WEDNESDAY- 10^TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME -B

I Reading: 1 Kings 18: 20-39: May this people know that you Lord, are God and winning back their hearts.

Gospel: Matthew 5:17-19: I have come not to abolish the Law or the Prophets but to complete them.

The Law and Jesus: Breaking the Law of God, 5:17-20

Jesus was accused of destroying or abolishing the law of God. He has always been accused of minimizing God’s law. Every generation has its proponents who feel that Jesus emphasized love and de-emphasized the law. Many have felt that the thrust of Jesus is love and forgiveness, and the afterthought is law and justice.

1.     A person must know that Christ came to fulfil the law (v.17-18)

a.     The law is not to be abolished

b.    The law is perpetual more sure than heaven and earth

2.     A person must do and teach the law in order to be great in the kingdom of heaven (v.19)

a.     If a person disobeys and influences others he is ranked least

b.    If a person obeys and influences others he is ranking great

3.     A person must have more righteousness than a religionist to enter the kingdom of heaven (v.20)

Thought: It is God’s Son, Jesus Christ explaining the law of God. Christ condemned the oral or Scribal Law. The Old Testament is the Word of God according to Christ (2Tim 3:16; 1Pet 1:11; 2Pet 1:19-21).

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