Jesus said,
Mat 5:17, Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
Mat 5:18, For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
Mat 5:19, Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
Mat 5:20, For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
The Old Testament law is valid as a schoolmaster to lead us to Christ (Galatians 3:24);
And also, if anyone is seeking to redeem themselves through law-keeping, works, or personal merit, it serves as a standard by which they stand condemned for that they do not live up to it perfectly.
Gal 3:10, For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.
Jas 2:10, For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
Mat 5:48, Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
And finally, it is the Old Testament that is being referred to in the quotation of a prophecy by Jeremiah; which in the Old Testament could have only been referring to the Old Testament law.
Heb 8:8, For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:
Heb 8:9, Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.
Heb 8:10, For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
Of course, in the New Testament we adhere to the spirit of what is written rather than going by the letter.
Rom 7:6, But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.
However, again, this does not mean that we do and teach that any of the least of the commandments in the Old Testament are no longer valid.
For if we do that, we shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven;
But if we do and teach them, we shall be called great.
Mat 5:17, Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
Mat 5:18, For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
Mat 5:19, Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
Mat 5:20, For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
The Old Testament law is valid as a schoolmaster to lead us to Christ (Galatians 3:24);
And also, if anyone is seeking to redeem themselves through law-keeping, works, or personal merit, it serves as a standard by which they stand condemned for that they do not live up to it perfectly.
Gal 3:10, For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.
Jas 2:10, For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
Mat 5:48, Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
And finally, it is the Old Testament that is being referred to in the quotation of a prophecy by Jeremiah; which in the Old Testament could have only been referring to the Old Testament law.
Heb 8:8, For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:
Heb 8:9, Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.
Heb 8:10, For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
Of course, in the New Testament we adhere to the spirit of what is written rather than going by the letter.
Rom 7:6, But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.
However, again, this does not mean that we do and teach that any of the least of the commandments in the Old Testament are no longer valid.
For if we do that, we shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven;
But if we do and teach them, we shall be called great.
