, waiting for Christ to consummate all that they were pointing to. I'll prove it to you. You see that word, "fulfill"? "Do not came to destroy, but I came to fulfill." Let me show you how the word "fulfill" is used by Matthew. Go to Matthew 1:22-23. Watch that word "fulfill" used by Matthew.
Got you. All right, all right. I'm there. Um, it says, "Now all this took place so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet will be fulfilled." There's that word. Right. How did he fulfill Isaiah? By being born of the virgin. Yes. So where do you get "fulfill" meaning follow every jot? No, no. "Fulfill" means he came to realize and bring to pass all that the law and the prophets said and pointed to. Right. Here's another one. Go to Matthew 2:3-15. Look at that word "fulfilled."
I'm there. "Now when they had gone, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, 'Get up, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child and kill him.'" Keep writing. You stopped. I don't know why you stopped. No, no, good. All good. All good. "So Joseph got up and took the child and his mother while it was still night and left for Egypt. He stayed there until the death of Herod. This happened so that what had been spoken by the Lord through the prophet would be fulfilled." Fulfilled. Yeah. So that means he obeyed the law of Moses? No. Hasn't it means he fulfilled what the prophet said, "Out of Egypt, I've called my son." So where did you get "fulfill" means I've called you to follow the commands of Moses? Right, right, right. About Matthew 2:23. 2:23. And and came and settled in a city called Nazareth. This happened so that what was spoken through the prophets will be fulfilled." There's that word "fulfilled" again, right? "He shall be called." Yeah.
So this tells me when someone quotes me Matthew 5:17-18, "So see, Jesus bound you to the law of Moses," that tells me their ignorance is in Bible butcher. They haven't read it right. Once, then I know this guy doesn't know what he's talking about. Oh, here's another Bible butcherer, just like s. Butchering scripture. Yeah. I interpret the word "fulfill" in light of Matthew and I continue reading. "Fulfill" doesn't mean Christ says, "Hey, I'm gonna slavishly follow the law of Moses, and you too." In point of fact, did he not violate the law of Moses when he allowed lepers and women with bleeding disorders touch him? Right. And Matthew, oh, I don't, I actually didn't even. Wow, you're right. And Matthew 8:14, a man with leprosy said, "If you're willing, I can be made clean." And Jesus, full of compassion, was willing and touched him. Right. Yeah. They weren't supposed to be. They were, that's crazy. That's so true. Quarantine those with infectious skin disease. You're supposed to be, you're supposed to clean yourself. But he, yo, that's true. What about the woman with the bleeding disorder for 12 years, which is found in Matthew 9? It's found in Mark 5, and it's also found in Luke 8. Read Luke 8:43-48. That's crazy. A woman with a bleeding disorder must be quarantined because you can't touch her or anything she touches because it makes it ritually impure. She touched Jesus's garment and she was healed. That's, wow. I, I totally didn't even put that together. That's so true.
Tells me these people don't know the Bible. That's why they disgust me. When they quote Matthew 8, all that, they're Bible perverts, man. Now you see why I have no compassion, because someone who doesn't know the Bible can be duped by them. Oh, think not I came to destroy law. Problem fulfilled. Number one, we don't say he destroyed it. But number two, "fulfill" doesn't mean what you think. Meaning all point to him, and he consummates, completes, perfects, and brings out the true meaning. And it's his application that we follow. That's good. So that's how I answer them. So don't let him butcher that passage. BR, say, "Can you read on a little bit more?" Right, right, right. What does he go on to say about fasting and how to fast and how to pray? That's not in the law and the prophets. That's all him, right? Yeah, yeah. Because he's trying to bring out the meaning of the law, prophets that awaited for him to then consummate and complete them, because they find their completion in him. Which is why we go to him. In fact, do you want me to blow you away? One more example. I mean, I'm, yeah, I'm, I'm it. We're told that the law of God was brought near to the Israelites so they didn't have to search it out, right? Right. Okay, I want you to go to Deuteronomy 30. You're going to read 10-14 because I'm gonna show you what the Torah is. Now, you ready? Guys, get ready for this one. Deuteronomy 30:10 to 14. There, Moses is talking about the law that God brought here so they didn't have to search it out. They didn't have to look for God's word and his will. Well, what is God's will? It was brought near to you, right? Right.
Deuteronomy 30:10. "If you obey the Lord your God to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, if you turn to the Lord your God with all your heart and soul." For this commandment which I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you, nor, nor is it too, nor is it far away. It is not in heaven that you could say, 'Who will go up to heaven for us, brother, guys? It's not in heaven.' So you can say, 'Who will go up to bring it down? Who's going to bring this, the command of God, down from heaven?' You don't need to go to heaven. And nor is it in sh for you to go down into the deep to bring it up. Right. Keep reading.
Okay, yeah. I'm gonna read it again because I want to make sure I remember this. This is very. See how what Paul does with it? What Paul's gonna do with this statement. Go ahead. Okay, I'm gonna read 12 again. "It is not in heaven that you could say, 'Who will go up to heaven for us and get it for us and proclaim it to us so that we may follow it?' Nor is, nor is it beyond the sea that you could, that you could say, 'Who will cross the sea for us and get it for us and proclaim it to us so that we may follow it?' On the contrary, the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may follow it." Oh, so what's near you? The word. Right, right. He says, "Go to heaven and bring it down or cross the seas." Right, right.
Now, let me shock you. What Paul does with this, and Joel, you'll be after this. Joel, let me shock you. What Paul does with this, guys. Did you hear what Moses said about the law? You don't need to go up to heaven to find God's word. You don't need to cross the seas to find it. It was brought near to you in your mouth. It's revealed. So now you know God's word. He brought it to you. Paul takes this very passage. Look what he does with it. Go to Romans 10:6-7. Read Romans 10:6 all the way to 9. Yeah. Watch, guys. Look what he does. "But the righteousness based on faith speaks as follows: Do not say in your heart, 'Who will go up into heaven?'" That is to bring Christ down. Wow. He took what was said about the law and he applied it to Jesus. That's correct. Yeah. What you quoted was Deuteronomy 30. It says, "Do not go to heaven to get the law because it's already brought down." Right. But he said, "No, that's not about the law, it's about Jesus." Because, "Who will descend into the abyss?" That is to bring Christ up from the dead. But what does it say? "The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart." Dude, you just read that about the law of Moses. But Paul said, "No, it's about Jesus." So what is that word? Now read what the word is, nine to 10. That got you. "That is the word of faith which we are preaching, that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved."
So why are you trying to bind me to the law of Moses? Paul just told you, Jesus is your Torah. He's your law. And you confess him with your mouth and believe in your heart. He is your law, and you keep him. Yeah. So why the hell are you trying to bind me to the law of Moses? Right, right. I appreciate that because I've been telling game over this. Exactly. No, it's over, dude. Yeah, because Deuteronomy 30:10 to 14, what you read was about the law of Moses. Paul says the law is not the reality, it is a shadow, and Jesus is the fulfillment. He is our Torah. We keep him. We keep him. Yes. Amen. He is the word on our tongue that we confess. Jesus is your Torah. That's it. Right here.