Today’s Thought “Climbing A Slippery Slope” G. Ward

Matthew 5

¹⁷ “Do not presume that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish, but to fulfill. 

 

The term “the Law and the Prophets” are an indicator of the Old Testament and our Lord Jesus (while in earth) would share with His disciples that He didn’t desire to build on its highest standard, but to model absolute perfection towards it. Throughout history and in what perceivably was the best in man, there were none perfect and whereas the Almighty required animal sacrifices to provide a temporary covering of sins and to foreshadow the perfect and complete sacrifice of Jesus Christ (Leviticus 4:35, 5:10), it has now become entirely Sufficient unto believer’s submission to that ONE, Perfect Lamb of God.

The believer’s society has long been ridiculed in what appears to be spiritual disconnect regarding the day of worshipping together (Col.2:16-17) and what we’ll eat afterwards (*James 2:10) and while this remains (for the studious – 2 Ti.2:15-16) inarguable, others proclaiming HIM as LORD, maintain avoidance of religion and politics; whereby our Jesus discussed, while confounding unbeliever’s interrogations (1 Pe.3:15). Are you HIS? Then, gain some answers…