CHRIST AND THE JEWISH LEADERS, Chapter 5 of Holy Priesthood Volume 5

CHRIST AND THE JEWISH LEADERS, Chapter 5 of Holy Priesthood Volume 5

Pages 48 to 57

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I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me. (John 5:30)

Jesus started His ministry by saying, “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.” (Matt. 4:4) One interpretation of this could be that the words of man have very little worth in comparison to the words of God.

When Jesus went into the wilderness to be with God, the tempter came to Him, but Christ’s best defense was quoting the scripture which says, “Get thee thence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God and him only shalt thou serve.” (Matt. 4:10) Jesus was quoting from the Old Testament, but it is difficult to tell the exact source because it is mentioned so many times. (See Deut. 4:10; 6:13; 10:12; 11:13; 13:4; Josh. 22:5; 24:14, 15, 22; 1 Sam. 7:3; 12:14, 20, 24.) It is the foundation of the Israelite religion.

This scripture can be divided into two parts: one is to worship only the Lord; the other is to serve only Him. It seems like such a simple commandment, yet it is probably the most neglected.

One of the most misinterpreted scriptures of the Bible is, “For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.” [49] (Matt. 11:13) Modern clergymen assume that Jesus did away with the law of the Old Testament because the law ended with Jesus; but Christ said:

Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. (Matt. 5:17-18)