(May 25, 2015 at 5:34 am)Randy Carson Wrote:(May 24, 2015 at 11:33 pm)Losty Wrote: What!? You are not required to obey the laws of the Old Testament?? Someone forgot to tell Jesus!! "Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. Amen, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest part or the smallest part of a letter will pass from the law, until all things have taken place." (Matthew 5:17 NAB)
When I was a theist, we were taught that people like you were lukewarm Christians. God would spit you away. We were told that lukewarm Christians were even more disgusting to god that non believers.
Jesus fulfilled the law and the prophets. The Greek word translated "fulfill" means "to make complete". Thus, the New Covenant includes and concludes the Old Covenant; it both perfects it and transforms it. While sacrificial laws of the OT expired with the sacrifice of Jesus, the moral law (the Ten Commandments, etc.) was retained and refined.
No it clearly says that not even a part of a single letter of the law will be changed until all things have happened. Is the world over? No. It's ok, don't feel bad. You're not the only Christian that lacks the faith to actually follow the bible by the letter.
