Wesley's careful exposition of how Christ relates to the law — not abolishing it but fulfilling it, and writing it on the hearts of his people.
Sermon 25 of 44 · 1748 · Matthew 5:17-20
Upon Our Lord's Sermon on the Mount, V
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Christ did not, in any sense, come to destroy the law, or to abolish it. He came neither to repeal nor to weaken any part of it, but to confirm, to enlarge, and to deepen its meaning. He came to fulfil the law in his own person, by his perfect obedience; to fulfil it for us, by his death; and to fulfil it in us, by his Spirit.
Think not therefore that thou hast any thing to do with the moral law of God except to keep it. Be not deceived by those who tell thee otherwise. Whosoever shall break one of the least of these commandments, and teach men so — that man shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven.
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