06/08/2024
Does the Sermon on the Mount replace the Law of God?
Some Christians view the Sermon on the Mount as a new “law of Christ”. They believe that this new “Law of Christ” has replaced the “Law of God” or the Ten Commandments. They say that a system of legalism was now replaced with a system of grace. Does Jesus’ law differ from the Law of God itself?
Is this a misconception about the Sermon on the Mount?
What do the following Biblical texts say about the law of God, and indirectly about the possibility of the Sermon on the Mount to replace the Ten Commandments:
• “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.” (Matt. 5:17-19).
• “You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder, and whoever murders will be in danger of the judgment. But I say to you that whoever is angry with his brother without a cause[a] shall be in danger of the judgment.” (Matt. 5:21-22). Jesus did not nullify one of these Commandments, but amplified it.
• “You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.” (Matt. 5:27-28). Again our Savior amplifies yet another Commandment of God.
• “For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is guilty of all. For He who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not murder.” Now if you do not commit adultery, but you do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.” (James 2:10-11).
• “What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Certainly not! On
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Juan Pablo Nap Buenavista.
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