Christ Came to Fulfill the Law

“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished. Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.”

There are many verses of scripture that address false doctrine. Since we have to start somewhere let us begin with the basics. Doctrine means teachings. This extraction from Matthew 5 comes after Christ teaching on what we commonly refer to as The Beatitude. 

You will not find any of His teaching on The Beatitudes in Torah.

The Beatitudes

2 And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying:

When God speaks, listen.

Here in Matthew 5:17 Jesus clearly states that He did not abolish the law.

One false teaching twists Romans 6:14 “For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.” When a teacher says the law no longer applies because we are under grace, it is false doctrine. Perhaps a teaching in Isaiah will clarify this issue.

Isaiah 59:15-17 English Standard Version

15 Truth is lacking, and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey. The Lord saw it, and it displeased him that there was no justice.
16  He saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no one to intercede; then his own arm brought him salvation, and his righteousness upheld him.
17  He put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on his head; he put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and wrapped himself in zeal as a cloak.

Everything begins with the establishment of truth. The Lord looked down upon mankind and saw that no one was establishing truth and the end result of trying to obey the law without it made man a prey at the hands of the enemy. The enemy being the original liar, Satan.

So the Lord Himself came down from the throne of heaven to establish truth, salvation and righteousness by the power of His right arm.

The second false teaching is that Jesus was just a man and not the Son of Man foretold by the prophet Daniel. The greater the truth, the louder the resistance by the enemy of The Christ.