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• (Matthew 517-20) 17 Do not think that I came
  to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not
  come to destroy but to fulfill. 18 For assuredly,
  I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away,
  one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from
  the law till all is fulfilled.

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• 19 Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of
  these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be
  called least in the kingdom of heaven but
  whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called
  great in the kingdom of heaven.

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• 20 For I say to you, that unless your
  righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the
  scribes and Pharisees, you will by no means enter
  the kingdom of heaven.

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• 1. What is the distinction between the Law and
  the Prophets? Together what would they have
  comprised?

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• Our Saviour was just entering on his work. It was
  important for him to state what he came to do. By
  his setting up to be a teacher in opposition to
  the scribes and Pharisees, some might charge him
  with an intention to destroy their law, and to
  abolish the customs of the nation. He therefore
  told them that he did not come for that end, but
  really to fulfill or accomplish what was in the
  law and the prophets.

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• To destroyTo abrogate to deny their divine
  authority to set people free from the obligation
  to obey them. The law. The five books of Moses
  called the law. See Luke 2444.

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• Luke 2444 (NKJV) 44 Then He said to them, These
  are the words which I spoke to you while I was
  still with you, that all things must be fulfilled
  which were written in the Law of Moses and the
  Prophets and the Psalms concerning Me.

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• The ProphetsThe books which the prophets wrote.
  These two divisions here seem to comprehend the
  Old Testament, and Jesus says that he came not to
  do away or destroy the authority of the Old
  Testament.

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• But to fulfilTo complete the design to fill up
  what was predicted to accomplish what was
  intended in them.

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• 2. What is the relationship of Jesus to the law?
  Based on Romans 104 and Colossians 213-14, what
  may Jesus have meant till all is fulfilled?

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• Romans 104 (NKJV) 4 For Christ is the end of the
  law for righteousness to everyone who believes.

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• Colossians 213-14 (NKJV) - 13And you, being dead
  in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your
  flesh, He has made alive together with Him,
  having forgiven you all trespasses, 14 having
  wiped out the handwriting of requirements that
  was against us, which was contrary to us. And He
  has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to
  the cross.

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• 3. What is a jot or a title? Why did Jesus use
  them in v. 18?

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• Till heaven and earth passThis expression
  denotes that the law never would be destroyed
  until it should be all fulfilled. It is the same
  as saying everything else may change the very
  earth and heaven may pass away, but the law of
  God shall not be destroyed until its whole design
  has been accomplished.

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• One jotThe word jot, or yod, is the name of
  the Hebrew letter I, the smallest letter in the
  Hebrew alphabet.

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• One tittleThe word used here, in the Greek,
  means literally a little horn, then a point, an
  extremity. Several of the Hebrew letters were
  written with small points or apices, as in the
  Hebrew letter, shin, or the Hebrew letter, sin,
  which serve to distinguish one letter from
  another.

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• To change a small point of one letter, therefore,
  might vary the meaning of a word, and destroy the
  sense. Hence, the Jews were exceedingly cautious
  in writing these letters, and considered the
  smallest change or omission a reason for
  destroying the whole manuscript when they were
  transcribing the Old Testament.

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• The expression, one jot or tittle, became
  proverbial, and means that the smallest part of
  the law should not be destroyed.

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• 4. Imagine the affect on Jesus audience as Jesus
  told them they must be more righteous than the
  Pharisees. Why would many have considered this
  challenge as impossible?

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• 5. Consider the following passages and explain
  what was flawed about the righteousness of the
  Pharisees.
• Matthew 2323-28
• Luke 189-14
• Romans 102-3

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• Matthew 2323-28 (NKJV) 23 Woe to you, scribes
  and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay tithe of
  mint and anise and cummin, and have neglected the
  weightier matters of the law justice and mercy
  and faith. These you ought to have done, without
  leaving the others undone. 24 Blind guides, who
  strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!

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• 25 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees,
  hypocrites! For you cleanse the outside of the
  cup and dish, but inside they are full of
  extortion and self-indulgence. 26 Blind Pharisee,
  first cleanse the inside of the cup and dish,
  that the outside of them may be clean also.

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• 27 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees,
  hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs
  which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but
  inside are full of dead mens bones and all
  uncleanness. 28 Even so you also outwardly appear
  righteous to men, but inside you are full of
  hypocrisy and lawlessness.

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• Luke 189-14 (NKJV) 9 Also He spoke this parable
  to some who trusted in themselves that they were
  righteous, and despised others 10 Two men went
  up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the
  other a tax collector.

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• 11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with
  himself, God, I thank You that I am not like
  other menextortioners, unjust, adulterers, or
  even as this tax collector. 12 I fast twice a
  week I give tithes of all that I possess. 13And
  the tax collector, standing afar off, would not
  so much as raise his eyes to heaven, but beat his
  breast, saying, God, be merciful to me a sinner!

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• 14 I tell you, this man went down to his house
  justified rather than the other for everyone who
  exalts himself will be humbled, and he who
  humbles himself will be exalted.

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• Romans 102-3 (NKJV) 2 For I bear them witness
  that they have a zeal for God, but not according
  to knowledge. 3 For they being ignorant of Gods
  righteousness, and seeking to establish their own
  righteousness, have not submitted to the
  righteousness of God.

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• Romans 102-3 (NKJV) 2 For I bear them witness
  that they have a zeal for God, but not according
  to knowledge. 3 For they being ignorant of Gods
  righteousness, and seeking to establish their own
  righteousness, have not submitted to the
  righteousness of God.

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• Romans 102-3 (NKJV) 2 For I bear them witness
  that they have a zeal for God, but not according
  to knowledge. 3 For they being ignorant of Gods
  righteousness, and seeking to establish their own
  righteousness, have not submitted to the
  righteousness of God.