To be clear, Jesus was specifically rebuking the Pharisees’ fence they had built around the Law based on oral traditions

I generally agree with what you are saying - Jesus was teaching a more pure form of following God’s law based on the heart in how we love God and our fellow man. In context, He was rebuking the hierarchies they made for themselves around “which laws were superior”, “which teaching was the most important ergo who was the most wise sage”, “who is my neighbor in order of importance”, “what does cleanliness really mean”?

All those questions were heavily debated in those times. He addresses all of them.

But He didn’t throw out the Book. He lived it and fulfilled it.

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Posted by riccoar

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Member since Mar 2006

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Posted on 4/7/22 at 10:49 am to theunknownknight

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But He didn’t throw out the Book. He lived it and fulfilled it.

Old Testament was old law. There is good reading and studying of those laws, but Jesus Christ fulfilled everything and changed everything at the Cross with his death, burial, and resurrection.
Knowing and Believing in Jesus Christ is the only thing that matters for every person.

The Church gets blamed for so much of society today, and unfairly, because the Church is not allowed to politicize.

Society's downward spiral has been the constant slide of government "blessing" all forms or immorality while rebuking those who speak out against it. It's no surprise that after gay marriage became law, that things slipped further into where today we question science and biology and let humans define their gender outside of actual science.

But The Word has been correct for all eternity. This world will continually get worse and spiral downward.

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