before which no part of the law of God shall pass. "Till heaven and earth pass,
one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled." Has
heaven and earth passed away? Let those answer who teach the abolition of the
law of God. When will heaven and earth pass? Let the beloved disciple answer:
"And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat
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on it, from whose face the earth and heaven fled away; and there was found no
place for them." If the fulfillment of the law of God destroys it, that destruction
cannot take place before the final conflagration of the heavens and the earth.
2.Pet.3. Prior to that time the minutest point shall not be destroyed. If therefore
one jot or one tittle shall on no account pass from the law, till all be fulfilled; and if
the point before which this shall not be accomplished is the passing of the
heavens and the earth, it follows that the Lord Jesus not only designed that the
law should be fulfilled by himself for the brief period of his sojourn on earth, but
also, that the righteousness of the law should be fulfilled in his church; or as
Whiting renders Rom.8:4, "that the precept of the law might be fulfilled by us,
who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit." The next verse
establishes this view.
"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." Let us carefully consider this verse. The word "whosoever"
takes up all persons through all coming time. The word "therefore" shows that
this verse is the conclusion drawn from the premises which the Saviour had just
laid down, which were these: 1. "Think not that I am come to destroy
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the law." 2. "Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass
from the law till all be fulfilled." As not a single particle of this holy law was to be
destroyed, it was fitting that the Lord Jesus should speak with distinctness
respecting its observance and its violation. This is what he now utters.
"Shall break one of these least commandments." Then we have here the
opposite of fulfilling the law; viz. the breaking of the commandments. We may
also learn that the law in verses 17,18, means the commandments.
"One of these least." Christ had said that not one jot or one tittle should pass
from the law till all be fulfilled, so that there could be no excuse for those who
teach that a part of the law has been destroyed, and that the remainder is yet in
force. But Christ did not leave the subject thus. He now tells what shall be the
fate of those who violate the least of the commandments. Those who select nine
of them, and omit one of the commandments, which they think not worth their
notice, are the very persons that Christ here reproves.
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"And shall teach men so." Who are they that teach men to violate the
commandments? Those who teach men that they have all been abolished go far
beyond the crime that Christ has here noted. The Saviour spoke of those who
should violate the least one. Some at the present day teach men that
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