BE LIKE OUR MESSIAH AND FULLY PREACH THE LAW OF GOD! How many know that as a critical element of Yeshua’s first coming was that He intended on fulfilling the law of God? Matthew 5:17-19 “Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled. Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. Now some teach that when Yeshua (Jesus) said in verse seventeen that He came to fulfill the law, that it meant that the law was going to no longer be applicable for believers, simply because Yeshua kept the law of God. However, such understanding is rendered in certain error when one realizes that Yeshua followed His statement with saying that it is not until Heaven and Earth pass away that it is even remotely possible that the law of God is not applicable to all believers. As if that was not enough, Yeshua continues to state that any professed believer who teaches that the whole law of God is no longer applicable, even to the least of the commandments, will be least in the Kingdom of Heaven at best. Thus, the whole Law of God must be applicable to us today. So, what does it mean that Yeshua said that He was not going to destroy the law of God, but fulfill it? It should come as no surprise that it is saying the same thing as verses 18 and 19. The Greek Word “pleroo” means to fully teach, verify, or fully preach in such context according to Strong’s. concordances.org/greek/4137.htm We encourage you to look it up in Strong’s for yourself. In fact, in the NKJV Bible, “pleroo” is translated as “fully preach” Romans 15:19 In mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God, so that from Jerusalem and round about to Illyricum I have fully preached (pleroo) the gospel of Christ. This is the same word that Yeshua used in Matthew 5:17: Matthew 5:17 “Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill (pleroo). So just as Paul intended on “fully preaching” the gospel of our Messiah as stated in Romans 15:19, our Messiah stated in Matthew 5:17 that He did not come to destroy the law, but to fully preach the law of God. In the case of Matthew 5:17, it would literally mean to fill up, make full, or verify our understanding of the law of God. Meaning this, Yeshua did not come to destroy the Law of God, but the contrary, He came to teach it, or to fully preach the law of God. He came to verify it.
Posted on: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:24:07 +0000