What Law?

[Guest Thess]

The OP is asking for evidence from Matthew exclusively.

[Alive]

8 minutes ago, Dennis1209 said:

Morning there LB,

Noticed the "free" programs you mentioned you use. Not a thing wrong with them and they're great, have them myself. I've discovered the old adage, "you get what you paid for". I wanted to dig deep into the Bible and learn, using one main program to do a lot of it if possible. I purchased the program 'SwordSearcher' for about $60.00. I've had and used it for a couple of years now; best sixty bucks I've ever spent. 

I'd really like to get the ultimate program 'LOGOS', but for about $1,000.00 I need to think hard about that one. They will negotiate the price with you though. Thought I'd relay a tool I use that is very helpful and makes best use of my study time. 

Great stuff, brother. I settled on 'Accordance' years ago. For the readers, it is another great choice.

https://www.accordancebible.com

[Light Bearer]

31 minutes ago, JTC said:

In Matt. 5:14-17 the light Jesus is speaking of means our Godly behavior that Jesus expects us to do in front of the world.

Amen and Thanks JTC, nice post.

Now let's go further shall we?

So it was asked, "what does our Savior tell us about light? What is it and what is it's purpose?"

Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. 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. Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven. Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:
(Mat 5:14-21 KJV)

So light and good works are basically synonyms. Or if you will those that are light produce good works that glorify God that men may see..

As was discussed, The Subject of verses 14 through 17 is light. THIS IS A FACT. So with that being said everything in verse 17 is being stated in regards to this light that shines that men may see our good works that God be glorified.

So in relation to this light that shines that men may see our good works that God be glorified Jesus says in verse 17, "Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil (manifest, display, exemplify, show). 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 (caused to be)."

So with the light that is to shine that men may see our good works that God be glorified being the subject. Then the Law that is being mentioned is being said in context to that. That means that The good works that shine from the light that God be glorified is of the Law.

 

So what Law?

[Light Bearer]

8 minutes ago, Thess said:

The OP is asking for evidence from Matthew exclusively.

Thanks brother. Context is all I am concerned about. We can't very well for the most part go to another passage in the New Testament to explain what Jesus is saying unless that Passage is relaying  the same moment and context in which Jesus is speaking. 

 

[Guest Thess]

1 minute ago, Light Bearer said:

Thanks brother. Context is all I am concerned about. We can't very well for the most part go to another passage in the New Testament to explain what Jesus is saying unless that Passage is relaying  the same moment and context in which Jesus is speaking. 

 

Interesting. I don't quite understand that.

[Dennis1209]

9 minutes ago, Alive said:

Great stuff, brother. I settled on 'Accordance' years ago. For the readers, it is another great choice.

https://www.accordancebible.com

Thanks! That looks very interesting, I book marked it to check it out and compare when I get more time. About time to get ready for Sunday School / church. 

Another prime example of you get what you pay for [$600.00 +]. Looks like one can purchase the basic program and buy the additions over time to take the sting out of it? Which program do you use???

[Alive]

5 minutes ago, Dennis1209 said:

Thanks! That looks very interesting, I book marked it to check it out and compare when I get more time. About time to get ready for Sunday School / church. 

Another prime example of you get what you pay for [$600.00 +]. Looks like one can purchase the basic program and buy the additions over time to take the sting out of it? Which program do you use???

I started with the original scholar's package about 15 years ago when it was called Grammcord and have since built it to include an incredible library of resources. It is a blessing to be able to have so much available. Most every translation including the old texts, commentaries, dictionaries, lexicons. all of the so called church fathers, church history, sermon collections, maps, timelines, etc. The searching algorithms are very powerful and dynamic.

Ya--I like it.

:-)

[Light Bearer]

24 minutes ago, Dennis1209 said:

Morning there LB,

Noticed the "free" programs you mentioned you use. Not a thing wrong with them and they're great, have them myself. I've discovered the old adage, "you get what you paid for". I wanted to dig deep into the Bible and learn, using one main program to do a lot of it if possible. I purchased the program 'SwordSearcher' for about $60.00. I've had and used it for a couple of years now; best sixty bucks I've ever spent. 

I'd really like to get the ultimate program 'LOGOS', but for about $1,000.00 I need to think hard about that one. They will negotiate the price with you though. Thought I'd relay a tool I use that is very helpful and makes best use of my study time. 

I agree brother and thanks!

That LOGOS program looks pretty awesome. I toyed with the idea of buying it myself.

 

But between ISA2 Basic, theWord and E-Sword I get what need for my devotions and my cutting and pasting needs when sharing through Sabbath School, Pulpit, here, there, everywhere lol..... However I mainly invest in books. And with that being said Mainly lexicons.

I did by one for theWord software, the BDAG. But I also have a copy it in book form.

The reason I like books more is I would hate for something to happen to our Electrical Grid and not be able to access the helps that I have been brought up in and love so much.

[Dennis1209]

2 minutes ago, Alive said:

I started with the original scholar's package about 15 years ago when it was called Grammcord and have since built it to include an incredible library of resources. It is a blessing to be able to have so much available. Most every translation including the old texts, commentaries, dictionaries, lexicons. all of the so called church fathers, church history, sermon collections, maps, timelines, etc. The searching algorithms are very powerful and dynamic.

Ya--I like it.

:-)

If you don't mind, I'd like to PM you and ask some more questions on this? Much of what your program contains I have in books and hard copy, and as you know, takes a lot of time to find and retrieve the material, much less copy / paste as a reference source, etc. 

[BibleStudent100]

25 minutes ago, Light Bearer said:

Thanks brother. Context is all I am concerned about. We can't very well for the most part go to another passage in the New Testament to explain what Jesus is saying unless that Passage is relaying  the same moment and context in which Jesus is speaking. 

 

Please explain, as I am perplexed, as this verse quickly comes to mind: "All scripture is inspired of God and beneficial" (2 Timothy 3:16).