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Originally Posted by Drake
The weightier matters in Matthew 23:23 are referring to weightier matters of the law.
Christ replaced the law. We have Christ now and He lives in us as the Spirit. We believers should not follow the law but Christ, for even the weightier matters of the law must give way to the Person of Christ.
Agree?
Drake
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The reason we don't follow the law but Christ is because the law is ineffective. The standard of the law is still a fair representation of God and we still need to come up to that standard. However, Jesus is the only way to meet that standard. Christ did not replace one jot or tittle of the law as far as the standard is concerned, he merely made a bridge between fallen, sinful man and a High and Holy God.
So no, I do not agree that Christ has replaced the standard referred to in Matthew.