Matthew 5:17
I have come not to abolish but to fulfill.
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In today’s gospel, the law Jesus is talking about, of course, is the law that God gave to Moses on Mount Sinai: the Ten Commandments.
These laws are still valid today. And they will always be valid because they are part of the natural law, the conditions necessary for human beings to live together in society in peace and in justice.
The Jews in His time thought that He is abolishing these laws of Moses. But He is very explicit in saying that He is not. Rather, he is fulfilling them.
And how?
First, is through love. We follow the laws not because they are laws. We follow them because we want to show our love for God and our neighbors. And it is the indissoluble bond between the love of God and love of self and neighbor that is the key to making love the fulfillment of the law.
Secondly, is through Himself. He is the fulfillment of the promise of God of freeing us from the destruction caused by sin. Jesus is the personification of love and the fulfillment of the law. Jesus is both the fullest expression of the love of God for us, and the fullest expression of the human response to that love. As God is Love, and so Jesus is the manifestation of that love.
The whole content of Christianity can be expressed in one word, Jesus. When you’ve said Jesus you’ve said it all.
And the very essence of being a Christian is to have an intimate personal relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ.
Let us pray +
O my God, I love you above all things, with my whole heart and soul, because you are all good and worthy of all my love. I love my neighbor as myself for the love of you. I forgive all who have injured me and I ask pardon of all whom I have injured. Amen +
He has strengthened …your gates… blessed your children within you.
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