Jesus and the OT Law

JesusFan · Aug 17, 2011

HankD said: ↑

Yes, I know the absurd lengths to which they went: i.e. Is it legal to eat an egg laid on the Sabbath?

But read the account, Jesus did not deny that the Sabbath was being broken but made the claim that He had authority over the Sabbath.

Luke 6:1 And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he went through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands.
2 And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days?
3 And Jesus answering them said, Have ye not read so much as this, what David did, when himself was an hungred, and they which were with him;
4 How he went into the house of God, and did take and eat the shewbread, and gave also to them that were with him; which it is not lawful to eat but for the priests alone?

I don't think it was a misinterpretation of the Law on the part of the pharisees webdog but one of Jesus' ultimate authority.

Mark 2

27 And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
28 Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.

Matthew 12

5 Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?
6 But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple.
7 But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.
8 For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.

They should have know who He was.

HankD
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Think that it shows us mainly that the Lord who gave us His law can also choose to use His "Higher law" of Grace and Love, in order to fulfill the law!

That God can at times do either the "letter or Spirit" of The law as he see fit, not bound by it, as He is above the law!

HankD · Aug 17, 2011

JesusFan said: ↑

Think that it shows us mainly that the Lord who gave us His law can also choose to use His "Higher law" of Grace and Love, in order to fulfill the law!

That God can at times do either the "letter or Spirit" of The law as he see fit, not bound by it, as He is above the law!
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Romans 7:6 But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.

HankD

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