Why Jesus Didn’t Abolish the Law 📖 | Matthew 5 Devotional (7-Step QT)

7-Step QT Notes

1. 🙏 Quiet Time

Pause.

Take a deep breath.

Ask God to help you understand what true obedience looks like—not legalism, but a heart shaped by His love.

2. 📅 January 21, 2026

Today’s passage reminds us:

Jesus didn’t cancel God’s Word—He fulfilled it and calls us to live it from the heart.

3. ✝️ Matthew 5:17–26

Jesus teaches that He did not come to abolish the Law or the Prophets but to fulfill them, emphasizing that not even the smallest part of the Law will pass away until all is accomplished. He warns that those who disregard God’s commandments will be considered least in the kingdom, while those who obey and teach them will be called great. Jesus deepens the command against murder by teaching that anger, insults, and contempt toward others also bring judgment. Therefore, He calls His followers to pursue reconciliation quickly and urgently, even before offering worship to God.

4. 📖 Key Verse

“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them” (v. 17).

5. 📝 Reflection

Many preachers say that we are living in the age of grace. Because of this, some teach that we no longer need to concern ourselves with the Old Testament law and should simply follow the Spirit and our conscience. However, this teaching contains a serious flaw— it intentionally overlooks Jesus’ own teaching.

Our salvation is possible only through faith in Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior. Salvation is not the result of our efforts or achievements in keeping the law, but entirely by the grace God gives. While we are thankful to live in this age of grace, this does not mean that God’s commandments—or the justice and love revealed in the law—have been abolished. God’s commandments were not torn down by Jesus; they were perfected in Him. The gospel does not replace the Old Testament; it fulfills it just as God promised. Therefore, the Old Testament remains God’s living Word for us to meditate on and obey.

Beloved, is there a book of the Old Testament you have intentionally avoided until now? Open that book today and begin reading. The living God will surely speak to you there as well. His Word is the Word of life, guiding those saved by grace to live as God’s children. My prayer is that tonight, before you sleep, you will open the Old Testament and meet God anew.

6. 💬 What does this passage speak to you today?

  • Where am I tempted to treat God’s Word lightly or selectively?
  • Is there someone I need to seek peace with before I offer worship to God?
  • How is Jesus inviting me to practice heart‑level obedience this week, not just outward behavior?

7. 🙏 Prayer

Lord, thank You for fulfilling the Law and showing us what true obedience looks like.

Give me a heart that honors Your Word—not out of legalism, but out of love.

Help me pursue reconciliation, guard my heart from anger, and live as a child shaped by Your grace.

May my life reflect Your truth today.

Amen.

Scriptures

📖 17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. 18 For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished. 19 Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. 20 For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

21 “You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder; and whoever murders will be liable to judgment.’ 22 But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be liable to the hell of fire. 23 So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, 24 leave your gift there before the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift. 25 Come to terms quickly with your accuser while you are going with him to court, lest your accuser hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the guard, and you be put in prison. 26 Truly, I say to you, you will never get out until you have paid the last penny (Matthew 5:17-26, ESV).

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