IBS Matthew 5:18 (3-26-14)

Inductive Bible Study Method for Matthew 5:18 (3-26-14)

“For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot of one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled.”

God holds His Word above His Name, Character and Authority. Nothing will change in the law - it should not be added to nor taken away from. Matthew 24:35 says “Heaven and earth will pass away, but My Words will by no means pass away.” Everything God has ever said will never go away. He is eternal and so are His Words. He spoke the world and everything in it into being. One word from Him and the protons and neutrons that make up our entire universe would let go. 

God gave us His Word - written by those He chose to use and inspired from His mouth. How else do you explain the absence of contradictions in the Scriptures, the archaeological evidence found to back up the kings, lands and peoples recorded, and the agreement between the authors - who lived on several different continents, spoke 3 different languages, and lived hundreds of years apart from one another? 

In addition to all this evidence, Jesus fulfilled an incredible amount of very specific prophesies while He was on earth. There are still prophesies that need to be fulfilled, which will come to pass in the future. Luke 24:44 says “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.” 

Something that seems to always slip my mind is that Jesus is coming back soon. This is one of the prophesies - that He will come and meet us in the air. He said that even He doesn’t know when He’ll come back to get His church - only the Father knows. I need to be prepared and eagerly awaiting His arrival. My life would definitely be different if I was always thinking “Should I be doing this? What if Jesus came back right now?”. I’m going to write “He’ll be back any second now!” on the paper on the door to our room.